ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University men's soccer team begins its final week of the regular season on Tuesday, traveling to Macalester for a 7:30 p.m. conference game against the Scots




The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (3-5-0 MIAC | 6-9-1 Overall)
at Macalester Scots (2-6-0 MIAC | 4-11-1 Overall)

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Last Action:
Saint John's scored goals in the opening minutes of each half in handing the Cardinals a 3-0 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference setback at Ochrymowycz Field Saturday afternoon. … Macalester, meanwhile, reacted to a pair of shutout losses in a big way Saturday afternoon, picking up goals from four players to defeat Wartburg 4-2 in Waverly, Iowa

SMU vs. Macalester — Their Last Meeting:
October 25, 2011: The Cardinals battled Macalester to a scoreless draw through 90 minutes of regulation and the first 10-minute overtime period — thanks in large part to the play of goalkeeper Joey Petrich (Elk River, Minn.). The Cardinal freshman made the most of his first collegiate start, stopping the first 14 shots he faced, before the Scots' Taylor Rasmussen headed in the game-winner off a corner kick from Robin Forslund midway through the second OT for the 1-0 win at Ochrymowycz Field.

Up Next:
The Cardinals close out their regular season on Saturday, traveling to Minneapolis, Minn., for a 1 p.m. conference game against Augsburg. … Macalester, meanwhile, also ends its regular season on Saturday, as the Scots host Gustavus in 1 p.m. game in St. Paul, Minn.

Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2012 Roster | 2012 Statistics | 2012 Schedule
SMU enters the final week of the regular-season with six wins — the most since the Cardinals went 6-10-2 in 2009. … The Cardinals are 3-3-1 in their last seven games. … SMU's 1-1 nonconference tie against Viterbo on Oct. 15 was SMU's first tie of the season and third under head coach Pete Watkins. … Nine of the Cardinals' 16 games — including all six of their wins — have been decided by one goal or less. … Twenty-one of SMU's 33 games under coach Watkins — including all eight wins — have been decided by one goal or less. … Mike Calderon (Prior Lake, Minn.) scored his first collegiate goal to account for SMU's goal in the Cardinals' 3-1 loss at Grinnell last Tuesday. … Fifteen of SMU's 17 goals have now 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 on Oct. 13. 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.) finished with six saves against Saint John's Saturday, giving the sophomore goalkeeper a team-leading 42 saves this season. … 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 owns a team-best 1.53 goals-against-average and a .727 save percentage. Van Dam, meanwhile, enters Tuesday's conference game against Macalester with a 1.98 GAA and a .724 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 six of their nine 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 16 games this season — including 3-2 wins over Edgewood and Bethel, and a 4-3 overtime loss to St. Thomas. … SMU's 1-1 tie vs. Viterbo on Oct. 15 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 5-3-1.

Scouting The Macalester Scots:
2012 Roster | 2012 Statistics | 2012 Schedule
Last Saturday's game at Wartburg was the last of four straight road games for the Scots, who close out their regular season with back-to-back home games. … Macalester's 4-2 win over Wartburg snapped its three-game losing streak — a streak in which the Scots were outscored 9-1. … Macalester has scored one goal or less in all 11 of its losses this year — including six losses by shutout. … Six of the Scots' 11 losses have been by one goal. … Macalester's four goals vs. Wartburg were a season high. … Robin Forslund, Eric Dodd, Will Mackaman and Chris Kartheiser accounted for Macalester's four goals vs. Wartburg. … With their goals, Forslund and Mackaman share the team lead with three goals each, one more than Kartheiser and Anthony Calderon. … Forslund also leads the team in assists (4) and points (10). … Jesse Yourish has appeared in 13 of the team's 16 games, compiling a 1.65 goals-against-average and a .686 save percentage. … Macalester has scored 15 of its 17 goals after halftime. The Scots have been outscored 10-2 in the first half. … Three of Macalester's four wins have come at home, where the Scots are 3-3-1. Macalester finished the season 1-8-0 on the road.