MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota women's tennis team returns to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play on Saturday, as the Cardinals head to the U of M Baseline Tennis Center for a 7 p.m. showdown with St. Thomas
 
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (2-3 MIAC | 6-4 Overall) at St. Thomas Tommies (3-0 MIAC | 8-0 Overall), 9 a.m.
 
Last Action:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals picked up an impressive 9-0 victory last Saturday, sweeping past Concordia in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match at the Winona Tennis Center | Recap
• St. Thomas: The Tommies pushed their season-opening winning streak to eight with an 8-1 conference win over Saint Benedict on March 15 in Sartell, Minn. | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. St. Thomas—Their Last Meeting:
• April 6, 2014: Saint Mary's entered its Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match against St. Thomas riding a wave of momentum from a 5-4 victory over Bethel the previous day. Unfortunately for the Cardinals, not enough that momentum could help them against the high-powered Tommies, as UST handed Saint Mary's a 9-0 conference setback at the Winona Tennis Center | Recap
 
Up Next:
•  Saint Mary's: The Cardinals are back on the road next Saturday, heading to St. Paul, Minn., for a 2 p.m. conference showdown with Macalester.
• St. Thomas: The Tommies are right back on the Baseline Tennis Center courts on Sunday, as UST squares off against St. Catherine in a 2 p.m. conference match.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2015 Roster | 2015 Schedule | 2015 Statistics
With their 9-0 win over Concordia last Saturday, the Cardinals improved to 4-1 in their last five matches. … The Cardinals' sweep of the Cobbers marked the third time in six wins that Saint Mary's has posted a 9-0 victory. … Haley Jorgensen (Fallon, Nev.)—who won three matches at the Gustavus Fall Invitational in September—pushed her singles winning streak to five in a row with a straight-set victory vs. Concordia last Saturday. … Jorgensen enters Saturday's match against St. Thomas owning a team-high 10 singles wins, one more than Megan Vandenberg (De Pere, Wis.)—who also won three singles matches at the Gustavus Fall Invitational in September. … Stacey Buss (Chicago, Ill.) is third on the team with six singles wins. … Kirsten Hoffman (Apple Valley, Minn.) boasts a team-best eight doubles wins, one more than Buss, Jorgensen, Vandenberg, and Ashley Syed (Lewisville, Texas). … As a team, Saint Mary's is 32-27 in dual singles matches, while going 16-13 in doubles play. … Saint Mary's has played seven of its 10 matches at home this season. The Cardinals have collected 12 of their 16 wins over the past two seasons on their home court. … With their 4-3 win over King's and 8-1 loss to Morningside (Iowa) during their spring trip on March 3-4, the Cardinals improved to 4-1 in nonconference play this season—and 18-5 in non-MIAC matches over the past three seasons. … The Cardinals' 8-1 nonconference loss to Morningside (Iowa) on March 4 snapped their season-high three-match winning streak. … Saint Mary's surrendered just nine games in its 9-0 win over Bethany Lutheran on Feb. 5, before dropping only 10 games in sweeping Martin Luther 9-0 two days later.
 
Scouting The St. Thomas Tommies:
2015 Roster | 2015 Schedule | 2015 Statistics
The Tommies' 8-1 win over Saint Benedict on March 15 pushed their season-opening winning streak to eight in a row. … Six of UST's eight wins have been 9-0 sweeps—the Tommies' other two victories were both 8-1 triumphs. … Caitlin Bakke and Jenna Zimmerman picked up a straight-set singles wins against Saint Benedict, running their records to a perfect 8-0. … The eight wins by Bakke and Zimmerman are one more than Bridget Noack and two in front of Jenna Czarnecki, Shelby Henderson, and Kara Lefsrud. … The Tommies, who have used nine different players in their singles lineup, have lost just one singles match—boasting a 47-1 record in singles play. … Lefsrud and Noack have yet to lose in doubles play this season, both owning team-leading 8-0 records. … St. Thomas suffered its first doubles loss of the season with an 8-4 setback at No. 2 against Saint Benedict on March 15. The Tommies are now 23-1 in doubles play through eight matches.