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2023: 2-6-2 MIAC, 7-7-3 Overall

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2023: 0-9-1 MIAC, 1-13-1 Overall

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SMU-HAM * LAST MEETING:

Oct. 22, 2022 * Winona, MN

W, 2-0 * Series History

SAINT MARY’S * LAST ACTION:

Oct. 21, 2023 * Northfield, MN

Carleton * L, 3-0

HAMLINE * LAST ACTION:

Oct. 25, 2023 * Arden Hills, MN

Bethel * L, 2-0

SAINT MARY’S * UP NEXT:

End of Regular Season

HAMLINE * UP NEXT: 

End of Regular Season

SAINT MARY’S SCOUTING REPORT:

• FOR THE RECORD: The Cardinals head into their regular-season finale against Hamline sitting at 7-7-3 overall, while sporting a 2-6-2 record in conference play..

• LAST TIME OUT: League-leading Carleton scored with just 28 seconds remaining until halftime, and adding a pair of second-half goals in dealing the Cardinals a 3-0 MIAC setback last Saturday in Northfield, Minn.

• HOME ON THE ROAD: The Cardinals, who went 6-1-2 in their nine home games last season, have collected five of their seven wins this season on the road. SMU finished 5-4-1 in 10 road contests this season, while sitting at 2-3-2 at Ochrymowycz Field. 

• THROWING UP ZEROS: All seven of SMU’s victories this season have been by shutout — 6-0 over UMN Morris, 2-0 vs. Bethel, and 1-0 over Beloit, Lawrence, UW-Stout, Concordia, and Grinnell. … All told, 14 of SMU’s 17 games this season have been decided by shutout — the lone exceptions, 2-1 losses to Wartburg and Gustavus, and a 1-1 tie against St. Scholastica last Saturday. … Twenty-eight of Saint Mary’s last 36 games have been decided by shutout — including 16 of SMU’s last 18 wins.

• THROWING UP ZEROS II: The Cardinals’ 0-0 draw against Macalester on Oct. 18 was their second scoreless stalemate of the season, having also played to a 0-0 tie against UW-Stevens Point on Oct. 1. The two 0-0 mark the first time SMU has played to two scoreless ties since the 2021 season.

• ONE OR NONE: Saint Mary’s has been held to one goal or less in 15 of its 17 games this season, the lone exceptions — a 6-0, season-opening win UMN Morris on Sept. 1 and a 2-0 win over Bethel on Oct. 7.

• FAST STARTS: The Cardinals have scored a goal before the eight-minute mark in six of its 14 games this season. Genesis Capacio (Las Vegas, Nev.) scored at 7:09 against UMN Morris on Sept. 1, Laura Ashe (Beaverton, Ore.) needed just 2:55 to put SMU out front against Wartburg on Sept. 3; Ella Lahart (Sherwood, Ore.) found the back of the net 7:52 into the first half against Beloit two days later; Samantha Munson (Plain City, Utah) scored at 2:19 of the first half vs. Lawrence on Sept. 9; Ashe struck quickly again against Bethel on Oct. 7, finding the back of the net at 2:49; and Lahart scored just 4:30 after the opening kick against St. Scholastica on Oct. 14.

• SPREADING THE WEALTH: Saint Mary’s 16 goals this season have come from nine different players, led by Munson and Leonard, who have each netted a team-best three goals. Ashe, Lahart, and Lauryn Skoruppa (Littleton, Colo.) have all scored twice, while Capacio, Brooklyn McKinney (Thornton, Colo.), Hannah Bradley (Portland, Ore.), and Sadie Chrusciel (Geneva, Ill.)  own SMU’s other four goals.

• CAREER FIRSTS: Saint Mary’s has had three players net their first collegiate goals this season. Chrusciel tallied her first goal as a Cardinals in SMU’s 2-1 loss to Gustavus on Sept. 27; Bradley netted her first collegiate goal in SMU’s 6-0 win over UMN Morris on Sept. 1, while Ashe’s first-half tally against Wartburg two days later was her first as a Cardinal.

• CAREER FIRST II: Munson collected her first collegiate multiple-point game, scoring once and assisting on two others for a four-point effort in SMU’s 6-0 win over UMN Morris on Sept. 1.

• LENDING A HAND: Munson and Peyton Maier (Elk River, Minn.) share the team lead with three assists each, while Leonard has two helpers, and Lahart, Ashe, McKinney, Anna Warneke (Maple Grove, Minn.), Kaelyn Clasen (Kent, Wash.), and Kaylen Pray (Port Townsend, Wash.) have all collected one.

• POINT PRODUCER: Munson sits atop the team’s points race with nine (3 G, 3 A), followed by Leonard with seven (3 G, 1 A). Ashe is third with six (2 G, 2 A), followed by Lahart with five (2 G, 1 A), and Skoruppa with four (2 G).

