MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota women's tennis team hits the road for the first time this season on Sunday, traveling to the University of Minnesota's Baseline Tennis Center for a 4:30 p.m. Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match against St. Thomas.
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (0-1 MIAC, 1-1 Overall) at St. Thomas (0-0 MIAC, 0-0 Overall), 4:30 p.m.
Last Action:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals opened play with a pair of matches decided by 9-0 scores last weekend at the Winona Tennis Center, as Saint Mary's swept Martin Luther last Friday in the teams' season-opener, before being swept by conference power Carleton in the teams' MIAC opener two days later |
MLC Recap *
Carleton Recap
• St. Thomas—Sunday's match against Saint Mary's is the season-opener for the Tommies.
Saint Mary's vs. St. Thomas—A Year Ago:
• March 5, 2016 * Winona, Minn.: Despite their best efforts, the Cardinals could not match the Tommie firepower, as UST handed Saint Mary's a 9-0 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference setback at the Winona Tennis Center |
Recap
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals return home to the Winona Tennis Center on Friday, entertaining North Central in an 11 a.m. nonconference match.
• St. Thomas: The Tommies return to the University of Minnesota Baseline Tennis Center next Sunday, hosting Cornell (Iowa) in a 4 p.m. nonconference match.
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2017 Roster |
2017 Schedule |
2016 Final Statistics
• With their 9-0 win over Martin Luther on Jan. 20, the Cardinals improved to 5-1 in their last six season openers. … Saint Mary's improved to 11-0 against Martin Luther with its season-opening victory on Jan. 20—including five straight 9-0 sweeps. … With their 9-0 win over Martin Luther on Jan. 20, the Cardinals improved to 42-15 in nonconference play since 2012. …
Brenden Amiotte (Rapid City, S.D.),
Alex Zuzek (Hastings Minn.),
Kyle Swanson (Oak Grove, Minn.),
Robbie Sobczak (Cloquet, Minn.), Bobby Tiedeman (Euclid, Minn.), and
Jake Allen (Winona, Minn.) all collected singles wins against Martin Luther on Jan. 20. … Saint Mary's had three players—Sobczak, Tiedeman, and Allen—posted their first collegiate singles wins against Martin Luther on Jan. 20. … Amiotte/
Alex Holm (Hastings, Minn.), Tiedeman/
Andrew Johnson (Rochester, Minn.), and Sobczak/Zuzek teamed for Saint Mary's three doubles wins vs. Martin Luther on Jan. 20. … The Cardinals dropped just nine games in cruising to six, straight-set singles wins in last Friday's season-opening 9-0 nonconference win over Martin Luther.
Scouting The St. Thomas Tommies:
2017 Roster |
2017 Schedule |
2016 Final Statistics
• The Tommies enter the 2017 season on the heels of an 11-4 showing last season—including a 7-2 mark in conference play and a semifinal loss to Carleton in the MIAC Playoffs. … Three of the Tommies' four losses last season came against the conference's first- (Gustavus) and second-place (Carleton) teams, and the fourth was against NCAA Division II St. Cloud State. … UST returns a pair of All-MIAC singles and doubles players in Luke Elifson and Scott Wall. … Wall heads into his senior year having been named All-MIAC in both singles and doubles in three straight seasons. … The Tommies' doubles team of Elifson and Martin Beck teamed to go 7-2 in ITA regional and national tournament play last fall en route to earning All-America honors. … Elifson and Allen-Michael Muench finished with a team-high 12 singles wins a year ago, with Ben Wait chipping in 10. … Elifson went 12-3 at No. 1 singles—he was the only Tommie to play at No. 1 singles all season. … Elifson/Wall and Wait/Ben Anderson each teamed for a team-high 10 doubles wins in 2016. … St. Thomas closed out 2016 unbeaten at home (4-0), while going 2-4 on the road and 5-0 in neutral-site matches.
