WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University men's soccer team returns home on Saturday, as the Cardinals host Crown in a 6 p.m. nonconference contest at Ochrymowycz Field.

The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (2-1-1 Overall) vs. Crown Storm (1-2-0 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals had their three-game, season-opening unbeaten streak snapped last Sunday, as SMU dropped a 1-0 nonconference decision to Edgewood in Madison, Wis. … Crown kicked its offense into high gear last Saturday, as the Storm picked up their first win of the season with a 7-4 rout of Rockford in St. Bonifacius, Minn.

SMU vs. Crown — Their Last Meeting:
September 7, 2010: After scoring just four goals in their first three games combined, the Cardinals' offense seemed to finally hit its stride, as the Cardinals erupted for four goals in its nonconference game against Crown.  Unfortunately for the Cardinals, Crown's offense hit its stride at the exact same time, as the Storm scored a season-high five goals in handing SMU a 5-4 setback.

Up Next:
The Cardinals are right back on their home turf on Wednesday, as SMU opens Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play with a 7 p.m. contest against Augsburg at Ochrymowycz Field. … Crown returns to action next weekend in St. Bonifacius, Minn., as the Storm hosts St. Scholastica in a 2 p.m. UMAC game on Friday and then entertains Northland in an 11 a.m. conference matchup.

Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
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Last Sunday's game against Edgewood was the first road game of the season for the Cardinals, who play five of their first six games at Ochrymowycz Field. … Sunday's 1-0 loss to Edgewood marked the 25th time in coach Pete Watkins' two-plus seasons at the helm that the game has been decided by one goal or less. … Nine of the Cardinals' 11 wins under Watkins have been decided by one goal. … SMU had its three-game, season-opening unbeaten streak (2-0-1) snapped with Sunday's 1-0 loss to the Eagles. SMU's run was the best start since the Cardinals went 3-0-1 to open the 2001 season. … Fernando Camacho (Chicago, Ill.) scored his first collegiate goal — the game-tying tally — in SMU's 1-1, double-overtime tie with Lakeland on Sept. 5. … Camacho is the sixth SMU player this season to net his first collegiate goal — 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. … The Cardinals scored a school-record 11 goals in their 11-1 win over Presentation on Sept. 1, breaking the old mark of 10 — also set on Sept. 1 — in a 10-1 win over Rockford in 2006. … The Cardinals boasted three players with multiple-goal games against Presentation — also a school record. … Matt Graber (Denver, Colo.), Midhat Mujic (Rochester, Minn.) and Nate Vandegrift (Lakeville, Minn.) all scored a pair of goals vs. Presentation. It was the second two-goal game for both Graber and Mujic, while the goals were the first two of Vandegrift's collegiate career. … Mujic also assisted on two of SMU's other nine goals, 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 collected his second shutout in a Cardinal uniform against Cornell on Aug. 30, made his four straight start of the season against Edgewood last Sunday, stopping two of the three shots he faced. … Petrich owns a 0.81 goals-against-average and a .769 save percentage — having stopped 10 of the 13 shots he's faced this season. … SMU has outscored its first four opponents 13-3 — holding a 6-2 edge in the first half and a 7-1 advantage over the game's final 45 minutes. … With their win over Cornell on Aug. 30, the Cardinals have won their season opener in back-to-back seasons and three times in the last four years.

Scouting The Crown Storm:
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Last Saturday's win over Rockford snapped Storm's season-opening two-game losing streak. … After failing to score a goal in back-to-back 6-0 losses to Hamline and Bethel, Crown erupted for seven goals in its 7-4 win over Rockford. … Saturday's game against Saint Mary's is the Storm's third against a team from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Crown has already lost to both Hamline and Bethel. … Sam Eckman scored three goals and added two assists to pace the Storm against Rockford last Saturday. … Truman Shetler, Justin Peikes, Khoki Minamida and Ezra Dass also scored for Crown against Rockford, while Shetler also picked up a pair of assists. … Janson Rudzitis has started all three games in goal for Crown, stopping 21 of the 36 shots he's faced. … Crown scored five of its seven goals against Rockford in the second half. On the flip side, the Storm's opponents have scored 10 of their 16 games in the game's final 45 minutes.