WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota men's soccer team closes out its 2015 regular-season schedule on Sunday, entertaining Finlandia in a 2 p.m. nonconference game at Ochrymowycz Field.
 
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (5-9-3 Overall) vs. Finlandia Lions (11-5-0 Overall)
 
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Last Action:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals fell behind 3-1 in the first half and could not recover in falling to Carleton 5-1 in their final conference game of the season Saturday in Northfield, Minn. | Recap
• Finlandia: The Lions surrendered five goals in the second half in dropping a 5-1 nonconference game to UW-Oshkosh Wednesday in Hancock, Mich. | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. Finlandia—Their Last Meeting:
• Sunday's game between the Cardinals and Lions will be the first in program history.
 
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: Sunday's game vs. Finlandia is the regular-season finale for the Cardinals.
• Finlandia: The Lions are right back in action on Monday, traveling to St. Paul, Minn., for a 3:30 p.m. nonconference game against Hamline.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
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• Sunday's game against Finlandia is the final collegiate game for Cardinal seniors Evan Claffy (Joliet, Ill.), Kareem Rassas (Lake in the Hills, Ill.), Bret Bluhm (Saint Clair, Mich.), Mike Tabar (Skokie, Ill.), Andrew Jaworski (Racine, Wis.), Carlos Hernandez (Cicero, Ill.), Fernando Camacho (Chicago, Ill.), Joe Bosco (Elk Grove Village, Ill.), Ryan Geidner (Antioch, Ill.), Cody Balogh (Batavia, Ill.), Trevor Rottinghaus (La Porte City, Iowa), and Christian Brito (Chicago, Ill.). … Chris Trussel (Wenatchee, Wash.) scored his fourth goal of the season vs. Carleton Saturday. … With his first-half tally, Trussel moved into a tie for the team lead in goals with Jared Wolt (Farmington, Minn.) and Jim Dreshar (Hugo, Minn.) with four each. … Trussel also leads the team in points with 11, two more than Dreshar. … Andrew Jaworski (Racine, Wis.) collected his team-leading fourth assist of the season vs. Martin Luther on Oct. 21. … Chris Beiersdorf (Arlington Heights, Ill.) scored twice against Martin Luther on Oct. 21. … Beiersdorf's effort vs. Martin Luther marked the first multiple-goal game of his collegiate career. … Beiersdorf is the third Cardinal with a two-goal game this season—Wolt notched his first collegiate two-goal game vs. Simpson on Sept. 23, while Rassas recorded his first two-goal outing as a Cardinal against Cornell on Sept. 4. … Balogh scored the Cardinals' goal vs. St. Olaf on Oct. 17—it was the Cardinals' first PK of the season. Saint Mary's opponents have converted both of their penalty kicks this season. … The Cardinals' 27 goals have come from 12 different players. … Trussel and Sean Butcher (Cave Creek, Ariz.) scored their first collegiate goals vs. Viterbo on Sept. 1. … Nate Levy (Byron, Minn.) posted a career-high 10 saves in the Cardinals' loss to Carleton Saturday. … Evan Claffy (Joliet, Ill.) pushed his team-leading save total to 47 with four saves against St. Thomas on Oct. 24—including three in the first overtime. … Claffy 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 on Oct. 3. … Levy and Alberto Centeno (Elk Grove Village, Ill.) combined on a three-save shutout vs. Martin Luther on Oct. 21—Levy made two saves in 78 minutes, while Centeno had one save in 12 minutes of relief. … Levy and Centeno also combined on a shutout in Saint Mary's 7-0 win over Cornell on Sept. 4. … Levy needed to make just one save against Bethany Lutheran on Oct. 7 to record his first shutout of the season and second of his collegiate career. … Claffy owns a 1.41 goals-against average in 11 appearances, while Levy boasts a 1.64 GAA in eight appearances. … Saint Mary's put an end to a six-game losing streak against St. Thomas with its 1-1 tie against the Tommies on Oct. 24.  … The Cardinals have played four overtime games this season—boasting a 2-0-2 record. … Saint Mary's 1-1 tie at St. Thomas was the Cardinals' third of the season. It's the most ties since Saint Mary's had three ties during the 2004 campaign. … The three MIAC ties are also the most since the Cardinals went 2-4-4 in conference play in 1994. … The Cardinals snapped a three-game losing streak with their 3-0 nonconference win over Martin Luther on Oct. 21. Saint Mary's last two wins have come via shutout. … Eight of Saint Mary's 15 games have been decided by shutout—the Cardinals are 4-2-2 in those games. … Eight of the Cardinals' last 10 wins have come on their home turf. … With its 1-1 tie against St. Thomas, eight of Saint Mary's last 11 games have been decided by one goal or less. … Three of the Cardinals' last five losses have been 2-1 decisions. … 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 on Oct. 7. … 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. … The Cardinals' 2-1 loss to Concordia on Oct. 3 snapped their three-game unbeaten streak (1-0-2). … Saint Mary's 2-1 loss to Concordia 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' 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.  
 
Scouting The Finlandia Lions:
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• Sunday's game against Saint Mary's is the first of back-to-back road games for the Lions against teams from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference—Finlandia faces Hamline in St. Paul, Minn., on Monday. … Wednesday's loss to UW-Oshkosh was the Lions' second straight setback. Finlandia dropped a 5-2 decision to Webster last Sunday. … Finlandia has surrendered 10 goals during its current two-game slide and has allowed a combined 20 goals in its five losses. On the flip side, the Lions have outscored their opponents 39-5 in their 11 victories. … Alex Freeman enters Sunday's game against Saint Mary's as the team leader in goals with 19 and points with 42. … Robert Hernandez is the team's assist leader with eight. … Christopher Johnson  is second to Freeman in both goals (10) and points (25), while Jonathan Barnes—who scored Finlandia's lone goal vs. UW-Oshkosh last Wednesday—and Hernandez have also eclipsed the 10-point barrier with 17 and 10 points, respectively. … Four of Freeman's 19 goals have been game-winners. … Finlandia's 46 goals have come from 11 different players, while 17 Lions have recorded at least one point. … Ricardo Almanza and Matthew Van Horn have shared the goalkeeping duties this season. Almanza owns a 1.58 goals-against-average in 967 minutes, while Van Horn boasts a 1.59 GAA in 452 minutes. … Almanza has made a team-high 51 saves and has collected three shutouts, with Van Horn posting 26 saves and one shutout. … Finlandia has scored 23 goals in each half, while the Lions' opponents have netted 13 goals in the first half and 12 in the second. … Finlandia—which has not played an overtime game this season—is 4-1-0 on its home field, while going 7-4-0 away from Hancock, Mich.