FARGO, N.D. — The Saint Mary's University men's soccer team hits the road on Saturday, as the Cardinals travel to Fargo Shanley High School for a 1 p.m. Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game against Concordia.

The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (0-4-0 MIAC | 3-6-1 Overall) at Concordia Cobbers (0-4-0 MIAC | 1-8-1 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals surrendered a pair of first-half goals and could not claw their way back, as Gustavus dealt SMU a 3-1 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference setback Wednesday at Ochrymowycz Field. … Concordia allowed three goals in a 14-minute span in the first half in falling to Augsburg 4-1 Wednesday in Minneapolis, Minn.

SMU vs. Concordia — Their Last Meeting:
September 29, 2012: On paper, SMU and Concordia entered their Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game as near-mirror images of each other. The Cobbers headed to Ochrymowycz Field with a 1-3 conference record — including Ta 3-0 loss to St. Thomas — one of two teams unbeaten in league play. The Cardinals, meanwhile, also took the field with a 1-3 conference record — including a similar 3-0 loss to Gustavus — one of two teams unbeaten in league play. That was on paper. On the field, it was the Cardinals who held the upper hand — thanks to Jaime Zepeda (Chicago, Ill.). Zepeda scored a pair of goals six minutes apart early in the second half, fueling the Cardinals to a 2-1 conference win over the Cobbers.

Up Next:
The Cardinals step out of conference play next Wednesday, as SMU hosts Loras in a 5 p.m. nonconference matchup at Ochrymowycz Field. … Concordia is off until next Saturday, when the Cobbers head to St. Paul, Minn., for a 4 p.m. MIAC showdown with Hamline.

Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
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Wednesday's game against Gustavus was the seventh home game of the season for the Cardinals, who are 3-3-1 on their home turf. … SMU's 18 goals have come from 11 different players, while 14 Cardinals have recorded at least one point. … Andrew Jaworski (Racine, Wis.) — who scored his first collegiate goal against Presentation on Sept. 1 — netted career goal No. 2 in the second half against Gustavus Wednesday. … Midhat Mujic (Rochester, Minn.) assisted on Jaworski's second-half tally, pushing his team-leading assist total to four and his team-best points total to 10. … Matt Graber (Denver, Colo.) scored his third goal of the season vs. Luther Sept. 25, moving the junior into a tie for the team lead with Mujic. … 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 — 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.) — who stopped a season-high eight shots against defending MIAC regular-season champion Carleton on Sept. 21 — has started all 10 games in goal for the Cardinals and heads into Saturday's game against Concordia boasting a 1.32 goals-against-average and a .734 save percentage. … Petrich has recorded two shutouts this season and owns three shutouts in his collegiate career. … Nine of SMU's 12 wins under coach Pete Watkins have been decided by one goal. … SMU has outscored its first 10 opponents 18-13 — holding a 7-4 edge in the first half and a 11-9 after the break. … Sixteen of SMU's 18 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 Concordia Cobbers:
2013 Roster | 2013 Statistics | 2013 Schedule
Wednesday's loss to Augsburg pushed the Cobbers' losing streak to a season-high five straight. … The Cobbers have been outscored 11-3 during their current slide. … CC has scored more than one goal in a game just once — a 2-1 win over Robert Morris Lake County on Sept. 13. On the flip side, CC has surrendered four or more goals twice — losing to Augsburg 4-1 and Jamestown 5-1. … Brett Wegleitner accounted for Concordia's lone goal in last Wednesday's 4-1 loss to Augsburg. … Wegleitner's goal vs. the Auggies was his team-leading fifth of the season. The senior also leads the Cobbers in points with 11. … Kristian Reiersgord is second to Wegleitner in goals with two. … Wegleitner and Reiersgord have accounted for all seven of the Cobbers' goals this season. … Matthew Fulks and Sage Thornbrugh share the team lead in assists with two each. … Peter Runquist has appeared in nine of the team's 10 games in goal, compiling a 2.34 goals-against-average and a .740 save percentage. … Nine of Concordia's first 11 games — including Saturday's neutral-site game against Saint Mary's — have been played on the road. … Six of Concordia's seven goals have been scored in the second half.