SARTELL, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University tennis teams hit the road on Sunday, traveling to the Gold's Gym Courts for a pair of conference matches. The Cardinal women square off against Saint Benedict at 1:30 p.m., followed by the SMU men vs. Saint John's at 4:30 p.m.






The Matchups:
SMU Women (3-6 MIAC | 7-10 Overall) at CSB Blazers (4-2 MIAC | 9-7 Overall), 1:30 p.m.
SMU Men (0-8 MIAC | 6-10 Overall) at SJU Johnnies (1-5 MIAC | 7-6 Overall), 4 p.m.

Last Action:
The Cardinal men picked up a streak-snapping 6-3 win over Northwestern in a nonconference match at the Winona Tennis Center on Friday. … The SMU women have been off since April 9, when they dropped a heartbreaking 5-4 decision at Hamline in St. Paul, Minn. … Saint John's headed into its weekend matches against St. Thomas and Saint Mary's on the heels of a 6-3 victory over Hamline in St. Paul, Minn., on Wednesday. … Saint Benedict, meanwhile, headed into its weekend match vs. St. Thomas and Saint Mary's on a high note, beating Concordia 7-2 in Moorhead, Minn., on Wednesday.

Last Meeting:
SMU Men vs. Saint John's — March 13, 2010:
The Johnnies' Luke Odegard held off SMU's Sam Puff (Eden Prairie, Minn.) in a three-set marathon to lift Saint John's to a 5-4 MIAC victory over the Cardinals at the Winona Tennis Center.

SMU Women vs. Saint Benedict — April 11, 2010:
Bailey Edwards (Fond du Lac, Wis.) and Rebecca Snyder collected SMU's two wins against Saint Benedict, with Edwards winning 7-6, 6-4 at No. 1 singles, while Snyder was a 6-2, 6-4 winner at No. 2 singles. That however, would be the extent of SMU's success against CSB, as the Blazers handed SMU a 7-2 conference setback at the Winona Tennis Center.

Up Next:
The Cardinal men close out their regular season on Tuesday, hosting Minnesota State Mankato in a 3 p.m. nonconference match at the Winona Tennis Center. … The SMU women, meanwhile, are off until April 30, when the Cardinals host St. Norbert and UW-Stout in nonconference matches at the Winona Tennis Center. … Saint John's now has a nine-day layoff, before returning to action on April 26 for a nonconference home match against St. Cloud State. … Saint Benedict is right back in conference play on Tuesday, traveling to St. Paul, Minn. for an MIAC match against Hamline.

Saint Mary's Cardinal Men From The Baseline:
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The Cardinals snapped their season-high seven-match losing streak with Friday's 6-3 win over Northwestern on Friday. … SMU's loss at Macalester on April 9 was the second straight 5-4 setback for the Cardinals — who dropped a 5-4 decision to Hamline on April 2. … Michael Lunka (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Tim Wolford (Maple Grove, Minn.) had a hand in three of the team's six wins vs. Northwestern Friday. Lunka and Wolford were straight-set winners at No. 1 and No. 2 singles, respectively, then teamed for an 8-2 win at No. 1 doubles. … Sam Puff (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Andrew Rangitsch (Oakdale, Minn.) accounted for SMU's other two singles wins Friday, while Bobby Steingraeber (La Crosse, Wis.) and Steven Mino (Austin, Minn.) added a win at No. 3 doubles. … The Cardinals' 5-4 loss at Hamline was as close a match as you can get — with four of the six singles matches going the maximum three sets, while two of the three doubles matches were decided by 8-6 scores. … Puff's straight-set win at No. 4 singles vs. Northwestern Firday was his team-leading 11th singles win of the season. … Lunka has collected eight singles wins this season — with all seven coming at No. 1 singles, where the Cardinal sophomore is 8-7. … Wolford has now won eight of his last 11 singles matches and is 8-5 in his 12 doubles matches. … After losing his first three doubles matches of the season, Mino has rattled off 10 doubles wins in his last 13 matches. … Mino's 10 dual-match doubles wins are a team high, one more than Lunka. … Friday's win over Northwestern was the Cardinals' first home win of the season.

Saint Mary's Cardinal Women From The Baseline:
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Bailey Edwards (Fond du Lac, Wis.) became SMU's single-season wins leader with her three-set win last Saturday against Macalester. Edwards improved to 17-4 with her latest victory. … Edwards enters this weekend's matches 14-3 in duals, while adding a 3-1 showing in last September's USTA/ITA Midwest Regional. … With her 7-5, 2-6, 12-10 victory over Macalester's Paige Schaefer last Saturday, Edwards pushed her school-record career singles wins total to 43. … Edwards also teamed with her sister, Killian Edwards to post an 8-5 win at No. 1 doubles last Saturday. It was the school-record 37th doubles win of her three-year collegiate career. Edwards surpassed previous record-holder Aubrey Hirsch. … Last Saturday's doubles win was the second straight 8-5 victory for the Edwards duo. … Abby Voigt (Burnsville, Minn.) is second to Edwards in singles wins with six. … Voigt and Killian Edwards are second to Bailey Edwards in doubles wins this season with eight each. … Five of SMU's seven wins have come on the road.

Saint John's Johnnies From The Baseline:
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The Johnnies' 6-3 win over Hamline on Wednesday snapped their season-high four-match losing streak. … SJU opened its season with wins in six of its first eight matches, before dropping four straight. … Ian Hansen headed into the weekend with a team-best 10 singles wins this season, while Joe Laue and Fabrico Moncada have each won nine. … Hanson is a perfect 4-0 at No. 1 singles, while Moncada is 6-3 at the No. 1 spot. … Laue has played at No. 3, 4, 5 and 6 singles this season, going 1-2 at No. 3, 2-0 at No. 4, 3-0 at No. 5, and 3-1 at No. 6. … Hansen leads the team with eight doubles wins, with John Burns, Elliott Elm and Zach Shriwise all recording six doubles victories. … With their matches Friday vs. St. Thomas and Sunday vs. Saint Mary's, the Johnnies will have played six matches in a nine-day span.

Saint Benedict Blazers From The Baseline:
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The Blazers' 7-2 win over Concordia on Wednesday was their third straight. … After opening the season with back-to-back 7-2 losses to UW-Eau Claire and Luther, the Blazers rattled off three straight wins and victories in eight of their next nine matches. Since then, however, CSB is just 4-4 in its last eight matches. … Sarah Rossman entered her weekend matches against St. Thomas and Saint Mary's with a team-leading 12 singles wins, while teammate Megan Seipel has won 11. … Rossman has won three straight and boasts a 12-2 mark this season, while Seipel is 11-3 with wins in her last two matches. … Rossman has also teamed with Lauren Jones to record a team-best 10 doubles wins. The duo is 10-4 at No. 1 doubles this season. … After losing their first match together, Seipel and Jamie Hoffman have won six straight at No. 3 doubles. … As a team, CSB is 12-2 at No. 3 doubles.