STEVENS POINT, Wis. — The Saint Mary's University women's soccer team steps out of conference play on Wednesday, traveling to UW-Stevens Point for a 4:30 p.m. nonconference game against the Pointers.



The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (0-10-0 Overall)
at UW-Stevens Point Pointers (6-3-0 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals could not silence Concordia's high-powered offense, as SMU dropped a 4-0 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference decision to the Cobbers Saturday at Ochrymowycz Field. … UW-Stevens Point, meanwhile, cranked up its offense on Saturday, routing UW-Superior 6-0 in Superior, Wis.

SMU vs. UW-Stevens Point — Their Last Meeting:
October 19, 2011: It was a tale of two halves — a good half and a not-so-good half — for the Cardinals against the Pointers. Unfortunately for the Cardinals, UW-Steven's Point took advantage of the Cardinals' not-so-good half — not to mention the gusty winds — to score two goals late in the first half to beat SMU 2-0 at Ochrymowycz Field.

Up Next:
The Cardinals return to conference play on Saturday, traveling to St. Paul, Minn., for a 1 p.m. MIAC game against Hamline. … UW-Stevens Point, meanwhile, is back in WIAC action on Saturday, hosting UW-River Falls in a 2 p.m. game in Stevens Point, Wis.

Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2012 Roster | 2012 Statistics | 2012 Schedule
Wednesday's game at UW-Stevens Point is the first of four straight road games for the Cardinals, who do not return to Ochrymowycz Field until Oct. 20, when they host Saint Benedict in a 1 p.m. conference contest. … Sloane Kuramoto (Rochester, Minn.) has accounted for the Cardinals' last two games — scoring her first goal of the season against Bethel on Sept. 22, then adding a second-half tally against Gustavus last Wednesday. … Katie Holmes (Edina, Minn.), Bethany Schmidt (Sparta, Wis.) and Rachel Tackmann (Lake City, Minn.) have accounted for SMU's other three goals this season. Holmes recorded SMU's first goal of the season with her second-half tally against Loras on Sept. 2, while Schmidt and Tackmann scored in 2-1 losses to the University of Dubuque and Lawrence, respectively. … The goals by Holmes, Schmidt and Tackmann were all collegiate firsts. …  Schmidt and Tessa Scanlon (Cologne, Minn.) picked up assists on Kuramoto's goal vs. Gustavus last Wednesday. … Kuramoto leads the team with four points, while Schmidt and Holmes are second with three points each. … The Cardinals have scored four of their five goals — including Kuramoto's tally vs. Gustavus — in the second half. Kuramoto's goal vs. Bethel on Sept. 22 is SMU's lone first-half goal this season. … Goalkeeper Miranda Halling (Rochester, Minn.) — who made a then-season- and career-high 15 saves against Bethel on Sept. 22 — did that mark one better against Concordia last Saturday, stopping 16 Cobber shots. … Halling, who has played every minute of the Cardinals' 10 games in goal, enters Wednesday's nonconference game against UW-Stevens Point having stopped 79 of the 112 shots she's faced. She owns a 3.30 goals-against-average and a .705 save percentage. … SMU recorded a season-high seven shots on goal against Luther on Sept. 19.

Scouting The UW-Stevens Point Pointers:
2012 Roster | 2012 Statistics | 2012 Schedule
The Pointers' 6-0 win over UW-Superior Saturday snapped their two-game losing streak. … UW-Stevens Point is 6-2-0 in its last eight games, with both losses by one goal. … UW-SP has scored 24 goals in its six wins — including a season-high seven in a 7-1 win over UW-Platteville on Sept. 15 and last Saturday's 6-0 win over UW-Superior. … Angela Gallow accounted for three of UW-Stevens Point's six goals vs. the Yellowjackets last Saturday, while Jessica Ruch, Kelsey Majerus and Emily Dietrich accounted for the other three. … Gallow's three goals vs. UW-Superior give her a team-leading eight for the season. She also leads the team in points with 19. … Ruch is second to Gallow in goals (3) and points (11), while leading the squad with five assists. … Two of Ruch's three goals have been game-winners. … Kristen Churky has started all nine games in goal, posting a 1.12 goals-against-average and a .757 save percentage. She has stopped 28 of the 37 shots she's faced. … The Pointers have scored 15 of their 26 goals this season in the first half. UW-SP's opponents, meanwhile, have scored six of their nine goals after halftime. … UW-Stevens Point is 3-1-0 on its home field.