ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota men's soccer team hits the road for the first time this season on Wednesday, as the Cardinals travel to St. Thomas for a 4 p.m. Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference showdown with the Tommies.
 
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (0-0-0 MIAC * 4-0-0 Overall) at St. Thomas Tommies (0-0-0 MIAC * 4-1-0 Overall)
 
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Last Action:
• Saint Mary's—September 9-10, 2017 * Winona, Minn.: The Cardinals pushed their season-opening winning streak to four last weekend, picking up 3-1 and 2-1 wins over Finlandia and Nebraska Wesleyan at the BIG Athletics/Adidas Tournament | Finlandia Recap * Nebraska Wesleyan Recap
• St. Thomas—September 8-9, 2017 * Columbus, Ohio/Delaware, Ohio: The Tommies suffered their first loss of the season last Friday, as Capital rolled to a 2-0 victory, but UST rebounded to beat Ohio Wesleyan 2-1 the following day | Capital Recap * Ohio Wesleyan Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. St. Thomas—Their Last Meeting:
• October 22, 2016 * Winona, Minn.: The Tommies—who entered their Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game against Saint Mary's leading the country with 11 shutouts—made the Cardinals shutout victim No. 12. St. Thomas scored twice in the opening 45 minutes and kept Saint Mary's off the scoreboard in handing the Cardinals a 2-0 setback at Ochrymowycz Field | Recap
 
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals return home to Ochrymowycz Field this weekend, hosting St. Olaf in a 1 p.m. conference matchup on Saturday, before entertaining North Park in a 1 p.m. nonconference showdown a day later.
• St. Thomas: The Tommies hit the road on Saturday, traveling to Collegeville, Minn., to take on Saint John's in a 1 p.m. conference showdown.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2017 Roster | 2017 Statistics | 2017 Schedule
• Wednesday's game against St. Thomas is the first road game of the season for the Cardinals. … With their wins over Finlandia and Nebraska Wesleyan at the BIG Athletic/Adidas Tournament last weekend, the Cardinals improved to 4-0-0 for the first time since opening the 1986 season with four straight wins. It is also the Cardinals' first four-game winning streak since early in the 2000 season. … The Cardinals have not allowed more than one goal in a game this season—blanking Crown 6-0 in their opener, before sandwiching 2-1 wins over Viterbo and Nebraska Wesleyan around a 3-1 victory vs. Finlandia. … 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 victory over Crown on Sept. 1 was the first collegiate coaching win for the Cardinals' Corbin Bowers. … 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. … The Cardinals' five goals in their wins over Finlandia and Nebraska Wesleyan came from five different players—Robbie Sobczak (Cloquet, Minn.), Garrett Grunke (Verona, Wis.), and Kyle Lichttenegger (De Pere, Wis.) scored vs. Finlandia, while Sean Butcher (Cave Creek, Ariz.) and Charles Reit (Arcadia, Wis.) found the back of the net vs. Nebraska Wesleyan. … Butcher and Lichttenegger head into Wednesday's conference opener against St. Thomas sharing the team lead with three goals each—one more than Reit and Sobczak. … Butcher also leads the team with three assists and nine points. … Reit netted his first collegiate goal with a first-half tally against Viterbo on Sept. 6. … Butcher—who posted his first collegiate two-goal game in the Cardinals' season-opening 6-0 win over Crown on Sept. 1—notched his first two-assist effort in Saint Mary's 2-1 vs. Viterbo last Wednesday. … Lichttenegger also notched his first two-goal game in a Cardinal uniform vs. Crown on Sept. 1. … The two goals by both Butcher and Lichttenegger 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 posted multiple-goal games since Matt Graber, Nate Vandegrift, and Midhat Mujic all scored twice against Presentation on Sept. 1, 2013. … 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. … Nate Levy (Byron, Minn.) and Alberto Centeno (Elk Grove Village, Ill.) have shared the goalkeeping duties this season. Levy is 2-0-0 with a 0.52 goals-against-average, while Centeno is 2-0-0 with a 1.00 GAA. … Centeno has made a team-high six saves, while Levy has stopped four of the five shots he's faced. … Levy and Jimmy Perreault (Batavia, Ill.) did not have to make a save in shutting out Crown on Sept. 1. … Levy has recorded 10 or more saves in a game three times in his career—including a career-high 13 saves against Carleton on Oct. 29. … Levy recorded three shutouts last season and has now posted four shutouts in his collegiate career. … With their 6-0 win over Crown, the Cardinals have now posted three wins in which they did not allow a shot on goal over the past 22 games. 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 has outscored its first four opponents 13-3—including 9-1 in the second half. … All six of Saint Mary's goals against Crown on Sept. 1 came in the second half.
 
Scouting The St. Thomas Tommies:
2017 Roster | 2017 Statistics | 2017 Schedule
• The Tommies' 2-0 loss to Capital last Friday snapped their season-opening three-game winning streak. UST rebounded with a 2-1 win over Ohio Wesleyan the following day to improve to 4-1-0 heading into Tuesday's conference opener against Saint Mary's. … The Tommies swept the conference's regular-season and playoff titles a year ago. The regular-season crown was UST's first since 1995, while the MIAC Playoff title was the first in program history. … The Tommies entered the season ranked No. 3 in the United Soccer Coaches Association Preseason Poll. … Justin Oliver has accounted for five of the Tommies' 11 goals through five games. … Shae Bottum, Christian Elliehausen, Paul Gwidt, Lucas Horton, Alex Schnobrich, and Kevin Van Lieshout have accounted for the Tommies' other six goals. … Bottum and Oliver share the team lead in assists with three—one more than Jonathan Acevedo and Jacob Makela—while Oliver's 10 points are a team high. … Oliver has netted at least one goal in all four of UST's wins this season. … St. Thomas' four game-winning goals have come from four different players—Oliver, Bottum, Elliehausen, and Schnobrich. … Adam Hogan has started all five games in goal for the Tommies, boasting a 0.80 goals-against-average and a .692 save percentage. … The Tommies head into Wednesday's home contest with Saint Mary's a perfect 3-0-0 on their home turf. … St. Thomas has outscored its opponents 11-4 through five games—including 7-2 after halftime. … The Tommies have played one overtime game this season, getting a goal from Bottum in the 103^rd minute of a 1-0, season-opening victory over St. Norbert.