ASHWAUBENON, Wis.  — The Saint Mary's University women's tennis steps out of conference play on Saturday, as the Cardinals head to the Western Racquet and Fitness for back-to-back matches against St. Norbert (3 p.m.) and UW-River Falls (6 p.m.).

The Matchups:
Saturday, March 29, 2014 | Western Racquet and Fitness | Ashwaubenon, Wis.
Saint Mary's Cardinals (6-4 Overall) vs. St. Norbert Green Knights (18-3 Overall), 3 p.m.
Saint Mary's Cardinals (6-4 Overall) vs. UW-River Falls Falcons (1-9 Overall), 6 p.m.

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Last Action:
The Cardinals went 1-2 in their three matches last weekend, falling to reigning MIAC regular-season champion St. Catherine (9-0) Friday and current conference leader Gustavus (9-0) Saturday, before dropping Morningside (7-2) in a nonconference match on Sunday. … St. Norbert closed out its five-match spring trip to Hilton Head, S.C., with a 5-4 win over Macalester on March 21. … UW-River Falls has not played since closing out the fall portion of its schedule with a sixth-place finish at the WIAC Tournament on Oct. 27.

SMU vs. St. Norbert — Their Last Meeting:
March 24, 2013: The Cardinals capped a perfect day at the Nielsen Tennis Center in Madison, Wis., with their 6-3 nonconference win over St. Norbert. SMU had opeed the day with a 6-3 triumph over Edegwood in a match that snapped Saint Mary's two-match losing streak.

SMU vs. UW-River Falls — Their Last Meeting:
April 21, 2013: SMU raced out to a 2-1 lead after the doubles portion of its nonconference match against UW-River Falls, then swept the six singles matches en route to its second straight 8-1 victory in River Falls, Wis.

Up Next:
The Cardinals return to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play on Saturday, as SMU returns home to host Bethel in a 1 p.m. match at the Winona Tennis Center. … St. Norbert heads to the Green Bay Tennis Center for a pair of matches against UW-Green Bay (9 a.m.) and Concordia (Wis.) (11 a.m.) next Saturday. … UW-River Falls is now off until April 8, when the Falcons host Northwestern-St. Paul in a 10:30 a.m. nonconference match.

Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2014 Roster | 2014 Statistics | 2014 Schedule
Last Friday's loss to reigning MIAC regular-season champion St. Catherine snapped the Cardinals' season-high four-match winning streak. … SMU has recorded three 9-0 sweeps among its six victories this season. … Megan Vandenberg (De Pere, Wis.) had her season-opening seven-match singles winning streak snapped with a 6-0, 6-1 loss to St. Catherine's Mikinzee Salo on March 21. … Vandenberg did collect her team-leading eighth singles win of the season last Sunday with a straight-set win over Morningside's Amanda Przymus. … Lindsey Reinisch (Hastings, Minn.) and Haley Jorgensen (Fallon, Nev.) enter Saturday's matches against St. Norbert and UW-River Falls second to Vandenberg in singles wins with seven each. … Jorgensen's three-set, 2-6, 6-3, 10-7 win at No. 6 singles clinched SMU's 5-4 win over Hamline on March 15. … Reinisch and Grace Zachman (Elk River, Minn.) share the team lead with six doubles wins each. … The Cardinals are 35-25 in singles play. … SMU, which is 17-12 in doubles play, has used 12 different doubles combinations this season. … Four of the Cardinals' six wins have come on their home court — SMU is 2-1 away from the Winona Tennis Center.

Scouting the St. Norbert Green Knights:
2014 Roster | 2014 Statistics | 2014 Schedule
St. Norbert's 6-3 loss to Allegheny College on March 21 snapped the Green Knights' three-match winning streak. … SNC went 4-1 in its spring trip to Hilton Head, S.C., with that 6-3 loss to Allegheny the lone blemish. … Saturday's match against Saint Mary's is the second match against an MIAC school for the Green Knights, who closed out their spring trip with a 5-4 win over Macalester. … St. Norbert won 14 of its first 15 matches during the fall portion of its schedule, the lone loss a 5-4 decision to Lake Forest on Sept. 7. … Two of SNC's three losses this season have been 5-4 outcomes. … With their 16th win of the season, a 6-3 victory over Albright College on March 19, the Green Knights set a new school for wins in a season, breaking the previous mark of 15 wins set in 1996 and 2011. … Elizabeth Manlick heads into Saturday's matches boasting a team-leading 18 singles wins, one more than Katherin Ake. … Manlick and Ake are two of six Green Knights who have compiled 10 or more singles wins this season — Ariel Bioniarz (14), Erika Chitko (14), Brittany Dudzik (14) and Nancy Chybowski (11) are the others. … St. Norbert is 92-21 in singles play this season. … Ake and Maggie Berens have combined to go 12-0 at No. 3 doubles, while Chitko and Chybowski are 12-4 at No. 1, and Manlick and Ashley Randazzo are 10-2 at No. 2. … SNC, which is 42-11 in doubles play, has used 11 different doubles combinations.

Scouting the UW-River Falls Falcons:
2014 Roster | 2014 Statistics | 2014 Schedule
The Falcons enter the spring portion of their schedule looking to snap a two-match losing streak. … UW-River Falls' 7-2 win over UW-Stout on Oct. 10 snapped the Falcons' season-opening seven-match losing streak. … Five of UW-RF's nine losses have been 9-0 sweeps. … Anna Ebensperger and Kelly Mendel have each posted a team-leading two singles wins. The duo have accounted for four of the team's eight singles wins this season. … UW-RF is still searching for its first win at No. 2 singles (0-10). … Hannah Klimek and Kelly Mendel have teamed to account for two of the Falcons' four doubles wins.