RIVER FALLS, Wis. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota women's tennis team is back in action on Wednesday, heading to UW-River Falls for a 4 p.m. nonconference match against the Falcons
The Matchups:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (9-5 Overall) at UW-River Falls Falcons (0-10 Overall), 4 p.m.
Last Action:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals went 2-1 last weekend, falling to Bethel 8-1 in an MIAC match at the Winona Tennis Center on Saturday, before rebounding with back-to-back wins over UW-Stevens Point (8-1) and St. Norbert (7-2) on Sunday in Green Bay, Wis. |
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SNC-UWSP Recap
• UW-River Falls: The Falcons have been off since March 11, when they dropped back-to-back matches to UW-Stevens Point (7-2) and Bemidji State (8-1) in River Falls, Wis. |
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Saint Mary's vs. UW-River Falls—Their Last Meeting:
• March 29, 2014 * Ashwaubenon, Wis.: After dropping a 7-2 nonconference decision to St. Norbert earlier in the day, the Cardinals took out their frustrations on UW-River Falls in their second nonconference match of the day, as Saint Mary's handed the Falcons a 7-2 setback |
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Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals return to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play on Saturday, heading to Northfield, Minn., for an 11 a.m. showdown with St. Olaf.
• UW-River Falls: The Falcons head to Eau Claire, Wis., on Sunday, squaring off against both St. Scholastica (noon) and UW-Eau Claire (3 p.m.).
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2016 Roster |
2016 Schedule |
2016 Statistics
• Wednesday's match against UW-River Falls is the third of four straight road matches for the Cardinals. … Saint Mary's heads into its nonconference match against UW-River Falls having won two straight and three of their last four. … Saint Mary's is 8-4 in its last 12 matches. … The Cardinals' 8-1 loss to Otterbein on Feb. 28 snapped their season-high three-match winning streak. …
Megan Vandenberg (De Pere, Wis.) pushed her singles winning streak to five in a row with three consecutive straight-set wins at No. 3 last weekend. … Vandenberg enters Wednesday's showdown against UW-River Falls having won five straight and eight of her last 10 singles matches. … Vandenberg shares the team lead in dual-match singles wins (9) 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 13-2. … Saint Mary's owns a 50-34 singles record through 14 matches this spring, while going 24-18 in doubles play. …
Haley Jorgensen (Fallon, Nev.) and
Marissa Kinzer (Aitkin, Minn.) lead the team with eight dual-match doubles wins. … Jorgensen—who collected two wins in doubles play at the Gustavus Invitational—has a team-best 10 overall doubles wins. … The Cardinals have used 12 different doubles combinations this season. … The Cardinals have collected 17 of their 27 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 UW-River Falls Falcons:
2016 Roster |
2016 Schedule |
2016 Statistics
• The Falcons head into Wednesday's match against Saint Mary's still searching for their first win of the season, a span of 10 straight losses. … Wednesday's match vs. Saint Mary's is the third straight home match for the Falcons, who close out the season with four consecutive road contests. … Four of UW-River Falls' 10 losses have been 9-0 sweeps. The Falcons have also suffered one 8-1 loss, two 7-2 setbacks, and three 6-3 decisions. … Kelsey Hochberger, Karli Helland, and Kelly Mendel all share the team lead with two singles wins—the trio have accounted for six of the Falcons' eight dual-match singles victories. … Helland collected both of the Falcons' singles wins—both at No. 6 singles—vs. UW-Stevens Point and Bemidji State on March 11. … UW-River Falls is winless (0-10) at No. 2 singles. … As a team, UW-RF is 6-42 in singles play this season. … Hochberger and Molly Deering share the team lead in doubles wins with three each. … The Falcons have used eight different doubles combinations this season.
