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2006 Records:
1-1-0 MIAC, 6-1-0 Overall
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Saint Mary's 2, Hamline 0 / Details
Saint Mary's 7, MSOE 1 / Details
Carleton 1, Saint Mary's 0 / Details
Saint Mary's 3, Ripon 1 / Details
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Thurs., Sept. 21: SMU at Alverno, 4:30 p.m.
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This and That:
Saturday’s loss to Carleton marked the first time since a 1-0 decision to Saint Benedict on Oct. 22, 2005, that the Cardinals were shut out. … Melissa Entinger (Mound, Minn.) scored a pair of goals in SMU’s 7-1 rout of MSOE last Thursday, giving the SMU freshman five goals in the Cardinals’ first seven games. … Entinger shares the team’s goal-scoring (5) and points (10) lead with Lisa Tlougan (Rochester, Minn.) and Bethany Kaufmann (Green Bay, Wis.). … The Cardinals have scored 14 goals in the first half and 13 in the second en route to their 27 goals, while all four of SMU’s opponent’s goals have come in the first half. … SMU has not allowed more than one goal in any game this season. … The Cardinals have gotten scoring from 13 different players and 15 different players have at least one point. … After six straight road games to open the season, Sunday’s game vs. Ripon was the first home game for the Cardinals, who were 4-2-0 in their six games at Ochrymowycz Field a year ago. … SMU is unbeaten in its last 16 nonconference games (16-0-0), dating back to a 1-0 loss to Simpson on Sept. 11, 2004.


Road-weary Cardinals (5 games in 7 days) get back
on the winning track with a 3-1 win in home opener
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WINONA, Minn. — Last Saturday, the Saint Mary's University women's soccer team picked a bad time to have an "off" day.

Sunday afternoon, Ripon picked a bad time to be the Cardinals' opponent.

The Cardinals, still smarting from Saturday's 1-0 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference loss to Carleton — SMU's first loss of the season — took out their frustrations on the visiting Red Hawks, scoring twice in the first half and once in the second en route to a 3-1 nonconference win at Ochrymowycz Field.

"We did not play well (Saturday) — I think the wear of playing six games in eight days is taking its toll a bit," said SMU coach Tony Guinn. "We played much better, and I'm sure part of that was because everyone wanted to put that (Carleton) loss behind them, forget about it and move forward."

And move they did.

Bridgette Baggio (Prospect Heights, Ill.) got SMU on the board 13 minutes into the game, netting her first of the season, while Lisa Tlougan (Rochester, Minn.) joined teammates Bethany Kaufmann (Green Bay, Wis.) and Melisa Entinger (Pickering, Ontario) atop the team's goal-scoring list with her fifth of the season midway through the half.

Ripon made the most of its lone shot in the first half, as Jill Jones broke down the right side and snuck a shot past the outstretched arm of SMU goalkeeper Jennifer Johnson (Racine, Wis.) to cut the Cardinals' gap to 2-1 at the intermission.

SMU — which attempted 32 shots to the Red Hawks' three — continued to dominate in the second half, getting an insurance goal from Emily Duffey (Richfield, Minn.) at the 66-minute mark, as the Cardinals cruised to their sixth win in seven games.

"We certainly played better than we did (vs. Carleton)," said Guinn, whose team has now outscored its first seven opponents 27-4. "We're physically tired right now — our schedule has really taken its toll, but to be 6-1 at this point in the season is nice.

"It was nice to be able to get right back on the field and play again," continued Guinn. "We didn't have to sit and dwell on that loss (to the Knights).

"Hopefully, we've got things back on track."