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2022: 0-8-1 MIAC, 3-11-3 Overall

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2022: 3-5-1 MIAC, 5-9-3 Overall

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SMU-CSS * LAST MEETING:

Sept. 22, 2022 * Winona, MN

L, 2-0 * Series History

SAINT MARY’S * LAST ACTION:

Oct. 26, 2022 * Winona, MN

Macalester * L, 1-0

ST. SCHOLASTICA * LAST ACTION:

Oct. 26, 2022 * Collegeville, MN

Saint John’s * L, 3-0

SAINT MARY’S * UP NEXT:

End of Regular Season

ST. SCHOLASTICA * UP NEXT: 

End of Regular Season

SAINT MARY’S CARDINALS SCOUTING REPORT:

• FOR THE RECORD: The Cardinals head into their 2022 finale at St. Scholastica sitting at 3-9-3 overall, while owning an 0-6-1 mark in seven MIAC contests.

• LAST ACTION: Macalester scored the game’s only goal 37 minutes into the first half, as the Scots handed Saint Mary’s a 1-0 conference setback in SMU’s final home game of the season Wednesday.

• HOME SWEET HOME: Wednesday's game against Macalester was the third straight home game for the Cardinals. … SMU has picked up two of its three wins on its home field this season. The Cardinals are 2-8-0 at home, while going 1-3-3 away from Ochrymowycz Field.

• CLOSE CALLS: Twenty-two of the Cardinals’ last 31 games have been decided by one goal or less — including nine of SMU’s 17 games this season.

• FIT TO BE TIED: The Cardinals’ three ties this season — including a 0-0 deadlock against Concordia on Oct. 1 — are the most since the 2015 season, when Saint Mary’s finished the year with three ties en route to a 6-9-3 overall record.

• OFFENSIVE LEADERS: Jacob Clements (Holmen, Wis.) joined Jack Hurley (Homewood, Ill.) and Cerim Palislamovic (Jacksonville, Fla.) atop the team lead in goals (3) with his second-half tally against Hamline last Saturday. Rolando Lopez (Berwyn, Ill.) is fourth in goals with two, while Garrett Jackson (West Linn, Ore.), Kyle Palmberg (Holmen, Wis.), Santiago Montero (Phoenix, Ariz.), and Nathan Riess (Timnath, Colo.) own SMU’s other four goals.

• LENDING A HAND: Palislamovic picked up assists on both SMU goals against Hamline last Saturday, while Clements, Jackson, Cohan Hare (New Richmond, Wis.), Alex Keeler (Antioch, Ill.), Marshall Briggs (Phoenix, Ariz.), and Liam Boyle (Westchester, Ill.) all own one assist on the year.

• POINT PRODUCER: Palislamovic leads the Cardinals in points with eight (3 G, 2 A), one more than Clements (3 G, 1 A) and two in front of Hurley (3 G, 0 A). 

• CAREER FIRSTS: The Cardinals have had four players net their first collegiate goals this season — Montero tallied his first as a Cardinal against Crown on Sept. 1; Lopez netted his against Rockford on Sept. 4; Palmberg scored his vs. Ripon on Sept. 7; and Nathan Riess (Timnath, Colo.) collected goal No. 1 against Martin Luther on Sept. 10.

• CAREER FIRST, PART II: Palislamovic’s two goals against Martin Luther on Sept. 10 marked the first time in his collegiate career that the sophomore has scored two goals in a game, while he recorded his first multiple-assist game with his two helpers against Hamline last Saturday.

• PLENTY OF PKs: The Cardinals are 4-for-5 in penalty kicks this season. Hurley has accounted for three of SMU’s four PK goals, while Palislamovic owns the other. … Saint Mary’s two PK goals against Martin Luther on Sept. 10 are the most in a game since Eli Szymanski scored two penalty-kick goals against Edgewood on Sept. 9, 2021. … The last time the Cardinals scored more than four PKs in a season was 2007, when they went 7-for-8.

• BETWEEN THE PIPES: Daniel Sessler (Brookfield, Ill.) has started 15 of the team’s 17 games in goal for the Cardinals, compiling a 1.76 goals-against-average and an .815 save percentage. The junior has made 113 saves in his 15 appearances — tops in the MIAC. … Jake Wing (Verona, Wis.) has appeared in four games in goal (136:05 minutes), stopping 11 of the 21 shots he’s faced, while Connor Petrich (Arden Hills, Minn.) has played in three games (62:33 minutes), having stopped one of the three shots he’s faced.

• SHUTTING THEM OUT: Sessler’s 12-save shutout against Concordia on Oct. 1 was his first of the season and third of his three-year collegiate career.

• BUSY NIGHTS: Sessler has now made 10 or more saves four times this season, including equaling his career-high of 12 saves three times. … Sessler has now stopped 12 shots in a game four times over his collegiate career. 

• AS A TEAM: The Cardinals have scored 16 goals in 17 games, while attempting 145 shots, including 69 on goal. On the flip side, SMU’s opponents have attempted 320 shots, with 165 finding the mark. … The Cardinals have been outscored 20-11 in the game’s opening half, while being outscored 18-5 in the second half. 

