The Johnnie soccer team hosts Saint Mary's for a 5 p.m. match on Wednesday, April 21, at Haws Field. - Live Stats/Live Video

SPECTATOR POLICY: Spectators will be limited to SJU soccer parents first, then CSB/SJU students and staff (with a CSB/SJU ID) on a first-come, first-served basis for the spaces available. The soccer parents will receive an online document for pre-registration.

-No fans from the opposing team will be allowed at this time. 

-Masks are required at all times.

-Spectators allowed in and around Haws Field may sit in groups of 4. Available seating areas will be labeled.

A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Saint John's (2-1 overall) suffered its first loss of the 2021 spring season with a 2-1 defeat to Gustavus Adolphus on Saturday (April 17) in Collegeville.

Scott Heinen's free kick from the left of the net went past everyone in front and served as the game-winner for GAC.

The Gusties found the scoreboard first, 10:30 into the match, on a goal from Nolan Garvin. GAC's corner kick pinballed around the box and senior defender Joe Parise (Milwaukie, Ore./La Salle Prep) headed the ball out, but the clearing attempt went right to Garvin, who ripped a shot to the right edge of the goal.

Senior midfielder Paul Wadsworth (Tacoma, Wash./Stadium) tied the game for SJU with his 12th career goal in the 32nd minute. Sophomore defender Cavin Allen (Excelsior, Minn./Chanhassen) serviced a deep free kick to the middle of the box, where Wadsworth headed the ball backwards into the net.

Sophomore goalkeeper Jake Swanson (Minneapolis, Minn./Bloomington Jefferson) made 10 saves as Gustavus out-shot SJU 18-3. The visitors turned on the offensive pressure in the second half, out-shooting the Johnnies 11-1 with an 11-0 advantage in corner kicks (16-1 in the game).

A LOOK AT THE CARDINALS: Saint Mary's (1-2-0, 0-0 MIAC) dropped a 3-1 home decision to Concordia last Sunday (April 18) in Winona. Concordia opened the scoring with a rebound off a penalty kick in the 13th minute and made it 2-0 in the 39th minute. Junior Eli Szymanski cut the Cardinals' deficit with a penalty kick in the 79th minute - SMU's second goal in 270 minutes this season - but the Cobbers added an insurance goal five minutes later. Szymanski is SMU's returning statistical leader, from 2019, in goals (10), points (23) and game-winning goals (3).

SEE YOU AGAIN SUNDAY: The Johnnies and Cardinals meet again for a 4 p.m. game this Sunday, April 25, in Winona. 

IN 2019: The Johnnies earned a 5-3 win the last time these two teams met on Oct. 5 (2019) in Winona. The long trek failed to slow SJU, which out-shot the Cardinals 16-8 (10-6 on goal) and recorded a 12-2 advantage in corner kicks in the game.

Kagan Foster '20 gave SJU a 1-0 lead with the first of two goals on the afternoon 10:56 into the contest. 

Josh Balsiger tied the game for SMU with his sixth goal of the year seven minutes later, but SJU answered with three straight goals. Nathan Stone '20 gave the lead back to the visitors with his first goal of the season in the 31st minute and Ben Becker '20 sent the Johnnies into halftime with a 3-1 lead thanks to his sixth tally, and 14th of his career, at the 39:54 mark.

Foster made it 4-1 with his team-leading seventh goal of the season 2:15 into the second half. Sophomore forward Ryan Erickson (Inver Grove Heights, Minn./Eagan) serviced the ball to the back post and Stone sent a header back across the box to a wide-open Foster. 

The Cardinals cut their deficit to 4-3 with a pair of goals 30 seconds apart in the 58th minute, the first of which was a penalty kick.

Senior midfielder Tommy Picka (Victoria, Minn./Chaska) gave SJU some breathing room with his first goal as a Johnnie with 5:31 remaining. He curved a free kick from the corner of the box, around the wall, untouched to the back of the net.

SERIES HISTORY: SJU is 33-5-3 against SMU since 1981, including a 17-2-2 mark in Collegeville. The Johnnies have won nine of the last 10 meetings overall, and 18 of the last 20.