WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota women's soccer team returns to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play on Saturday, as the Cardinals entertain St. Olaf in a 3:30 p.m. matchup at Ochrymowycz Field.
 
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (0-1-0 MIAC * 4-2-0 Overall) vs. St. Olaf Oles (1-0-0 MIAC * 3-2-0 Overall)
 
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Last Action:
• Saint Mary's—September 12 * St. Paul, Minn.: The Cardinals could not get their offense on track against defending conference champion St. Thomas, falling to the Tommies 2-0 in the teams' MIAC opener at South Field | Recap
• St. Olaf—September 12 * Northfield, Minn.: Katie Brumley's goal in the 69^th minute lifted the Oles to a 1-0 win over Bethel in the team's conference opener at Rolf Mellby Field | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. St. Olaf—Their Last Meeting:
• October 15, 2016 * Northfield, Minn.: After back-to-back-to-back 1-0 losses, Saint Mary's was looking to change things up when the Cardinals took to the field against St. Olaf. And change there was. Unfortunately for the Cardinals, the change wasn't quite what they had in mind, as St. Olaf scored a pair of first-half goals and added another in the second in handing Saint Mary's a 3-0 setback | Recap
 
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals hit the road on Wednesday, heading to River Falls, Wis., for a XXX p.m. nonconference game against UW-River Falls.
• St. Olaf: The Oles are back on the road on Wednesday, traveling to Eau Claire, Wis., for a 4 p.m. nonconference matchup against UW-Eau Claire.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2017 Roster | 2017 Statistics | 2017 Schedule
• Saturday's game against St. Olaf is just the third home contest for the Cardinals, who are 2-0-0 on their home turf this season—beating Bethany Lutheran (7-1) and Finlandia (10-0). … Tuesday's 2-0 loss to St. Thomas snapped the Cardinals' two-game winning streak—while also marking the first time this season Saint Mary's has failed to score at least one goal. … Gabriella Pederson (Chaska, Minn.) finished with a season-high 10 saves in Tuesday's loss to St. Thomas. The 10 saves marked the ninth time in her collegiate career the sophomore has made eight or more saves—including three 10-save efforts and a career-high 11-save showing against Carleton on Oct. 29. … Pederson boasts a 0.86 goals-against-average and has made 20 saves. … Zoe Boleneus boasts a 1.18 GAA and has stopped eight of the 11 shots she's faced in her three starts in goal. … The Cardinals have outscored their first six opponents 24-6. … The Cardinals' 24 goals through six games are the most since scoring 28 goals for the entire 2014 season. … Saint Mary's 10-goal outburst in its 10-0 win over Finlandia on Sept. 9 was its highest single-game offensive performance since blanking Northland 10-0 during the 2007 season. … The Cardinals' 10 goals against Finlandia came from eight different players. Mary Loy (Burien, Wis.) and Becca Dup (Albert Lea, Minn.) each scored twice, while Emily Loof (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Kendall Archer (Draper, Utah), Sarah Egbert (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Mackenzie Waters (Highlands Ranch, Colo.), Anissa Barrios (Gilbert, Ariz.), and Marissa Carlyle (San Jose, Calif.) accounted for the others. … The goals by Archer, Barrios, Carlyle, and Egbert were all collegiate firsts. … Saint Mary's now has had eight players net their first collegiate goals this season—Archer, Barrios, Carlyle, Egbert, Loy, Waters, Mary Arnold (Winona, Minn.), and Erin McElligott (New York City, N.Y.). … Loof recorded her second collegiate hat trick in Saint Mary's 7-1 win over Bethany Lutheran on Sept. 6. Both of Loof's hat tricks have come against Bethany Lutheran, the first coming on Sept. 23, 2014. … The two-goal game by Dup against Finlandia on Sept. 9 was the first of her collegiate career, while Loy has now scored two goals in a game twice this season—having also notched two in her collegiate debut against Lawrence. … Both Dup and Loy picked up a pair of assists in the Cardinals' win over Bethany Lutheran on Sept. 6—it was Dup's second two-assist game of the season and the first of her collegiate career for Loy. … All four goals in the Cardinals' season-opening win over Lawrence were scored by freshmen. Loy scored twice, while Waters and Arnold accounted for the other two. … Loy's goal in the 21^st minute against Lawrence on Sept. 1 was the Cardinals' first goal of the season. … Loy and Loof enter Saturday's conference game vs. St. Olaf sharing the team lead with five goals each, one more than Dup. … Dup owns a team-best five assists and shares the team lead in points (13) with Loy. … Dup has recorded at least one point in four of the Cardinals' first five games. … With their 2-1 loss to Ripon on Sept. 2, the Cardinals slipped to 0-3-1 in their last four overtime games. … With their 7-1 win on Sept. 6, the Cardinals improved to 4-0-0 all-time against Bethany Lutheran—outscoring the Vikings 23-2. … The Cardinals have beaten Bethany Lutheran 7-1 in each of their last two meetings.
 
Scouting The St. Olaf Oles:
2017 Roster | 2017 Statistics | 2017 Schedule
• Saturday's game at Saint Mary's is just the second road contest of the season for the Oles, who opened the year with a 3-1 win over Carroll on Sept. 2, before playing the next four contests on their home turf at Rolf Mellby Field. … Tuesday's 1-0, conference-opening win over Bethel snapped St. Olaf's two-game losing streak. … St. Olaf has held its opponents to one goal or less in all three of its wins this season. On the flip side, the Oles have allowed seven goals in their two losses—a 3-2 setback to Luther and a 4-0 loss to Loras. … Mackenzie Schoustra has scored a team-high four of the Oles' 10 goals this season. She is the only St. Olaf player to have netted more than one goal through five games. … Katie Brumley—who scored the Oles' game-winning goal in Tuesday's 1-0 win over Bethel—Annie Reichhoff, Sarah Fisco, Maggie Wilson, Kaylyn Billmeyer, and Hannah Stoker have accounted for St. Olaf's other six goals. … Schoustra is also the team-leader in points with nine. … St. Olaf's three game-winning goals have come from three different players—Schoustra, Fisco, and Brumley. … Brynne Davis, who stopped all three shots she faced against Bethel Tuesday en route to her first shut out of the season, has started four of the team's five games in goal—compiling a 1.72 goals-against-average and a .652 save percentage. … St. Olaf has scored five of its nine goals in the first half. The Oles' opponents, meanwhile, have netted six of their 10 goals after the intermission. … St. Olaf has played one overtime game this season, falling to Luther 3-2 in double OT on Sept. 6.