WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota men's tennis team closes out its 2016 schedule with a pair of Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference matches this weekend. The Cardinals head to St. Paul, Minn., for a 3 p.m. matchup against Hamline, before returning home to the Winona Tennis Center on Sunday, hosting Macalester in a 3 p.m. showdown.
 
The Matchups:
Saturday, April 16, 2016 * St. Paul, Minn.
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (0-7 MIAC | 8-11 Overall) at Hamline Pipers (0-5 MIAC | 7-9 Overall), 3 p.m.
Sunday, April 17, 2016 * Winona Tennis Center * Winona, Minn.
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (0-7 MIAC | 8-11 Overall) vs. Macalester Scots (2-2 MIAC | 7-6 Overall), 3 p.m.
 
GameDay Live On The Web:
• Macalester GameDay Program | Senior Salute
 
Last Action:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals have been off since last Saturday, when they dropped an 8-1 conference decision to St. Olaf at the Owatonna Tennis Center in Owatonna, Minn. | Recap
• Hamline: The Pipers proved to be no match for high-powered Gustavus, as the Gusties handed Hamline a 9-0 conference setback at Lifetime Fitness in Lakeville, Minn. | Recap
• Macalester: The Scots collected a pair of doubles wins and added four singles victories in handing Bethel a 6-3 conference setback Wednesday at the Macalester's Hayden Courts | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. Hamline—Their Last Meeting:
• February 27, 2015 * Winona, Minn.:  Saint Mary's proved to be a rather ungracious host, as the Cardinals pushed its winning streak to seven straight with a 9-0 conference win over the visiting Pipers at the Winona Tennis Center | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. Macalester—Their Last Meeting:
• March 28, 2015 * Minneapolis, Minn.: Saint Mary's got off to a solid start in its key Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match against Macalester. The Scots, however, had a better finishing kick, rallying from a 2-1 deficit after the doubles matches to lift Macalester to a 5-4 conference win over the Cardinals at the University of Minnesota Baseline Tennis Center Saturday | Recap
 
Up Next:
•  Saint Mary's: This weekend's matches against Hamline and Macalester are the final matches of the season for the Cardinals.
• Hamline: The Pipers return to the Holt Courts in St. Paul, Minn., on Thursday, hosting Saint John's in a 4 p.m. conference match
• Macalester: After this weekend's matches against Carleton and Saint Mary's, the Scots are off until next Sunday, when they head to Moorhead, Minn., for a 3 p.m. MIAC showdown against Concordia.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2016 Roster | 2016 Schedule | 2016 Statistics
• The Cardinals put an end to their season-high six-match losing streak with a 9-0 win over North Central (Minn.) on April 7. … The Cardinals' sweep of the Rams was their third 9-0 victory of the season. Saint Mary's also owns three 7-2 wins, an 8-1 victory, and a 5-4 triumph. … Saint Mary's dropped just 15 games in its win over North Central on April 9—including just 11 in its six singles victories combined. … Warren Lawrenz (Rochester, Minn.) and Alex Holm (Red Wing, Minn.) collected the Cardinals' lone win in their 8-1 loss to St. Olaf last Saturday, teaming for an 8-4 win at No. 2 doubles. … With their win over St. Olaf, Lawrenz and Holm moved into a tie with Brenda Amiotte (Rapid City, S.D.) and Brett Giesen (Cato, Wis.) for the team lead with nine dual-match doubles wins. … Lawrenz and Holm—who enjoyed a 3-1 run at last fall's Gustavus Invitational—are the team-leaders with 12 overall doubles wins. … Lawrenz picked up his team-leading eighth dual-match singles win against Concordia on March 20—one more than Amiotte and Giesen—and heads into the Cardinals' matches against Hamline and Macalester having won eight of his last 14 singles matches. … Thanks to a pair of victories at the Gustavus Invitational last fall—Lawrenz has a team-best 10 overall singles wins, one better than both Amiotte and Giesen. … Kyle Swanson (Oak Grove, Minn.) collected his first collegiate singles win with a straight-set victory against Martin Luther on Feb. 20. … Saint Mary's is 47-67 in singles play and 27-30 in doubles action through 19 matches this season. … With their win over North Central on April 9, the Cardinals finished with an 8-4 record against nonconference opponents this season. Saint Mary's owns a 26-7 record against nonconference foes over the past three seasons, and is 42-10 in non-MIAC contests over the past four years. … With their 9-0 win over Bethany Lutheran on Jan. 29, the Cardinals improved to 4-1 in their last five season-openers. … The Cardinals put together an 11-match winning streak in 2015—the longest in coach Jeff Halberg's 15 years at the helm. … Giesen owned a team-leading 13-match winning streak last season, while Amiotte and Holm boasted 11- and nine-match singles winning streaks last season.
 
Scouting The Hamline Pipers:
2016 Roster | 2016 Statistics | 2016 Schedule
• The Pipers head into this weekend's matches against St. Olaf and Saint Mary's in the midst of a season-high three-match losing streak. … HU's matchups with the Oles and Cardinals are the first two of four straight home matches to close out the regular season for the Pipers. … Five of Hamline's seven wins have come at home this season—HU is 2-8 on the road this season. … Ben Klimek is the Pipers' singles wins lead with nine, one more than Ben Ekstein. … David Yanagita owns a team-high nine doubles wins, one more than both Cody Jahrig and Sam Peterson. … Yanagita and Jahrig have teamed up to win eight doubles matches—all coming at No. 1. … The Pipers are 40-50 in singles play, while going 24-21 in doubles.
 
Scouting The Macalester Scots:
2016 Roster | 2016 Statistics | 2016 Schedule
• Sunday's match against Saint Mary's is the first of three straight road matches for the Scots, who are 6-3 on the road this season. … Wednesday's win over Bethel snapped Macalester's two-match losing streak—a streak that saw the Scots drop back-to-back 7-2 decisions. … Four of Macalester's six losses have been decided by 7-2 scores. … Joshua Doyle heads into the weekend riding a four-match singles winning streak. … Doyle owns a team-high nine dual-match singles wins, while also going 2-1 in tournament play to push his team-leading singles win total to 11. … Doyle has not lost a conference match this season, going 4-0. … Doyle and Brian Utz have teamed up to account for nine of the Scots' 20 dual match doubles wins. … Doyle/Utz also lead the team in overall doubles wins with 11, and are a perfect 4-0 in MIAC doubles matches. … As a team, Macalester is 36-40 in singles play and 20-19 in doubles.