ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota women's soccer team closes out the road portion of its 2016 regular-season schedule on Wednesday, as the Cardinals head to St. Catherine for a 3:30 p.m. Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference showdown against the Wildcats.
 
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (0-9-0 MIAC, 2-12-1 Overall) at St. Catherine Wildcats (4-4-1 MIAC, 9-5-1 Overall)
 
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Last Action:
•  Saint Mary's—October 22, 2016 * Winona, Minn.: The Cardinals faced their second nationally ranked team in a four-day span, falling to 13^th-ranked St. Thomas 2-0 in a conference game at Ochrymowycz Field | Recap
• St. Catherine—October 22, 2016 * St. Paul, Minn.: After battling Gustavus to a 1-1 draw through the first 45 minutes, the Wildcats surrendered three goals in the second half—while scoring just one—in falling to the Gusties 4-2 | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. St. Catherine—A Year Ago:
• October 28, 2015 * Winona, Minn.: With temperatures hovering in the 30s, wind gusts nearing 20 mph and even a few snowflakes, Mother Nature certainly did her part to make life miserable for Saint Mary's—and so did St. Catherine's Hannah Okerstrom. Okerstrom scored a pair of goals—one in each half—in leading the Wildcats to a 2-0 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victory over the Cardinals at Ochrymowycz Field | Recap
 
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals close out their regular-season schedule on Saturday, hosting Carleton in a 1 p.m. MIAC contest at Ochrymowycz Field.
• St. Catherine: The Wildcats hit their road for their regular-season finale on Saturday, heading to Moorhead, Minn., for a 1 p.m. conference matchup against Concordia.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2016 Roster | 2016 Statistics | 2016 Schedule
• The Cardinals faced a pair of nationally ranked teams last week—falling to No. 26 UW-La Crosse and No. 13 St. Thomas. … Maura Michener (Winona, Minn.) scored her first collegiate goal in the Cardinals' 3-1 loss to UW-La Crosse last Wednesday. … Michener became the third player to record her first goal as a Cardinal this season—Hailey Cottle (Orting, Wash.) and Abby Lafko (Gilbert, Ariz.) are the others. … The Cardinals' last nine goals have come from six different players—Becca Dup (Albert Lea, Minn.) has netted three, with Michener, Cottle, Lafko, Emma Schaefer (Roseville, Minn.), Emily Loof (Colorado Springs, Colo.), and Bridgette Leverich (Verona, Wis.) accounting for the other five goals. … With her first-half tally vs. Gustavus on Sept. 28, Dup moved into a share of the team lead in goals (3) with Schaefer—one more than Loof, Lafko, Leverich, and Wallraff. … Schaefer is also the team's points leader with eight—two more than Dup and Leverich—while Aubrie Cornell (Columbia, Mo.) owns a team-high three assists. … Loof collected the Cardinals' first goal of the season, scoring in the game's 72^nd minute against Luther on Sept. 1. … Schaefer and Wallraff each scored two goals in the Cardinals' 7-2 win over Martin Luther on Sept. 5. It was the fourth multiple-goal game of her career for Schaefer, while it was the first time in her career that Wallraff has scored twice in a game. … Gabriella Pederson (Chaska, Minn.) finished with eight saves against No. 13 St. Thomas last Saturday—it was the sixth time this season the freshman has stopped eight or more shots in a game. … Pederson finished with a career-high 10 saves in Saint Mary's 1-0 setback against Hamline on Oct. 8. … Pederson, who has started the Cardinals' last 14 games in goal, has recorded two shutouts this season. Pederson earned her first collegiate shutout against Benedictine on Sept. 9—without having to record a save—while stopping the lone UW-Superior shot she faced en route to shutout No. 2 on Sept. 18. … Pederson owns a 1.80 goals-against-average and has made 78 saves in 1,349 minutes played. … Seven of the Cardinals' 15 games this season have been decided by one goal or less. … The Cardinals have played three overtime games this season—Saint Mary's dropped 1-0 OT decisions to both Concordia and UW-River Falls, while battling Benedictine to a 0-0, double-overtime draw. … The Cardinals' 0-0 deadlock against Benedictine on Sept. 9 was their first tie since a 3-3 stalemate against Gustavus on Oct. 1, 2014. … The Cardinals' scoreless deadlock against Benedictine on Sept. 9 was also their first 0-0 tie since Oct. 2, 2010, when Saint Mary's and Concordia played 110 minutes of scoreless soccer. … The Cardinals' seven goals in their 7-2 nonconference win over Martin Luther on Sept. 5 are a season high. All seven goals came after Saint Mary's surrendered back-to-back tallies to the Vikings in the game's opening 20 minutes. … The Cardinals' seven goals against Martin Luther are the most since netting seven against both UW-Superior and Bethany Lutheran during the 2014 season. … Ten of the Cardinals' last 12 goals have come in the second half. … Saint Mary's has outscored its opponents 11-10 after halftime, but the Cardinals have been outscored 19-6 in the game's opening 45 minutes. … The Cardinals' 7-2 win over Martin Luther on Sept. 5 snapped a 12-game road losing streak, dating back to a 7-1 win at Bethany Lutheran on Sept. 23, 2014.
 
Scouting The St. Catherine Wildcats:
2016 Roster | 2016 Statistics | 2016 Schedule
• Last Saturday's 4-2 loss to Gustavus was the Wildcats' third straight setback. … SCU has been outscored 8-3 during its current three-game slide. … After opening the season 4-0-1, the Wildcats are 5-5-0 in their last 10 contests. … Five of St. Catherine's nine wins have been by 2-1 decisions. … Nine of St. Catherine's 15 games have been decided by one goal or less. … Hannah Okerstrom has scored a team-high 12 goals, while also leading the team in points with 28. … Allie Bird is second on the team in goals with six, followed by Kaitlin Machovec with four. … Allie Boucher owns a team-best five assists. … St. Catherine boasts three players—Okerstrom (28), Bird (14), and Machovec (12)—with 10 or more points. … Thirteen different players have scored for the St. Catherine this season, while 18 Wildcats have recorded at least one point. … Tayler Koop and Shelby Fehringer have shared the goalkeeping duties this season. Koop owns a 2.01 goals-against-average and has made a team-high 40 saves in 717 minutes, while Fehringer boasts a 2.08 GAA and has made 35 saves in 605 minutes. … Koops is the team-leader in wins with five. … The Wildcats have been outscored 15-12 in the first half, but hold a 23-15 scoring edge after halftime. … St. Catherine has played four overtime games this season, going 3-0—with all three decided by 2-1 scores. SCU beat Bethel in overtime, and Elmhurst and Macalester in double overtime. … The Wildcats are a near-perfect 5-1-1 on their home turf, while going 4-4-0 on the road this season.