WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University women's tennis team, back from their spring trip to Orlando, Fla., returns to MIAC action this weekend, hosting Hamline in a 5 p.m. match on Friday, then traveling to St. Paul, Minn., for a 7 p.m. match against St. Thomas.

The Matchups:
Friday, March 15, 2013 | Winona Tennis Center * Winona, Minn. | 5 p.m.
SMU Cardinals (0-2 MIAC | 3-4 Overall) vs. Hamline Pipers (0-4 MIAC | 1-5 Overall)
Saturday, Match 16, 2013 | Anderson Fieldhouse * St. Paul, Minn. | 7 p.m.
SMU Cardinals (0-2 MIAC | 3-4 Overall) at St. Thomas Tommies (2-0 MIAC | 7-0 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals are coming off a 1-2 showing during their spring trip to Orlando, Fla., beating King's College 5-4, while falling to Berry (8-1) and Morningside (5-4). … Hamline, meanwhile, is coming off a 9-0 MIAC loss to Gustavus at the Swanson Tennis Center in St. Peter, Minn., last Saturday. … St. Thomas heads into the weekend on the heels of its seventh straight win, as the Tommies dropped St. Olaf 7-2 in a conference match in Owatonna, Minn., last Saturday.

SMU vs. Hamline — A Year Ago:
March 28, 2012: SMU won five of the six singles matches in straight sets, as the Cardinals cruised to their fourth straight 7-2 victory, this time dropping Hamline in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match at the Hamline Courts in St. Paul, Minn.

SMU vs. St. Thomas — A Year Ago:
April 1, 2012: SMU had its share of opportunities against St. Thomas, but the Cardinals could not cash in on them, as the Tommies handed SMU a 5-4 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference setback at the Winona Tennis Center.

Up Next:
The Cardinals are right back in conference action next Friday, hosting St. Catherine in a 6 p.m. MIAC match at the Winona Tennis Center. … Hamline heads to Orlando, Fla., on March 24-27, squaring off against the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, Elmhurst, Luther and Carthage as part of their spring trip, while St. Thomas is also heading south for its spring trip on March 24-28, as the Tommies will face Converse College, Concordia-Wis., Virginia Wesleyan and the University of Chicago in Hilton Head, S.C.

Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
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Two of SMU's three matches during their spring trip to Orlando, Fla., were decided by 5-4 decisions — a 5-4 win over King's College and a 5-4 loss to Morningside. … SMU's 8-1 loss to Berry on March 5 snapped SMU's five-match nonconference winning streak — a streak that dated back to a 5-4 loss to Michigan Tech on April 14, 2012. … Deanne Webber (Reedsburg, Wis.) heads into the weekend boasting a team-best four singles wins, while Katie Krull (Rochester, Minn.) is second with three. … Krull is 3-1 in her last four matches. … The Cardinals boast four players who have recorded their first collegiate singles wins this season — Krull, Kirsten Hoffmann (Apple Valley, Minn.), Lexi Felten (Waukesha, Wis.) and Leanne Cleveland (La Crosse, Wis.). … The Cardinals' 16 singles wins this season have come from eight different players. … Grace Zachman (Elk River, Minn.) owns a team-best four doubles wins with Webber, Felten and Lindsey Reinisch (Hastings, Minn.) all second with three wins each. … The Cardinals have used seven different doubles combinations this season. … With their 7-2 win over Bemidji State on Feb. 2, the Cardinals have now won their season opener in two of the last three years — with both wins coming against Bemidji State, and both wins by 7-2 decisions. … The Cardinals finished 2012 with 11 wins, marking the second time in the last three years — and the seventh time in the last nine — that SMU has reached double figures in victories.

Scouting the Hamline Pipers:
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The Pipers' 9-0 loss to Gustavus last Saturday was its second straight setback. … All five of Hamline's losses this season have been by 9-0 decisions. … HU's 8-1 win over Bethany Lutheran on Feb. 23 snapped its season-opening three-match losing streak. … The Pipers' Feb. 23 victory over Bethany Lutheran was their first since April 28, 2011, when they beat UW-River Falls. … Hamline heads into the weekend in the midst of a 19-match conference losing streak. … Carissa Wallerich, Rachael Barnes and Shamara Duwearachi all picked up singles and doubles wins in HU's victory over Bethany Lutheran, while Cassie Rammage, Emily Butler and Elizabeth Hughes also posted singles wins, and Lee Manthe was a winner in doubles.

Scouting the St. Thomas Tommies:
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The Tommies head into Saturday's match vs. Saint Mary's riding a season-opening seven-match winning streak that includes conference wins over Bethel (7-2), Macalester (8-1) and St. Olaf (7-2). … UST needed a pair of three-set marathon victories en route to its victory over St. Olaf last Saturday, as Shelby Henderson rallied for a 3-6, 6-1, 17-15 win at No. 1 singles, and Brittany Alexander won at No. 6 singles 6-2, 4-6, 10-4. … The Tommies were picked to share second in the MIAC preseason poll. … UST has five freshmen and sophomores in their top seven, yet still have a 16-2 record in doubles matches. … Kara Lefsrud is 6-0 at No. 4 singles and 6-0 at No. 2 doubles on the season, and has now collected 19 wins in each category in her two years as a Tommie. … Among UST's seven wins are victories over NCAA Division II teams St. Cloud State and Upper Iowa.