WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota women's tennis team kicks off a busy weekend on Saturday, hosting Bethel in an 11 a.m. Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match at the Winona Tennis Center. The Cardinals will then hit the road on Sunday, squaring off against St. Norbert (10 a.m.) and UW-Stevens Point (1 p.m.) in nonconference matches in Green Bay, Wis.
 
The Matchups:
Saturday, April 2, 2016 * Winona Tennis Center, Winona, Minn.
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (2-3 MIAC, 7-4 Overall) vs. Bethel Royals (1-2 MIAC, 13-2 Overall), 11 a.m.
Sunday, April 3, 2016 * Green Bay, Wis.
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (7-4 Overall) at St. Norbert Green Knights (11-3 Overall), 10 a.m.
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (7-4 Overall) vs. UW-Stevens Point Pointers (6-9 Overall), 11 a.m.
 
Last Action:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals split their two MIAC matches on March 18 and March 20, falling to St. Catherine 5-4 in Minneapolis, Minn., before rebounding with a 9-0 win over Concordia two days later in Fargo, N.D. | SCU Recap * CC Recap
• Bethel: The Royals are coming off a perfect 6-0 run during its spring trip to Orlando, Fla.—beating Saint Francis, Saint Ambrose, Illinois Wesleyan, Groucher College, University of Dubuque, and Calvin.
• St. Norbert: Sunday's match against Saint Mary's will be the first of 11 spring matches for the Green Knights, who closed out the fall portion of their schedule with an 11-3 record.
• UW-Stevens Point: The Pointers have been off since March 11, when they split matches against UW-River Falls and Bemidji State, beating the Falcons 7-2 and falling to the Beavers 8-1.
 
Saint Mary's vs. Bethel—Their Last Meeting:
• February, 14, 2015 * Minneapolis, Minn.: Saint Mary's fell behind 2-1 after doubles play and could not make up the deficit, as the Cardinals dropped a 6-3 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference decision to Bethel at the University of Minnesota Baseline Tennis Center | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. St. Norbert—Their Last Meeting:
• April 18, 2015 * Winona, Minn.: St. Norbert—winners of 20 of their first 27 matches this season—made Saint Mary's victim No. 21, handing the Cardinals a 9-0 nonconference setback at the Winona Tennis Center | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. UW-Stevens Point—Their Last Meeting:
• April 15, 2012 * Stevens Point, Wis.: Saint Mary's closed out a busy weekend in impressive fashion, as the Cardinals—who lost to Michigan Tech 5-4 and beat St. Norbert 7-2 the day before—cruised to an 8-1 nonconference win over UW-Stevens Point | Recap
 
