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2005 Record:
2-2-0 MIAC, 9-2-0 Overall
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Saint Mary's 2, Gustavus 0 / Details
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The Cardinals are currently ranked No. 10 in the latest NSCAA/Adidas Central Region poll — the first time since the 1999 season that SMU has been ranked. … SMU's 2-0 loss to Concordia Saturday was the seventh straight vs. the Cobbers, dating back to a 2-1 Cardinal win in 1998. … Since opening the season with eight straight wins, the Cardinals have dropped two of their last three games. … Lisa Tlougan (Rochester, Minn.) scored her team-leading ffith goal of the season in SMU's 2-0 win over Gustavus Wednesday, while Amy Cory (Crystal Lake, Ill.) — who scored a team-high 16 goals a year ago — added the other. … Jennifer Johnson (Racine, Wis.) stopped all 10 shots she faced vs. the Gusties, earning the SMU junior goalkeeper her fifth shutout of the season. … Ten of the Cardinals' first 11 games have been on the road. … The Cardinals' nine wins are the most since SMU went 12-5-1 in 1999.


Cardinals' defense can't slow high-flying Cobbers
as SMU falls for the second time in last 3 games
Who's Hot?

Jennifer
Johnson
10-save
shutout
vs. Gustavus
WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University women's soccer team entered last Saturday's Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game against Concordia with the conference's No. 1 defense.

The Cobbers, meanwhile, boasted the league's No. 1 offense.

Something had to give.

And, unfortunately for the Cardinals, it was SMU's defense.

The Cobbers scored single goals in each half — including the first just two minutes into the opening half — as Concordia handed SMU its second conference loss in less than a week, 2-0.

Concordia, which has now won the last seven meetings between the two schools — dating back to a 2-1 Cardinal win in 1998 — entered Saturday's game boasting 26 goals in its first six games.

And the Cobbers didn't miss a beat vs. the Cardinals, as Amy Ravenhorst beat Cardinal goalkeeper Jennifer Johnson (Racine, Wis.) in just the second minute of play.

Concordia made it 2-0 midway through the second half, on a goal by Morgan Bain, as the Cobbers handed SMU its most lopsided loss of the season.

"It was a tough loss – we did not play up to the standards we have set for ourselves," said SMU coach Tony Guinn, whose team had opened the week with a hard-fought 2-0 victory over Gustavus on Wednesday. "It's been an emotional week with plenty of highs and lows. We played hard but lost a tough game (vs. Macalester last Sunday), bounced back with a huge win (over Gustavus), and then came out and really struggled (vs. Concordia).

"Concordia is a very good team — talented and well-coached," continued Guinn. "Hopefully we can bounce back from this loss in the same manner we did after losing to Macalester."

The Cardinals (2-2-0 MIAC, 9-2-0 overall) — who have now played 10 of their first 11 games on the road — finally return home on Saturday, playing host to St. Thomas in a 1 p.m. game.

"It will be nice to finally play at home again," said Guinn, whose Cardinals knocked off Carleton 1-0 in their only home game this season. "We're all excited to get to play in front of our home fans again."