WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University women's tennis team kicks off a busy weekend on Friday, hosting St. Catherine in a 6 p.m. MIAC match at the Winona Tennis Center. SMU then heads to Madison, Wis., on Sunday for nonconference matches against Edgewood and St. Norbert.

The Matchups:
Friday, March 22, 2013 | Winona Tennis Center * Winona, Minn. | 6 p.m.
SMU Cardinals (1-3 MIAC | 4-5 Overall) vs. St. Catherine Wildcats (5-0 MIAC | 8-0 Overall)
Sunday, Match 24, 2013 | Nielsen Tennis Center * Madison, Wis. | 1 p.m.
SMU Cardinals (4-5 Overall) at Edgewood Eagles (15-6 Overall)
Sunday, March 24, 2013 | Nielsen Tennis Center * Madison, Wis. | 4 p.m.
SMU Cardinals (4-5 Overall) at St. Norbert Knights (6-9 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals are coming off a pair of 8-1 decisions last weekend — an 8-1 victory over Hamline last Friday at the Winona Tennis Center, and an 8-1 loss to league-leading St. Thomas last Saturday at Anderson Center in St. Paul, Minn.  … The Wildcats have been off since March 9, when St. Catherine knocked off perennial conference power Gustavus 6-3 at the Swanson Tennis Center in St. Peter, Minn. … Edgewood is coming off a 3-3 showing during its six-matches in Hilton Head, S.C, from March 11-14. … St. Norbert has not played since Oct. 14, when the Green Knights dropped a 5-2 decision to Lake Forest in the Midwest Conference Team Championships in Rockford, Ill.

SMU vs. St. Catherine — A Year Ago:
April 28, 2012: The Cardinals had their hopes of qualifying for the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament dashed, as St. Catherine raced out to a 3-0 lead after the doubles competition and held off a furious Cardinal comeback to beat SMU 6-3 at the University of Minnesota Baseline Tennis Facility in St. Paul, Minn.

SMU vs. Edgewood — A Year Ago:
February 18, 2012: The Cardinals opened the day by sweeping the three doubles matches and picking up wins in five of the six singles matches en route to an 8-1 nonconference win over Edgewood at the Winona Tennis Center.

SMU vs. St. Norbert — A Year Ago:
April 14, 2012: The Cardinals rebounded from a slow start in its convincing 7-2 win over St. Norbert in De Pere, Wis., as SMU bounced back from a 2-1 deficit after the three doubles matches to sweep all six singles matches in straight sets.

Up Next:
The Cardinals are now off until April 6, when they return to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play by hosting St. Olaf in a 3 p.m. match at the Winona Tennis Center. … St. Catherine kicks off its spring break trip to Texas on Monday, as the Wildcats square off against the University of Texas at Dallas in Richardson, Texas. … Edgewood, which faces St. Norbert later on Sunday, is then off until April 14, when the Eagles take on Carroll and UW-Eau Claire in Madison, Wis. … St. Norbert heads to the Green Bay Tennis Center on April 7, when the Green Knights square off against UW-River Falls and Carthage.

Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2013 Roster | 2013 Statistics | 2013 Schedule
Three of SMU's last four matches have been 8-1 decisions — an 8-1 win over Hamline and 8-1 losses to Berry and St. Thomas. … SMU's 8-1 loss to Berry on March 5 snapped the Cardinals' 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.) extended her singles winning streak to three straight with back-to-back straight-set No. 3 singles wins last weekend vs. Hamline and St. Thomas. … The two victories also pushed Webber's team-leading singles wins total to six. … Katie Krull (Rochester, Minn.) is second on the team with four singles wins, while Lindsey Reinisch (Hastings, Minn.) and Leanne Cleveland (La Crosse, Wis.) each have three. … The Cardinals boast four players who have recorded their first collegiate singles wins this season — Krull, Cleveland, Kirsten Hoffmann (Apple Valley, Minn.) and Lexi Felten (Waukesha, Wis.). … The Cardinals' 22 singles wins this season have come from eight different players. … Grace Zachman (Elk River, Minn.) owns a team-best five doubles wins with Webber, Felten and Lindsey Reinisch (Hastings, Minn.) all second with four. … The Cardinals have used eight 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 St. Catherine Wildcats:
2013 Roster | 2013 Statistics | 2013 Schedule
The Wildcats enter Friday's match against Saint Mary's ranked No. 6 in the latest NCAA Division III Central Region poll. … With their win over Gustavus on March 9 — the first time in program history the Wildcats have beaten the Gusties — St. Catherine ran its season-opening winning streak to eight straight. … Five of SCU's eight wins have been by 9-0 or 8-1 scores. … St. Catherine has already played — and beaten — the top two teams in the MIAC Preseason Coaches' Poll. Along with their 6-3 win over No. 2 Gustavus, the Wildcats beat preseason No. 1 Carleton, 5-4, on Feb. 24. … For the sixth time in eight matches, SCU swept the three doubles matches against Gustavus. The Wildcats are now 23-1 in its eight doubles matches this season. … Michaela Burroughs/Maria Koval and Angie Lorenzen/Mikinzee Salo are both a perfect 8-0 in doubles play, while Victoria Broavo/Kylie Ketcho are 7-1. … Bravo leads the team with eight singles wins — all at No. 1 singles. Koval is second with seven wins in eight singles matches, while Burroughs and Salo are third with six each. … Five of SCU's eight matches have been played at home.

Scouting the Edgewood Eagles:
2013 Roster | 2013 Statistics | 2013 Schedule
Edgewood heads into Sunday's match against Saint Mary's with a 3-4 record during the spring portion of their schedule. The Eagles finished their fall schedule with a 12-2 record — including a perfect 11-0 run through the Northern Athletics Conference. … Edgewood's 9-0 loss to 17th-ranked UW-Whitewater on Sept. 26 snapped the Eagles' season-high 12-match winning streak. … Ashli Paulson heads into Sunday's match with the Cardinals owning a team-best 16 singles wins (16-4), while Anna Miles is second with 13 (13-4). Kristen Boone (12-4), Ellie Wilkie (11-3), Morgan Wilson (11-8) and Amber Cook (10-2) have also recorded 10 or more dual-match singles wins this season. … The Eagles have used 18 different doubles combinations this season. … Laura Olsen/Wilson have teamed for 11 doubles wins en route to an 11-5 record at No. 1 doubles. … Brooke McBain has accumulated 14 doubles wins, one more than Wilson and two more than Miles and Olsen.

Scouting the St. Norbert Green Knights:
2012-13 Roster | 2012-13 Statistics | 2012-13 Schedule
Sunday's match against Saint Mary's will be the first match of the spring season for the Green Knights, who went 6-9 during the fall portion of their schedule. … Brittany Dudzik heads into Sunday's spring season-opener with a team-leading 10 dual-match singles wins, two more than Maria Siusarek. … Maggie Berens/Ariel Bioniarz have teamed for an 8-4 doubles record — including a 3-0 mark at No. 2 and a 5-4 showing at No. 3. … Siusarek/Nancy Chybowski played 14 of the team's 15 doubles matches at No. 1, compiling a 7-7 record. … St. Norbert has used nine different doubles combinations. … Four of the Green Knights' six wins have come on their home court.