WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University men's soccer team steps out of conference play on Monday, as the Cardinals host Viterbo in a 6 p.m. contest at Ochrymowycz Field.




The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (6-7-0 Overall)
Vs. Viterbo V-Hawks (3-10-1 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals scored first, but it was 16th-ranked Carleton which scored more often, as the Knights rattled off three straight goals in handing SMU a 3-1 MIAC setback Wednesday at Ochrymowycz Field. … Viterbo, meanwhile, picked up its third win of the season Saturday, as the V-Hawks dropped Purdue University-Calumet 3-1 in La Crosse, Wis.

SMU vs. Viterbo — Their Last Meeting:
October 19, 2011: It was a game of chances as SMU squared off against Viterbo at Ochrymowycz Field. Make that a game of missed chances, as the Cardinals put six shots on the V-Hawks' goal, while Viterbo peppered SMU goalkeeper Chris Williams with eight shots. Yet, through 90 minutes of regulation and a pair of 10-minute overtime periods, with every offensive opportunity the Cardinals and V-Hawks created, they came up empty time and time again, as the two teams battled to a 0-0 nonconference tie.

Up Next:
The Cardinals are right back in action on Tuesday, heading to Grinnell, Iowa, for their final nonconference game of the season, a 4 p.m. showdown with Grinnell. … Viterbo, meanwhile, is off until Saturday, when the V-Hawks travel to Davenport, Iowa, for a 3:30 p.m. game against Saint Ambrose.

Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2012 Roster | 2012 Statistics | 2012 Schedule
The Cardinals' 3-1 loss to 16th-ranked Carleton last Wednesday snapped their season-high three-game winning streak. … SMU's three-game win streak marked the first time since the 2001 season that the Cardinals had won three consecutive games. … SMU's six wins are the most since the Cardinals went 6-10-2 in 2009. … At 6-6 through 12 games, the Cardinals are off to their best start since 2000, when SMU went 7-5-0 in its first 12 games en route to a 9-8-1 overall record. … Joe Bosco (Elk Grove Village, Ill.), who scored his first collegiate goal in the Cardinals' 1-0 win over Hamline on Oct. 6, scored for the second straight game Wednesday, giving SMU a 1-0 lead two minutes into the first half against Carleton. … Bosco is the seventh player this season to score his first collegiate goal. … Thirteen of SMU's 15 goals have come from players playing their first seasons in an SMU uniform. … Jaime Zepeda (Chicago, Ill.) scored his first two collegiate against Concordia on Sept. 29 to become the third player this season to score two goals in a game — Krystian Drozdz's (Franklin Park, Ill.) scored his first two collegiate goals in a 4-3 overtime loss to St. Thomas on Sept. 12, while Midhat Mujic (Rochester, Minn.) scored twice in the Cardinals' 3-2 season-opening win over Edgewood. … The last time SMU had two or more multiple-goal scorers in a season was 2008, when Adam Lindsay, Cristian Reyes and Andy Adair all scored twice in a game. … Mujic enters Monday's game against Viterbo leading the team in goals with three. … Mujic and Zepeda, who assisted on Bosco's goal vs. Carleton last Wednesday, share the team lead in points with six. … Bosco, Zepeda, Drozdz and Matt Graber (Denver, Colo.) are tied for second with two goals each, while Zepeda and Fernando Camacho (Chicago, Ill.) share the team lead in assists with two each. … Christian Van Dam (Linovia, Mich.) made four saves vs. Carleton Wednesday and enters Monday's game with a team-high 35 saves. … Van Dam stopped all six shots he faced against Hamline on Oct. 6 in recording his first collegiate shutout. Van Dam is the third Cardinal goalkeeper to notch the first shutout of his collegiate career this season. Joey Petrich (Elk River, Minn.) stopped all three shots he faced vs. Buena Vista on Oct. 3 for his first shutout, while Dontae Gillespie (Naperville, Ill.) recorded a nine-save shutout against Concordia-Chicago on Sept. 8. … Petrich, who has stopped six of the eight shots he's faced in 160:28 minutes, owns a team-best 1.12 goals-against-average and a .750 save percentage. Van Dam, meanwhile, enters Monday's nonconference game vs. Viterbo with a 1.92 GAA and a .729 save percentage. … The Cardinals have scored a combined 11 goals in their six wins, but have been held off the scoreboard in five of their seven losses. … After scoring more than two goals just once in 17 games a year ago, the Cardinals have scored three goals in three of their 13 games this season — including 3-2 wins over Edgewood and Bethel, and a 4-3 overtime loss to St. Thomas. … The Cardinals' 4-3 overtime loss to St. Thomas on Sept. 12 was the first OT game of the season for the Cardinals, who played five overtime games a year ago — going 0-3-2. … Eight of the Cardinals' 13 games this season — including all six wins — have been decided by one goal. Twenty-one of SMU's 30 games under head coach Pete Watkins have been decided by one goal or less. … Last Wednesday's game against Carleton was the fourth straight home game for the Cardinals, who are 5-2-0 on the Ochrymowycz Field turf.

Scouting The Viterbo V-Hawks:
2012 Roster | 2012 Statistics | 2012 Schedule
The V-Hawks' 3-1 win over Purdue University-Calumet snapped their four-game losing streak. … Viterbo's three goals vs. PU-Calumet were a season-high. … Viterbo has outscored its opponents 6-2 in its three wins. … Eight of Viterbo's 14 games have been decided by one goal or less. … Sam Renstrom had a hand in all three V-Hawk goals against PU-Calumet Saturday, as the sophomore scored twice and assisted on the other. … With his two goals Saturday, Trenstrom moved into a tie with teammate Jake Dellamuth for the team lead with four goals each. … Renstrom also owns the team lead in points (10), one more than Dellamuth, while Ben Rothwell and Charlie Gibbons share the team's assist lead with three. … Luke Newton has started 10 of the team's 14 games in goal, compiling a 1.80 goals-against-average, while stopping 45 of the 64 shots he's faced for a .703 save percentage. … Viterbo has scored nine of its 16 goals in the first half, while the V-Hawks' opponents have netted 19 of their 29 goals after halftime. … Viterbo has played four overtime games this season, going 0-3-1. … All three of Viterbo's wins have come on the V-Hawks' home turf — they are 0-5-0 on the road this season.