| The Cardinals enter their season-opener having finished 10-7-1 overall in 2019 — marking the first time since 2007 that Saint Mary's has won 10 games in a season. … The Cardinals put together two, four-game winning streaks last season — opening the year with four consecutive wins, while adding a four-game run that was snapped with a 1-0, double-overtime loss to No. 19 St. Thomas in Saint Mary's season finale. … Eight of Saint Mary's 10 wins were via shutout — the lone exceptions, 2-1 wins over Edgewood on Aug. 30 and UW-River Falls on Oct. 23. … Jordyn Matthews (Seattle, Wash.) closed out the season with a team-leading 15 goals — the most in a season since 1995, when Julie Giebe scored 17. … Matthews scored both of the Cardinals' goals in Saint Mary's 2-1 win over UW-River Falls on Oct. 23. It was the fifth time the then-sophomore scored two or more goals in a game. Matthews recorded her first collegiate hat trick on Oct. 2, accounting for all three Cardinal goals in the 4-3, double-overtime loss to St. Olaf, while netting a pair of goals against UW-River Falls on Oct. 23, Marian on Sept. 6, and Ripon two days later. … Matthews' hat trick vs. St. Olaf on Oct. 2 was the Cardinals' first since Emily Loof netted three goals against Bethany Lutheran on 6, 2017. … The Cardinals ended the 2019 season boasting six players who scored their first collegiate goals. Along with Matthews, who tallied her first goal in a Cardinal uniform against Edgewood on Aug. 30, the Cardinals also got collegiate firsts from Genesis Capacio (Las Vegas, Nev.), Claire Fletcher (Woodbury, Minn.), Avery Sutton (Minneapolis, Minn.), Haylee Queen (Spokane, Wash.), Abbi Mazurek (Darien, Ill.), and Nicole Thompson (Riverside, Calif.). … Thompson closed out the year as the team's assist leader with four, while Matthews led the team in points with 33. … Gabriella Pederson (Chaska, Minn.) closed out her collegiate career with a single-season career-high eight shutouts — including two in the Cardinals' last three games. … Pederson's eight shutouts in 2019 rank tied for sixth all-time. Pederson's 15 career shutouts, meanwhile, put her No. 5 in program history. … Pederson made a season-high eight saves in the Cardinals' 1-0, double-overtime loss to No. 19 St. Thomas on Nov. 2. … Pederson closed out the year with a 0.85 goals-against-average and .785 save percentage in 16 starts. … Alexis Nguyen (West Corvina, Calif.) made her first collegiate start in goal for the Cardinals against Bethel on Oct. 12, finishing with four saves, and added a career-high five saves in her second career start against Carleton on Oct. 15. … The Cardinals played four overtime games in 2019 — with all four going into the second extra 10-minute session. … Five of the Cardinals' seven losses a year ago were decided by one goal. … The Cardinals scored a season-high eight goals in an 8-0 nonconference win over UW-Superior on Oct. 7. It was the highest offensive output since Saint Mary's scored 10 goals against Finlandia on Sept. 9, 2017. … Saint Mary's 1-0, 2 OT win over Concordia on Oct. 19 marked the third straight meeting between the two teams that has gone into a second overtime. Saint Mary's is 1-1-1 in those three contests. … Saint Mary's three goals in its 4-3, 2 OT loss to St. Olaf on Oct. 2 were the most scored in a loss since netting three in a 6-3 setback to No. 9 Loras on Oct. 9, 2013. … Saint Mary's 2-1 loss to St. Catherine on Sept. 17 snapped the Cardinals' season-opening four-game winning streak. It was the first time since the 2009 season that Saint Mary's had opened the year with four consecutive wins. … Saint Mary's closed out its 2019 nonconference slate with a perfect 7-0-0 record. The Cardinals are now 13-1-0 in nonconference play over the last two years — the lone blemish a 2-0 loss to nationally ranked Loras on Sept. 8, 2018 … Saint Mary's 2-1 win over Edgewood on Aug. 30 marked the third straight year in which the Cardinals have won their season opener. |
The Tommies head into Tuesday's conference showdown against Saint Mary's riding a 17-game unbeaten streak (12-0-5). UST's last loss was a 1-0 setback at the hands of the Auggies on Sept. 25, 2019. … The Tommies are coming off a banner season in 2019, finishing 17-2-5 — including a 9-1-1 showing in the MIAC. … St. Thomas claimed in the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA tournament, beating top-seeded Augsburg in a shootout. The Tommies — who made their four straight NCAA tournament appearance, and 13th in program history, reached the NCAA quarterfinals, beating both Monmouth and Illinois Wesleyan by identical 1-0 scores, and topped Wheaton in a shootout, before falling to Carnegie Melon on PKs. … St. Thomas closed out 2019 having posted 15 shutouts, while allowing just 11 goals in 24 games. … Paige Cater closed out her junior year as the Tommies' top point-getter with 20 points, one more than both Kate Heimer and Tessa Trettel, while Kaley Roberts (18) and Callie Haertle (11) also recorded 10 or more points in 2019. … Trettel ended the year as UST's leading goal-scorer with nine, while Heimer boasted a team-leading 11 assists. … UST scored 45 goals in 24 games in 2019, getting at leas one goal from 16 different players. … Trettel led the Tommies with four game-winning goals, one more than Cater and two in front of Kaley Roberts. … Sarah Pasternak started 16 of UST's 24 games in goal, compiling a 0.35 goals-against-average and a .919 save percentage. Olivia Elvidge started eight games during her senior season in 2019, posting a 0.58 GAA and .773 save percentage. … The Tommies closed out 2019 10-0-2 on their home field, while going 6-2-3 on the road.
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