WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota men's soccer team returns to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play on Saturday, hosting Hamline in a 7 p.m. matchup at Ochrymowycz Field
 
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (0-3-2 MIAC | 4-5-2 Overall) vs. Hamline Pipers (2-1-1 MIAC | 4-5-2 Overall)
 
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Last Action:
• Saint Mary's: Chris Trussel (Wenatchee, Wash.) scored the game's only goal early in the second half, lifting the Cardinals to a 1-0 nonconference win over Bethany Lutheran Wednesday in Mankato, Minn. | Recap
• Hamline: Abbai Habte accounted for all three goals, as the Pipers cruised to a 3-0 nonconference win over Northwestern (Minn.) Tuesday in Roseville, Minn. | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. Hamline—Their Last Meeting:
• October 29, 2014 * Winona, Minn.: Blake Dimock (Burlington, Wash.) scored his first collegiate goal in the game's 21st minute—the Cardinals' first goal in their last five games—and Saint Mary's made it stand up, blanking the visiting Pipers 1-0 at Ochrymowycz Field | Recap
 
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals hit the road on Wednesday, traveling to St. Paul, Minn., for a 7:30 p.m. conference game at Macalester.
• Hamline: The Pipers return home to Paterson Field in St. Paul, Minn., on Wednesday, hosting Carleton in a 4 p.m. MIAC contest.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
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• With their 1-0 win over Bethany Lutheran Wednesday, the Cardinals are now 2-1-2 in their last five games. … Saint Mary's last five games have all been decided by one goal or less. … Last Saturday's 2-1 loss to Concordia snapped the Cardinals' three-game unbeaten streak (1-0-2). … Last Saturday's loss to the Cobbers also snapped a streak of three straight overtime games for the Cardinals, who beat Simpson 3-2 in OT on Sept. 23, and followed that up with back-to-back 0-0 double-overtime ties vs. Bethel (Sept. 19) and Gustavus (Sept. 29). … The Cardinals' 3-2 win over Simpson on Sept. 23 was Saint Mary's first overtime win since beating Saint John's 1-0 on Oct. 24, 2009—snapping a string of 12 overtime games without a win (0-7-5). … The Cardinals' ties vs. Bethel and Gustavus marked the first time since the 1994 season that Saint Mary's has posted back-to-back 0-0 ties. … The Cardinals snapped their season-high four-game losing streak with their 3-2 overtime win over Simpson on Sept. Sept. 23. … Nate Levy (Byron, Minn.) needed to make just one save against Bethany Lutheran to record his first shutout of the season and second of his collegiate career. … Evan Claffy (Joliet, Ill.) made 14 saves—six vs. Bethel and eight against Gustavus—in posting back-to-back shutouts on Sept. 26 and Sept. 29. … Claffy—who has three shutouts this season and four for his collegiate career—went 231 minutes without allowing a goal, before surrendering a first-half tally against Concordia last Saturday. … Claffy—one of three different starting goalkeepers the Cardinals have used this season—owns a team-best 1.30 goals-against-average and 35 saves in seven appearances. … Chris Trussel (Wenatchee, Wash.) scored the game's only goal in Wednesday's win over Bethany Lutheran. It was the second straight game the Cardinal freshman has scored—he netted Saint Mary's lone goal in last Saturday's 2-1 loss at Concordia. … Jared Wolt (Farmington, Minn.) recorded his first collegiate two-goal game against Simpson on Sept. 23, while Sean Butcher (Cave Creek, Ariz.) accounted for the Cardinals' other goal in the 3-2 win. … With his two goals vs. the Storm, Wolt moved into the team lead with four goals, one more than Trussel and Jim Dreshar (Hugo, Minn.). … Wolt also leads the team with eight points, one more than Dreshar. … Andrew Jaworski (Racine, Wis.) owns a team-leading three assists. … Kareem Rassas (Lake in the Hills, Ill.) recorded his first collegiate two-goal game in Saint Mary's 7-0 win over Cornell on Sept. 4. … The Cardinals' 19 goals this season have come from 11 different players. … Butcher and Trussel have each scored their first collegiate goals vs. Viterbo on Sept. 1. … The Cardinals did not allow a shot on goal in their 7-0 win over Cornell on Sept. 4, while allowing just one shot on goal vs. Bethany Lutheran Wednesday. … Saint Mary's seven goals vs. Cornell on Sept. 4 were the most since the Cardinals netted a school-record 11 goals in an 11-1 victory over Presentation on Sept. 1, 2013. … Saint Mary's has outscored its opponents 18-12, including 8-4 in the first half. … The Cardinals' 5-0 and 7-0 wins over Viterbo and Cornell, respectively, to open the season marked the first time since 2012 that Saint Mary's has recorded back-to-back shutout wins. Saint Mary's blanked Buena Vista (1-0) and Hamline (1-0) on Oct. 3 and Oct. 6, 2012. … Seven of the Cardinals' last nine wins have come on their home turf. … Six of this year's 11 games have been decided by shutout—the Cardinals are 3-1-2 in those games.
 
Scouting The Hamline Pipers:
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• Hamline's 3-0 win over Northwestern was the Pipers' second straight and moved HU within one game of the .500 mark at 4-5-2. … Abbai Habte scored all three goals for the Pipers in their 3-0 win over Northwestern last Tuesday. … Habte became the eighth player in school history to record a hat trick—and the first since Jesse Hawker scored three times against Finlandia in 2011. … Habte has now scored HU's last four goals—having scored the game-winner on a penalty kick in Hamline's 2-1 win over St. Thomas last Saturday. … Three of Hamline's four wins this season have come via shutout—the lone exception, last Saturday's 2-1 victory over St. Thomas. … Habte enters Saturday's game against Saint Mary's owning the team lead in goals (6) and points (15), while sharing the team lead in assists (3) with James Reardon. … Habte's six goals rank the HU senior second in the MIAC. … Hamline's 16 goals have come from eight different players. … Dean Isaacson has started all 11 games in goal for the Pipers, compiling a 1.58 goals-against-average and a .735 save percentage. … Hamline has scored nine of its 17 goals in the first half, while the Pipers' opponents have recorded 11 of their 18 goals before halftime. … Hamline has played two overtime games this season, with both ending in ties—1-1 vs. both UW-Platteville and Macalester. … Three of the Pipers' four wins have come on their home field­­­—Hamline is 1-2-0 away from Paterson Field.