ST. PETER, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University men's tennis team will be in action this weekend, taking part in the USTA/ITA Midwest Regional Championships, as well as the Gustavus Midwest Open, on the Gustavus campus. Action begins Friday at 9 a.m.




Tournament Participants:
Gustavus, UW-La Crosse, St. Norbert, Coe, Wartburg, Luther, Macalester, Concordia, St. Scholastica, Lawrence, UW-Whitewater, Carroll, MSOE, Carleton, University of Dubuque, Grinnell, Cornell, Carthage, St. Olaf, Saint John's, Coe, UW-Eau Claire, Hamline, Edgewood, Bethel, Lawrence, Concordia-Wis, St. Thomas

Tournament Draws:
USTA/ITA: Singles | Doubles
Midwest Open: Singles | Doubles

Live On The Web:
Homepage | Scoreboard

Tournament Sites:
The Swanson Indoor Tennis Center, located on the west edge of the Gustavus campus, will serve as headquarters for the USTA/ITA Midwest Regional Championships, with matches taking place at Swanson and the adjacent Brown Outdoor Courts, as well as the Gibbs Tennis Courts, which are situated just north of the Gustavus main entrance.

Midwest Regional — This and That:
The USTA/ITA Midwest Regional Championships will feature 23 of the top small college tennis programs in the region, as well as over 145 of the top singles and doubles players in the Midwest. Tournament play begins with singles matches on Friday at 9 a.m.  … The Small College (NCAA Divisions II and III, NAIA and Junior/Community College) singles and doubles champions from the USTA/ITA Regional Championships will advance to the USTA/ITA National Small College Championships, held October 11-14 at the Copeland-Cox Tennis Center in Mobile, Alabama. The USTA/ITA National Small College Championships are comprised of the eight regional champions (and/or at-large selections) from NCAA Divisions II and III, NAIA and Junior/Community Colleges.

Cardinals Up Next:
The Cardinals will kick off their 2013 schedule on Feb. 1, when they host Northwestern in a nonconference match at the Winona Tennis Center.

Saint Mary's Cardinals At The Net:
2012 Final Statistics | 2013 Schedule
Bobby Steingraeber (La Crosse, Wis.) and Michael Lunka (Eagan, Minn.) head into the three-day Midwest Regional as the tournament's No 3 seed, opening play on Friday against Wartburg's Eric Hilpert-Blayne Wiladsen … The Gustavus team of Amirk Donkena/Mya Smith-Dennis — which handed Lunka-Steingraeber their only conference loss of the season — earned the region's No. 1 seed, while UW-Whitewater's Byron Balkin/Mitch Osborne are seeded second. … Lunka-Steingraeber, who opened the 2012 season with 13 straight wins en route to a 19-2 overall record, posted more wins than any other doubles teams in the conference a year ago. … With their 19 victories, both Lunka and Steingraeber set the program's single-season record for doubles wins in a season, a mark previously held by Mark Leeder in 2005. … Steingraeber will also be playing in the singles portion of the USTA/ITA Midwest Regional, opening play on Friday against St. Scholastica's Kollin Dean. … Andrew Rangitsch, Gavin Smith, Blake Olmscheid, ,Warren Lawrenz, Collin Kaczorowski and Garen Merritt will also be in action this weekend, taking part in both singles and doubles at the Gustavus Midwest Open.