ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University men's soccer team return to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play on Saturday, as the Cardinals head to St. Thomas for a 1 p.m. showdown with the Tommies.

The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (0-2-0 MIAC | 3-4-1 Overall) at St. Thomas Tommies (1-0-1 MIAC | 6-1-2 Overall)

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Last Action:
The suffered a heartbreaking nonconference setback on Wednesday, as Luther scored with 1:14 remaining in regulation, breaking a 1-1 tie and beating SMU 2-1 at Ochrymowycz Field. … St. Thomas got a penalty kick goal with six minutes remaining in the second half, breaking a 1-1 tie and lifting the Tommies to a 2-1 MIAC win over Concordia Wednesday in St. Paul, Minn.

SMU vs. St. Thomas — Their Last Meeting:
September 12, 2012: The Cardinals jumped out to a 2-0 lead before the game was even 21 minutes old against unbeaten St. Thomas. UST, however, rattled off three unanswered goals — including two in a two-minute span late in the first half — then scored the game-winner 15 seconds into overtime to hand the Cardinals a 4-3 setback in the teams' Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference opener at Ochrymowycz Field.

Up Next:
The Cardinals return home on Wednesday, as SMU entertains Gustavus in a 7 p.m. conference matchup at Ochrymowycz Field. … St. Thomas is back in action on Tuesday, when the Tommies travel to Arden Hills, Minn., for a 4 p.m. MIAC contest against Bethel.

Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
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Saturday's game at St. Thomas is just the third road game of the season for the Cardinals. … Matt Graber (Denver, Colo.) scored his third goal of the season vs. Luther Wednesday, moving the junior into a tie for the team lead with Midhat Mujic (Rochester, Minn.). … Mujic assisted on Graber's second-half goal vs. Luther. It was Mujic's team-leading third assist and gives him a team-best nine points. … 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 — 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 Graber all scored a pair of goals vs. the Saints. … Mujic also assisted on two of SMU's other nine 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 — finished with seven saves vs. Luther Wednesday. … Petrich heads into Saturday's game at St. Thomas boasting a 1.02 goals-against-average and an .795 save percentage. … Petrich has recorded two shutouts this season and owns three shutouts in his collegiate career. … Twenty-seven of the 43 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 has outscored its first eight opponents 17-8 — holding a 7-2 edge in the first half and a 10-6 after the break. … Sixteen of SMU's 17 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 St. Thomas Tommies:
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Saturday's game against Saint Mary's is the third straight home game for the Tommies, who are 3-1-0 on their home turf this season. … The Tommies — currently ranked No. 5 in the North Region — are riding an eight-game unbeaten streak — going 6-0-2 since dropping a season-opening, 2-1 overtime decision to Wartburg. … UST has outscored its opponents 18-7 in its six wins. … St. Thomas has played three double-overtime games this season — beating Luther (3-2) and tying UW-Oshkosh (1-1) and Macalester (1-1). … Nick Rapisarda and Miles Stockman-Willis accounted for St. Thomas' two goals in its 2-1 MIAC win over Concordia Wednesday. … Rapisarda's goal was his team-leading seventh of the season, while his 16 points are also a team high. … Rapisarda, the 2012 MIAC Player of the Year, has scored a goal in four consecutive games and now has 28 in his UST career. St. Thomas is 19-0-2 in games when Rapisarda has scored a goal. … Alex Bernhardt and Stockman-Willis are second to Rapisarda in goals with five each, while the duo share the team assist lead (2) with Rapisarda and Matt Bouche. … Rapisarda (7), Stockman-Willis (5) and Bernhardt (5) have combined to score 17 of UST's 21 goals. … Stockman-Willis' game-winning, penalty kick goal vs. Concordia Wednesday was the Tommies' first PK of the season. … Mitchell Wolff has started seven of UST's nine games in goal, compiling a 1.20 goals-against-average and a .722 save percentage.