PLATTEVILLE, Wis. — The Saint Mary’s University men’s soccer team, coming off a thrilling, 1-0 double-overtime Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victory at Saint John’s Saturday, stays on the road Sunday, traveling to UW-Platteville for their final nonconference game of the season — a 3 p.m. contest against the Pioneers.
Records:
Saint Mary’s Cardinals (5-8-2 Overall)
UW-Platteville Pioneers (8-7-2 Overall)
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Last Action: The Cardinals scored the game’s only goal when
Jon Szafranski (Barrington, Ill.) punted the ball past the SJU defenders and right to
Juamaine Venter (Rochester, Minn.), who beat Johnnie GK Luke Nelson with the game’s only goal in a
1-0 double-overtime SMU win Saturday. UW-Platteville, meanwhile, has been off since last Tuesday, when the Pioneers dropped a 1-0 conference decision to Ashford in Platteville, Wis.
Last Meeting: September 21, 2008: UW-Platteville held the Cardinals without a shot on goal in the first half, while peppering SMU goalkeeper Jon Szafranski (Barrington, Ill.) with seven first-half shots — including a B.J. Gottschlich goal, not to mention two others that caromed off the goal post — and never looked back, rolling to a 3-0 nonconference victory in Winona, Minn.
SMU Cardinal Notes: With Saturday’s win, the Cardinals snapped a pair of streaks — a seven-game conference winless streak (0-6-1) and an eight-game losing streak against the Johnnies. … Saturday’s win was also the Cardinals’ first at Saint John’s since Oct. 31, 1992. … SMU GK Jon Szafranski (Barrington, Ill.) picked up his fourth shutout of the season Saturday, while also collecting the first assist of his collegiate career. … Szafranski stopped all eight SJU shots for his fourth shutout of the season Saturday. The SMU senior enters today’s game vs. UW-Platteville with a 1.54 goals-against-average and an .824 save percentage. He has stopped 112 shots this season, pushing his school-record career saves total to 417. … Juamaine Venter (Rochester, Minn.) scored SMU’s game-winning goal Saturday vs. SJU. It was his second goal of the game and moved him into a tie for second on the team in points with six. … Steve Boussie (Troy, Mich.) — who scored SMU’s lone goal vs. SJU a year ago — and Ryan Rademacher (La Crosse Wis.) share the team lead in goals with three each, while Boussie also leads the Cardinals in assists (3) and points (9). … SMU has now played four overtime games this season — and seven over the last two seasons. SMU is now 4-0-3 in its last seven overtime games and have not lost an OT game since a 3-2 setback vs. Macalester on Sept. 22, 2006. … Both of the Cardinals’ ties this season have come on their home field — and both have been 1-1 decisions.
UW-Platteville Pioneer Notes: Tuesday’s loss to Ashford was the third in four games for the Pioneers. All three of these losses have been by 1-0 decisions. … UW-Platteville has outscored its opponents 36-3 in their eight wins, while being outscored 13-5 in the Pioneers’ seven losses. … UW-Platteville has played two double-overtime games this season — with both games ending in a 1-1 tie. … B.J. Gottschlich has been the Pioneers’ offensive leader this season, boasting team-bests in all three offensive categories — goals (10), assists (9) and points (29). … Gottschlich is also one of four UW-Platteville players with 10 or more points. … Chris Brown, Brandon Chmiel and Mitch Cornelius have all scored five goals for the Pioneers, who have gotten scoring from 15 different players. … GKs Kris Bosshart and Joe Burki have combined to post a 1.03 goals-against-average and a .760 save percentage. Bosshart has also posted four shutouts. … The Pioneers have outscored their opponents 43-18 — including 28-8 in the game’s opening 45 minutes.