WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota women's soccer team returns to conference play on Tuesday, hosting St. Olaf in a 7 p.m. MIAC contest at Ochrymowycz Field.
 
The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (0-5-1 MIAC | 4-7-1 Overall) vs. St. Olaf Oles (3-2-1 MIAC | 4-7-1 Overall)
 
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Last Action:
• Saint Mary's: St. Catherine raced out to an early 2-0 lead and never looked back in handing Saint Mary's a 2-0 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference setback Saturday in St. Paul, Minn. | Recap
• St. Olaf: St. Olaf scored twice in a three-minute stretch of the second half on the way to a 3-1 MIAC win over Macalester on Saturday at Macalester Stadium in St. Paul, Minn. | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. St. Olaf—Their Last Meeting:
• October 16, 2013: St. Olaf scored the game's first goal in the sixth minute and kept its offensive pedal to the metal, scoring four more times—including three times in the second half—in handing the Cardinals a 5-0 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference setback in Northfield, Minn. | Recap
 
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals return to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play on Saturday, as the Cardinals head to Arden Hills, Minn., for a 1 p.m. showdown with Bethel.
• St. Olaf: The Oles hit the road on Saturday, traveling to St. Paul, Minn., for a 1 p.m. MIAC contest against St. Catherine.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
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Saint Mary's 2-0 loss at St. Catherine Saturday marked the third straight game in which the winner scored two goals. The Cardinals lost to Concordia 2-1 in double overtime and beat Buena Vista 2-1 in overtime in their previous to games. … Saturday's contest against St. Catherine snapped a streak of three consecutive overtime games for the Cardinals. Saint Mary's battled Gustavus to a 3-3, 2 OT stalemate on Oct. 1, dropped a 2-1 double-overtime decision to Concordia last on Oct. 3, and edged Buena Vista 2-1 in OT on Oct. 6. … The Cardinals' win over Buena Vista improved Saint Mary's to 2-1-1 in its four overtime games this season. … The Cardinals' tie against Gustavus on Oct. 1 was their first deadlock since October 2, 2010, when Saint Mary's tied Concordia 0-0. … Emily Loof (Colorado Springs, Colo.)—who recorded two goals against Gustavus on Oct. 1 for her fourth multiple-goal game of the season—leads the team in goals with 11 goals and 24 points, while Emma Schaefer (Falcons Heights, Minn.) is the team's assist leader with three and is second to Loof in both goals (5) and points (13). … Loof's 24 points are the most since Amy Sibik finished with 29 (12 goals, 5 assists) during the 2010 season. … Loof and Schaefer have now combined to score 16 of the team's 24 goals this season. … Loof notched her first collegiate hat trick against Bethany Lutheran on Sept. 23. The freshman became the second player this season to net three goals in a game—Schaefer scored three times against UW-Superior on Sept. 6. … The three-goal efforts by Loof and Schaefer are the most in a game since Amy Sibik netted four goals against Ripon on Sept. 4, 2010. They also mark the first time Saint Mary's has had two games where an individual has scored three or more goals since Sibik scored four goals against UW-Superior and three goals against Simpson during the 2009 season. … Bridgett Leverich (Oswego, Ill.), Anna Taylor (St. Paul, Minn.) and Jesse Cwik (Chicago, Ill.) have all netted their first collegiate goals to account for the Cardinals' other three goals. … The Cardinals have converted all four of their penalty kicks this season—Schaefer scored on a PK vs. Buena Vista on Tuesday and vs. UW-Superior on Sept. 6, and Loof added PK goals against Carleton on Sept. 20 and Concordia on Saturday. … Saint Mary's seven-goal outburst vs. Bethany Lutheran on Sept. 23 marked the second time this season the Cardinals have netted seven goals in a game. Saint Mary's also tallied seven goals in a 7-0 win over UW-Superior on Sept. 6. … The Cardinals' seven goals against Bethany Lutheran and UW-Superior were the most since Saint Mary's posted back-to-back 7-0 victories over Ripon and Lakeland on Sept. 4-5, 2010. … Victoria Perez (Upland, Calif.) collected her first collegiate win in goal against Buena Vista Tuesday, stopping three of the four shots she faced. … Miranda Halling (Rochester, Minn.) made a season-high 10 saves against Concordia on Oct. 3,  pushing her team-leading saves total to 42. … Halling—who recorded her first collegiate shutout against UW-Superior on Sept. 6—enters Tuesday's conference game against St. Olaf owning a 2.38 goals-against-average and a .712 save percentage in eight games. … Saint Mary's has scored 12 goals in the first half, and 10 after halftime. On the flip side, the Cardinals' opponents have scored 19 of their 28 goals in the game's opening 45 minutes.
 
Scouting The St. Olaf Oles:
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Tuesday's game is the second of four straight road games for the Oles. … Saturday's #-1 win over Macalester pushed the Oles' winning streak to a season-high three straight. … The Oles have outscored their opponents 5-1 during their current three-game run—St. Olaf blanked both Gustavus and Wartburg 1-0, before Saturday's 3-1 win vs. the Scots. … Kajsa Brindley heads into Tuesday's game at Saint Mary's leading the team in all three offensive categories—goals (4), assists (4), and points (12). … Madison Van Wylen and Emily Helle are second on the team with three goals each. … St. Olaf's 15 goals have come from seven different players. … Brindley, Emily Sierakowski, Grace Bestler and Megan Fellows are the only Oles to have started all 12 games this season. … Ruth Hesse has started 10 of the team's 12 games in goal, compiling a 1.44 goals-against-average and a .774 save percentage. … Hesse has recorded three shutouts and leads the team with 48 saves. … St. Olaf has scored nine of its 15 goals after halftime. The Oles' opponents have scored 13 first-half goals and 11 in the game's final 45 minutes.