ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota women's soccer team is back in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference action on Saturday, as the Cardinals travel to St. Paul, Minn., for a 1 p.m. game against St. Thomas
 
The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (0-2-0 MIAC | 3-4-0 Overall) at St. Thomas Tommies (1-1-0 MIAC | 2-4-1 Overall)
 
Last Action:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals erupted for seven goals—including three from Emily Loof (Colorado Springs, Colo.)—in cruising to a 7-1 nonconference win over Bethany Lutheran Tuesday in Mankato, Minn. | Recap
• St. Thomas: The Tommies battled UW-River Falls to a 0-0, double-overtime tie in their nonconference game Wednesday at UST's South Field | Recap
 
SMU vs. St. Thomas — Their Last Meeting:
• September 28, 2013: Camille Horne scored with 47 seconds remaining in the first half to break a scoreless deadlock—and St. Thomas would add an insurance goal late in the second half—as the Tommies handed SMU a 2-0 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference setback Saturday at Ochrymowycz Field | Recap
 
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals finally return home on Wednesday after a long stretch of road games, as Saint Mary's entertains Gustavus in a 7 p.m. MIAC game at Ochrymowycz Field.
• St. Thomas: The Tommies are back on their home turf on Wednesday, hosting Bethel in a 4 p.m. conference contest in St. Paul, Minn.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2014 Roster | 2014 Schedule | 2014 Statistics
The Cardinals' game against St. Thomas is the sixth straight road game for Saint Mary's, which hasn't played at home since hosting UW-Stout on Sept. 3. … The Cardinals' 7-1 win over Bethany Lutheran Tuesday snapped their three-game losing streak. … Saint Mary's seven-goal outburst vs. the Vikings marked the second time this season the Cardinals have netted seven goals in a game. Saint Mary's also tallied seven goals in a 7-0 win over UW-Superior on Sept. 6. … The Cardinals' seven goals against Bethany Lutheran and UW-Superior were the most since Saint Mary's posted back-to-back 7-0 victories over Ripon and Lakeland on Sept. 4-5, 2010. … Saint Mary's has netted 16 goals in their three wins, but have allowed 14 goals in their four losses. … Emily Loof (Colorado Springs, Colo.) recorded her first collegiate hat trick against Bethany Lutheran. The freshman became the second player this season to net three goals in a game—Emma Schaefer (Falcon Heights, Minn.) scored three times against UW-Superior on Sept. 6. … The three-goal efforts by Loof and Schaefer are the most in a game since Amy Sibik netted four goals against Ripon on Sept. 4, 2010. … Schaefer finished with a goal and two assists vs. BLC Tuesday, while Caroline Blackwood (Norwalk, Va.) had a goal and an assist. … Bri Ashmore (Westminster, Colo.) collected her first goal of the season to account for Saint Mary's other goal vs. Bethany Lutheran. … Loof has recorded three multiple-goal games this season—two, two-goal performances and Tuesday's three-goal effort. … Loof leads the team in goals (8) and points (16). … Loof's 16 points are the most since Amy Sibik finished with 29 (12 goals, 5 assists) during the 2010 season. … Loof and Schaefer have now combined to score 12 of the team's 18 goals this season. … Schaefer, Blackwood and Jordan Hill (Rosemount, Minn.) share the team lead in assists with two each. … Bridgett Leverich (Oswego, Ill.), Anna Taylor (St. Paul, Minn.) and Jesse Cwik (Chicago, Ill.) have all netted their first collegiate goals to account for the Cardinals' other three goals. … The Cardinals have converted on both of their penalty kicks this season—Schaefer scored on a PK vs. UW-Superior and Loof added her against Carleton last Saturday. … Miranda Halling (Rochester, Minn.) made a pair of first-half saves against Bethany Lutheran on Tuesday, pushing her team-leading saves total to 27. … Halling equaled her season high with seven saves against Carleton last Saturday. Halling has now made seven saves in a game three times this season. … Halling—who recorded her first collegiate shutout against UW-Superior on Sept. 6—enters Saturday's conference game at St. Thomas owning a 2.13 goals-against-average and a .711 save percentage in six games. … … Saint Mary's has scored eight goals in the first half, and nine after halftime. On the flip side, the Cardinals' opponents have scored 12 of their 16 goals in the game's opening 45 minutes. … The Cardinals' 2-1 win over UW-River Falls on Aug. 31 was their first overtime victory since beating Gustavus 1-0 in double-overtime on Sept. 29, 2009.
 
Scouting The St. Thomas Tommies:
2014 Roster | 2014 Schedule | 2014 Statistics
Last Wednesday's game against UW-River Falls was the first home game of the season for the Tommies, who are in the midst of four straight home contests. … With their 0-0 deadlock against UW-River Falls, the Tommies are now unbeaten (1-0-1) in their last two games. … The Tommies have gone to double overtime in each of their last two games—beating St. Catherine 1-0 and tying UW-River Falls. … Six of UST's seven games have been decided by shutout—St. Thomas has won 1-0 and 2-0, while losing 1-0 (twice) and 4-0. … UST's 1-0 double-OT win over St. Catherine snapped the Tommies' season-high three-game losing streak. … St. Thomas has allowed just eight goals in seven games but has scored just four. … Brielle Bierman has scored two of the team's four goals this season, with Hayley Engel and Morgan McConachie accounting for the other two. … Engel has also recorded UST's lone assist this season. … Tarynn Theilig has played every minute of the Tommies' first seven games in goal, compiling a 1.07 goals-against-average and a .765 save percentage. … Sheila McGill has 75 coaching victories thus far in her eight seasons at UST head coach. A former MIAC soccer player at Saint Mary's from 1993-97, McGill was an assistant coach at St. Catherine from 2003-06 before coming to St. Thomas. The Tommies have never has a losing MIAC record under McGill.