WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University women's tennis team returns home on Wednesday, as the Cardinals host UW-Stout in a 3:30 p.m. nonconference match at the Winona Tennis Center.
The Matchup:Saint Mary's Cardinals (8-8 Overall) vs. UW-Stout Blue Devils (2-10 Overall), 3:30 p.m.
GameDay Live On The Web:GameDay Program Last Action:The Cardinals suffered a pair of Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference matches on April 12-13, falling to St. Olaf (
9-0) and Saint Benedict (
7-2). … UW-Stout dropped a pair of matches last Saturday, falling to UW-Stevens Point (
8-1) and St. Norbert (
9-0) in De Pere, Wis.
SMU vs. UW-Stout — Their Last Meeting:April 21, 2013: SMU entered its nonconference match against UW-Stout having beaten their last two opponents by identical 8-1 decisions. The Cardinals couldn't make it three straight 8-1 wins — but they sure came close, dropping the Blue Devils
7-2 in River Falls, Wis.
Up Next:The Cardinals close out the regular-season on Saturday, as SMU hosts Macalester in a noon match at the Winona Tennis Center. … Wednesday's match against Saint Mary's is the final match of the spring season for the Blue Devils.
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:2014 Roster |
2014 Statistics |
2014 ScheduleWednesday's match against UW-Stout is the final nonconference match of the season for the Cardinals, who are 5-2 against non-MIAC opponents this season. …
Lindsey Reinisch (Hastings, Minn.) and
Megan Vandenberg (De Pere, Wis.) accounted for SMU's two singles victories in its 7-2 loss to Saint Benedict on April 13. … Vandenberg's straight-set win against Saint Benedict was her team-leading 11th singles win of the season, while Reinisch's three-set victory at No. 3 was her 10th singles win this season. …
Haley Jorgensen (Fallon, Nev.), who also owns 10 singles wins, collected the decisive, match-clinching win at No. 6 singles in both of SMU's 5-4 wins this season — with both of Jorgensen's victories going the maximum three sets. … Vandenberg 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. … Reinisch enters Wednesday's match against UW-Stout owning a team-leading nine doubles wins, one more than
Grace Zachman (Elk River, Minn.). … SMU has used 14 different doubles combinations this season. … Five of the Cardinals' eight wins have come on their home court — SMU is 3-3 away from the Winona Tennis Center.
Scouting the UW-Stout Blue Devils:2014 Roster |
2014 Statistics |
2014 ScheduleUW-Stout's losses to UW-Stevens Point and St. Norbert were the Blue Devils' first matches of the spring season — the Blue Devils went 0-6 in conference play and 2-8 overall during their traditional fall season. … The Blue Devils enter Wednesday's match against Saint Mary's looking to snap a six-match losing streak. … Three of UW-Stout's six losses during its current slide have been 9-0 decisions. … Cortney Hallahan owns a team-leading five singles wins this season — she is the only Blue Devil with more than two wins in singles play. … The doubles teams of Abby Cornelius-Emily Grossen and Angela Braun-Molly Denney have accounted for four of the team's eight doubles wins. … Cornelius-Grossen are 2-8 at No. 1 doubles, while Braun-Denney are 2-5 at No. 2. … Both of UW-Stout's wins this season have come its home court.