WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota men's soccer team closes out its 2017 schedule on Saturday, hosting Concordia in a 1 p.m. Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game at Ochrymowycz Field.
 
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (2-6-1 MIAC * 8-8-1 Overall) vs. Concordia Cobbers (1-6-2 MIAC * 4-10-2 Overall)
 
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Last Action:
• Saint Mary's—October 24, 2017 * Northfield, Minn.: Nate Levy (Byron, Minn.) stopped all 12 shots he faced in helping the Cardinals to a 0-0, double-overtime tie against Carleton at Bell Field | Recap
• Concordia—October 24, 2017 * Moorhead, Minn.: Bethel scored the game-winning goal seven minutes into overtime, as the Royals dealt the Cobbers a 2-1 MIAC setback | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. Concordia—Their Last Meeting:
• October 1, 2016 * Winona, Minn.: The Cardinals scored with two seconds remaining in the opening half, then added a second goal with just over 10 minutes remaining in regulation, as Saint Mary's dealt the Cobbers a 2-0 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference setback at Ochrymowycz Field | Recap
 
Up Next:
 • Saturday's game is the regular-season finale for both the Cardinals and Cobbers.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2017 Roster | 2017 Statistics | 2017 Schedule
• Wednesday's game at Carleton was the final road game of the season for the Cardinals. Saint Mary's has recorded all eight of its wins on its home turf, while going 0-5-1 away from Ochrymowycz Field. … Tuesday's 0-0 tie against Carleton was the Cardinals' third overtime game of the season. Saint Mary's dropped 2-1 overtime decisions to both St. Olaf and Illinois Institute of Technology earlier this season. … Tuesday's 0-0 tie was the Cardinals' first scoreless deadlock since battling Bethel and Gustavus to scoreless draws in back-to-back games during the 2015 season. … Tuesday's 0-0 tie snapped a streak of three straight games decided by 2-0 decisions—Saint Mary's beat Gustavus 2-0 on Oct. 11, before falling to both Hamline and Macalester by the same score. … Tuesday's game against Carleton marked the second straight year the two teams played into double overtime—Saint Mary's fell to the Knights 2-1 on a PK two minutes into the second overtime a year ago. … Nate Levy (Byron, Minn.) picked up his second shutout of the season—and seventh of his collegiate career—with a 12-save effort against Carleton Tuesday. … Levy's 12 saves against the Knights Tuesday were one shy of his career high—a 13-save effort against those same Knights a year ago. … With his goal against Gustavus on Oct. 11, Sean Butcher (Cave Creek, Ariz.) now leads the team in goals (7) and points (18), and is second in assists (4). … Butcher has recorded at least one point in eight of the Cardinals' 16 games this season—including his first collegiate two-goal game against Crown and his first two-assist contest against Viterbo. … Butcher's seven goals are a single-season career high, and the most by a Cardinal since Mike Schmitt netted nine during the 2006 season. … Charles Reit (Arcadia, Wis.), who put together the team's longest point streak earlier this season—scoring in four straight games and added an assist in the fifth—netted his first collegiate goal with a first-half tally against Viterbo on Sept. 6. … Kyle Lichttenegger (DePere, Wis.) notched his first two-goal game in a Cardinal uniform vs. Crown on Sept. 1. … The two goals by both Butcher and Lichttenegger vs. Crown on Sept. 1 mark the first time a Cardinal has netted two goals in a game since 2015, when Saint Mary's had three players score twice in a game. … Saint Mary's had not had two players post multiple-goal games since Matt Graber, Nate Vandegrift, and Midhat Mujic all scored twice against Presentation on Sept. 1, 2013. … Robbie Sobczak (Cloquet, Minn.) scored a goal and picked up an assist against UW-Superior on Oct. 8, giving the Cardinal sophomore his first collegiate multiple-point game. … … Butcher's second goal against Crown on Sept. 1 was on a penalty kick. The Cardinal senior has now netted Saint Mary's last two PKs, having converted the lone penalty kick last season against Hamline on Oct. 8. On the flip side, the Cardinals have allowed four PK goals this season. … Levy and Alberto Centeno (Elk Grove Village, Ill.) have shared the goalkeeping duties this season. Levy—who has now recorded 10 or more saves in a game five times in his career—is 4-6-1 with a 1.34 goals-against-average, while Centeno—who posted a season-high six saves against North Park on Sept. 17—is 4-2-0 with a 2.16 GAA. … Levy and Jimmy Perreault (Batavia, Ill.) did not have to make a save in shutting out Crown on Sept. 1. Perreault also teamed with Centeno in posting the shutout against UM-Morris on Oct. 1. … Nine of the Cardinals' 17 games this season have been decided by one goal or less. … Four of the Cardinals' eight losses have been decided by a score of 2-1. All told, six of Saint Mary's 17 games have been decided by 2-1 decisions. … The Cardinals' 2-0 win over Gustavus on Oct. 11 put an end to a 31-game winless streak against the Gusties. Saint Mary's, which had gone 0-26-5 in its last 31 meetings with GAC, had not beaten the Gusties since a 3-0 home win during the 1985 season. … Saint Mary's win over Gustavus on Oct. 11 was just the third victory over the Gusties in program history (3-38-11)—the Cardinals beat GAC 3-1 in 1984 and 3-0 in 1985. … The Cardinals' 2-1 win over Bethel on Sept. 26 snapped their five-game losing streak—not to mention an eight-game conference winless streak (0-7-1), dating back to a 2-0 win over Concordia on Oct. 1, 2016. … Saint Mary's 2-1 loss to St. Thomas on Sept. 12 snapped the Cardinals' season-opening four-game winning streak. … The Cardinals had started the season 4-0-0 for the first time since opening the 1986 season with four straight wins. It was also the Cardinals' first four-game winning streak since early in the 2000 season. … With their 6-0 win over Crown on Sept. 1, the Cardinals have posted three wins in which they did not allow a shot on goal over the past two seasons. Saint Mary's did not allow a shot on goal in a pair of 3-0 wins last season—first against Bethany Lutheran on Sept. 7 and then against UM-Morris on Oct. 26. … Saint Mary's 2-1 loss to St. Olaf on Sept. 16 marked the second straight year in which the Oles beat the Cardinals in overtime—owning a 1-0 overtime win a year ago. … All six of Saint Mary's goals against Crown on Sept. 1 came in the second half. … Saint Mary's has scored 13 goals in the first half and 14 in the second. The Cardinals' opponents, meanwhile, have netted 12 goals in the first half and 16 goals after halftime—14 in the second half, and solo goals in the first and second overtimes. … The Cardinals' 3-2 win over UW-Superior on Oct. 8 was the final nonconference game of the season for the Cardinals, who finished 6-2 outside MIAC play. … With their 6-0 win over Crown on Sept. 1, the Cardinals have now won their season opener in each of the last three seasons. … Saint Mary's six goals against Crown on Sept. 1 were the most since the Cardinals netted seven in a 7-0 win over Cornell on Sept. 4, 2015. … Saint Mary's victory over Crown on Sept. 1 was the first collegiate coaching win for the Cardinals' Corbin Bowers.
 
