WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota women's soccer team kicks off the home portion of its 2016 schedule on Friday, entertaining Benedictine in a 3:30 p.m. nonconference game at Ochrymowycz Field.
 
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (1-1-0 Overall) vs. Benedictine Eagles (1-2-0 Overall)
 
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Last Action:
•  Saint Mary's—September 5, 2016 * New Ulm, Minn.: The Cardinals erupted for seven unanswered goals—including two each from Emma Schaefer (Roseville, Minn.) and Maddy Wallraff (Blaine, Minn.)—en route to a 7-2 nonconference win over Martin Luther | Recap
• Benedictine—September 6, 2016 * Lisle, Ill.: The Eagles kicked off the home portion of their schedule in winning fashion, erupting for 11 goals in an 11-0 win over Rockford | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. Benedictine—Their Last Meeting:
• September 11, 2005 * Lisle, Ill.: Jennifer Johnson (Racine, Wis.) started the Cardinals' nonconference game against Benedictine in goal, but—with the score knotted at 0-0—was moved to forward late in the game in hopes of providing the Saint Mary's offense with a much-needed spark. And spark she did, as the Cardinal junior was on the finishing end of a tic-tac-toe passing play with Louise Irvine (Belfast, Northern Ireland) and Emily Berg (Owatonna, Minn.), netting her first goal of the season with less than eight minutes remaining in regulation, lifting Saint Mary's to a 1-0 nonconference victory | Recap
 
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals open Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play on Tuesday, traveling to Augsburg's Edor Nelson Field in Minneapolis, Minn., for a 7:30 p.m. showdown with the Auggies.
• Benedictine: The Eagles are back on the road on Saturday, heading to Menomonie, Wis., for a 4 p.m. nonconference game against UW-Stout.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
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• The Cardinals erupted for seven goals in their 7-2 nonconference win over Martin Luther last Monday—all seven goals came after surrendering back-to-back tallies to the Vikings in the game's opening 20 minutes. … The Cardinals' seven goals against Martin Luther were the most since netting seven against both UW-Superior and Bethany Lutheran during the 2014 season. … Maddy Wallraff (Blaine, Minn.) and Emma Schaefer (Roseville, Minn.) each scored two goals against Martin Luther. 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. … Hailey Cottle (Orting, Wash.), Bridgett Leverich (Oswego, Ill.), and Anna Taylor (St. Paul, Minn.) accounted for Saint Mary's other three goals against Martin Luther last Sunday. … It was the first collegiate goal for Cottle. … Leverich and Taylor have now scored one goal in each of their last three seasons as a Cardinal. … Emily Loof (Colorado Springs, Colo.) collected the Cardinals' first goal of the season, scoring in the game's 72^nd minute against Luther Thursday. … Loof has now scored at least one goal in all three seasons at Saint Mary's. … Gabriella Pederson (Chaska, Minn.) made her first collegiate start in goal against Luther on Sept. 1, collecting eight saves—including five in the second half. … Pederson owns a 1.33 goals-against-average and 11 saves in 135 minutes played. … Sarah Sieracki (Schererville, Ind.) picked up the win in goal against Martin Luther, stopping four of the six first-half shots she faced. … With their four second-half goals against Martin Luther, Saint Mary's has now scored 11 of its last 28 goals in the game's second half.
 
Scouting The Benedictine Eagles:
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• With their win over Rockford on Tuesday, the Vikings snapped their season-opening two-game losing streak. … After netting just one goal in their first two games combined, Benedictine erupted for 11 goals in its home-opening win over Rockford Tuesday. … Benedictine got scoring from six different players in Tuesday's win over Rockford—including three goals from Abbie Graham and two from Kayleigh Sommer. … Graham's and Sommer's first goals of the opening half were the first of their collegiate careers. … The Eagles scored five goals in the first half vs. Rockford, before finding the back of the next six times over the game's final 45 minutes. … Benedictine did not allow a shot, holding a 33-0 advantage—including a 28-0 edge in shots on goal. … Graham heads into Friday's game against Saint Mary's as the team leader in goals with three and points with seven. … Benedictine's four assists this season have come from four different players—Graham, Ashley Steadman, Sabie Ramirez, and Taylor Pokorny. … Cassidy Henson has started all three games in goal for the Eagles, compiling a 1.81 goals-against-average, while making 12 saves. … The Eagles have not allowed a first-half goal this season, giving up four tallies in the second half an done in overtime.