WINONA, Minn.  — The Saint Mary's University men's soccer team returns to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play on Wednesday, as the Cardinals host St. Olaf in a 7 p.m. contest at Ochrymowycz Field.

The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (0-5-0 MIAC | 3-9-1 Overall) vs. St. Olaf Oles (4-1-1 MIAC | 10-2-1 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals held Buena Vista to just two shots on goal, but the Beavers' second shot — in the game's 86th minute — proved to be the game-winner, as BVU beat SMU 1-0 in a nonconference match Sunday in Storm Lake, Iowa. … St. Olaf also stepped out of conference play on Sunday, dropping UW-Superior 1-0 in Superior, Wis.

SMU vs. St. Olaf — Their Last Meeting:
September 15, 2012: St. Olaf wasted little time getting on the scoreboard, and the Oles never took their foot off the gas, scoring five times in handing SMU a 5-0 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference setback in Northfield, Minn.

Up Next:
The Cardinals are back on their home turf on Saturday, as SMU hosts Bethel in a 1 p.m. conference game at Ochrymowycz Field. … St. Olaf plays its final nonconference game of the season on Saturday, hosting UC-Santa Cruz in an 11 a.m. contest in Northfield, Minn.

Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2013 Roster | 2013 Statistics | 2013 Schedule
The Cardinals play four of their final six games on their home turf — where SMU has notched all three of its wins this season. … Sunday's game against Buena Vista was the Cardinals' final nonconference game of the 2013 season. … SMU's 1-0 loss to Buena Vista Sunday marked the 10th time in the Cardinals' 13 contests that the game was decided by one goal or less. … The Cardinals held Buena Vista to two shots on goal Sunday. It was the third time this season SMU has held an opponent to a season-low two shots on goal. … SMU's 2-1 loss to Concordia on Oct. 5 was the Cardinals' second double-overtime setback — and third double-overtime game — of the season. SMU battled Lakeland to a 1-1 2OT tie on Sept. 5, while falling to Augsburg 1-0 on Sept. 18. … SMU's loss to Concordia pushed their overtime winless streak to 11 straight (0-7-4). The Cardinals' last overtime win was a 1-0 victory over Saint John's on Oct. 24, 2009. … Zach Palma (Washburn, Wis.) scored his first goal of the season against Concordia on Oct. 5. … Palma's goal was his first since his freshman season, when he scored twice — including once against Concordia. … SMU's 19 goals have come from 12 different players, while 14 Cardinals have recorded at least one point. … Matt Graber (Denver, Colo.) and Midhat Mujic (Rochester, Minn.) share the team lead in goals with three each, one more than Andrew Jaworski (Racine, Wis.), Ryan Geidner (Antioch, Ill.) and Nate Vandegrift (Lakeville, Minn.). … Mujic also leads the team in assists (4) and points (10). … Geidner became the seventh SMU player this season to net his first collegiate goal when he scored twice against Crown on Sept. 14 — Jaworski, Fernando Camacho (Chicago, Ill.), Nate Vandegrift (Lakeville, Minn.), Gianluca LoCasto (Oak Park, Ill.), Derrick Washington (Minneapolis, Minn.), Trevor Rottinghaus (La Porte City, Iowa) 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.) equaled his career high when he stopped 14 Concordia shots on Oct. 5. The junior goalkeeper also made 14 saves against Macalester on Oct. 25, 2011. … Petrich, who has started all 13 games in goal for the Cardinals, heads into Wednesday's game against St. Olaf boasting a 1.62 goals-against-average and a .740 save percentage. … Petrich has recorded two shutouts this season and owns three shutouts in his collegiate career. … Sixteen of SMU's 19 goals have come in the Cardinals' three wins and one tie. … Nine of SMU's 12 wins under coach Pete Watkins have been decided by one goal. … SMU's 2-1 double-overtime loss to Concordia on Oct. 5 was the first time under Watkins the Cardinals have lost to the Cobbers. SMU had beaten CC 3-2 and 2-1 in the teams' first two meetings with Watkins at the helm.

Scouting The St. Olaf Oles:
2013 Roster | 2013 Statistics | 2013 Schedule
Wednesday's game against Saint Mary's is the fifth straight — and final — road contest of the season for the Oles, who close out their 2013 regular-season schedule with four straight home games. … With their 1-0 win over UW-Superior on Sunday, the Oles improved to 2-0-1 in their last three games and 6-1-1 in their last eight. … St. Olaf has not allowed a goal during its current three-game unbeaten streak —sandwiching a pair of 1-0 wins over Hamline and UW-Superior around a 0-0 tie with Macalester. … Mackenzie Lund scored the Oles' game-winning goal against UW-Superior Sunday. … Kevin Skrip enters Wednesday's game at Saint Mary's as the team's leader in both goals (8) and points (17), while Lund owns a team-best five assists and is second in both goals (4) and points (13). … St. Olaf's 31 goals this season have come from 11 different players, while 13 Oles have notched at least one point. … Ben Braman has started all 13 games in goal for the Oles, compiling a 0.79 goals-against-average and a .762 save percentage. … Braman recorded his sixth shutout of the season with his five-save effort against UW-Superior on Sunday. … St. Olaf has played just one overtime game this season, tying Macalester 0-0 on Oct. 11. … St. Olaf has outscored its opponents 15-5 in the first half and 16-5 after the intermission. … The Oles have scored three or more goals five times this season — including a season-high six-goal outburst in a 6-1 win over Bethany Lutheran on Oct. 1.