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MS: GameDay vs. St. Thomas

4/8/2021 6:32:00 AM

By: DONNY NADEAU, Saint Mary's Sports Information Director | dnadeau@smumn.edu
  SAINT MARY'S CARDINALS (0-0-0 MIAC, 0-0-0 O'All)
vs. ST. THOMAS TOMMIES (0-0-0 MIAC, 0-0-0 O'All
 
 THE VITALS
Date / Time Thur., April 8 | 7 p.m.
Location
 		 Ochrymowycz Field
Winona, Minn.
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  ON THE FIELD
Last Meeting Nov. 2, 2019 * L, 7-0
SMU Last Action
 		 April 3, 2021
St. Olaf * T, 1-1 (ex)
UST Last Action
 		 Nov. 9, 2019
Gustavus * L, 3-1
SMU Up Next April 11 * at Augsburg
UST Up Next April 24 * v. St. Olaf
SMU v. UST Series History
  SAINT MARY'S CARDINALS SCOUTING REPORT
The Cardinals enter Thursday's season-opener against St. Thomas on the heels of an 8-10-0 showing in 2019. … Saint Mary's has played two exhibition games this season, battling both St. Scholastica and St. Olaf to 1-1 draws. … Saint Mary's eight wins in 2019 were the most in a season since finishing 8-9-1 in 2017. The last time the Cardinals have won nine games in a season was 2000, when they posted a 9-8-1 overall record. … Five of the Cardinals' eight wins in 2019 came on their home turf. Saint Mary's finished the year 5-4-0 at home, while going 3-6-0 away from Ochrymowycz Field. … Josh Balsiger (Camas, Wash.) and Eli Szymanski (La Crosse, Wis.) closed out the season sharing the team lead with 10 goals each. … The 10 goals by both Balsiger and Szymanski marked the first time since 1989 that the Cardinals boasted two players with 10 or more goals in the same season. Jared Rasmussen and Doug Freeman each netted 10 goals during that 1989 season. … Saint Mary's had four players post two-goal games last season, led by Szymanski and Balsiger, who did it twice. Jacob Clements (Holmen, Wis.) and Garrett Jackson (West Linn, Ore.) also put together two-goal games in 2019. … Balsiger also closed out the season leading the team in both assists (5) and points (25). … Balsiger's five-point game against North Central on Sept. 19 was not only a career-best, but also the highest individual total since Andrew Jaworski's five-point effort against Bethany Lutheran in 2014 — and was one point shy of the single-game school record. … The Cardinals used four different goalkeepers in 2019, with the quartet compiling a 2.48 goals-against-average and .648 save percentage. … Saint Mary's played two overtime games in 2019 — beating Augsburg 4-3 on Sept. 28 and Bethel 2-1 on Oct. 12. … The Cardinals' four goals in their 4-3 victory over Augsburg on Sept. 28 were the most in a one-goal win since beating Cal State-East Bay 4-3 on Oct. 28, 2005. …The Cardinals scored a season-high nine goals in their 9-0 rout of North Central on Sept. 19. The nine goals were the most since Saint Mary's scored 11 in an 11-1 win over Presentation during the 2013 season. … Saint Mary's nine-goal outburst against North Central was also the third-highest offensive performance in program history, ranking behind the 10 goals scored vs. Rockford in 2006 and the 11 scored vs. Presentation in 2013. … The Cardinals held their opponent with a single shot attempt twice in 2019 — vs. Martin Luther on Oct. 23 and vs. Marian on Aug. 30. … Saint Mary's attempted a season-high 45 shots vs. Martin Luther on Oct. 23 — including a season-best 23 shots on goal. … With their 5-0 win over Marian on Aug. 30, the Cardinals have won their season opener in each of their last five seasons.
  ST. THOMAS TOMMIES SCOUTING REPORT
The Tommies head to Saint Mary's for their season-opener coming off a 12-4-3 showing in 2019 — including a 9-1-0 mark in conference play. … UST, which shared the MIAC regular-season title with Gustavus, lost to the Gusties 3-1 in the conference tournament title game. … The Tommies' loss to Gustavus on Nov. 9 snapped their 11-game winning streak. … Halvor Houg closed out 2019 as the Tommies' offensive leader, boasting a team-high eight goals and sharing the team lead in points with 16. … Jacob Makela finished second to Houg with five goals, while leading the team in assists (6) and sharing the top spot in points with 16. … Houg and Makela were two of four Tommies to finish the year with 10 or more points, being joined by George Marty (12) and Jack Barry (10). … St. Thomas' 39 goals came from 13 different players. … Houg led the team with four game-winning goals, two more than Marty, Jake Amey, and Jack Barry. … St. Thomas used four different goalies in 2019, led by Troy Lowagie and Sean Teske. Lowagie recorded a 0.50 goals-against-average and .828 save percentage in 11 contests, while Teske closed out his junior season with a 0.98 GAA and .710 save percentage. John Slack (0.00, 1.000 save %) and Niklas Martensson (4.27 GAA, .000 save %) also saw time between the pipes in 2019. … The Tommies posted 10 shutouts in 2019 — including a run of seven straight shutouts vs. conference opponents, and streak that came to an end against Gustavus in the MIAC tournament title game. … Three of St. Thomas' four losses in 2019 were by one goal, the lone exception the 3-1 loss to Gustavus in the conference tournament finale.
 
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