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WS: GameDay at Marian

9/11/2021 6:06:00 AM

By: DONNY NADEAU, Saint Mary's Sports Information Director | dnadeau@smumn.edu
  SAINT MARY'S CARDINALS (3-0-0 O'All)
at MARIAN SABRES (0-2-1 O'All)
 
 SAT, SEPT. 11, 2021  FOND DU LAC, WI * NOON
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  SMU ON THE FIELD MU ON THE FIELD
SMU-MU * Last Meeting:
Sept. 6, 2019 * W, 3-0		 SMU v. MU:
Series History
SMU Last Action:
Sept. 6, 2021
MLC * W, 11-0		 MU Last Action:
Sept. 8, 2021
Lawrence * L, 2-0
SMU Up Next:
Sept. 12, 2021 * at Ripon		 MU Up Next:
Sept. 15, 2021 * at Wis. Luth.
  SAINT MARY'S CARDINALS SCOUTING REPORT
• 3-FOR-3: The Cardinals picked up their third straight shutout win to open the season on Monday, hammering Martin Luther 11-0. Saint Mary's has also blanked UW-Superior (2-0) and Coe (1-0) en route to their 3-0-0 start.
• STRONG START: Saint Mary's has now opened the season 3-0-0 for the second time in the last three seasons. The Cardinals kicked off the 2019 campaign winning their first four games.
• PERFECTION: With their 11-0 win over Martin Luther on Monday, the Cardinals improved to 7-0-0 all-time against MLC and have outscored the Knights by a combined 45-5.
• DOUBLE DIGITS: Saint Mary's 11-goal outburst in Monday's 11-0 win over Martin Luther marked the first time since beating Northland 10-0 on Sept. 9, 2017 that the Cardinals scored 10 or more goals in a game. … SMU's 11 goals were the most since beating UW-Platteville 11-0 on Sept. 7, 1996 and just three goals shy of the school record, set in a 14-0 win over Saint Benedict on Oct. 22, 1986. … Saint Mary's has scored 10 or more goals in a game seven times in program history.
• DOUBLING UP: Saint Mary's had four players score two goals in Monday's 11-0 win over Martin Luther. Jordyn Matthews (Seattle, Wash.), Kassie Arriaga (Chula Vista, Calif.), Brooklyn McKinney (Thornton, Colo.) and Megan Trindle (Castle Rock, Colo.) all posted two-goal games against the Knights. The two-goal game was the sixth multiple-goal game for Matthews, and the first career two-goal game for Arriaga, McKinney, and Trindle.
• CAREER FIRSTS: The Cardinals have had five players score their first collegiate goals this season. Haddy Falkman (Waconia, Minn.) and McKinney scored the Cardinals' two goals in their season-opening win over UW-Superior; Mikayla McCart (Council Bluffs, Iowa) tallied the game's only goal in SMU's win over Coe; and Trindle and Jenna Zimmer (Calgary, Alberta) tallied their first career goals in Monday's 11-0 win over Martin Luther.
• FIRST OF THE SEASON: Falkman's goal in the fifth minute against UW-Superior Wednesday was the Cardinals' first of the season.
• THE BRICK WALL: Alexis Nguyen (West Corvina, Calif.) recorded her second career shutout, stopping the lone shot she faced in last Wednesday's 2-0 win over UW-Superior. The junior followed that up by recorded her second straight one-save shutout in SMU's 1-0 win over Coe three days later.… Nguyen tallied her first collegiate shutout with a two-save effort against Gustavus on May 2, 2021. … Nguyen stopped the one shot she faced in the first half of Monday's 11-0 win over Martin Luther, before giving way to Madison Mora (Honolulu, Hawaii), who did not face a shot over the game's final 45:00.
• TOTAL DOMINATION: The Cardinals hold a commanding 66-4 advantage in shots attempted through three games — including a 40-3 edge in shots on goal. Jordyn Matthews (Seattle, Wash.) — who took a season-high 10 shots against Coe last Saturday — leads the team with 18 shots, including eight on goal.
• ROAD WARRIORS: Saturday's game at Marian marks the third time in four games this season — and seventh time in the last nine contests — that the Cardinals have played on the road. … Saturday's game at Marian is the first of three straight road contests in a span of four days for SMU, who faces Ripon on Sunday and opens MIAC play at Carleton on Tuesday.
 MARIAN SABRES SCOUTING REPORT
• STILL SEARCHING: With their 2-0 loss to Lawrence on Wednesday, the Sabres enter Saturday's game against Saint Mary's still searching for their first win of the season. After opening the year with a tie against Beloit, Marian has dropped back-to-back games against UW-Oshkosh and Lawrence.
• ROAD WARRIORS: Saint Mary's is just the second home game of the season for the Sabres, who play four of their first six contests on the road.
• FIRING BLANKS: Marian has been shut out in each of its last two contests — falling to UW-Oshkosh 6-0 on Sept. 4 and 2-0 to Lawrence on Wednesday.
• LONE GOAL: Ashley Welk owns Marian's lone goal this season, an unassisted tally in the Sabres' 1-1, season-opening tie against Beloit.
• TAKING THE SHOT: Welk and Shannon Coughlin have each attempted a season-high nine shots, and have both found the net of five of those nine attempts.
• IN GOAL: Amy Birner has started all three games in goal for the Sabres, compiling a 1.84 goals against average and an .800 save percentage. Birner has stopped 20 of the 25 shots she's faced this season. … Kylie Lange allowed four goals on seven shots in 45:00 against UW-Oshkosh in her lone appearance between the pipes.
 
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