WAVERLY, Iowa --- Women's soccer is back in action this weekend with a road matchup against Saint Mary's University in Winona, Minn. on Saturday, Sept. 12.
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Saturday, Sept. 12 |Â Ochrymowycz Field
Wartburg at Saint Mary's | 1 PM CT |Â
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All-Time Series
- Saturday will be the fifth matchup in program history
- The series is currently tied 2-2
- SMU has won the last two matches in 2024 and 2025
- Each team has won on the road in the series
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Wartburg
- The Knights enter the contest with an overall record of 0-2-1
- Saturday will mark the third MIAC opponent of the nonconference slate for Wartburg
- Wartburg has a shot on goal percentage of 61.9% with a season average of seven shots taken per match
- Tessa Poppen leads the Knights in total shots on goal this season with three
- Claire Lienhard leads the team in total points with three through three matches played
- Both Lienhard and Zaley Streeper have found the net for the Knights this season
- Both were first career goals
- Tulla Jensen has started each match in goal for Wartburg and has tallied 13 saves
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A Closer Look at Saint Mary's
- The Cardinals enter the weekend with an overall record of 1-0-1 after a 1-1 draw with Grinnell in their last contest on Sunday, Sept. 6
- Opened the season with a 1-0 shutout over the University of Wisconsin-Platteville
- Hannah Bradley leads the team with one goal and one assist through two matches
- Team-high four shots on goal
- Ana Beckman is the only other Cardinal with a goal so far this season
- SMU has used a different keeper in each match with Kelsey Siercks earning a shutout against UW-Platteville and Payton Bremer recording five saves in a draw against Grinnell
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A-R-C Preseason Poll
1. Loras College - 49 (7)
2. University of Dubuque - 42
3. Simpson College - 38
4. Wartburg College - 28
5. Central College - 27
6. Nebraska Wesleyan University - 20
7. Buena Vista University - 11
8. Coe College - 9
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