The Saint Mary’s women’s soccer team kicks off the home portion of its 2023 schedule on Sunday, as the Cardinals welcome Wartburg to Ochrymowycz Field for an 11 a.m. nonconference contest.
SAINT MARY’S CARDINALS
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2023: 1-0-0 Overall
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2023: 0-1-0 Overall
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SMU-WART * LAST MEETING:
Sept. 6, 2022 * Waverly, IA
L, 1-0 * Series History
SAINT MARY’S * LAST ACTION:
Sept. 1, 2023 * Morris, MN
UM-Morris * x-x
WARTBURG * LAST ACTION:
Sept. 1, 2023 * Waverly, IA
Hope * L, 3-1
SAINT MARY’S * UP NEXT:
Sept. 5, 2023 * Beloit, WI
Beloit * 4:30 p.m.
WARTBURG * UP NEXT:
Sept. 6, 2023 * Waverly, IA
St. Olaf * 6 p.m.
SAINT MARY’S SCOUTING REPORT:
• FOR THE RECORD: The Cardinals head into their home-opener against Wartburg sporting a 1-0-0 record — thanks to last Friday’s 6-0 win over UMN Morris. SMU closed out the 2022 season sitting at 11-5-2 overall, including closing out conference play with a 6-3-2 in conference mark.
• LAST TIME OUT: Saint Mary’s got goals from six different players — scoring three times in each half — en route to a 6-0 nonconference win over UMN Morris last Friday in Morris, Minn.
• HOME SWEET HOME: The Cardinals went 6-1-2 in their eight home games last season and are 11-2-4 in their last 16 home games. SMU closed out the season 5-5-0 away from Ochrymowycz Field a year ago.
• STREAKING ALONG: With their 6-0 win over UMN Morris last Friday, the Cardinals improved to 10-2-2 in their last 14 games.
• SPREADING THE WEALTH: Saint Mary’s six goals in last Friday’s 6-0 win over UMN Morris came from six different players — Genesis Capacio (Las Vegas, Nev.), Lauryn Skoruppa (Littleton, Colo.), Samantha Munson (Plain City, Utah), Brooklyn McKinney (Thornton, Colo.), Hannah Bradley (Portland, Ore.), and Dakota Leonard (Lincolnshire, Ill.).
• CAREER FIRST: Bradley netted her first collegiate goal in last Friday’s 6-0 win over UMN Morris. The Cardinals had five players record their first collegiate goals a year ago.
• 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 last Friday.
• LEADER OF THE PACK: Six players share the team lead in goals with one each. Haddy Falkman (Waconia, Minn.) closed out 2022 leading the team in goals with five, one more than McKinney.
• LENDING A HAND: Munson owns the team lead with two assists, one more than Leonard, Lauren Ashe (Beaverton, Ore.), Anna Warneke (), Ella Lahart (), and Peyton Maier (). … Leonard led the Cardinals with three assists in 2022.
• POINT PRODUCER: Munson sits atop the team’s points race with four, followed by Leonard with three, and McKinney, Bradley, Skoruppa, and Capacio with two each…. Falkman closed out 2022 with a team-best 13 points (5 G, 3 A).
• BETWEEN THE PIPES: Anna Peckosh (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) did not have to face a shot in 56 minutes of work against UMN Morris last Friday, while Megan Nadal (Chino, Calif.) stopped the lone shot she faced in 34 minutes of relief. … Peckosh has not allowed a goal in five career appearances (248:05 minutes), stopping all 13 shots she’s faced. … Nadal has stopped 10 of the 11 shots she faced in her three career appearance in goal (81:00 minutes).
• GOALKEEPING FIRSTS: 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.
• THROWING UP ZEROS: Fifteen of Saint Mary’s last 20 games have been decided by shutout — including 10 of SMU’s last 12 wins.
• CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS: The Cardinals, with their three second-half goals against UMN Morris last Friday, Saint Mary’s has now netted 18 of its last 28 goals in the second half. … SMU’s six goals against the Cougars last Friday are the most since SMU poured in 11 goals against Martin Luther on Sept. 6, 2021. …
WARTBURG SCOUTING REPORT:
• FOR THE RECORD: The Knights head into Sunday’s nonconference game against Saint Mary’s still searching for their first win, having dropped a 3-1 decision to Hope College in their season-opener last Friday.
• LAST TIME OUT: Hope scored three unanswered goals, erasing an early 1-0 Wartburg lead in dealing the Knights a 3-1 season-opening loss last Friday in Waverly, Iowa.
• HOME SWEET HOME: Wartburg plays six of its first seven games on its home field – the lone exception, Sunday’s nonconference game at Saint Mary’s. … The Knights closed out the 2022 campaign boasting a 9-2-0 record at Salzwedel Field.
• SEASON TO REMEMBER: Wartburg — currently ranked No. 23 in the United Soccer Coaches preseason poll — is coming off a 16-3-2 season a year ago, including a berth in the NCAA Tournament, where the Knights beat Grinnell (5-2), before falling to Washington (Mo.) (3-1) in the second round. … Wartburg made its fifth straight NCAA appearance, and 10th overall, a year ago.
• OFFENSIVE LEADER: Nikayla Youngblut picked up Wartburg’s lone goal in last Friday’s 3-1 loss to Hope. … Kate Luers closed out the 2022 season with a team-leading 12 goals, four more than both Joy Smith and Katie Berglund.
• LENDING A HELPING HAND: Greta Rothe was credited with the assist on Youngblut’s first-half goal against Hope last Friday. … Smith dished out a team-high eight helpers a year ago, followed by Luers with seven.
• POINT PRODUCTION: Youngblut leads the team with two points, one more than Rothe. … Wartburg closed out 2022 with six players posting 10+ points — Luers (31), Smith (24), Berglund (19), Sarah Campbell (16), and Lauren Kirkle (14).
• BETWEEN THE PIPES: Alena Miller was busy between the pipes for the Knights against Hope last Friday, stopping nine of the 12 shots she faced. … Marissa Lopez played every minute of Wartburg’s 21 games last season, compiling a 0.75 goals-against-average and an .824 save percentage. … Lopez closed out her senior season in 2022 with 12 shutouts.
