WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University men's soccer team is back on its home turf on Wednesday, as the Cardinals kick off Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play with a 7 p.m. contest against Augsburg at Ochrymowycz Field.

The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (0-0-0 MIAC | 3-1-1 Overall) vs. Augsburg Auggies (0-0-0 MIAC | 4-1-1 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals picked up their third win of the season on Saturday, as SMU scored a pair of second-half goals and cruised to a 3-0 win over Crown at Ochrymowycz Field. … Augsburg got a first-half goal by Edi Beccera and made it stand up in beating UM-Morris 1-0 in nonconference action Sunday in Morris, Minn.

SMU vs. Augsburg — Their Last Meeting:
October 27, 2012: When the Cardinals scored goals, they scored them in bunches, netting 13 goals in their seven wins — including a pair of goals in a 2-0, streak-snapping win over Macalester. Unfortunately for the Cardinals, goals didn't come in bunches in their season finale against Augsburg. In fact, goals didn't come at all, as the Auggies scored single goals in each half in handing SMU a 2-0 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference setback at Edor Nelson Field.

Up Next:
The Cardinals hit the road on Saturday, as SMU travels to Northfield, Minn., for a 1 p.m. conference showdown with Carleton. … Augsburg is also on the road on Saturday, as the Auggies head to Arden Hills, Minn., for their 1 p.m. MIAC matchup with Bethel.

Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
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Wednesday's game against Augsburg is the fifth home game of the season for the Cardinals, who have played just once on the road — a 1-0 loss at Edgewood on Sept. 8 — this season. … Ryan Geidner (Antioch, Ill.) scored the first two goals of his collegiate career against Crown Saturday, while Midhat Mujic (Rochester, Minn.) accounted for SMU's other goal in the 3-0 victory. … Geidner becomes the seventh SMU player this season to net his first collegiate goal — 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 Matt Graber (Denver, Colo.) all scored a pair of goals vs. the Saints. 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 in the 11-1 rout, giving the senior SMU's first six-point game since Mike Schmitt achieved the feat against Concordia in 2005. … Mujic enters Wednesday's game vs. Saint Mary's as the team-leader in all three offensive categories with three goals, two assists and eight points. … Joey Petrich (Elk River, Minn.) recorded his second shutout of the season — and third of his collegiate career — with a three-save effort against Crown Saturday. … Petrich, who has started all five games in goal for the Cardinals, owns a 0.54 goals-against-average and an .846 save percentage, having stopped 11 of the 13 shots he's faced. … Twenty-five of the 40 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 had its three-game, season-opening unbeaten streak (2-0-1) snapped with its Sept. 8, 1-0 loss to the Edgewood. SMU's run was the best start since the Cardinals went 3-0-1 to open the 2001 season. … The Cardinals' 11 goals in their 11-1 win over Presentation on Sept. 1 were a school record, breaking the old mark of 10 — also set on Sept. 1 — in a 10-1 win over Rockford in 2006. … SMU has outscored its first five opponents 16-3 — holding a 7-2 edge in the first half and a 9-1 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 Augsburg Auggies:
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Wednesday's game against Saint Mary's is the second of four straight road games for the Auggies, who played four of their first five games on their home turf. … Five of Augsburg's six games have been decided by one goal or less, the lone exception a 3-1 win over UW-Superior on Sept 4. … Augsburg's lone blemish this season was a 1-0 loss to 13th-ranked Wheaton on Sept. 13. … Edi Beccera scored the game's only goal in Augsburg's 1-0 win over UM-Morris Sunday. … Beccera's goal was his first of the season. … Grant Griffin and Ben Henry share the team lead in goals with three each, while Henry also owns a team-best seven points. … Beccera, Barinedum Kordah, Lekpea Kordah and Ngochinyan Ollor are all tied for the team lead with three assists each. … Clayton Lynch has started five of the Auggies' six games in goal, compiling a 1.11 goals-against-average and a .700 save percentage, stopping 14 of the 20 shots he's faced. … Augsburg has played two double-overtime games this season, beating the University of Dubuque 3-2 and tying Wartburg 1-1 in their first two games of the year.