WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota men's soccer team returns to Ochrymowycz Field on Saturday, as the Cardinals host St. Thomas in a 6 p.m. Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference contest.
 
The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (0-2-0 MIAC | 3-3-1 Overall) vs. St. Thomas (1-0-0 MIAC | 5-3-0 Overall)

Last Action:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals held Cornell to one shot on goal—in the game's opening minute—and got a pair of goals from Ryan Geidner (Antioch, Ill.) en route to a 4-0 win over the Rams Wednesday in Mount Vernon, Iowa | Recap
• St. Thomas: The Tommies have been off since last Sunday, when UST dropped a 1-0 decision to Carthage in Kenosha, Wis. | Recap
 
SMU vs. St. Thomas — Their Last Meeting:
• September 28, 2013: It was a tale of two halves at UST's South Field—the Cardinals dominated the first half, and the Tommies controlled play in the second. Unfortunately for SMU—despite a 5-3 edge in shots—the Cardinals' offense came up empty, and went into the halftime break deadlocked at 0-0. The Tommies, on the other hand, made the most of their eight second-half shots — scoring a pair of goals midway through the stanza en route to a 2-0 conference win over the Cardinals | Recap
 
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals hit the road on Wednesday, traveling to St. Peter, Minn., for a 4 p.m. conference game against Gustavus.
• St. Thomas: The Tommies return home on Tuesday, as St. Thomas entertains Bethel in a 4 p.m. contest at UST's South Field.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2014 Roster | 2014 Schedule | 2014 Statistics
Wednesday's win over Cornell snapped the Cardinals' two-game losing streak. … With their win over Cornell on Wednesday, the Cardinals have now scored a season-high four goals three times—beating Cornell, North Central and Bethany Lutheran by identical 4-0 decisions. … The Cardinals' four goals in wins over North Central (Minn.), Bethany Lutheran and Cornell are the most since Saint Mary's netted a school-record 11 goals in an 11-1 victory over Presentation on Sept. 1, 2013. … Ryan Geidner (Antioch, Ill.) recorded his second collegiate two-goal game against Cornell on Wednesday. The Cardinal junior also scored two goals in a game against Crown on Sept. 14, 2013. … Brett Heimerdinger (LaGrange, Ill.) and Carlos Hernandez (Cicero, Ill.) accounted for Saint Mary's other two goals vs. Cornell Wednesday. … Fueled by his two goals against Cornell, Geidner moved into the team lead in goals with four and points with eight. … Heimerdinger, Jim Dreshar (Hugo, Minn.), Andrew Jaworski (Racine, Wis.), Jared Wolt (Farmington, Minn.) and Joe Bosco (Elk Grove Village, Ill.) are all second on the team with two goals each. … Dreshar—who had his five-game point streak snapped against Carleton on Sept. 20—leads the team with three assists. … Jaworski (Racine, Wis.) recorded his first collegiate two-goal game against Bethany Lutheran on Sept. 10 and also picked up his first collegiate assist. … Jimmy Canedo (Chicago, Ill.) notched his first collegiate two-assist game with a pair of helpers against Bethany Lutheran on Sept. 1. … Dreshar, Wolt, Hernandez and Shawn Gilbert (Rice Lake, Wis.) have all netted their first collegiate goals this season. … The Cardinals have started four different goalkeepers this season. Zach Satton (Tehachapi, Calif.) compiled a 2.47 goals-against-average and .667 save percentage in a team-high four starts, while Joey Petrich (Elk River, Minn. / 0.00 GAA), Nate Levy (Byron, Minn. / 0.00 GAA) and Evan Claffy (Joliet, Ill. / 1.54 GAA) have all started one game. … Satton also leads the team with 20 saves. … Last Saturday's loss to Carleton marked the first time this season the Cardinals have lost on their home turf—Saint Mary's opened the season with home wins over North Central (Minn.) and Bethany Lutheran. … Last Saturday's 3-0 loss to the Knights also marked the first time this season the Cardinals have been held off the scoreboard—snapping a streak of four straight games in which Saint Mary's netted two or more goals. …  The Cardinals' MIAC-opening 3-2 loss at Augsburg on Sept. 17 snapped the Cardinals' season-high three-game unbeaten streak (2-0-1). … The Cardinals' 2-2 tie with Crown on Sept. 6 was their first overtime game of the season. … Ten of Saint Mary's 16 wins under coach Pete Watkins have been decided by one goal. … Saint Mary's has scored nine goals in the first half and eight in the second. On the flip side, the Cardinals' opponents have tallied nine of their 12 goals after halftime. … North Central without a shot on goal in their 4-0 win over the Rams on Sept. Sept. 4 and have now allowed just three shots on goal in their three wins combined. … Saint Mary's 4-1 loss to North Park marked just the second time in the last five years that the Cardinals have not won their season opener. 
 
Scouting The St. Thomas Tommies:
2014 Roster | 2014 Schedule | 2014 Statistics
Sunday's loss to Carthage was the Tommies' second straight setback. … Last Saturday's 4-1 setback vs. Wartburg snapped UST's season-high four-game winning streak. … St. Thomas has surrendered four goals in two of its three losses this season—the Tommies fell to Whitworth 4-1 on Sept. 1. … All five of St. Thomas' wins this season have been by one goal. … The Tommies upset No. 2-ranked Loras in Dubuque on Sept. 7, 2-1. That win propelled St. Thomas into the national top-25 poll. UST was ranked No. 9 nationally, before losing twice last weekend away from home—4-1 to Wartburg and 1-0 to Carthage, the latter on a goal in the 82nd minute. … Pierce Erickson enters Saturday's game against Saint Mary's leads the team in goals (4) and points (8). St. Thomas' other eight goals have come from eight different players—Miles Stockman-Willis, Matt Bouche, Ryan Mooney, Amos Nash, Christian Elliehausen, Johnny Mulvahill, Kevin Van Lieshout and Connor Young. … Stockman-Willis also leads the team in assists with five and is second to Erickson with seven points. … Mitchell Wolff has started seven of the team's eight games in goal, compiling a 1.69 goals-against-average, while stopping 30 of the 42 shots he's faces for a .714 save percentage. … Three of UST's five wins have come on its home turf—the Tommies are 3-1-0 at home and just 2-2-0 away from UST's South Field. … St. Thomas is in the midst of playing nine of 11 games away from home in a stretch from Sept. 7 to Oct. 11.