• BETWEEN THE PIPES: Anna Peckosh (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) has played a team-high 884:10 minutes, including 10 starts, in goal for the Cardinals, compiling a 1.02 goals-against-average and a .778 save percentage. McKenzie Munson (Plain City, Utah) and Megan Nadal (Chino, Calif.) own SMU’s other six starts, with Munson (0.52 GAA, .897 save %) stopping 26 of the 29 shots she’s faced in 522:36 minutes, while Nadal has stopped all eight shots in 123:14 minutes.… Peckosh has made a team-high 32 saves in 12 games. … Munson posted a career-high 10 saves in SMU’s 2-0 win over Bethel on Oct. 7. … Peckosh’s two-save effort against Macalester in the teams’ 0-0 tie on Oct. 18 was her second shutout of the season.

• GOALKEEPING FIRSTS: Munson recorded her first collegiate win and first career shutout — in her first collegiate start, a 1-0 win over Beloit on Sept. 5. … Peckosh stopped a career-high eight shots in racking up career shutout No. 1 against UW-Stevens Point on Oct. 16, 2022. … Peckosh made her first collegiate start against UW-Stout on Oct. 5, 2022, stopping both Blue Devil shots she faced in 45:00 of play, while making her first appearance in a Cardinal uniform on Sept. 17, 2022, making three saves in 22 minutes of relief in SMU’s 3-0 loss to Saint Benedict. … Nadal made her first collegiate start on Sept. 21, 2022 against Luther, stopping seven first-half shots.

• CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS: Saint Mary’s has scored 11 of its 16 goals this season in the first half. … Saint Mary’s has allowed just 13 goals in 17 games — five in the first half and eight in the second. … SMU has outshot its opponents 227-192, including 107-82 in shots on goal. … SMU’s six goals against the Cougars on Sept. 1 are the most since SMU poured in 11 goals against Martin Luther on Sept. 6, 2021.

HAMLINE PIPERS SCOUTING REPORT:

• FOR THE RECORD: The Pipers head into Saturday’s road season finale against Saint Mary’s sitting at 1-13-1 overall, and are still searching for their first MIAC win of the season, sporting an 0-9-1 conference slate. 

• LAST TIME OUT: Marie Belby had a hand in both Bethel first-half goal, scoring once and assisting on the other, as the Royals dealt Hamline a 2-0 conference setback Wednesday in Arden Hills, Minn.

• ROAD TRIPPIN’: Saturday’s season-finale against Saint Mary’s is the third straight road game for the Pipers, who are coming off losses to Macalester (1-0) and Bethel (2-0) in their previous two games. … Hamline finished the 2023 campaign 1-7-1 at home, while failing to win any of its first six road contests.

• LIMPING IN: Hamline enters Saturday’s showdown with Saint Mary’s in the midst of a 10-game losing streak. After splitting its first two games of the season — a 3-2 loss to Edgewood and an 8-0 win over Buena Vista, HU has gone 0-12-1 in its last 13 contests, including 10 consecutive losses.

• FIRING BLANKS: After scoring 10 goals in their first two games — including a season-high eight against Buena Vista on Sept. 3 — the Pipers have scored just one goal in their last 13 games — and have been shut out in 12 of those 13 contests.  

• SHE SHOOTS AND SCORES: Maya Dempsey, Adela Ashby, and Emily Hillis have all scored two goals to lead the Hamline offense, with Josie Carlson, Sydni Thompson, Elysse Tanaka, and Maya Cruz accounting for the Pipers’ other five goals. … Ashby and Dempsey have each posted a two-goal game this season — Dempsey against Edgewood on Sept. 1, and Ashby vs. Buena Vista two days later.

• LENDING A HELPING HAND: Dempsey owns a team-leading two of Hamline’s seven assists, with Carlson, Thompson, Jamie Enright, Ellie Nhean, and Catie Regan each chipping in one helper.

• POINT PRODUCTION: With her two goals and two assists, Dempsey leads the HU points race with six, followed by Ashby (2 G) and Hillis (2G) with four, and Carlson (1 G, 1 A) and Thompson (1 G, 1 A) with three.

• BETWEEN THE PIPES: Isabella Jensen has started 14 of the team’s 15 games in goal, compiling a 1.93 goals-against-average and .722 save percentage. … Jensen has stopped 70 of the 97 shots she’s faced and owns a pair of shutouts. … Jensen finished with a career-high 16 saves in HU’s 5-0 loss to Carleton on Oct. 14. … Ella Krone owns HU’s other start in goal, allowing one goal on 11 shots against Concordia on Sept. 27.

• CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS: Hamline has attempted 136 shots in 15 games, including 55 shots on goal. HU’s opponents, meanwhile, have found the net on 109 of its 212 shot attempts. … The Pipers put together season highs in goals (8), assists (6), points (22), shots (29), and shots on goal (15) in their 8-0 win over Buena Vista on Sept. 3. ... Hamline has allowed more than two goals in a game four times, including a season-high five in a 5-0 loss against league-leading Carleton on Oct. 14.