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| 2006 Records: 2-2-2 MIAC, 8-2-2 Overall |
| Last Week's Results: Saint Mary's 2, St. Thomas 2 / Details |
| Upcoming Events: Tues., Oct. 10: St. Olaf at SMU, 4 p.m. Fri., Oct. 13: SMU at Augsburg, 8 p.m. |
| This and That: Saturday's 2-2 tie vs. St. Thomas was the third time in their last four games that SMU has gone into OT. The other two were a 1-1 tie vs. Macalester and a 2-1 win vs. Gustavus. … Keirra Metcalfe (Pickering, Ontario) posted her first career two-goal game, accounting for both SMU goals vs. the Tommies. … With her two goals, Metcalfe now leads the team with 16 points. The SMU freshman also boasts a team-best six assists. … Lisa Tlougan (Rochester, Minn.) and Melisa Entinger (Mound, Minn.) share the team lead with seven goals each. … Tlougan ranks third in the MIAC in goals (3), points (6) and points-per-game (1.20). … SMU's tie vs. UST marked the first time this year that the Cardinals have not won when scoring two or more goals. … All four goals scored in the SMU-St. Thomas game were scored in the first half. … The Cardinals have now scored 41 goals, the most by an SMU team since the 1998 season. … SMU's 115 points are also the most since 1998, when the Cardinals scored 41 goals and boasted 124 points. |
Tommies to 2-2 double-OT tie in MIAC showdown
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Metcalfe Scored both goals in 2-2 tie vs. UST |
In 2003, the Cardinals were drubbed by the Tommies 4-0.
In 2004, in the first year under Guinn, the Cardinals dropped a 4-2 decision to UST.
A year ago, St. Thomas got a goal from Sarah Balgord in the second minute of the second overtime to lift the Tommies to a 1-0 win.
And Saturday — thanks in large part to the foot of freshman Keirra Metcalfe (Pickering, Ontario) — the Cardinals battled UST to a 2-2, double-overtime stalemate.
And Guinn couldn't be happier.
"This game just shows how far we've come in the last four years," said Guinn, whose team moved to 2-2-2 in the MIAC and 8-2-2 overall with its second conference tie in its last four games. "The year before I got here, we didn't stand a chance against (St. Thomas) — they beat up on us pretty good. But each year since, we've slowly made progress, and (Saturday), we took a point off of them, which is awesome.
"St. Thomas is a very good team, they are well-coached, they have tremendous athletes and they play a very solid game," continued Guinn. "And we had to play very well to keep up with them, which is exactly what we did."
The Cardinals got on the board first, as Metcalfe netted her fourth goal of the season early in the first half. The Tommies responded with a pair of goals, before Metcalfe closed out the scoring with her second of the game at the 30-minute mark.
"It was kind of a wild first half," said Guinn. "Both teams were creating good scoring chances and converting on them. Then in the second half and the overtimes, both teams really tightened up their defenses.
"I think the week off helped us a bit," continued Guinn, whose team had not played since a disappointing 1-0 loss to Concordia last Saturday. "We had a chance to rest up a bit and just work on some things, and it seemed to pay off today. To take a point off a team like St. Thomas — on their home field — that's a great feeling."