• SCORELESS TUSSLE: SMU’s 0-0 tie against Concordia on Oct. 1 was its first 0-0 outcome since battling Saint John’s to a scoreless draw on April 21, 2021.

• STREAK SNAPPER: Saint Mary’s 3-0 loss to Carleton on Sept. 13 snapped the Cardinals’ season-opening five-game unbeaten streak (3-0-2) — SMU’s longest unbeaten run since rattling off six straight wins during the 1997 season.

• STRONG START: The Cardinals’ 3-0-2 start was their best since opening the 1986 season 4-0-1, and the third-best start in program history. The 1983 Saint Mary’s team went 13 games without a loss to open the season, going 11-0-2.

• OFF AND RUNNING: With their 2-1 victory over Crown on Sept. 1, the Cardinals improved to 5-1-1 in their last seven season-openers, the lone blemish a 3-0 loss to the University of Dubuque a year ago, and a 1-1 tie with St. Olaf during the COVID-shortened 2020 season. 

• GOOD KNIGHT: Saint Mary’s five-goal effort against Martin Luther on Sept. 10 was a season-high, and the most goals scored in a game since netting five against the Knights in last season’s 5-0 victory.

• TOTAL DOMINATION: With their 5-2 win on Sept. 10, the Cardinals are now a perfect 7-0-0 all-time against Martin Luther, and have outscored the Knights 26-2 in those seven meetings.

• TOTAL DOMINATION II: With their season-opening, 2-1 win over Crown on Sept. 1, SMU improved to 6-1-1 all-time against the Polars — including a 5-0-1 mark in the teams’ last six meetings.

• NEW THIS YEAR: The NCAA implemented a new rule beginning with the 2022 that will eliminate all overtimes in regular-season games. Games that are deadlocked following the scheduled 90 minute will go in the books as ties. Once in post-season, if a game is tied following regulation, there will be two, 10-minute overtime periods — with no golden goal — followed by a shootout if the game is still tied. 

ST. SCHOLASTICA SAINTS SCOUTING REPORT:

• FOR THE RECORD: St. Scholastica heads into its season-finale sitting at 5-9-3 overall, including a 3-5-1 mark in nine conference contests.

• LAST TIME OUT: Saint John’s erupted for three second-half goals, breaking a 0-0 deadlock and leading the Johnnies to a 3-0 conference win over St. Scholastica Wednesday afternoon in Collegeville, Minn.

• LIMPING IN: The Saints enter Saturday’s matchup with Saint Mary’s in the midst of a four-game winless streak (0-3-1). CSS has not won since routing Hamline 5-1 on Oct. 8. … The Saint has been outscored 11-3 during its current four-game winless streak.

• HOME SWEET HOME: After back-to-back road games, CSS closes out its season Saturday against Saint Mary’s on its home field, where the Saints are 3-4-2. St. Scholastica closed out the 2022 season 2-5-1 on the road.

• BIG OFFENSE = WINS: St. Scholastica has been outscored 36-4 in its nine losses this season. On the flip side, CSS holds a 15-4 scoring edge in its five wins. 

• HITTING THE MARK: Keegan Chastey heads into Saturday’s matchup against Saint Mary’s leading the team with five goals, one more than Arseno Hamilton. Ken Pryde, Jordan Finneran, Ilhan Rrahoshl, Andres Gradilla, and Romario Willis have all scored two goals, while Finigan Huffington, Clemente Infante, Colin O’Reilly, Collins Wachira, and Akeem Robortham own the other five Saints’ goals.

• NETTING THE WINNER: St. Scholastica’s five game-winning goals have come from five different players — Hamilton, Pryde, Rrahoshi, Gradilla, and Robortham.

• LENDING A HELPING HAND: Chastey and Hamilton share the team lead in assists with three each, followed by Pryde and Finneran, who both own two helpers.

• POINT PRODUCTION: St. Scholastica boasts two players who have amassed 10 or more points — Chastey with 13 (5 G, 3 A) and Hamilton with 11 (4 G, 3 A). Pryde (2 G, 2 A) and Finneran (2 G, 3 A) are both sitting at six points.

• BETWEEN THE PIPES: The Saints have used four different goalkeepers this season, led by Liam Lothian, who has made 11 starts and owns a 2.26 goals-against-average and .693 save percentage in 915:02 minutes. Ben Haliberg has started four games (336:52 minutes, 2.40 GAA, .654 save %), while AliReza Basiri has appeared in three games (164:58 minutes, 2.73 GAA, .583 save %), and Rafael Karmy has played in two games (113:08 minutes, 6.36 GAA, .667 save %). … Lothian boasts a team-leading 52 saves, while Karmy owns the team’s single-game season-high with 16 stops against Luther on Oct. 2.

• BY THE NUMBERS: CSS has attempted 210 shots through 17 games, including 92 shots on goal. On the flip side, the Saints’ opponents own 280 shot attempts, with 139 on goal. … St. Scholastica has scored 18 of its 24 goals in the second half. CSS has been outscored 20-6 in the first half and 25-18 after the halftime break. … The Saints posted season-highs in goals (5) and points (12) against Hamline on Oct. 8, while notching a season-best three assists against Nebraska Wesleyan on Sept. 10. …