WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota women's tennis team kicks off a busy Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference weekend on Saturday, traveling to the Owatonna Tennis Center in Owatonna, Minn., for a 1:30 p.m. matchup against St. Olaf. The Cardinals then return home to the Winona Tennis Center on Sunday, entertaining Gustavus in a 12:30 p.m. conference showdown.
 
The Matchups:
Saturday, April 9, 2015 | Owatonna, Minn.
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (2-4 MIAC | 10-5 Overall) at St.. Olaf Oles (4-0 MIAC | 6-1 Overall), 1:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 10, 2015 | Winona Tennis Center * Winona, Minn.
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (2-4 MIAC | 10-5 Overall) vs. Gustavus Gusties (3-0 MIAC | 12-6 Overall), 12:30 p.m.
 
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Last Action:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals picked up their third straight win against a Wisconsin school on Wednesday, rolling to a 9-0 nonconference win over UW-River Falls in River Falls, Wis.  | Recap
• St. Olaf: The Oles have not played since March 12, when they cruised to a 9-0 MIAC win over Concordia in Fargo, N.D. | Recap
• Gustavus: The Gusties have been off since April 1-2, when they went 2-2 at the Midwest Invitational in Madison, Wis. | Day 1 Recap * Day 2 Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. St. Olaf—Their Last Meeting:
• April 17, 2015 * Winona, Minn.: Saint Mary's coach Jeff Halberg knew his Cardinals were going to have their hands full against St. Olaf Friday evening. How right he was. St. Olaf took control early—winning all three doubles matches—before sweeping the six singles contests in straight sets in handing Saint Mary's a 9-0 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference setback at the Winona Tennis Center | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. Gustavus—Their Last Meeting:
• April 11, 2015 * St. Peter, Minn.: Gustavus opened with 8-4, 8-2 and 8-0 doubles wins, and dropped just 13 games in earning six straight-set victories and handing the Cardinals a 9-0 conference setback | Recap
 
Up Next:
•  Saint Mary's: The Cardinals step out of conference play for a final time on Thursday, heading to Menomonie, Wis., for a 4 p.m. nonconference match against UW-Stout.
• St. Olaf: The Oles hit the road—all the way across town—on Monday, heading to Carleton for a 4:15 p.m. MIAC showdown between the cross-town rivals.
• Gustavus: Following their three MIAC matches against St. Catherine, Macalester and Saint Mary's this weekend, the Gusties are off until next weekend, traveling to St. Olaf on Saturday, before returning to St. Peter, Minn., on Sunday to face St. Thomas.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2016 Roster | 2016 Schedule | 2016 Statistics
• Saturday's match against St. Olaf is the fourth straight road match for the Cardinals, who then close out the regular season by sandwiching home matches against Gustavus and Macalester around road contests against UW-Stout and Hamline. … Wednesday's sweep of UW-River Falls was the Cardinals' fourth win by a 9-0 count this season. … The Cardinals head into this weekend's matches against St. Olaf and Gustavus having won three straight—all against Wisconsin schools—and four of their last five. … Saint Mary's current three-game win streak matches its longest of the season. … Megan Vandenberg (De Pere, Wis.) pushed her singles winning streak to six in a row with her straight-set win at No. 3 against UW-River Falls. … Vandenberg enters this weekend's matches against St. Olaf and Gustavus having won six straight and nine of her last 11 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 14-2. … Saint Mary's owns a 56-34 singles record through 15 matches this spring, while going 27-18 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 Wednesday, 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 St. Olaf Oles:
2016 Roster | 2016 Schedule | 2016 Statistics
• After opening the season with a 5-4 loss at Minnesota State Mankato, the Oles have rattled off six straight wins. … St. Olaf's 9-0 win over Concordia on March 12 was its first sweep of the season—the Oles have also notched two 8-1 wins, two 7-2 victories and one 6-3 triumph. … St. Olaf is a perfect 4-0 at home this season, going 2-1 on the road. … Margaret Zimmerman enters Saturday's match against Saint Mary's a perfect 7-0 in singles play this season. Zimmerman is 1-0 at No. 1, 4-0 at No. 2, and 2-0 at No. 3. … Alisa Hall is also unbeaten this season at 6-0. … Hall and Erin McDonald are second to Zimmerman in singles wins with six each. … St. Olaf has not lost a match at No. 1 singles this season, while going 6-1 at both No. 3 and No. 4. … McDonald and Zimmerman are both 7-0 in doubles play this season, while Hall and Maya MacGibbon are both 6-1. … As a team, St. Olaf is 34-8 in singles play this season, while going 15-6 in doubles.
 
Scouting The Gustavus Gusties:
2016 Roster | 2016 Schedule | 2016 Statistics
• The Gusties head into their matches this weekend ranked No. 39 nationally and No. 10 in the Central Region. … Both of GAC's losses at last weekend's Midwest Invitational in Madison, Wis., came against nationally ranked teams—No. 0 Washington (Mo.) U. and No. 23 Dennison. … The Gusties losses to Washington (Mo.) U. and Dennison marked the first time this season they have dropped back-to-back matches. … Ally Baker owns a team-leading 11 dual-match singles wins, while Briana Hartmann is the team's overall singles wins lead with 16, one more than Baker and Katie Aney. … The Gusties have used 18 different players in their singles lineup this season. … Hartmann and Baker are the team-leaders in dual-match doubles wins with 11 and 10, respectively, while Baker owns a team-high 15 overall doubles wins and is one of five Gusties with 10 or more overall doubles victories this season—Sid Dirks (14), Michaela Schultz (14), Hartmann (13), and Aney (12) are the others. … Gustavus has used 22 different doubles combinations this season. … Through 18 matches, the Gusties are 65-37 in singles play and 36-16 in doubles.