LAKEVILLE, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota women's tennis team closes out its regular-season schedule on Tuesday, traveling to Lifetime Fitness for a 5 p.m. nonconference match against Northwestern.
 
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (8-9 Overall) at Northwestern Eagles (11-8 Overall)
 
Last Action:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals dropped a pair of Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference matches last weekend at the Winona Tennis Center, falling to St. Olaf 9-0 on Friday, before dropping a 9-0 nonconference decision vs. St. Norbert on Saturday | STO Recap * SNC Recap
• Northwestern: The Eagles entered its back-to-back matches vs. UW-River Falls and Saint Mary's on the heels of a 9-0 win over Martin Luther and a 9-0 win vs. Bethany Lutheran last Friday and Saturday, respectively | MLC Recap * BLU Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. Northwestern—Their Last Meeting:
• February 23, 2013: Saint Mary's swept four of the six singles matches in straight sets and added a pair of doubles victories in handing Northwestern a 6-3 nonconference setback at the Winona Tennis Center | Recap
 
Up Next:
•  Saint Mary's: Tuesday's match at Northwestern is the season finale for the Cardinals.
• Northwestern: The Eagles are back in action on Saturday, entertaining St. Scholastica in a 1 p.m. UMAC match in St. Paul, Minn.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2015 Roster | 2015 Schedule | 2015 Statistics
The Cardinals enter Tuesday's match against Northwestern looking to break a three-match losing streak. … The Cardinals' 9-0 loss at Gustavus on April 11 snapped their two-match winning streak. … Saint Mary's last two wins—vs. Macalester and UW-Stout—have been by 6-3 decisions. … Three of the Cardinals' eight wins this season have been 9-0 sweeps. … Haley Jorgensen (Fallon, Nev.)—who won three matches at the Gustavus Fall Invitational in September—enters Tuesday's match against Northwestern owning a team-high 13 singles wins. … Megan Vandenberg (De Pere, Wis.)—who also won three singles matches at the Gustavus Fall Invitational in September—is second to Jorgensen with 10 singles wins. … Jorgensen and Kirsten Hoffmann (Apple Valley, Minn.) share a team-best nine doubles wins, one more than Vandenberg, Stacey Buss (Chicago, Ill.), and Ashley Syed (Lewisville, Texas). … The Cardinals have collected 13 of their 18 wins over the past two seasons on their home court. … The Cardinals' loss to St. Norbert last Saturday marked just the second time this season they have dropped a nonconference match. Saint Mary's is now 5-2 in nonconference play this season—and 19-6 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 Northwestern Eagles:
2015 Roster | 2015 Schedule | 2015 Statistics
The Eagles headed into their back-to-back nonconference matches against UW-River Falls and Saint Mary's riding a three-match winning streak. … The Eagles' last four wins have all been by 9-0 counts. … Tuesday's match against Saint Mary's is Northwestern's sixth matchup against a team from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The Eagles are 1-4 vs. the MIAC this season, beating Hamline (8-1), while losing to St. Catherine (5-4), St. Thomas (8-1), Saint Benedict (5-4) and Bethel (5-4). … Karen Moe enters Tuesday's match vs. Saint Mary's with a team-leading 19 singles wins—including a 17-1 mark in dual matches. … Megan Johnson (14) and Tina Matetich (12) have also notched 10 or more singles wins this season. … The Eagles are 71-43 in singles matches this season—including 33-3 in conference play. … Moe and Johnson share the team lead in doubles wins with 16 each, including teaming for a 14-3 record at No. 1 doubles. … Matetich and Birdie Bardwell have each chipped in 10 doubles victories. … As a team, Northwestern is 37-20 in doubles matches, has lost just one of its 18 conference doubles matches. … Northwestern owns a 4-5 record on its home courts, while going 7-3 away from home this season.