RIVER FALLS, Wis. — The Saint Mary's University women's soccer plays its third straight road game on Wednesday, as the Cardinals travel to UW-River Falls for a 4 p.m. nonconference contest against the Falcons.

The Matchup:
SMU Cardinals (0-2-0 Overall) at UW-River Falls Falcons (0-2-0 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals surrendered a pair of goals midway through the second half, as the University of Dubuque handed SMU a 3-1 nonconference setback Sunday in Dubuque, Iowa. … UW-River Falls surrendered three second-half goals, as the Falcons fell to St. Catherine 4-2 in the second day of the St. Catherine Tournament Saturday in St. Paul, Minn.

SMU vs. UW-River Falls — Their Last Meeting:
September 1, 2010: The Cardinals did not get the start they were looking for — but it wasn't for lack of effort, or opportunity.  The Cardinals matched the UW-River Falls shot-for-shot, unfortunately for SMU, none of them hit the back of the net, as the Cardinals fell to the Falcons 3-0 in a nonconference game at Ramer Field in River Falls, Wis.

Up Next:
The Cardinals return to action on Sunday, heading to Madison, Wis., for a 4 p.m. nonconference game against Edgewood. … UW-River Falls is back on its home turf on Saturday, as the Falcons host Bethany Lutheran in a 2 p.m. nonconference match in River Falls, Wis.

Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
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Wednesday's game at UW-River Falls is the third of four straight road games to open the season for the Cardinals. … Caroline Blackwood (Norwalk, Ohio) netted SMU's first goal of the season — a second-half tally against the University of Dubuque on Sunday. … Emma Schaefer (Falcon Heights, Minn.) collected the assist on Blackwood's goal for her first collegiate point. … Aubrie Cornell (Holts Summit, Mo.) made her first collegiate start in goal for SMU against the University of Dubuque. … Cornell's start last Sunday snapped a streak of 19 consecutive starts for junior goalkeeper Miranda Halling (Rochester, Minn.). … Halling made 10 saves in SMU's 3-0 season-opening loss to UW-Platteville last Saturday. It was the ninth time in her collegiate career Halling has stopped 10 or more shots in a game. … Halling boasted a conference-leading 145 saves in 2012. … With their second-half goal against the University of Dubuque, seven of the Cardinals last eight goals have come in the second half.

Scouting The UW-River Falls Falcons:
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Wednesday's game against Saint Mary's is the first of three straight home games for the Falcons, who opened the season with back-to-back road contests. … The Falcons are coming off a season in which they finished sixth in the WIAC, and return two of their top four scorers in Alyssa Manor and Ann Kouba. … Manor, a First-Team All-WIAC selection a year ago, finished with six goals and six assists for 20 points, while Kouba tally four goals and added three assists for 11 points. … Kouba accounted for one of UW-RF's two goals in its 3-2 loss to St. Catherine last Saturday, while Alex Swatloski netted the other. … Rebecca Kramer and Erica Cimochowski have shared the goalkeeping duties, each playing 45 minutes in each of the two games. Kramer owns a 2.00 goals-against-average and a .750 save percentage, while Cimochowski has a 3.00 GAA and a .667 save percentage. … UW-River Falls has scored once in each half, while the Falcons' opponents have netted four of their five goals in the game's second half.