WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University women's tennis team returns to the court on Saturday, as the Cardinals host St. Olaf in a 3 p.m. Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match at the Winona Tennis Center.

The Matchup | Saturday, April 6, 2013 | Winona Tennis Center * Winona, MN | 3 p.m.
Saint Mary's Cardinals (1-4 MIAC | 6-6 Overall) vs. St. Olaf Oles (2-1 MIAC | 5-5 Overall)

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The Cardinals have been off since March 24, when SMU stepped out of conference play to hand Edgewood and St. Norbert a pair of 6-3 losses at the Nielsen Tennis Center in Madison, Wis. … St. Olaf, meanwhile, is coming off a 1-3 showing during its five-match spring trip to Hilton Head, S.C., which concluded with a 7-2 win over SUNY-Oneonta last Friday.

SMU vs. St. Olaf — A Year Ago:
April 21, 2012: The Cardinals, regionally ranked for the first time in Jeff Halberg's tenure as head coach, not to mention boasting the region's eighth-ranked doubles team — again a first under Halberg — picked up their first win over St. Olaf since Halberg took over 14 years ago. SMU, fueled by three-set singles wins by McKennah Edwards (Fond du Lac, Wis.) and Deanne Webber (Reedsburg, Wis.), held off the Oles 5-4 in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match at the Owatonna Indoor Tennis Center in Owatonna, Minn.

Up Next:
The Cardinals are back in action next Saturday, traveling to St. Peter, Minn., for an 11 a.m. conference match against Gustavus, before heading across town for a 3 p.m. nonconference showdown with Bethany Lutheran. … St. Olaf kicks off the home portion of its schedule on Thursday, as the Oles host cross-town rival Carleton in a 4 p.m. MIAC match.

Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2013 Roster | 2013 Statistics | 2013 Schedule
The Cardinals head into Saturday's match against St. Olaf having won two straight and three of their last five. … 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.) picked up a pair of singles wins against Edgewood and St. Norbert on March 25, extending her team-leading singles wins total to eight. … Webber, Lindsey Reinisch (Hastings, Minn.), Rachel Luetmer (Loretto, Minn.) and Katie Krull (Rochester, Minn.) accounted for all eight of the SMU's singles wins in the Cardinals' 6-3 nonconference victories over Edgewood and St. Norbert on March 25. Reinisch, Webber and Luetmer all recorded back-to-back straight-set wins, while Krull needed the maximum three sets to win her two singles matches. … Krull is second on the team with six singles wins, while Reinisch is third with five. … The Cardinals boast four players who have recorded their first collegiate singles wins this season — Krull, Leanne Cleveland (Rochester, Minn.), Kirsten Hoffmann (Apple Valley, Minn.) and Lexi Felten (Waukesha, Wis.). … The Cardinals' 30 singles wins this season have come from eight different players. … Webber and Reinisch share the team lead with six doubles wins, one more than Hoffman and Grace Zachman (Elk River, Minn.). … The Cardinals have used nine 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. Olaf Oles:
2013 Roster | 2013 Statistics | 2013 Schedule
The Oles snapped their season-high three-match losing streak with their 7-2 win over SUNY-Oneonta last Friday. … St. Olaf's 9-0 loss to Erskine to kick off its spring trip on March 26 marked the only time this season the Cardinals have been shut out. On the flip side, two of the Oles' five wins have been 9-0 shutouts. … Bailey Kent heads into Saturday's conference showdown with Saint Mary's owning a team-best six singles wins, while Alisa Hall, Erin Hynes and Kristi Kroker are all second with five each. … Hynes is riding a three-match singles winning streak. … Julia Ellis and Hall have teamed for a team-leading four doubles wins — all at No. 1 — while Kroker and Maya MacGibbon are second with three wins. … St. Olaf has used seven different doubles combinations and are 13-17 in doubles play this season.