SAINT MARY'S VS. CARTHAGE / FRIDAY, SEPT. 8, 2006 / OCHRYMOWYCZ FIELD / 5 P.M.

Saint Mary's Cardinals
2-1-0 Overall
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0-2-0 Overall
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Cardinal In The Spotlight

Mike Schmitt

Year: Senior

Pos.: Midfield

Hometown: Woodridge, IL

Major: Marketing

From Coach Dembiec: "Mike has proven to be a great finisher. His biggest task will be dealing with opponents double-teaming him all game long.”



Game Notes
Carthage's Brian Santella scored all three goals as the Redmen handed SMU a 3-0 setback in the team's regular-season meeting a year ago. … The Cardinals’ saw their season-opening, two-game winning streak come to a screeching halt Tuesday evening, as Loras handed SMU a 3-0 setback. … The Red Men, meanwhile, are coming off an 0-2 season-opening trip to California last weekend. Carthage dropped a 2-0 decision to LaVerne to open the two-game swing, then were defeated 3-1 by the University of Redlands.

Cardinal Notes

Mike Schmitt
4 goals in
1st 3 games
The Cardinals' season-opening 10-1 rout of Rockford marked the highest single-game offensive output since SMU scored 34 goals in three games during the 1983 St. Norbert Tournament. … After leading the team with 10 goals and 22 points a year ago, Mike Schmitt (Woodridge, Ill.) opened 2006 with back-to-back two-goal efforts vs. Rockford and North Central. … Freshman Terrence Coonan (Fort Wayne, Ind.) netted his first collegiate goal vs. Rockford and added another vs. North Central. … Emmanuel Ogunremi (Evanston, Ill.), Brett Stanley (Woodbury, Minn.), Chris Chan (Columbia Heights, Minn.), James Kuhnle (Burlington, Wis.) and Louie Lamanna (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) also netted their first collegiate goals last weekend. … SMU has gotten point production from 12of its 24 players. … After playing every minute of every game a year ago, GK Ryan O'Connor (San Diego, Calif.) got his first break Friday, as Jon Szafranski (Barrington, Ill.) played the final 14:06 vs. Rockford. He did not have to make a save. … After stopping just seven shots in SMU’s first two games, O’Connor kicked out 10 Loras shots in Tuesday’s loss to the Duhawks. … Ten of the Cardinals’ 14 goals have come in the seocnd half, while four of their opponents’ goals have come in the game's final 45 minutes.

Red Men Notes
Carthage is coming off a 7-10-1 campaign a year ago, including a 1-0 loss to top-seeded North Park in the semifinals of the CCIW post-season tournament. … Roger Straz netted Carthage’s lone goal during their season-opening trip to California on Sept. 1-2. … Strasz’s unassisted tally was the lone offensive highlight for the Red Men. … GK Andy Connor played all 180:00 vs. LaVerne and Redlands, stopping five shots, while giving up five goals in the two games. … Four of the five goals Carthage has surrendered have come in the second half.