WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota women's tennis team closes out its regular-season schedule this weekend, traveling to St. Paul, Minn., for a noon MIAC match against Hamline on Saturday, before returning home to face Macalester in a noon conference showdown at the Winona Tennis Center.
 
The Matchups:
Saturday, April 16, 2016 * St. Paul, Minn.
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (2-6 MIAC | 11-7 Overall) at Hamline Pipers (1-5 MIAC | 5-9 Overall), Noon
Sunday, April 17, 2016 * Winona Tennis Center * Winona, Minn.
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (2-6 MIAC | 11-7 Overall) vs. Macalester Scots (0-4 MIAC | 3-8 Overall), Noon
 
GameDay Live On The Web:
• Macalester GameDay Program | Senior Salute
 
Last Action:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals closed out the nonconference portion of their schedule on Thursday, rolling to a 9-0 victory over UW-Stout in Menomonie, Wis. | Recap
• Hamline: The Pipers picked up a pair of three-set singles wins, but it was not enough, as St. Catherine dealt HU a 7-2 conference setback on April 8 at the University of Minnesota Baseline Tennis Center | Recap
• Macalester: The Scots came up empty in their conference match against Bethel on Thursday, falling to the high-powered Royals 9-0 at Hayden Courts in St. Paul, Minn. | 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 dispatched of Hamline 8-1 at the Winona Tennis Center en route to their first conference win of the season | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. Macalester—Their Last Meeting:
• March 28, 2015 * Minneapolis, Minn.: The Cardinals rallied from a 2-1 deficit, posting four straight-set singles wins—not to mention a three-set marathon victory at No. 3 to hand Macalester a 6-3 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference setback Saturday afternoon at the University of Minnesota Baseline Tennis Center | Recap
 
Up Next:
•  Saint Mary's: This weekend's matches against Hamline and Macalester are the final two matches of the season for the Cardinals.
• Hamline: The Pipers are back on the Holt Courts in St. Paul, Minn., on Monday, entertaining St. Olaf in a 4 p.m. MIAC matchup.
• Macalester: The Scots return on Tuesday, hosting St. Catherine in a 5 p.m. conference showdown at Macalester's Hayden Courts in St. Paul, Minn.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2016 Roster | 2016 Schedule | 2016 Statistics
• Saturday's match at Hamline is the second 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' win over UW-Stout on Thursday was their fourth straight victory over a Wisconsin school—Saint Mary's has also beaten St. Norbert (7-2), UW-Stevens Point (8-1), and UW-River Falls (9-0). … The Cardinals' sweep of the Blue Devils Thursday was their fifth 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 this weekend's matches against Hamline and Macalester having won 10 of her last 14 singles matches. … Vandenberg shares the team lead in dual-match singles wins (11) 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 15-4. … Saint Mary's owns a 63-45 singles record through 18 matches this spring, while going 30-24 in doubles play. … Haley Jorgensen (Fallon, Nev.) and Marissa Kinzer (Aitkin, Minn.) lead the team with 10 dual-match doubles wins. … Jorgensen—who collected two wins in doubles play at the Gustavus Invitational—has a team-best 12 overall doubles wins. … The Cardinals have used 12 different doubles combinations this season. … The Cardinals have collected 17 of their 29 wins over the past three seasons on their home court. … With their 9-0 win over UW-Stout on Thursday, Saint Mary's improved to 26-8 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 Hamline Pipers:
2016 Roster | 2016 Schedule | 2016 Statistics
• Saturday's match against Saint Mary's is the first of four straight matches on the Pipers' Holt Courts. … The Pipers' loss to St. Catherine on April 8 dropped them to 1-4 in their last five contests—the lone win an 8-1 victory over Hollins on March 23 in Orlando, Fla. … Maddie Mutoka and Maggie Gibson head into Saturday's match against Saint Mary's boasting a team-leading seven dual-match singles wins, one more than Lilli Denison. … As a team, the Pipers—who are 34-44 in singles play—are 7-6 at Nos. 3, 4, and 6 singles. … Natalie Patrick is the team's doubles wins lead with six, one more than both Mutoka and Denison. … The Pipers have gone 15-24 in doubles action through 13 matches, including 6-7 at Nos. 1 and 3.
 
Scouting The Macalester Scots:
2016 Roster | 2016 Schedule | 2016 Statistics
• Macalester is in a stretch of playing four of five matches on their home courts—with Sunday's match at Saint Mary's sandwiched in between. … Thursday's 9-0 loss to Bethel pushed the Scots' losing streak to a season-high five straight. … Macalester's loss to Bethel was its fourth 9-0 setback of the season. On the flip side, the Scots are still searching for their first sweep of the season—Macalester's three wins have been by 8-1, 7-2, and 5-4 counts. … Lily Stein leads the Scots with seven overall singles wins, including six in dual matches. … Jessica Ilc is second to Stein with five singles wins. … Macalester is 22-43 in singles play this season, while going 7-26 in doubles action. … Stein and Rainah Ward have teams to collect three of the team's seven doubles wins this season. Macalester's other four wins have come from four separate doubles teams. … Macalester has used 12 different doubles combinations this season.