WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University men's soccer team honors its five graduating seniors as the Cardinals host Saint John's in the final regular-season home game of the year Saturday. Game time at Ochrymowycz Field is set for 3 p.m.




The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (3-4-0 MIAC | 6-8-1 Overall)
Vs. Saint John's Johnnies (4-2-1 MIAC | 7-5-3 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals stepped out of conference play for the final time on Tuesday, dropping a 3-1 nonconference decision to Grinnell in Grinnell, Iowa. … Saint John's, meanwhile, picked up a key conference victory Wednesday, blanking Macalester 3-0 in Collegeville, Minn.

SMU vs. Saint John's — Their Last Meeting:
October 22, 2011: Saint John's scored two goals in 68 seconds less than 12 minutes into the opening half, and the Cardinals never recovered in falling to the Johnnies 3-0 in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game in Collegeville, Minn.

Up Next:
The Cardinals hit the road for a pair of conference games next week, traveling to Macalester for a 7:30 p.m. MIAC game against the Scots in St. Paul, Minn., before closing out the regular-season in Minneapolis, Minn., with a 1 p.m. conference game against Augsburg Saturday. … Saint John's, meanwhile, returns home for its final two regular-season games, hosting Hamline on Tuesday (7:30 p.m.) and Concordia on Saturday (7:30 p.m.) in Collegeville, Minn.

Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2012 Roster | 2012 Statistics | 2012 Schedule
Despite their 3-1 loss to Grinnell on Tuesday, the Cardinals head into Saturday's game with Saint John's boasting a 3-2-1 mark in their last six games. … Last Monday's 1-1 nonconference tie against Viterbo was SMU's first tie of the season and third under head coach Pete Watkins. … SMU's six wins through 15 games are the most since the Cardinals went 6-10-2 in 2009. … Monday's game against Viterbo marked the ninth time this season the Cardinals played a game decided by one goal or less. … All six of SMU's wins have been decided by one goal and 22 of SMU's 32 games under coach Pete Watkins have been decided by one goal or less. … Mike Calderon (Prior Lake, Minn.) scored his first collegiate goal to account for SMU's goal vs. Grinnell Tuesday. … Fifteen of SMU's 17 goals have come from players playing their first seasons in an SMU uniform. … Krystian Drozdz (Franklin Park, Ill.) scored his third goal of the season to account for SMU's tally vs. Viterbo last Monday. With that goal, Drozdz moved into a share of the team's goal-scoring lead with Midhat Mujic (Rochester, Minn.). …  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 — Drozdz scored his first two collegiate goals in a 4-3 overtime loss to St. Thomas on Sept. 12, while Mujic 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. … Drozdz and Zepeda share the team lead in points with seven, one more than Mujic, while Zepeda also leads the team with three assists. … Christian Van Dam (Linovia, Mich.) 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 last Wednesday for his first shutout, while Dontae Gillespie (Naperville, Ill.) recorded a nine-save shutout against Concordia-Chicago on Sept. 8. … Petrich owns a team-best 1.53 goals-against-average and a .727 save percentage. Van Dam, meanwhile, enters Saturday's conference game against Saint John's with a 1.83 GAA and a .735 save percentage, with Gillespie posting a 2.76 GAA and a .673 save percentage. … The Cardinals have scored a combined 12 goals in their six wins and one tie, but have been held off the scoreboard in five of their eight 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 10 games this season — including 3-2 wins over Edgewood and Bethel, and a 4-3 overtime loss to St. Thomas. … Monday's game against Viterbo was the second overtime contest of the season for SMU, which dropped a 4-3 overtime decision to St. Thomas on Sept. 12. The Cardinals, who played five overtime games a year ago, are now 0-4-3 in their last seven overtime games. …  Five of SMU's six wins have come on their home turf, where SMU is 5-2-1.

Scouting The Saint John's Johnnies:
2012 Roster | 2012 Statistics | 2012 Schedule
With their win Wednesday, the Johnnies moved to 2-0-1 in their last three games and 4-1-2 in their last seven. … Saturday's game at Saint Mary's is the final road game of the season for SJU, which closes out the regular season with home games vs. Hamline and Concordia. … With Wednesday's win, the Johnnies moved into a tie with St. Olaf for the fourth and final playoff spot. … Ian Scudder — the reigning MIAC Men's Soccer Athlete of the Week — scored SJU's first two goals against the Scots Wednesday. … Scudder enters Saturday's game at Saint Mary's boasting a team-leading eight goals. … Scudder also picked up an assist on SJU's third goal vs. Macalester, a second-half tally by David Wee. … Michael Coborn owns a team-leading 11 assists, while Scudder is the team-leader in points with 20. … SJU boasts four players with 10 or more points. Along with Scudder, Wee and Coborn each have 17 points, while Zane Heinselman has 13. … Kevin Lebahn and Ryan Brutger have shared the goalkeeping duties this season, with Lebahn appearing in nine games, while Brutger has played in seven. … Brutger owns a team-low 0.86 goals-against-average and an. .812 save percentage, while Lebahn has a 1.37 GAA and a .797 save percentage. … The Johnnies have played five overtime games this season, going 1-1-3. … SJU has outscored its opponents 12-5 in the first half. … The Johnnies are 2-2-1 on their home turf, while going 5-3-2 away from home.