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WS: GameDay at UW-Superior

9/1/2021 6:30:00 AM

By: DONNY NADEAU, Saint Mary's Sports Information Director | dnadeau@smumn.edu
  SAINT MARY'S CARDINALS (0-0-0 O'All)
at UW-SUPERIOR YELLOWJACKETS (0-0-0 O'All)
 
 WED., SEPT. 1, 2021  SUPERIOR, WI * 1:00
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  SMU ON THE FIELD UWS ON THE FIELD
SMU v. UWS: Last Meeting:
Oct. 7, 2019 * W, 8-0		 SMU v. UWS
Series History
SMU Last Action:
May 2, 2021
Gustavus * W, 3-0		 UWS Last Action:
May 8, 2021
St. Scholastica * L, 4-0
SMU Up Next:
Sept. 4 * at Coe		 UWS Up Next:
Sept. 5 * v. Lakeland
  SAINT MARY'S CARDINALS SCOUTING REPORT
• 2020 RECAP: The Cardinals closed out their first year under coach Nick Rizzo with a 3-2-1 record during the pandemic-shortened, fall-to-spring 2021 season. … The Cardinals played four of their six games on the road. SMU picked up its first home win of the season with its 3-0 victory over Gustavus on May 2.
• LETHAL WEAPON: Jordyn Matthews (Seattle, Wash.) closed out the 2020 season with a team-leading three goals and seven points. Matthews — who led the team with 15 goals in 2019 — has recorded 40 career points in her first 23 games as a Cardinal. … Matthews netted the game-winner five minutes into overtime in a 2-1 win over Concordia on April 17, before scoring the game-tying goal with 17 seconds remaining in regulation in SMU's 1-1 tie at Saint Benedict on April 25.
• FINDING THE NET: Kayley Manglitz (Onalaska, Wis.), Nicole Thompson (Riverside, Calif.), Kassie Arriaga (Chula Vista, Calif.) and Mary Loy (Burien, Wash.) also scored for the Cardinals in 2021.
• SETTING THE TABLE: Emily Schaffer (Hampton, Minn.) closed out the season as the Cardinals' assist leader with three, including her first collegiate two-assist game against Concordia on April 17.
• THE BRICK WALL: Alexis Nguyen (West Corvina, Calif.) stopped both Gustavus shots on May 2 en route to her first collegiate complete-game shutout. … Nguyen started five of SMU's six games in goal, compiling a 1.17 goals-against-average and a .647 save percentage. She stopped 11 of the 17 shots she faced.
• STREAK-SNAPPERS: The Cardinals' 3-0 win over Gustavus on May 2 snapped a nine-game winless streak (0-7-2) against the Gusties, dating back to a 1-0, double-overtime win on Sept. 29, 2010. Saint Mary's 1-0 win over Augsburg on April 11, meanwhile, snapped the Cardinals' 10-game losing streak against the Auggies.
 UW-SUPERIOR YELLOWJACKETS SCOUTING REPORT
• 2020 RECAP: The Yellowjackets are coming off a 7-3-0 showing during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, which was played in the spring of 2021. … UW-Superior finished 6-3-0 in conference play a year ago, and reached the UMAC Tournament title game, falling to St. Scholastica 4-0.
• PROGRAM-BESTS: The Yellowjackets kicked off the 2020 season with a program-best five straight wins, a run that came to a halt with a 2-1 setback against UM-Morris on April 17. … UW-Superior also earned its highest post-season seed, entering UMAC Tournament play seeded No. 2, and their appearance in the tournament title game was its second in program history.
• FIRING BLANKS: Four of UW-Superior's five wins during its season-opening five-game winning streak last season were via shutouts. The Yellowjackets outscored their opponents 15-1 during its five-game run.
• OFFENSIVE LEADERS: Niya Wilson closed out the 2020 season as the team's leader in goals (9), assists (5), and points (23). Allison Alessi and Annah Schussman were second to Wilson with five goals each, while Alessi shared the team-lead in assists with Wilson. … Wilson closed out the year with 43 shots, including 22 on goal — both team-highs — while Schussman owned the team lead in game-winning goals with three.
• BETWEEN THE PIPES: Morgan Philliber played every minute of the Yellowjackets' 10 games in goal, compiling a 1.00 goals-against-average and a .787 save percentage. Philliber finished the year with 37 saves and recorded five shutouts among her seven wins.
• AS A TEAM: UW-Superior closed out the year with 27 goals, 26 assists and 80 points. The Yellowjackets scored 11 goals in the first half and 16 in the second, while their opponents netted four first-half goals and six after halftime. … UW-Superior scored a season-high eight goals in beating Northland 8-0 on May 1. … Despite having five of their 10 games decided by one goal, the Yellowjackets did not play an overtime game in 2020.
 
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