WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University men's soccer team returns to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play on Wednesday, as the Cardinals square off against Gustavus in a 7 p.m. showdown at Ochrymowycz Field.

The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (0-3-0 MIAC | 3-5-1 Overall) vs. Gustavus Gusties (3-0-0 MIAC | 6-2-1 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals surrendered a pair of second-half goals, as St. Thomas handed SMU a 2-0 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference setback in St. Paul, Minn., Saturday. … Gustavus erupted for four second-half goals in cruising to a 4-0 conference rout of Saint John's Saturday in Collegeville, Minn.

SMU vs. Gustavus — Their Last Meeting:
September 25, 2012: Earlier in the day, the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference named Gustavus' Zach Brown the conference's player of the week, after the GAC sophomore scored all three Gustie goals last week in wins over Wartburg and Saint John's. Later that afternoon, Brown was at it again — much to the dismay of Saint Mary's. Brown proved why he was the reigning MIAC player of the week, scoring the Gusties' first two goals in leading Gustavus to a 3-0 MIAC victory over the Cardinals in St. Peter, Minn.

Up Next:
The Cardinals hit the road on Saturday, as SMU heads to Moorhead, Minn., for a 1 p.m. MIAC contest against Concordia. … Gustavus returns to the friendly confines of the Gustie Soccer Field on Saturday, as the Gusties host St. Olaf in a 1 p.m. conference game in St. Peter, Minn.

Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
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Wednesday's game against Gustavus is the seventh home game of the season for the Cardinals, who are 3-2-1 on their home turf. … SMU's 17 goals have come from 11 different players, while 14 Cardinals have recorded at least one point. … Matt Graber (Denver, Colo.) scored his third goal of the season vs. Luther last Wednesday, moving the junior into a tie for the team lead with Midhat Mujic (Rochester, Minn.). … Mujic assisted on Graber's second-half goal vs. Luther. It was Mujic's team-leading third assist and gives him a team-best nine points. … Ryan Geidner (Antioch, Ill.) scored the first two goals of his collegiate career against Crown on Sept. 14. … Geidner became the seventh SMU player this season to net his first collegiate goal against Crown on Sept. 14 — Fernando Camacho (Chicago, Ill.), Nate Vandegrift (Lakeville, Minn.), Gianluca LoCasto (Oak Park, Ill.), Derrick Washington (Minneapolis, Minn.), Trevor Rottinghaus (La Porte City, Iowa), Andrew Jaworski (Racine, Wis.) and Brett Heimerdinger (La Grange, Ill.) are the others. … Geidner is also the fourth SMU player with a multiple-goal game this season. The Cardinals boasted a school-record three players with multiple-goal games against Presentation on Sept. 1 — Mujic, Vandegrift and Graber all scored a pair of goals vs. the Saints. … Mujic also assisted on two of SMU's 11 goals in the 11-1 rout vs. Presentation, giving the senior SMU's first six-point game since Mike Schmitt achieved the feat against Concordia in 2005. … Joey Petrich (Elk River, Minn.) — who stopped a season-high eight shots against defending MIAC regular-season champion Carleton on Sept. 21 — heads into Wednesday's game against Gustavus boasting a 1.12 goals-against-average and a .762 save percentage. … Petrich has recorded two shutouts this season and owns three shutouts in his collegiate career. … Twenty-seven of the 44 games in coach Pete Watkins' two-plus seasons at the helm have been decided by one goal or less, while nine of SMU's 12 wins under Watkins have been decided by one goal. … SMU has outscored its first nine opponents 17-10 — holding a 7-2 edge in the first half and a 10-8 after the break. … Sixteen of SMU's 17 goals have come in the Cardinals' three wins and one tie. … The Cardinals' 1-0 loss to Augsburg on Sept. 18 was SMU's second double-overtime contest of the season. The Cardinals battled Lakeland to a 1-1, 2 OT tie on Sept. 5. … SMU's loss to Augsburg pushed their overtime winless streak to 10 straight (0-6-4). The Cardinals' last overtime win was a 1-0 victory over Saint John's on Oct. 24, 2009.

Scouting The Gustavus Gusties:
2013 Roster | 2013 Statistics | 2013 Schedule
Wednesday's game against Saint Mary's is the second of back-to-back road games for the Gusties, who are 4-1-1 in their six road contests this season. … With their 4-0 win over Saint John's last Saturday, the Gusties are 4-1-0 in their last five games, while improving to 5-1-1 in their last seven contests. … Gustavus has outscored its opponents 20-2 in its six wins this season. … GAC netted a game-high seven goals in a 7-0 win over Martin Luther on Sept. 7. The Gusties have also enjoyed a pair of four-goal games this season — beating Viterbo 4-0 to open the season on Aug. 30, while adding a second 4-0 win last Saturday against Saint John's. … Sean Sendelbach netted a pair of goals against the Johnnies, while Ryan Tollefsrud and Zach Brown accounted for GAC's other two goals. … With their goals vs. SJU, Tollefsrud and Brown pushed their team-leading total to four goals each. … Brown also leads the team in points with nine, one more than Tollefsrud, while David Lilly boasts a team-best four assists. … After scoring just two goals in his first three seasons combined, Sendelbach already has three goals this season. … GAC's 21 goals have been scored by 12 different players. … Brett Ylonen has started all nine games in goal for the Gusties, compiling a 0.58 goals-against-average and an .872 save percentage. … Ylonen has stopped 34 of the 39 shots he's faced, while also posting three shutouts. … Gustavus has surrendered just one first-half goal this season — the Gusties have outscored their opponents 9-1 in the first half and 12-4 after halftime. … Gustavus has played two overtime games this season, beating UW-Superior 2-1 and tying UW-Oshkosh 0-0 on back-to-back days in early September.