WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University women's tennis team honors its graduating seniors during Saturday's match against Concordia at the Winona Tennis Center, before hitting the road for nonconference matches against UW-River Falls and UW-Stout in River Falls, Wis., Sunday.
The Matchups:
Saturday, April 20, 2013 | Winona Tennis Center * Winona, Minn. | Noon
SMU Cardinals (1-6 MIAC | 7-8 Overall) vs. Concordia Cobbers (0-5 MIAC | 0-11 Overall)
Sunday, April 21, 2013 | River Falls, Wis. | 9 a.m.
SMU Cardinals (7-8 Overall) at UW-River Falls Falcons (4-10 Overall)
Sunday, April 21, 2013 | River Falls, Wis. | Noon
SMU Cardinals (7-8 Overall) vs. UW-Stout Blue Devils (3-9 Overall)
GameDay Live On The Web:
CC GameDay Program |
Senior Salute
Last Action:
The Cardinals have been off since last Saturday, when they dropped an
8-1 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference decision to Gustavus in St. Peter, Minn., before handing Bethany Lutheran a
9-0 nonconference setback in Owatonna, Minn., later in the day. … Concordia has been off since April 13, when the Cobbers dropped a
9-0 conference decision to St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minn. … UW-River Falls opened its spring-season schedule with back-to-back losses to St. Norbert (6-3) and Carthage (8-1) on April 7 in DePere, Wis. … Sunday's match against Saint Mary's is the first of five spring matches for UW-Stout.
SMU vs. Concordia — A Year Ago:
February 25, 2012: Lindsey Reinisch (Hastings, Minn.) and
Deanne Webber (Reedsburg, Wis.) earned wins at No. 5 and No. 6 singles, respectively — Reinisch's a 6-4, 5-7, 10-7 marathon — but it was not enough, as the Cobbers swept the top four singles positions — including rallying from a set down to win at both No. 3 and No. 4 — to seal the
6-3 MIAC win in Moorhead, Minn.
SMU vs. UW-River Falls — Their Last Meeting:
April 21, 2010: SMU made it look easy, as the Cardinals closed out the nonconference portion of their schedule with an impressive
8-1 victory over UW-River Falls at the Winona Tennis Center.
SMU vs. UW-Stout — Their Last Meeting:
April 30, 2011: Abby Voigt and Andrea Allis picked up an 8-3 win at No 1 doubles, fueling a 3-0 SMU start. The Cardinals then got straight-set singles wins from
Deanne Webber (Reedsburg, Wis.),
Rachel Luetmer (Loretto, Minn.), Sarah Kennedy (Lake City, Minn.) and Kristina Wahl (Elgin, Ill.) to seal the
7-2 win over UW-Stout at the Winona Tennis Center.
Up Next:
After this weekend's matches, the Cardinals are off until next weekend, when they close out their regular season with conference road matches at Macalester on Saturday and at Saint Benedict on Sunday. … Concordia also closes out its regular season next weekend, hosting Bethel on Saturday, before traveling to Macalester on Sunday. … North Central plays its final match of the regular season on Tuesday at UM-Morris. … This weekend's matches against Saint Mary's and UW-Stout mark the end of the spring season for UW-River Falls. … UW-Stout is back in action on Wednesday, traveling to Bethany Lutheran, before finishing its 2013 campaign with matches against St. Norbert and UW-Stevens Point at UW-Stevens Point on Saturday.
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2013 Roster |
2013 Statistics |
2013 Schedule
Deanne Webber (Reedsburg, Wis.) collected a pair of wins last weekend against Gustavus and Bethany Lutheran to push her team-leading singles total to 10 — including wins in four of her last five matches. …
Katie Krull (Rochester, Minn.) and
Lindsey Reinisch (Hastings, Minn.) are second to Webber in singles wins with six each. … Stacy Buss (Chicago, Ill.) collected her first collegiate win with a straight-set victory at No. 6 singles against Bethany Lutheran last Saturday. Buss is the fifth player to record collegiate win No. 1 this season, joining Krull,
Leanne Cleveland (Rochester, Minn.),
Kirsten Hoffmann (Apple Valley, Minn.) and
Lexi Felten (Waukesha, Wis.). … The Cardinals' 37 singles wins this season have come from nine different players. … Webber and Reinisch share the team lead with seven doubles wins, one more than Hoffman and
Grace Zachman (Elk River, Minn.). … The Cardinals have used 10 different doubles combinations this season. … The Cardinals' win over Bethany Lutheran last Saturday was their first 9-0 sweep of the season. … 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. … 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.
Scouting the Concordia Cobbers:
2013 Roster |
2013 Statistics |
2013 Schedule
The Cobbers head into Saturday's match against Saint Mary's still searching for their first win of the 2013 season, having dropped their first 11 matches. … Concordia has been swept 9-0 in eight of their 11 matches. … Morgan Sawatzke has collected two of CC's four singles wins, with Kaitlyn Davies and Brittany Glatt accounting for the other two. … The Cobbers are winless at the top three singles spots this season (0-32). … Davies and Sawatzke have teamed for one of CC's two doubles wins, with Olivia DeLeon and Chelsie McGraw earning the other. … Concordia has used six different doubles combinations.
Scouting the UW-River Falls Falcons:
2013 Roster |
2013 Statistics |
2013 Schedule
The Falcons' 6-3 loss to St. Norbert and 8-1 setback vs. Carthage pushed their dual-match losing streak to three straight. … Amanda Drangeid heads into the weekend with a team-best six singles wins, one more than Jenny Paxton and two in front of Kelsey Hochberger. … All six of Drangeid's wins have come at No. 2 singles, where she is 6-7. Paxton, meanwhile, has collected her five singles wins at No. 1, where she is 5-7. … Hannah Klimek and Makayla Newberry have combined for a team-best six doubles wins, while Drangeid and Paxton have recorded four. … The Falcons are 16-25 in doubles play and have used 15 different doubles combinations.
Scouting the UW-Stout Blue Devils:
2013 Roster |
2013 Statistics |
2013 Schedule
The Blue Devils have not played a match since closing out the fall portion of their schedule with back-to-back 9-0 losses to UW-River Falls and UW-Whitewater in mid-October. … Kelsey Pedersen heads into the spring season with a team-leading five dual-match singles wins, while Elizabeth Lehnertz and Jadie Hurllburt have each won four. … The Blue Devils' 22 singles wins have come from seven different players. … Elizabeth Burda and Emily Gawronski have accounted for four of the team's seven doubles wins — all coming at No. 3. … UW-Stout is just 3-21 at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles, combined.