Scouting The Concordia Cobbers:
2017 Roster | 2017 Statistics | 2017 Schedule
• Last Tuesday's 2-1 overtime loss to Bethel was the Cobbers' second straight one-goal loss, and marked the 11th time this season Concordia has played in a game decided by one goal or less. CC is 4-5-2 in those 11 contests. … The Cobbers have been held to two goals or less in 15 of their 16 games this season—the lone exception, a 3-3 tie against Saint John's on Sept. 13. … Last Tuesday's loss to Bethel was the Cobbers' fourth overtime game of the season. CC beat Coe (2-1), lost to Bethel (2-1), and tied both Saint John's (3-3) and St. Olaf (1-1). … Aronah Mukhtar heads into Saturday's season-finale against Saint Mary's as the team's goal-scoring leader with five. He also owns a team-high 12 points. … Justin Froslie has recorded a team-leading eight assists and is second to Mukhtar with 10 points. … Mukhtar, Jacob Schmidt (3), and Austin Peterson (2) are the only Cobbers with more than one goal this season. … CC is a perfect 3-for-3 in penalty kicks—Mukhtar has converted two and Froslie owns the other. On the flip side, CC's opponents have scored on five of their six PKs. … Jackson Carr has started 14 of the Cobbers' 16 games in goal, compiling a 2.22 goals-against-average and a .632 save percentage. … Carr has stopped 55 of the 87 shots he's faced and owns both of CC's shutouts. … Charlie Trochill has started Concordia's other two games in goal—both wins—allowing three goals on eight shots (1.32 GAA, .625 save percentage). … Concordia has scored 11 of its 19 goals in the first half, while the Cobbers' opponents have netted 17 first-half goals and 18 after halftime. … Last Tuesday's game against Bethel was the Cobbers' final home game of the season. CC finished with a 2-5-1 record on its home field, and head into Saturday's road finale against Saint Mary's with an identical 2-5-1 road record.