ST. BONIFACIUS, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota men's soccer team hits the road on Saturday, as the Cardinals travel to Crown for a 7 p.m. nonconference game against the Storm.
 
The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (1-1-0 Overall) at Crown Storm (2-0-0 Overall)
 
Last Action:
The Cardinals scored three first-half goals — including one just one minute into the opening half — and cruised to a 4-0 victory over North Central (Minn.) Thursday at Ochrymowycz Field | Recap … Crown heads into its weekend home games against Wisconsin Lutheran and Saint Mary's on the heels of a 4-3 overtime road win over Rockford last Saturday in Rockford, Ill. | Recap
 
SMU vs. Crown — Their Last Meeting:
September 14, 2013: Saint Mary's played its final "tune-up" in preparation for their upcoming Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference opener against Augsburg. And with Ryan Geidner (Antioch, Ill.) and Joey Petrich (Elk River, Minn.) at the controls, the Cardinals appear to be hitting on all cylinders, as the Cardinals cruised to a 3-0 nonconference win over Crown at Ochrymowycz Field | Recap
 
Up Next:
Saint Mary's returns to Ochrymowycz Field on Wednesday, playing host to Bethany Lutheran in a 7 p.m. nonconference contest. … Crown is off until next Saturday, when the Storm travel to Arden Hills, Minn., for a 1 p.m. nonconference game against Bethel.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
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The Cardinals' four goals in their 4-0 win over North Central (Minn.) Thursday were the most since Saint Mary's netted a school-record 11 goals in an 11-1 victory over Presentation on Sept. 1, 2013. … The winning team in both of Saint Mary's games this season has netted four goals — North Park dealt the Cardinals a 4-1 season-opening setback on Sept. 1. … Jim Dreshar (Hugo, Minn.), Shawn Gilbert (Rice Lake, Wis.), Joe Bosco (Elk Grove Village, Ill.) and Jared Wolt (Farmington, Minn.) accounted for Saint Mary's four goals vs. the Rams Thursday. … Dreshar has now recorded at least one point in both Saint Mary's games this season. The freshman assisted on Ryan Geidner's (Antoich, Ill.) tally vs. North Park on Sept. 1. … The goals by Dreshar, Gilbert and Wolt vs. North Central were all collegiate firsts. … The Cardinals held North Central without a shot on goal Thursday, making it rather easy for goalkeepers Zach Satton (Tehachapi, Calif.) and Nate Levy (Byron, Minn.) to combine on the shutout. … Satton finished with nine saves in his first collegiate start against North Park on Sept. 1. … Twelve of the Cardinals' last 20 games have been decided by one goal or less. … Ten of Saint Mary's 14 wins under coach Pete Watkins have been decided by one goal. … Twenty-one of Saint Mary's 26 goals in the last two seasons have come in the Cardinals' five wins and one tie. … 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 Crown Storm:
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This weekend's games against Wisconsin Lutheran and Saint Mary's are the first home games of the season for the Storm, who opened with back-to-back road games — and back-to-back wins — over Ripon (3-1) and Rockford (4-3). … Saturday's game against Saint Mary's is the first of two straight contests against Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference foes. The Storm square off against Bethel next Saturday. … Truman Shetler and Ger Jones have combined to score five of the Storm's seven goals this season. Shetler has netted a team-lead three goals, while Jones has tallied two. … Shetler also leads the team in assists (2) and points (8). … Josiah Steinkamp netted the overtime game-winner against Rockford last Saturday. Jones, meanwhile, has scored Crown's other game-winning goal. … Tanner Fisher and Justin Lao have shared the goalkeeping duties this season. Fisher stopping four of the five shots he faced in Crown's season-opening 3-1 win over Ripon last Friday, while Lao finished with nine saves in the Storm's OT win over Rockford a day later. … Four of Crown's seven goals have come before halftime. On the flip side, the Storm's opponents have netted three of their four goals before the break.