Up Next:
•  Saint Mary's: Following this weekend's matches, the Cardinals are right back on the road on Wednesday, heading to River Falls, Wis., for a 4 p.m. nonconference matchup against UW-River Falls
• Bethel: The Royals kick off their home schedule next Saturday, entertaining St. Thomas in a noon MIAC matchup at Ona Orth Athletic Complex.
• St. Norbert: Following their matches against Saint Mary's and UW-Stevens Point on Sunday, the Green Knights head to the Green Bay (Wis.) Tennis Center next Saturday for matches against Wartburg and Concordia (Wis.).
• UW-Stevens Point: After Sunday's matches against Saint Mary's and St. Norbert, the Pointers are off until April 24, when they host Concordia (Wis.) in a 3 p.m. match in Stevens Point, Wis.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2016 Roster | 2016 Schedule | 2016 Statistics
• The Cardinals are in the midst of playing six of seven contests on the road—the lone home match being Saturday's showdown with Bethel. … Saint Mary's 9-0 win over Concordia on March 20 snapped the Cardinals' two-game losing streak. … Saint Mary's is 6-3 in its last nine matches. … The Cardinals' 8-1 loss to Otterbein on Feb. 28 snapped their season-high three-match winning streak. … Megan Vandenberg (De Pere, Wis.) was a perfect 4-0 in the Cardinals' matches against St. Catherine and Concordia on March 18 and March 20, winning both singles matches and both doubles contests. … Laura Sonday (West St. Paul, Minn.) has kicked off her collegiate career in impressive fashion, collecting No. 1 singles victories in eight of the team's first 11 matches. … Julia Boeve (St. James, Minn.), who picked up wins against both St. Catherine and Concordia on March 18 and March 20, is second to Sonday with seven dual-match singles wins. … 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—and heads into this weekend's matches 10-2 overall. … Saint Mary's owns a 38-28 singles record through 11 matches this spring, while going 20-13 in doubles play. … Jorgensen, and Marissa Kinzer (Aitkin, Minn.) have teamed to win four straight doubles matches and share the team lead with seven dual-match doubles wins. … Jorgensen—who collected two wins in doubles play at the Gustavus Invitational—has a team-best nine overall doubles wins. … The Cardinals have used 11 different doubles combinations this season. … The Cardinals have collected 17 of their 25 wins over the past three seasons on their home court. … With their 5-4 win over Winona State on March 2, Saint Mary's improved to 24-7 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 Bethel Royals:
2016 Roster | 2016 Schedule | 2016 Statistics
• The Royals head into Saturday's showdown against Saint Mary's riding a six-match winning streak. … Bethel has put together six- and seven-match winning streaks this season. … BU had its season-opening six-match winning streak snapped with a 9-0 loss to Gustavus on Feb. 27. … Both of Bethel's losses this season have been by 9-0 decisions—vs. Gustavus on Feb. 27 and against Carleton on March 6. … Six of BU's 12 wins have been 9-0 sweeps, while the Royals also own three 7-2 and three 8-1 victories. … Saturday's match at Saint Mary's will be the 16^th straight road contest for the Royals, who will not play their first home match until next Saturday when they entertain St. Thomas. … Sami Hindt and Jill Weinzettel both enter Saturday's match against Saint Mary's owning team-leading 12 singles wins. … Weinzettel and Mattie Kidder are both riding six-match singles winning streaks, while Hindt has won five in a row. … Weinzettel, Parkinson, and Anna Browning are the team's doubles wins leaders with 11 each. … Weinzettel and Parkinson are a perfect 5-0 as a doubles tandem—with all five wins coming at No. 1. … Bethel is 71-19 in singles play—including 13-2 at Nos. 4, 5, and 6—while owning a 36-9 doubles record.
 
Scouting The St. Norbert Green Knights:
2016 Roster | 2016 Schedule | 2016 Statistics
• St. Norbert heads into Sunday's matches against Saint Mary's and UW-Stevens Point having won four straight matches to close out the fall portion of their schedule. … After opening the season with back-to-back losses to Carthage and UW-Eau Claire, SNC went 11-1 in its final 12 matches—the lone blemish a 5-4 loss to Grinnell on Oct. 3. … St. Norbert posted a pair of singles and a pair of doubles runner-ups at the Midwest Conference Championships in October. … St. Norbert boasts four players with 10 or more dual-match singles wins, led by Katherine Ake with 12. Elizabeth Manlick (11), Ashley Randazzo (10), and Anna Gosz (10) are the others. … Randazzo also owns five tournament singles wins to push her team-leading total to 15, one more than Manlik and two in front of Ake. … Gosz and Manlick have teamed to go 11-3 in doubles play—with all 11 wins coming at No. 2 doubles. … Randazzo and Katlyn Gahan bring a perfect 9-0 record at No. 3 doubles into this Sunday's matches against Saint Mary's and UW-Stevens Point. … St. Norbert owns a 65-19 singles record in its 14 matches this season, while the Green Knights have gone 30-12 in doubles play. … SNC is 11-3 at Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6 singles, while also boasting 11-3 marks at Nos. 2 and 3 doubles. … St. Norbert is unbeaten on its home court (5-0), while going 6-3 on the road.
 
Scouting The UW-Stevens Point Pointers:
2016 Roster | 2016 Schedule | 2016 Statistics
• After opening the fall portion of their schedule with wins in three of their first four matches, the Pointers went 2-7 in their next nine. … UW-Stevens Point finished tied with UW-Oshkosh for fourth place in the WIAC tournament on Oct. 24. … Four of the Pointers' six wins have either been 7-2 or 6-3 decisions—UW-SP also has one 8-1 victory and one 5-4 win. On the flip side, four of UW-Stevens Point's nine losses have been 9-0 sweeps. … The Pointers boast three individuals—Emily Kleist, Nicole Thorson, and Jordan Tyjleski—who share the team lead with six dual-match singles wins. … Abbey Johnson, Kaylee Roberts, and Frances Weiss are the team's doubles wins leaders with five each. … UW-Stevens Point has used 13 different doubles combinations this season. … The Pointers head into Sunday's matches 35-55 in singles play, while going 16-29 in doubles action.