MOORHEAD, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University women's tennis team hits the road on Sunday, traveling to Concordia for a 9 a.m. Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match against the Cobbers.



The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (1-2 MIAC | 7-5 Overall)
at Concordia Cobbers (0-4 MIAC | 6-6 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals picked up their first conference win of the season on March 16, rolling to a 7-2 MIAC win over Bethel at the Winona Tennis Center. … Concordia, meanwhile, entered its weekend against Macalester and Saint Mary's on the heels of a 7-2 victory over Southwest State in Sartell, Minn., on March 16.

SMU vs. Concordia — Their Last Meeting:
March 26, 2011: Abby Voigt (Burnsville, Minn.) outlasted Concordia's Melanie Gail 6-4, 2-6, 12-10 at No. 4 singles to lock up a 6-3 Saint Mary's victory over the Cobbers at the Winona Tennis Center.

Up Next:
The Cardinals are back on the road on Wednesday, traveling to St. Paul, Minn., for a conference match against Hamline. … Concordia, meanwhile, kicks off a road conference weekend on Friday, traveling to Arden Hills, Minn., for a 4 p.m. MIAC match against Bethel.

Saint Mary's Cardinals News and Notes:
2012 Roster | 2012 Schedule | 2012 Statistics
The Cardinals' 7-2 win over Bethel on March 16 snapped their two-match losing streak. … SMU's win over the Royals was also their third straight win decided by a 7-2 outcome. … Sunday's match at Concordia is the first of two straight conference road matches for the Cardinals, who play eight of their final 11 matches away from home. … SMU has lost just nine individual matches in six of their seven wins this season — winning three matches by 8-1 scores, while adding three 7-2 victories. … SMU collected wins in five of the six singles matches vs. Bethel — including a three-set, 6-3, 2-6, 11-9 marathon win by Abby Voigt (Burnsville, Minn.) at No. 4. … McKennah Edwards (Fond du Lac, Wis.) picked up her ninth dual-match victory of the season vs. Bethel. The Cardinal freshman improved to 9-3 in duals with a 6-3, 6-1 straight-set win at No. 2 singles vs. the Royals. … Add to her nine dual-match wins five victories at the USTA-ITA Midwest Regional Tournament last fall — in which she finished second — McKennah Edwards owns 14 singles wins during her freshman campaign. … McKennah Edwards — who is just three singles wins shy of sister Bailey's single-season record of 17 — is 9-2 in her last 11 singles matches. … Lindsey Reinisch (Hastings, Minn.) is second to McKennah Edwards in singles wins with seven, while Bailey Edwards and Deanne Webber (Reedsburg, Wis.) each have six. … With her six singles wins this season, Bailey Edwards pushed her school-record career singles wins total to 50. … Bailey Edwards also owns the school's career doubles wins total with 49. Bailey and McKennah Edwards are 8-2 at No. 1 doubles this season. … SMU is 34-38 in singles play this season, while boasting a 23-13 mark in doubles action. … The Cardinals are currently ranked No. 25 in the ITA Central Region. … Bailey Edwards is ranked No. 18 in the Central Region in singles play, while McKennah Edwards is 19th. … McKennah and Bailey Edwards are ranked No. 9 in the region in doubles — the highest regional ranking by an SMU doubles team in SMU coach Jeff Halberg's 14-year tenure.

Concordia Cobbers News and Notes:
2012 Roster | 2012 Schedule | 2012 Statistics
The Cobbers' 7-2 win over St. Cloud State on March 16 snapped their two-match losing streak. … Despite that two-match slide, CC entered the weekend having won five of its last seven matches. … All six of Concordia's matches this season have been in nonconference play. … Concordia won five of the six singles matches in its 7-2 win over St. Cloud State in straight sets. CC's lone loss was a 6-1, 2-6, 10-3 setback by Olivia DeLeon at No. 3. … Andrea Rognlien headed into the weekend with a near-perfect 10-1 mark — all at No. 1 singles. … Emma Koskiniemi is second to Rognlien with six singles wins, while Chelsie McGraw and Kelly Kalvoda each have five. … As a team, the Cobbers are 39-33 in singles play. … CC has used just four different doubles combinations through their first 12 matches. … Koskiniemi-Rognlien and Kalvoda-McGraw have each teams for six doubles wins this season. … CC is 17-19 in doubles matches in 2012.