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WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University women's soccer team picked up its first goal, and its first point, of the season Saturday afternoon against UM-Morris — but you certainly wouldn't have known it by talking to Cardinal coach Tony Guinn.

"I'm very disappointed," said Guinn after his team battled the Cougars to a 1-1 tie at Ochrymowycz Field. "I'm a tough person to satisfy, and to me, a tie is not good enough.

"This team can not be satisfied with a 1-1 tie," Guinn continued. "Sure, on paper, it's better than (the season-opening 1-0 loss to Viterbo last Wednesday), but we have to get over the mentality that a tie is good — it's not. If we're going to get this program headed in the direction we want it, we've got to get wins, not ties."

Amy Cory (Crystal Lake, Ill.) got the Cardinals on the board first, netting the first collegiate goal of her career — and the Cardinals' first of the season — with nine minutes remaining in the first half.

SMU held that one-goal lead until the 52-minute mark, when Stacy Hanna beat SMU goalkeeper Jennifer Johnson (Racine, Wis.) to knot the game at 1-1.

"We had our chances, just like we did against Viterbo," said Guinn, whose team moved to 0-1-1 overall. "We just aren't capitalizing on them."

Fortunately for the Cardinals, that's a problem that can be fixed — and Guinn is confident it will be by the time SMU takes the field again Wednesday at UW-La Crosse.

"I'm not disappointed in our overall play, I thought we played a pretty solid game," the SMU coach said. "It's the end result that bothers me. I don't want this team to be happy with a tie. I want to get rid of that mentality that a tie is OK.

"I know we're better than that — and I want them to believe they are better than that."