WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University men's soccer team, fresh off a 2-1 win over Concordia on Saturday, steps out of conference play Wednesday, hosting Buena Vista in a 6 p.m. contest at Ochrymowycz Field.



The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (4-6-0 Overall)
vs. Buena Vista Beavers (5-4-1 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals picked up a key Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victory Saturday, getting two goals from Jaime Zepeda (Chicago, Ill.) in a 2-1 victory over Concordia at Ochrymowycz Field. … Buena Vista, meanwhile, surrendered five goals Friday, falling to Coe 5-2 in Storm Lake, Iowa.

SMU vs. Buena Vista — Their Last Meeting:
Wednesday's game is the first meeting in program history between Saint Mary's and Buena Vista

Up Next:
The Cardinals return to conference play on Saturday, hosting Hamline in a 7 p.m. MIAC showdown at Ochrymowycz Field. … Buena Vista, meanwhile, returns to Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play on Saturday, hosting Luther in a 7:30 p.m. contest in Storm Lake, Iowa.

Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
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Wednesday's game against Buena Vista is the second of four straight home games for the Cardinals, who are 3-2-0 on the Ochrymowycz Field turf. … Jaime Zepeda (Chicago, Ill.) scored his first collegiate goal two minutes into the second half against Concordia Saturday, then added collegiate goal No. 2 six minutes later to account for all of the Cardinals' scoring in their 2-1 win over the Cobbers. … Zepeda becomes the third player this season to score two goals in a game — Krystian Drozdz's 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 Wednesday's game vs. Buena Vista leading the team in goals (3) and points (6). … Zepeda, Drozdz and Matt Graber (Denver, Colo.) are tied for second in both goals (2) and points (5), while Fernando Camacho (Chicago, Ill.) owns a team-best two assists. … Christian Van Dam (Linovia, Mich.) finished with three saves in recording his second win of the season Saturday vs. Concordia. … Van Dam owns a team-leading 2.09 goals-against-average and has stopped 25 of the 35 shots he's faced en route to a .714 save percentage. … Van Dam stopped a season- and career-high eight shots against Gustavus on Sept. 25. … The Cardinals have scored a combined nine goals in their four wins, but have been held off the scoreboard in five of their six 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. … SMU's three goals vs. Edgewood in their season-opening 3-2 win on Aug. 31 were scored by players competing in their first games in a Cardinal uniform. Mujic scored twice and Jordan Sinkfield (St. Paul, Minn.) added the other. … 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. … With their 2-1 win over Concordia last Saturday, the Cardinals have had six of their 10 games this season — including all four wins — decided by one goal. Nineteen of SMU's 27 games under head coach Pete Watkins have been decided by one goal or less.

Scouting The Buena Vista Beavers:
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Friday's 5-2 loss to Coe extended the Beavers' season-high losing streak to three straight. … Buena Vista has been outscored 17-2 during its current three-game slide — which started with a 10-0 shellacking at the hands of Loras on Sept. 22, followed by a 2-0 loss to Grinnell and a 5-2 setback vs. Coe. … After opening the season 4-0-1, Buena Vista is 1-4-0 in its last five games. … Joey Stivers scored both of Buena Vista's goals vs. Coe Friday evening. … Tyler Lafferty enters Wednesday's games at Saint Mary's boasting team-highs in goals (7) and points (18), while Stivers is second in both categories with four goals and 10 points. … Eric Karita and Juan Flores-Andrade have each collected a team-leading five assists. … Michael Rydberg has played every minute in goal for the Beavers this season, compiling a 2.45 goals-against-average and a .648 save percentage. … Buena Vista has played one overtime game this season, battling Illinois College to a 1-1 tie on Sept. 8. … BV has scored 15 of its 25 goals in the first half, while the Beavers' opponents have netted 14 of their 25 goals after halftime. … Wednesday's game against Saint Mary's is the second of three contests against Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference foes. BU lost 3-2 to Hamline on Sept, 16 and squares off against Gustavus on Oct. 17 in St. Peter, Minn.