Saint Mary's (MN) SMU (11-5-2, 6-3-2)

St. Scholastica CSS (2-11-5, 1-7-3)

Saint Mary's (MN) SMU

(11-5-2, 6-3-2)

Final

Oct. 29, 2022

St. Scholastica CSS

(2-11-5, 1-7-3)

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Saint Mary's (MN) SMU	0	1	1
St. Scholastica CSS	0	0	0

Summary
Box Score

Mike Guillou, Special to SMU Sports Information

Game Recap: Women's Soccer | 10/29/2022 3:09:00 PM | DONNY NADEAU, Sports Information Director | dnadeau@smumn.edu

Capacio's goal a winner for Cardinals

DULUTH, Minn. — For the second year in a row, the Saint Mary's University women's soccer team closed out its regular-season schedule against St. Scholastica.

And for the second year in a row, the Cardinals squared off against the Saints having already received an invitation to the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference's six-team post-season gala.

Unlike a year ago, however — when the Saints dashed any hopes of the Cardinals claiming a share of the conference's regular-season title with a 2-1 victory — this time around, Saint Mary's made sure to head into post-season play on a winning note.

The Cardinals — who locked up their second straight MIAC Playoff berth with a dramatic 2-0 win over Macalester on Tuesday — got a goal from Genesis Capacio (Las Vegas, Nev.) in the 75th minute to earn a 1-0 victory over the Saints.

And with that regular season-ending, momentum-building victory tucked away, the Cardinals can turn their focus to their MIAC Playoff-opener against St. Olaf.

The Oles dropped their regular-season finale against St. Catherine on Saturday, 2-1, to finish as the No. 4 seed in the six-team conference tourney. St. Olaf will host the Cardinals at 2 p.m. on Tuesday in Northfield, Minn.

Saturday's contest was a defensive battle from start-to-finish, with neither team able to generate much offense.

Saint Mary's claimed the only two shot attempts in the opening half — including one on goal — as the teams headed into the break deadlocked at 0-0.

It was more of the same in the second half — until the 75th minute, that is.

Capacio picked the perfect time to net her first goal of the season, beating CSS goalkeeper Gracie Meagher for the game's only goal.

While Capacio provided the offensive spark, the Cardinal defenders were the stars of the game, limiting the Saints to just three second-half shot attempts — none of which found their way to SMU goalkeeper Alexis Nguyen (West Corvina, Calif.), who did not have to make a save in recording shutout No. 7 on the year.

With the win — their sixth straight — the Cardinals close out the conference schedule with a 6-3-2 mark, while heading to Northfield, Minn., for Tuesday's MIAC opener sitting at 11-5-2 overall.

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