MENOMONIE, Wis. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota women's tennis team closes out the nonconference portion of its schedule on Thursday, traveling to UW-Stout for a 4 p.m. showdown with the Blue Devils.
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (10-7 Overall) at UW-Stout Blue Devils (6-7 Overall), 4 p.m.
Last Action:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals dropped a pair of conference matches last weekend, falling to St. Olaf 8-1 in Northfield, Minn., on Saturday, before dropping a 9-0 decision to nationally ranked Gustavus on Sunday at the Winona Tennis Center |
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• UW-Stout: The Blue Devils picked up their second straight win on Monday, rolling to a 7-2 victory over Martin Luther |
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Saint Mary's vs. UW-Stout—Their Last Meeting:
• April 9, 2015 * Winona, Minn.: Saint Mary's kicked off a busy week in impressive fashion, as the Cardinals jumped out to 2-1 lead after the doubles matches and cruised to a 6-3 nonconference win over UW-Stout at the Winona Tennis Center |
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Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals close out their regular-season schedule this weekend, traveling to St. Paul, Minn., for a noon conference showdown against Hamline, before honoring their graduating seniors on Senior Day Sunday with a noon MIAC match against Macalester at the Winona Tennis Center.
• UW-Stout: The Blue Devils are now off until April 23, when they conclude the spring portion of their schedule with matches against Marian and Alverno in Milwaukee, Wis.
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
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• Thursday's match at UW-Stout is the first of back-to-back road matches for the Cardinals. … Saint Mary's 8-1 loss to St. Olaf last Saturday snapped the Cardinals' three match winning streak. … Saint Mary's has now put together two three-match winning streaks this year. On the flip side, the Cardinals' losses to St. Olaf and Gustavus last weekend mark just the second time this season they have lost back-to-back matches. … The Cardinals head into their match against UW-Stout looking for their fourth victory over a Wisconsin school—Saint Mary's has already beaten St. Norbert (7-2), UW-Stevens Point (8-1), and UW-River Falls (9-0). … Saint Mary's sweep of UW-River Falls on April 6 was the Cardinals' fourth win by a 9-0 count this season. …
Megan Vandenberg (De Pere, Wis.) had her season-high six-match winning streak snapped with a loss at No. 3 singles against St. Olaf last Saturday. … Vandenberg enters Thursday's matches against UW-Stout having won nine of her last 13 singles matches. … Vandenberg shares the team lead in dual-match singles wins (10) with
Laura Sonday (West St. Paul, Minn.) and
Julia Boeve (St. James, Minn.). … Vandenberg, coming off an 11-win singles season a year ago, captured the singles title at the 2015 Gustavus Invitational in September—going a perfect 4-0—to push her overall singles record to a team-best 14-4. … Saint Mary's owns a 57-45 singles record through 17 matches this spring, while going 27-24 in doubles play. …
Haley Jorgensen (Fallon, Nev.) and
Marissa Kinzer (Aitkin, Minn.) lead the team with nine dual-match doubles wins. … Jorgensen—who collected two wins in doubles play at the Gustavus Invitational—has a team-best 11 overall doubles wins. … The Cardinals have used 12 different doubles combinations this season. … The Cardinals have collected 17 of their 28 wins over the past three seasons on their home court. … With their 9-0 win over UW-River Falls on April 6, Saint Mary's improved to 25-8 in nonconference play over the past four seasons. … Fueled by their season-opening 9-0 win over Bethany Lutheran, the Cardinals improved to 8-0 all-time against the Vikings. … The Cardinals dropped just 10 games in their 9-0 season-opening sweep of Bethany Lutheran. Last season, Saint Mary's surrendered just nine games in a similar 9-0 sweep of the Vikings.
Scouting The UW-Stout Blue Devils:
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• Thursday's match against Saint Mary's is the third straight home match for the Blue Devils. … All six of UW-Stout's wins have come at home this season—the Blue Devils' are 0-4 on the road. … Monday's win over Martin Luther was UW-Stout's second straight. … The Blue Devils closed out the fall portion of their schedule on a four-match losing streak—a slide that was snapped with a 5-4 win over Simpson to kick off the spring season on April 9. … Linsey Thisius enters Thursday's match against Saint Mary's as the team-leader in dual-match singles wins with seven, two more than Katie Kreibich and Emma Pedersen. … Thisius is also owns a 2-1 singles record in tournament play, pushing her team-leading wins total to nine. … Thisius and Anna Lano have teamed to go 9-4 in doubles play, owning a 2-0 mark at No. 1 and a 7-4 record at No. 2. … As a team, UW-Stout is 33-43 in singles play and 19-19 in doubles.
