DUBUQUE, Iowa — After some much-needed rest, the Saint Mary's University men's tennis team hits the road on Sunday, traveling to Loras for a 2 p.m. nonconference match against the Duhawks

The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (11-3 Overall) at Loras Duhawks (0-6 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals have been off since March 20, when SMU knocked off Hamline 6-3 in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match at the University of Minnesota Baseline Tennis Center in Minneapolis, Minn. … Loras has been off even longer than the Cardinals, having not played since a 7-2 loss to Cornell on March 1 in Buena Vista, Iowa.

SMU vs. Loras — Their Last Meeting:
February 23, 2013: SMU was good in its first match of the day, an 8-1 nonconference win over Northwestern. The Cardinals were even better in their second match. SMU won all six singles matches in straight sets and dropped just 11 games in winning all three doubles matches, as the Cardinals completed a perfect 2-0 day with a 9-0 sweep of Loras at the Winona Tennis Center.

Up Next:
The Cardinals return to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play on Saturday, as SMU hosts Bethel in a 4 p.m. match at the Winona Tennis Center. … Loras is also back in action on Saturday, hosting Central (9 a.m.) and Simpson (1 p.m.) in Dubuque, Iowa.

Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
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SMU's 6-3 win over Hamline on March 20 was the Cardinals' second straight and sixth in their last eight matches. … SMU has not lost back-to-back matches all season and has put together winning streaks of five, three and two in a row. … With their win over Morningside and loss to Luther on March 15, the Cardinals improved to 22-4 in nonconference play over the past two seasons and 36-11 vs. non-MIAC foes over the past four years. … Thanks to an 8-1 win over Concordia on March 16, SMU pushed its record to 13-3 on its home court over the past two seasons. … Gavin Smith (White Bear Lake, Minn.) picked up his team-leading 12th singles win with a straight-set victory against Hamline on March 20. … Smith's 12 singles wins are one more than Collin Kaczorowski (Suamico, Wis.). … Kaczorowski set a single-season school record with 20 singles victories a year. … Smith also leads the team with 10 doubles wins, again one more than Kaczorowski, and two better than Tim Wolford (Maple Grove, Minn.). … As a team, the Cardinals are 26-16 in doubles matches, while going 49-35 in singles play. … SMU's 9-0 loss to Carleton on Feb. 14 snapped the Cardinals' season-opening five-match winning streak — the longest season-opening winning streak in coach Jeff Halberg's 16 years as SMU's head coach. … With their 9-0 win over Martin Luther on Feb. 1, the Cardinals have now won their last four season openers.

Scouting the Loras Duhawks:
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Loras enters Sunday's match against Saint Mary's looking to snap its season-opening six-match losing streak. … The Duhawks' 7-2 loss to Cornell on March 1 marked the first time this season the match has not been decided by an 8-1 or 9-0 decision. … Ulises Hernandez has accounted for two of the Duhawks' three singles wins through six matches, while Brian Falvey owns the other one. … Loras is winless at Nos. 4, 5 and 6 singles, while going 1-5 at Nos. 1, 2 and 3. …  Falvey and Sam Steingraeber have earned both of Loras' doubles wins. … The Duhawks are still searching for their first doubles win at Nos. 2 and 3. … Sunday's match against Saint Mary's is the first of eight straight home matches for the Duhawks, who played their first six matches of the season on the road.