WINONA, Minn.  — The Saint Mary's University women's tennis team kicks off a busy Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference weekend on Saturday, traveling to Northfield, Minn., for a 1 p.m. match against St. Olaf. SMU will then return home to the Winona Tennis Center on Monday for a 9 a.m. MIAC match against Saint Benedict.
 
The Matchups:
Saturday, April 12, 2014 | St. Olaf Courts * Northfield, Minn. | 1 p.m.
Saint Mary's Cardinals (3-4 MIAC | 8-6 Overall) at St. Olaf Oles (2-2 MIAC | 3-2 Overall)
Sunday, April 13, 2014 | Winona Tennis Center * Winona, Minn. | 9 a.m.
Saint Mary's Cardinals (3-4 MIAC | 8-6 Overall) vs. Saint Benedict Blazers (2-4 MIAC | 9-9 Overall), 9 a.m.
 
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Last Action:
The Cardinals have been off since playing a pair of MIAC matches at the Winona Tennis Center last weekend. SMU rallied for a 5-4 conference win over Bethel on Saturday, before falling to St. Thomas 9-0 a day later. … St. Olaf is coming off a 5-4 conference win over Saint Benedict last Saturday in Owatonna, Minn. … Saint Benedict entered the weekend on the heels of a 9-0 MIAC loss to Carleton last Sunday in Sartell, Minn.
 
SMU vs. St. Olaf — A Year Ago:
April 6, 2013: The Oles, who lost to the Cardinals for the first time under SMU coach Jeff Halberg a year ago, exacted their revenge, as St. Olaf handed Saint Mary's a 9-0 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference setback at the Winona Tennis Center.
 
SMU vs. Saint Benedict — A Year Ago:
April 28, 2013: SMU coach Jeff Halberg had a hunch that his team's season-ending Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match against Saint Benedict would be a nail-biter that went right down to the wire. How right he was. Unfortunately, it was the Blazers who came up with a 7-5, 6-4 win at No. 6 singles to break a 4-4 tie and lift CSB to a 5-4 victory over the Cardinals.
 
Up Next:
After this weekend's matches against St. Olaf and Saint Benedict, the Cardinals are right back on the court on Tuesday, stepping out of conference play for a 4 p.m. nonconference match against Northwestern at the Moore Lake Tennis Center in Blaine, Minn. … St. Olaf returns to conference play on Monday, as the Oles travel across town 3:45 p.m. match against Carleton. … After matches against Macalester and Saint Mary's this weekend, Saint Benedict is off until April 26, when they return home to St. Joseph, Minn., for a noon MIAC match against St. Catherine.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
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Last Sunday's loss to St. Thomas snapped SMU's two-match winning streak. … The Cardinals enter the weekend having won three of their last five. … The Cardinals' 5-4 win over Bethel last Saturday was their second 5-4 victory of the season. … Haley Jorgensen (Fallon, Nev.) collected the decisive, match-clinching win at No. 6 singles in both of SMU's 5-4 wins this season — with both wins going the maximum three sets. … SMU has recorded three 9-0 sweeps among its eight victories this season. … Megan Vandenberg (De Pere, Wis.), who 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, picked up her 11th singles win of the season against Bethel last Saturday. … Vandenberg shares the team lead in singles wins with Jorgensen. … Jorgensen is a team-best 7-3 over her last 10 matches. … Lindsey Reinisch (Hastings, Minn.) enters this weekend's matches against St. Olaf and Saint Benedict with nine singles wins. … Reinisch owns a team-leading nine doubles wins, one more than Grace Zachman (Elk River, Minn.). … The Cardinals are 43-41 in singles play. … SMU, which is 23-18 in doubles play, has used 14 different doubles combinations this season. … Five of the Cardinals' eight wins have come on their home court — SMU is 3-2 away from the Winona Tennis Center. 
 
Scouting the St. Olaf Oles:
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Saturday's match against Saint Mary's is the second of back-to-back home matches for the Oles. … Through five contests this season, St. Olaf has won a 5-4 match, and lost a 5-4 match; won a 6-3 match and lost a 6-3 match. … Lizzie Carlson and Erin Hynes both enter Saturday's match against Saint Mary's riding a perfect 5-0 singles records. … Thanks to Carlson and Hynes, the Oles have not lost a singles match at No. 5 or No. 6 singles this season. … Alisa Hall and Maya MacGibbon are both 3-2 in singles action this season. … Hall-MacGibbon are the team's leader in doubles wins with four each. … St. Olaf is 22-13 in singles play, but just 8-9  in doubles matches.
 
Scouting the Saint Benedict Blazers:
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Sunday's match against Saint Mary's is the final road match of the regular season for the Blazers, who close out the season with back-to-back home matches vs. St. Catherine and Concordia. … CSB's 9-0 loss to Carleton last Sunday was the Blazers' second straight setback — and marked just the second time in 18 matches that they have been swept. … Laura Finn enters the weekend boasting a team-leading 12 singles wins — including a 7-1 mark at No. 3 singles. … Daley Ruper has played all 18 matches at No. 1 singles. She is the only Blazer singles player to have competed in all 18 matches this season. … Finn is also the team-leader in doubles wins with 13, one more than Jamie Hoffman. … Finn and Hoffman have teamed to go 10-5 at No. 1 doubles. … Saint Benedict has used 13 different doubles combinations to post a 34-23 overall record in doubles play. … The Blazers are 51-57 in singles matches this season.