WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University men's tennis team heads into a busy, four-day stretch, hosting Milwaukee School of Engineering on Wednesday, traveling to Bethel on Thursday and returning to the Winona Tennis Center on Saturday to entertain St. Olaf.

The Matchups:
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 | Winona Tennis Center * Winona, MN | Noon
Saint Mary's Cardinals (11-4 Overall) vs. MSOE Raiders (1-7 Overall)
Thursday, April 4, 2013 | Ona Orth Athletic Complex * Arden Hills, MN | 4:30 p.m.
SMU Cardinals (1-3 MIAC | 11-4 Overall) at Bethel Royals (0-3 MIAC | 4-7 Overall)
Saturday, April 6, 2013 | Winona Tennis Center * Winona, MN | Noon
SMU Cardinals (1-3 MIAC | 11-4 Overall) vs. St. Olaf Oles (2-1 MIAC | 3-3 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals have been off since March 23, when they picked up a pair of nonconference victories by beating Edgewood 9-0 and Augustana — the region's 14th-ranked team — 6-3 at the Nielsen Tennis Center in Madison, Wis. … MSOE, which picked up its first win of the season on Saturday with a 9-0 win over Marian, could not put together back-to-back wins, falling to UW-La Crosse 9-0 Tuesday in La Crosse, Wis. … Bethel has not played since March 23, when the Royals fell to Gustavus (9-0) and beat Bethany Lutheran (9-0) at Lifetime Fitness in Fridley, Minn., while St. Olaf has been off since March 16, when the Oles dropped a 7-2 nonconference decision to Luther in Rochester, Minn.

SMU vs. MSOE — Their Last Meeting:
February 4, 2012: It may have been their season opener, but the Cardinals appeared to be in mid-season form, as SMU kicked off its season with an 8-1 nonconference win over the Milwaukee School of Engineering at the Winona Tennis Center.

SMU vs. Bethel — Their Last Meeting:
March 16, 2012: The 5-4 final score didn't even come close to explaining just how close the Saint Mary's-Bethel match was. All three doubles matches went the maximum 8-6 — or more — while one of the six singles matches went the three-set distance. Fortunately for the Cardinals, the three, nail-biting doubles matches all went their way, as the SMU outlasted the Royals 5-4 at the Winona Tennis Center.

SMU vs. St. Olaf — Their Last Meeting:
April 21, 2012: SMU raced out of the starting blocks in its Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match against St. Olaf. It was the Oles, however, who had the better endurance, as St. Olaf rallied from a 2-1 deficit after the three doubles matches to beat the Cardinals 6-3 at the Owatonna Indoor Tennis Center.

Up Next:
The Cardinals are off until next weekend, when they travel to Mankato, Minn., for a 2 p.m. nonconference match against Bethany Lutheran, before heading on to Collegeville, Minn., for an 11 a.m., MIAC match against Saint John's on Sunday. … MSOE returns to the court next Saturday, hosting Wisconsin Lutheran in a 4 p.m. match in Milwaukee, Wis. … Bethel is right back in action on Saturday and Sunday, hosting Macalester in a 4 p.m. Match on Saturday, then traveling to Eau Claire, Wis., for a nonconference match against UW-Eau Claire on Sunday. … St. Olaf heads to Collegeville, Minn., next Saturday for a 2 p.m. conference showdown with Saint John's.

Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2013 Roster | 2013 Statistics | 2013 Schedule
The Cardinals head into Wednesday's match against Milwaukee School of Engineering riding a two-match winning streak. … With their wins over Edgewood and Augustana on March 23, SMU has now won six of its last seven matches. … With their two victories in Madison, Wis., on March 23, the Cardinals improved to 10-1 in nonconference play this season. SMU's 6-3, spring trip-opening loss to Ursinus is its lone non-league loss this season. … Collin Kaczorowski (Suamico, Wis.) picked up a pair of singles wins against Edgewood and Augustana to push his singles winning streak to nine in a row. The freshman is now 13-1 in dual matches this season — going 2-0 at No. 4, 6-0 at No. 5 and 5-1 at No. 6. … Fellow freshman Warren Lawrenz (Rochester, Minn.) is unbeaten in his last six singles matches. … Kaczorowski's 13 singles wins are a team high, while Sam Puff (Eden Prairie, Minn.) is second with 10, and Bobby Steingraeber (La Crosse, Wis.) and Andrew Rangitsch (Oakdale, Minn.) are third with eight each. … Kaczorowski and Blake Olmscheid (Farmington, Minn.) each recorded their first collegiate singles win against Wisconsin Lutheran in the team's season-opener on Feb. 8, while Lawrenz notched his first win as a Cardinal against Northwestern on Feb. 23. … The doubles team of Michael Lunka (Eagan, Minn.)-Steingraeber — who earned their second All-MIAC doubles honor in 2012 — improved to 28-5 in their last 32 doubles matches with their 9-3 start to the season. … Steingraeber boasts a team-leading 11 doubles wins, with Kaczorowski and Lunka sharing second with 10. … Rangitsch and Kaczorowski are 6-1 at No. 3 doubles. … As a team, the Cardinals — who have used 12 different doubles combinations — are 31-14 in doubles play this season. … Rangitsch set a single-day school record with five wins during the opening day of the Gustavus Midwest Open last fall, reaching the quarterfinals, as he dropped a two-and-a-half hour, three-set, 7-6, 4-6, 6-2 decision to Saint John's Alex Weigmann. … With their wins over Wisconsin Lutheran, Concordia (Wis.) and Carroll, the Cardinals opened the season 3-0 for the first time under 15-year head coach Jeff Halberg. … SMU's 5-4 win over Carroll on Feb. 9 was Halberg's 100th collegiate coaching victory.

Scouting the MSOE Raiders:
2013 Roster | 2013 Statistics | 2013 Schedule
With their 9-0 win over Marian last Saturday, the Raiders snapped their season-opening seven-match losing streak. … Tuesday's loss at UW-La Crosse marked the fifth time this season the Raiders have been shut out. MSOE dropped its first four matches by 9-0 scores. … Eric Klamrowski, Zachary Dam, Matthew Slaughter, Andrew Kosasih, Tyler Hannen and Reekah Delfanian all picked up singles wins in MSOE's victory over Marian last Saturday, while the doubles teams of Klamrowski-Jeff Scarpelli, Dam-Slaughter and Hannen-Nick Matsuura were also victorious. … MSOE dropped just nine games in sweeping the six singles matches vs. Marian.

Scouting the Bethel Royals:
2013 Roster | 2013 Statistics | 2013 Schedule
The Royals snapped their three-match losing streak with last Saturday's 9-0 win over Bethany Lutheran. … BU's 9-0 loss to conference power Gustavus marked the first time this season the Royals have been shut out. … Tucker Morris heads into Thursday's match against Saint Mary's owning a team-leading five singles wins, while Reggie Ronning is second with three. … All five of Morris' wins have come at No. 1 singles, where he owns a 5-4 record. … Morris and Ronning share the team lead with six doubles wins. The duo has teamed for five of those six wins, going 5-2 at No. 1 doubles, while Morris has also teamed with Brett Lizotte, and Ronning has teamed with brother Kirby, for wins at No. 2 doubles.

Scouting the St. Olaf Oles:
2013 Roster | 2013 Statistics | 2013 Schedule
With their 7-2 loss to Luther on March 16, the Oles have now dropped back-to-back matches for the first time this season. … St. Olaf's current two-match losing streak comes on the heels of a season-high three-match winning streak. … Andy Catania and Nico Gibb head into the Oles' match against Saint Mary's owning a team-leading four singles wins, one more than Stephen Nolan, Charlie Reinertsen and Mike Schroeder. … All four of Catania's singles wins have come at No. 2, where he is a perfect 4-0. … As a team, STO is 5-1 at No. 2 singles and a perfect 6-0 at No. 6, while on the flip side, the Oles have won just two of six singles matches at No. 1, No. 3 and No. 5. … Catania/Nolan, and Reinertsen/Joey Kronzer have each gone 3-3 to account for six of the Oles' nine doubles wins this season. … St. Olaf has used seven different doubles combinations through their first six matches. … Saturday's match against Saint Mary's will be the seventh straight road match for the Oles.