WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota men's soccer team steps out of conference play on Saturday, as the Cardinals host North Park in a 1 p.m. nonconference game at Ochrymowycz Field.
 
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (4-2-0 Overall) vs. North Park Vikings (x-x-x Overall)
 
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Last Action:
• Saint Mary's—September 16, 2017 * Winona, Minn., Minn.: The Cardinals lost a heartbreaker, as St. Olaf scored a pair of unanswered goals—the second five minutes into overtime, lifting the Oles to a 2-1 MIAC win over the Cardinals at Ochrymowycz Field | Recap
• North Park—September 9, 2017 * Chicago, Ill.: Shatil Khoury scored in the 113^th minute. Lifing the Vikings to a 2-1, double-overtime win over Roosevelt at Holmgren Complex | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. North Park—Their Last Meeting:
• September 4, 2016 * Chicago, Minn.: Sean Butcher (Cave Creek, Ariz.) scored his first goal of the season in the opening half of the Cardinals' nonconference game against North Park. Unfortunately, Butcher's goal was the only offense Saint Mary's would muster, as the Vikings handed the Cardinals their first loss of the season, a 3-1 decision | Recap
 
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: After back-to-back home games, the Cardinals hit the road on Wednesday, traveling to Chicago, Ill, for a 6 p.m. nonconference game against Illinois Institute of Technology.
• North Park: The Vikings return home on Wednesday, entertaining Aurora in a 7 p.m. nonconference game at Holmgren Complex.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2017 Roster | 2017 Statistics | 2017 Schedule
• Including this weekend's games against St. Olaf and North Park, the Cardinals will have played six of their first seven games on their home field. … The Cardinals' 2-1 loss to St. Olaf Saturday was their first setback on their home turf—Saint Mary's is 4-1-0 at Ochrymowycz Field this season. … Last Wednesday's 2-1 loss at St. Thomas 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. … Garrett Grunke (Verona, Wis.) scored the Cardinals' lone goal against St. Olaf Saturday, while Sean Butcher (Cave Creek, Ariz.) netted the Cardinals' only tally in last Wednesday's 2-1 loss to St. Thomas. … Butcher's goal against St. Thomas was his team-leading fourth of the season. The reigning MIAC Athlete of the Week also leads the team with three assists and 11 points. … With his goal against St. Thomas, Butcher has now recorded at least one point in five of the Cardinals' six games this season—including his first collegiate two-goal game against Crown and his first two-assist contest against Viterbo. … Charles Reit (Arcadia, Wis.) collected his second assist of the season on Butcher's goal vs. the Tommies. … Reit 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 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—who finished with a season-high six saves against St. Thomas last Wednesday—is 2-2-0 with a 1.22 goals-against-average, while Centeno is 2-0-0 with a 1.00 GAA in two starts. … 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 five 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 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 has outscored its first six opponents 15-7—including 9-4 after halftime. … All six of Saint Mary's goals against Crown on Sept. 1 came in the second half. … 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.
 
Scouting The North Park Vikings:
2017 Roster | 2017 Statistics | 2017 Schedule
• Sunday's game at Saint Mary's is the first road contest of the season for the Vikings, who opened with four straight home games. … After splitting their first two contests—a 3-0 win over Benedictine and a 2-1 loss to Whitworth, North Park heads into Sunday having won two straight, beating Dominican 4-2 and Roosevelt 2-1 in 2 OT. … Carel Kuzona enters Sunday's game against the Cardinals owning a team-leading three goals, one more than Erik Lundeen and Peder Nalum-Olsen. The trio have accounted for seven of the team's nine goals through four games. … Arkadiusz Sziachta is the team-leader in assists with two, while seven other Vikings have delivered one assist. … Kuzona also leads the team in points with seven, two more than Lundeen and three in front of Nalum-Olsen. … Kuzona has netted two of North Park's three game-winning goals. … German Zamudio and Mathias Stulen have shared the goalkeeper duties, with each making two starts. Stulen boasts a team-best 1.00 goals-against-average and a .714 save percentage, with Zamudio close behind with a 1.33 GAA and .667 save percentage. … Zamudio has made a team-high six saves, ,one more than Stulen. … Stulen made two saves in a season-opening shutout against Benedictine. … North Park has outscored its opponents 9-3 in its three wins. … The Vikings have scored five goals in the first half and five after the intermission. North Park's opponents, meanwhile, have tallied four of their five goals in the second half. … North Park's 2-1 win over Roosevelt on Sept. 9 was its first overtime game of the season.