ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University women's soccer team closes out its 2013 season on Saturday, traveling to Macalester for a 1 p.m. Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game against the Scots.

The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (0-10-0 MIAC | 0-17-0 Overall) at Macalester Scots (7-3-0 MIAC | 11-4-1 Overall)

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Last Action:
Hamline scored the game's only goal late in the first half, as the Pipers handed the Cardinals a 1-0 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference setback Wednesday at Ochrymowycz Field. … Macalester lost a heartbreaker on Tuesday, falling to Concordia 1-0 on a penalty kick in the second overtime in Moorhead, Minn.

SMU vs. Macalester — Their Last Meeting:
October 24, 2012: For the first 43 minutes, SMU kept pace with Macalester. Over the final 47 minutes, however, the Scots kicked things into high gear, and left the Cardinals in the dust. Macalester broke a 0-0 tie with two minutes remaining in the first half, then erupted for four goals over the game's final 45 minutes in handing SMU a 5-1 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game at Ochrymowycz Field.

Up Next:
Saturday's game at Macalester is the season finale for the Cardinals. … Macalester is still battling for one of the MIAC's four post-season tournament berths, currently sitting in third place, one point behind Concordia and two points better than fourth-place St. Olaf and Augsburg with one game to play.

Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2013 Roster | 2013 Statistics | 2013 Schedule
Wednesday's game against Hamline was the final collegiate home game for Cardinal seniors Tessa Scanlon (Cologne, Minn.), Bethany Schmidt (Sparta, Wis.) and Heidi Martin (Edina, Minn.). … Schmidt scored her team-leading third goal of the season against Saint Benedict on Oct. 26. … Schmidt has now scored five goals in the last two seasons. … Kelli Harstad (Hampton, Minn.) and Caroline Blackwood (Norwalk, Ohio) are second to Schmidt in goals with two each. … With her team-leading third goal, Schmidt also pushed her points total to a team-high seven. … SMU's seven assists this year have come from seven different players — Blackwood, Schmidt, Harstad, Katie Holmes (Edina, Minn.), Emma Schaefer (Falcon Heights, Minn.), Megan Nitzsche (St. Francis, Wis.) and Katie Nicoson. … Four SMU players — Harstad, Blackwood, Schaefer and Martin (Ankeny, Iowa) — have scored their first collegiate goal this season. … Aubrie Cornell (Holts Summit, Mo.) recorded a career-high 13 saves against UW-La Crosse on Oct. 23. The 13-save effort was two better than the 11 saves Cornell made against Loras on Oct. 9. … Cornell's 13 saves are the most by an SMU goalkeeper this season and the most since Miranda Halling (Rochester, Minn.) stopped 16 Concordia shots on Sept. 29, 2012. … Halling made her ninth start in goal for the Cardinals Wednesday against Hamline, finishing with seven saves. … Halling leads the team with a 2.74 goals-against-average and a .747 save percentage, while Cornell heads into Saturday's season final against Macalester with a 3.50 GAA and a .659 save percentage. … Halling — who led the MIAC in saves a year ago — owns a team-high 74 saves and has recorded 10 or more saves in a game 11 times in her three-year collegiate career. … Eight of SMU's 10 goals this season have been scored after halftime. Holmes' goal against Luther on Sept. 25 and Schmidt's tally vs. Loras on Oct. 9 are the Cardinals' only first-half goals of the season. … The Cardinals' three-goal effort against No. 16 Loras on Oct. 9 is their highest offensive output of the season, and the most goals scored in a single game since netting three goals in a 3-1 win over St. Catherine on Oct. 16, 2011.

Scouting The Macalester Scots:
2013 Roster | 2013 Statistics | 2013 Schedule
Tuesday's loss to Concordia dropped Macalester out of the top spot in the conference standings, while also snapping the Scots' eight-game winning streak. … Macalester — which needs a win Saturday to guarantee a berth in the four-team MIAC post-season tournament — outscored its opponents 21-3 during its eight-game winning streak. … Georgia Cloepfil enters Saturday's regular-season finale against Saint Mary's leading the team in all three offensive categories — goals (14), assists (10) and points (38). … Bonnie Gale is second to Cloepfil in both goals (10) and points (21), while Margaret Nemetz, MaggieMolter and Ingrid Greene share the No. 2 spot in assists with three each. … Ellen Palmquist has started 14 of the team's 16 games in goal, compiling a 0.86 goals-against-average and a .784 save percentage. … Palmquist has recorded four shutouts this season and has stopped 40 of the 51 shots she's faced. … Macalester holds a 34-15 scoring advantage this season — outscoring its opponents 15-7 in the first half and 19-8 after halftime. … Tuesday's loss to Concordia marked just the second time in Macalester's 16 games that the Scots have been shut out. … Three of Macalester's four losses have been by one goal — 1-0 setbacks vs. Augsburg and Concordia and a 2-1 loss to St. Thomas. … The Scots have played three overtime games this season and are still looking for their first OT win (0-2-1). … Both of Macalester's OT losses have come in the second 10-minute extra session.