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Macalester shut out visiting St. Scholastica 3-0 in an opening-round NCAA Division III playoff match and will take on MIAC rival Concordia-Moorhead in a second-round contest tomorrow at 6 p.m. at Macalester Stadium. Emily Bardwell (Jr., Denver, Colo. / East) netted her 15th and 16th goals of the season and Erica DeJong (Fy., Woodinville, Wash. / Eastside Catholic) scored her first career goal to lead the Scots, who out-shot the Saints 8-0 in attempts on net.

MIAC champ Concordia topped Dubuque 2-0 in the other game Saturday at Macalester Stadium and is ranked No. 8 in the nation with a 17-0-2 mark. Macalester is 14-5-2 on the year. The Scots, in their 14th trip to the national playoffs under head coach John Leaney, are looking to avenge a 1-0 loss to the Cobbers in September in Moorhead. Leaney enters Sunday's match with 299 women's soccer coaching victories at Mac.

The winner of the Macalester vs. Concordia contest will advance to the Sweet 16 to play either Lynchburg (Va.) or Washington & Lee (Va.). Fans can listen to and watch Sunday night's match live on Macalester's webcast.

Macalester out-shot St. Scholastica 21-5 and picked up a 9-1 corner kick advantage. Bardwell had three of Mac's eight shots on goal and Rose Holdorf (Jr., Corvallis, Ore. / Crescent Valley) added two.  Bardwell's first goal was assisted by Emily Humphreys (Fy., Eau Claire, Wis. / Memorial).  Maddie Mette (Sr., Burnsville, Minn.) and Lauryn Gutierrez (Jr., Hickory, N.C. / St. Stephen's) assisted on DeJong's score, and Lucy Miner (So., Seattle, Wash. / Ballard) had the assist on Mac's final score.