WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota women's soccer team closes out its 2016 regular-season schedule on Saturday, as the Cardinals entertain Carleton in a 1 p.m. Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference showdown at Ochrymowycz Field.
 
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (0-10-0 MIAC, 2-13-1 Overall) vs. Carleton Knights (3-6-1 MIAC, 3-11-2 Overall)
 
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Last Action:
•  Saint Mary's—October 26, 2016 * St. Paul, Minn.: St. Catherine erupted for four second-half goals, in handing the Cardinals a 5-0 conference setback in Saint Mary's final road game of the season | Recap
• Carleton—October 26, 2016 * Northfield, Minn.: No. 14 St. Thomas scored a pair of second-half goals in dealing the Knights a 3-0 conference setback—officially eliminating Carleton from MIAC Playoff contention | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. Carleton—A Year Ago:
• October 31, 2015 * Northfield, Minn.: It wasn't quite the season finale Saint Mary's coach Neil Cassidy was hoping for. In fact, if Cassidy were to write a final chapter to this year's season, it would be the exact opposite of the one the Cardinals wrote against Carleton. The Knights scored four unanswered goals—including three in the first half—and the Cardinals could not recover in dropping a 5-1 decision at Bell Field | Recap
 
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: Saturday's matchup against Carleton is the season finale for the Cardinals.
• Carleton: Saturday's showdown at Saint Mary's is the season season for the Knights.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2016 Roster | 2016 Statistics | 2016 Schedule
• Saturday's game against Carleton is the final collegiate game for Cardinal seniors Emma Schaefer (Roseville, Minn.), Ellen Moran (Lakeville, Minn.), Marissa Dressely (Cottage Grove, Minn.), Aubrie Cornell (Columbia, Mo.), and Bridgett Leverich (Oswego, Ill.). … Gabriella Pederson (Chaska, Minn.) equaled her career high with 10 saves—including eight in the first half—against St. Catherine on Wednesday. Pederson also made 10 saves in a 1-0 setback against Hamline on Oct. 8. … Pederson has now stopped eight or more shots in a game seven times this season. … Pederson, who has started the Cardinals' last 15 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 2.00 goals-against-average and has made 88 saves in 1,439 minutes played. … Maura Michener (Winona, Minn.) scored her first collegiate goal in the Cardinals' 3-1 loss to UW-La Crosse on Oct. 20. … 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 other two. … 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. … 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. … 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. … The Cardinals faced a pair of nationally ranked teams in a four-day span this season—falling to No. 26 UW-La Crosse on Oct. 19 and No. 13 St. Thomas on Oct. 22.
 
Scouting The Carleton Knights:
2016 Roster | 2016 Statistics | 2016 Schedule
• Wednesday's loss to 14^th-ranked St. Thomas marked the fourth straight game decided by shutout for the Knights, who are 1-3-0 in those four contests. … With the three goals allowed against St. Thomas Wednesday, the Knights have now surrendered three or more goals in a game four times—including a season-high six in a 6-0 loss to Denison on Sept. 10. … Eight of Carleton's 11 losses have been by shutout. … Carleton has scored eight goals in its three wins—beating Gustavus (3-0), Concordia (3-1), and St. Olaf (2-0). … Madeline Topf heads into Saturday's finale against Saint Mary's as the team-leader in both goals (4) and points (9). … Laura Kiernan, Nora Mertz, and Ruby Kazemi are second to Topf with two goals each. … Connor Kasch is the team's assist leader with three, one more than Mertz. … Topf has scored two of the Knights' three game-winning goals this season, with Mertz accounting for the other. … Elaine Sundberg has played every minute of the Knights' 16 games in goal this season, compiling a 1.95 goals-against-average. … Sundberg has made 86 saves and owns three shutouts. … After going 0-8-2 in its first 10 games, Carleton is 3-3-0 in its last six. … Carleton has played two overtime games this season—both ending in ties. The Knights battled Transylvania to a 0-0 deadlock, while posting a 2-2 stalemate against St. Catherine. … The Knights have been outscored 16-6 in the first half, and 16-7 after the break.