ORLANDO, Fla. — The Saint Mary's University men's tennis team kicks off its four-match spring trip on Monday, squaring off against Marywood University and King's College.



The Cardinals' Spring Trip Matchups:
Saint Mary's University Cardinals (2012: 5-2 Overall) vs.
March 5: Marywood U. Pacers (2012: 0-0 Overall | 2011: 14-4 Overall), 10 a.m.
March 5: King's College Monarchs (2012: 0-0 Overall | 2011: 7-11 Overall), 4 p.m.
March 6: Ursinus College Bears (2012: 0-0 Overall | 2011: 11-9 Overall), 1 p.m.
March 7: Clark University (2012: 0-0 Overall | 2011: 5-11 Overall), 1 p.m.

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The Cardinals picked up a pair of impressive nonconference wins on Feb. 25-26, as SMU dropped Concordia (Wis.) 7-2 and Ripon (9-0). … Matches in Orlando, Fla., are the 2012 season openers for Marywood, King's College, Ursinus and Clark.

SMU vs. Spring Trip Field — Their Last Meeting:
This week's matches will be the Cardinals' first in program history vs. Marywood, King's College, Ursinus and Clark.

Up Next For The Cardinals:
The Cardinals return home on March 16 to kick off Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play against Bethel. Match time is 5 p.m. at the Winona Tennis Center.

Saint Mary's Cardinals News and Notes:
2012 Roster | 2012 Schedule | 2012 Statistics | 2012 Media Guide
SMU enters its spring trip riding a two-match winning streak. The Cardinals are 4-1 in their last five matches. … The Cardinals have not dropped back-to-back matches all season. … SMU's matches against Concordia (Wis.) and Ripon were the first two of six straight road matches for the Cardinals, who opened the season with five consecutive home matches. … The Cardinals' match vs. Marywood is the eighth of 11 straight nonconference matches for SMU, which opens conference play against Bethel on March 16. … Michael Lunka (Eagan, Minn.) and Sam Puff (Eden Prairie, Minn.) head into their spring break matches riding five-match winning streaks. … Lunka is 6-1 at No. 1 singles this season, while Puff is 6-1 at No. 3. … Bobby Steingraeber (La Crosse, Wis.), who had his season-opening four-match singles winning streak snapped with a 7-6, 6-3 loss to St. Scholastica's James Mack on Feb. 19, is 5-2 at No. 2 singles. … Lunka and Steingraeber have been perfect at No. 1 doubles this season, boasting a 7-0 record. … Puff and Andrew Rangitsch (Oakdale, Minn.) have won four straight at No. 2 doubles, improving to 5-2 overall, while Gavin Smith (White Bear Lake, Minn.) and Justin Loeffler (Winona, Minn.) have won three straight and are 4-1 at No. 3 doubles. … As a team, SMU is 30-12 in singles play, while owning an impressive 37-4 mark in doubles.

Marywood University Pacers News and Notes:
2012 Roster | 2012 Schedule | 2012 Statistics
Marywood's match against Saint Mary's is their first of the 2012 season for the Pacers, who played one match last fall, defeating Penn State Berks 9-0. … Marywood has been selected as the preseason favorite in the 2012 Colonial States Athletic Conference coaches' poll. … Marywood, under 2011 CSAC Coach of the Year Arthur Comstock, went 14-4 overall in 2011 and put together a perfect 7-0 conference record,. … Marywood — the two-time defending CSAC champions ¬— defeated Baptist Bible in the title match at the 2011 CSAC Tournament. … The Pacers qualified for the NCAA Division III National Tournament a year ago, falling 5-3 to Farmingdale State. … The Pacers return several key starters from their 2011 national tournament team,  including juniors Todd Doran, Daniel Pfafman and Ethan Jones, who all earned All-CSAC honors in singles and doubles a year ago. … Doran and Pfafman finished with a team-best 13 singles wins in 2011, with Doran going 13-4, primarily at No. 2, while Pfafman was 13-6, with all but one match coming at No. 3. … As a team, Marywood went 71-39 in singles play in 2011. … Doran also collected 14 doubles wins, going 14-3 at No. 1. Pfafman, meanwhile, picked up 12 doubles wins en route to a 12-5 mark at No. 2.

King's College Monarchs News and Notes:
2012 Roster | 2012 Schedule | 2012 Statistics
The Monarchs return a pair of individuals who won titles at the 2011 Middle Atlantic Conference Individual Championships. Chris DiMino earned a singles conference crown, while Matt Grassi teamed with P.T. Romano for a doubles MAC crown. … King's played three matches during the fall portion of their 2011-2012 schedule, beating Susquehanna (8-1), Lycoming College (7-2) and Rutgers-Camden (8-1). … DiMino returns after recording a team-leading 14-2 record during his sophomore campaign in 2011, including a perfect 5-0 mark in MAC play. … Jake Rohring chipped in eight singles wins, while Tim Carroll added six. … The Monarchs used 19 different doubles combinations en route to their 22 doubles wins.

Ursinus College Bears News and Notes:
2012 Roster | 2012 Schedule | 2012 Statistics
The Bears, coming off an 11-9 season a year ago, were ranked eighth in the 2012 Centennial Conference preseason coaches poll. … Ursinus' 11 wins in 2011 were the most in program history. … Evan Stuchin earned second-team All-Centennial Conference honors, marking the first player from Ursinus to earn all-conference honors in men's tennis. … Stutchin finished his freshman campaign with a mark of 14-8, leading the team in wins. He had an 11-7 record at No. 1 singles in what is considered one of the toughest and most competitive tennis conferences in the country. … Along with Stutchin, the Bears' Matt Hope and Brent Stevenson also recorded double-digit singles wins, with each collecting 10 victories. … As a team, Ursinus went 73-53 in doubles play in 2011. … Stutchin also collected 10 doubles wins — all at No. 1. He teamed with Hope to go 4-0 and with Evan Lord to go 5-7. Stutchin's other doubles win, also at No. 1, came with Chris Wyshock as his partner. …  Hope had five different doubles partners in 2011 and finished with a team-leading 14 doubles wins. … The Bears used 15 different doubles combinations and ended the year with a 35-24 record in doubles play.

Clark University Cougars News and Notes:
2012 Roster | 2012 Schedule | 2012 Statistics
The Cougars are coming off a 5-11 season in 2011 and enter with 2012 campaign with a youthful roster. Clark does not have a senior on its roster. … Diego Angel, the 2010 NEWMAC Rookie of the Year in 2010, enjoyed a solid sophomore season in 2011, going 10-3 at No. 1 singles. … Angel enters 2012 with a 16-6 career singles record, with all 22 matches played at No. 1. … Clark will play teams in all NCAA divisions this season. Along with their normal NCAA Division III schedule, the Cougars will also face Division I Holy Cross and Division II Stonehill College.