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After a short non-conference schedule, the Saint Benedict soccer team official begins the defense of their 2011 MIAC Championship tonight (Sept. 11) traveling to St. Paul, to take on an always tough Macalester squad. It will be the third straight road game for the Blazers, while the Scots are playing in their first home match.

The Schedule:
Saint Benedict at Macalester, 7:30 p.m., Sept. 11, Macalester Stadium.

The Records:
Saint Benedict: 1-1-1, 0-0-0 MIAC
Macalester: 3-1-0, 0-0-0 MIAC

Leading Scorers (G-A-P)
CSB: Alyssa Hoffman (1-0-2) | Natalia Kruse (1-0-2) | Piper Murray (1-0-2) | Colleen Bouchard (0-2-2)
MAC: Georgia Cloepfil (5-2-12) | Bonnie Gale (3-0-6) | Ingrid Greene (1-2-4)

The Keepers:
CSB: Megan Favorite, 290 min, 3 GA, 0.93 GAA, .833 Sv%, 1-1-1
MAC: Ellen Palmquist, 180, min, 1 GA, 0.50 GAA, .889 Sv%, 2-0-0 | Rosie Glenn Finer, 180 min, 2 GA, 1.50 GAA, .667 Sv%, 1-1-0

Last time out:
Last weekend the Blazers opened with a tie against UW-Eau Claire, 1-1, before suffering a 2-1 loss to UW-Stout. The Blazers gave up the first goal in each match, but came right back to tie it up in each match as well. Alyssa Hoffman scored her first career goal as the Blazers tied the Blugolds, and Megan Favorite posted a career high 11 saves to preserve the tie. Against UW-Stout, Natalia Kruse also scored her first career goal, evening the score, but the Blue Devils came back for the game-winner late in the second, despite being outshot by the Blazers.

Macalester swept their way through last week, blowing out a pair of opponents. They nearly hung a half-dozen on Nebraska Wesleyan in a 5-0 shutout win, and a day later backed it up with a 4-1 win over Luther. Georgia Cloepfil notched a hat trick against Nebraska Wesleyan, while Bonnie Gale did the same against Luther.

Last Season:
The Blazers went without a win against the Scots in 2011, but did enough to advance when it really counted. In the first round of the MIAC Tournament, the two teams played to a scoreless draw after all 110 minutes, but the Blazers did just enough in the shootout to win 2-0 and advance to the championship game. The second meeting made up for a 1-0 home loss for the CSB in the teams regular season meeting.