SAINT MARY’S CARDINALS
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2022: 1-0-0 Overall
LAWRENCE VIKINGS
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2022: 0-1-0 Overall
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SMU-LU * LAST MEETING:
Sept. 2, 2018 * Winona, MN
W, 7-0 * Series History
SAINT MARY’S * LAST ACTION:
Sept. 1, 2022 * Winona, MN
UM-Morris * W, 3-0
LAWRENCE * LAST ACTION:
Sept. 1, 2022 * Mequon, WI
Concordia-WI * L, 3-0
SAINT MARY’S * UP NEXT:
Sept. 6, 2022 * Waverly, IA
Wartburg * 6 p.m.
LAWRENCE * UP NEXT:
Sept. 7, 2022 * Fond du Lac, WI
Marian * 7 p.m.
SAINT MARY’S CARDINALS SCOUTING REPORT:
• FOR THE RECORD: The Cardinals head into Game 2 of the 2022 season sitting at 1-0-0 after a season-opening 3-0 win over UM-Morris on Thursday.
• LAST ACTION: Saint Mary’s scored three second-half goals — including collegiate firsts from Ella Lahart (Sherwood, Ore.) and Lauryn Skoruppa (Littleton, Colo.) — en route to its season-opening, 3-0 win over UM-Morris Thursday.
• HOME SWEET HOME: Thanks to Thursday’s 3-0 season-opening victory over UM-Morris, the Cardinals improved to 6-1-2 on their home field over the last two seasons — the Cardinals were a near-perfect 5-1-2 at Ochrymowycz Field a year ago.
• THROWING UP ZEOES: With their 3-0 win over UM-Morris on Thursday, the Cardinals have now opened the season with a shutout victory in back-to-back seasons. SMU beat UW-Superior 2-0 to kick off the 2021 campaign.
• CAREER FIRSTS: The goals by Lahart and Skoruppa against UM-Morris on Thursday were both collegiate firsts. The Cardinals had six players net their first goal in a Saint Mary’s uniform during the 2021 season. … Skoruppa also added an assist against the Cougars on Thursday en route to her first career three-point game.
• OFFENSIVE LEADERS: Lahart, Skoruppa, and Brooklyn McKinney (Thornton, Colo.) accounted for SMU’s three goals against UM-Morris, while Haddy Falkman () picked up assists on two of the Cardinals’ three tallies. Falkman also led the team with seven shot attempts vs. UM-Morris
• BETWEEN THE PIPES: Alexis Nguyen (West Corvina, Calif.) — the reigning MIAC Defensive Player of the Year — did not have to make a save en route to her first shutout of the season against UM-Morris on Thursday. Nguyen, who recorded eight shutouts a year ago, has now collected 10 shutouts in her four-year collegiate career. … Nguyen ended the 2021 campaign stopping 49 of the 55 shots she faced for a 0.45 goals-against-average and .891 save percentage.
• A YEAR AGO: The Cardinals closed out the 2021 season with a 7-3-1 record in MIAC play and a 13-5-2 overall record — reaching the MIAC Tournament semifinals, where they dropped a 3-2 decision to second-seeded Saint Benedict. … The Cardinals’ seven conference wins are the most since 1995, when the Cardinals went 7-2-1, while SMU’s 13 overall victories are the most since the 2005 team finished 13-5-0. … Saint Mary’s 10-1-1 start to the season was its best start since opening the 1991 season 11-1-0. That 1991 team went on to finish 14-4-0 and earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament, falling to UC-San Diego in the opening round. … The Cardinals also opened the 1988 season 11-1-0 — it’s the best 12-game start in program history.
• 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.
LAWRENCE VIKINGS SCOUTING REPORT:
• FOR THE RECORD: The Vikings headed into its weekend games against Macalester and Saint Mary’s still searching for their first win of 2022, having dropped a 3-0 decision to Concordia (Wis.) in their season-opener on Sunday.
• TOUGH OPENER: Concordia (Wis.) scored a pair of second-half goals nine minutes apart midway through the second half in dealing Lawrence a 3-0 setback in the teams’ season-opener Thursday in Mequon, Wis.
• BUSY BETWEEN THE PIPES: Sarah Yochem was busy in goal for the Vikings in their season-opening loss to Concordia (Wis.), stopping five of the eight shots she faced.
• MIAC FOES: This weekend’s games against Macalester and Saint Mary’s are the only two contests against teams from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference for Lawrence this season.
• A YEAR AGO: Lawrence heads into the 2022 season on the heels of an 11-7-1 showing a year ago, including a 5-3-0 mark in Midwest Conference (MWC) play. Lawrence, making its first post-season appearance since 2011, fell to Knox 3-0 in the 2021 MWC Tournament semifinals. … The Vikings’ 11 overall wins were the second-most in program history.
• ROAD WARRIORS: Seven of Lawrence’s 11 wins last season came on the road. The Vikings finished 4-5-1 on their home field, while sporting a 7-2-0 mark away from The Banta Bowl in Appleton, Wis.
• NAILBITERS: Lawrence finished the 2021 campaign boasting a 5-1-1 record in games decided by one goal or less — including four 1-0 victories. Along with those three, 1-0 wins, the Vikings also Wisconsin Lutheran (2-1) and Monmouth (1-0) — both in double-overtime — while dropping a 2-1 decision to St. Norbert and battling UW-Oshkosh to a 1-1 draw.
• BIG OFFENSE = WINS: The Vikings scored three or more goals in seven of their 11 wins in 2021, and netted a season-high five goals twice — beating Illinois College 5-1 and Mount Mary 5-0 on back-to-back days on Oct. 2-3.
