WINONA, Minn. — After back-to-back road games, the Saint Mary's University of Minnesota women's soccer team returns to Ochrymowycz Field on Friday, hosting Hamline in a 7:30 p.m. Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game.
 
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (1-4-0 MIAC | 3-8-0 Overall) vs. Hamline Pipers (1-2-1 MIAC | 4-6-1 Overall)
 
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Last Action:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals surrendered the game's only goal in the eighth minute in falling to UW-La Crosse 1-0 in a nonconference game Wednesday in La Crosse, Wis. | Recap
• Hamline: The Pipers limited visiting UW-Stout to just three shots on goal, as the Pipers cruised to a 2-0 nonconference win Tuesday at Paterson Field in St. Paul, Minn. | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. Hamline—Their Last Meeting:
• October 29, 2014 * St. Paul, Minn.: The Cardinals' first-half Achilles' heel—and the Pipers' propensity for first-half offensive successes—played out at Paterson Field, as Hamline scored twice in the first half and never relinquished the lead in handing Saint Mary's a 2-0 conference setback | Recap
 
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals are back on the road on Tuesday, heading to St. Paul, Minn., for a 7:30 p.m. MIAC game against Macalester.
• Hamline: The Pipers return to their home field on Tuesday, hosting Carleton in a 4 p.m. conference matchup at Paterson Field in St. Paul, Minn.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
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• Wednesday's game at UW-La Crosse is the second of back-to-back road contests for the Cardinals. … The Cardinals snapped a three-game losing streak with their 2-0 victory over Bethel on Sept. 26. … Six of the Cardinals' last eight wins have come on their home turf. … Saint Mary's 3-1 loss to Concordia last Saturday marked just the second time in 11 games this season the outcome was not decided by shutout. … The Cardinals' 1-0 loss to Gustavus on Sept. 30 was the Cardinals' first overtime game of the season. … Aubrie Cornell (Columbia, Mo.)—who made six saves against UW-La Crosse on Wednesday—finished with a season-high 11 saves in the Cardinals' OT loss to Gustavus. The 11 saves were two shy of Cornell's career high—a 13-save effort against UW-La Crosse on Oct. 23, 2013. … Cornell has made 79 saves in 11 games. … Cornell made seven saves vs. Bethel on Sept. 26 en route to her second collegiate shutout. The junior goalkeeper stopped all four shots she faced against UW-Superior on Sept. 5 for her first career shutout. … Cornell has started all 11 games in goal for the Cardinals, compiling a 1.71 goals-against-average. … Anna Taylor (St. Paul, Minn.) became the fourth Cardinal this season to record her first collegiate goal, accounting for Saint Mary's lone goal vs. Concordia last Saturday. … Maddy Wallraff (Blaine, Minn.), Becca Dup (Albert Lea, Minn.) and Janis Martinez (Las Vegas, Nev.) have also posted their first goals as Cardinals this season. … Emma Schaefer (Roseville, Minn.) boasts a team-leading four goals, while also leading the team in points with eight. … Schaefer and Martinez have accounted for six of the team's nine goals. … Emily Loof (Colorado Springs, Colo.) is the team-leader in assists with three, one more than Caroline Blackwood (Norwalk, Ohio). … Schaefer scored a pair of goals against UW-Superior on Sept. 5. It was the second multiple-goal game of Schaefer's career—the junior recorded her first collegiate hat trick in the Cardinals' 7-0 win over UW-Superior a year ago. … Loof had an assist on both Saint Mary's goals in its 2-1 win vs. Carroll on Sept. 12. It was Loof's fourth career multiple-point game—and her first two-assist game. … Blackwood recorded the second multiple-point game of her career, picking up assists on two of the Cardinals' four goals vs. UW-Superior on Sept. 5. … The Cardinals have scored six of their nine goals this season in the first half, while Saint Mary's opponents have netted nine goals in the first half, and nine after halftime. … Saint Mary's 2-0 loss to UW-River Falls on Sept. 1 marked the second straight season the Cardinals and Falcons opened the season with the winner scoring two goals—Saint Mary's beat UWRF 2-1 in the 2014 season-opener.
 
Scouting The Hamline Pipers:
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• After managing just one win in their first six games, Hamline boasts a 3-1-1 mark over its last five. … All four of Hamline's wins this season have come by shutout—1-0 over UW-River Falls, 3-0 vs. Northwestern, 1-0 over St. Olaf and Tuesday's 2-0 victory over UW-Stout. … Seven of Hamline's 11 games have been decided by one goal or less. … Arendje Louter heads into Friday's game at Saint Mary's leading the Pipers in points with 10, while sharing the team lead in goals (4) with Aubrey Renson. … Jensen Sevening and Malya Hirshkowitz are the team's assist leaders with three each. … HU's four game-winning goals this season have come from four different players—Louter, Stenson, Hirshkowitz, and Alicia Williams. … Anna Brisco and Amy Ramras have shared the goalkeeping duties this season, with Brisco boasting a 0.96 goals-against-average and .813 save percentage in five starts, while Ramras has a 2.00 GAA and .615 save percentage in six starts. … Both Brisco and Ramras own two wins—both by shutout. … HU has scored seven goals in the first half and six after halftime, while the Pipers' opponents have tallied 10 of their 16 goals in the game's opening 45 minutes.