WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota women's tennis team is back on the courts on Friday, as the Cardinals entertain Bethany Lutheran in a 4 p.m. nonconference match at the Winona Tennis Center.
 
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (2-2 Overall) vs. Bethany Lutheran Vikings (0-7 Overall), 11 a.m.

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Last Action:
• Saint Mary's—February 10, 2017 * Winona, Minn.: The Cardinals put an end to their two-match losing streak in impressive fashion, dropping a total of just seven games in cruising to a 9-0 victory over the Rams | Recap
• Bethany Lutheran—February 4, 2017 * Owatonna, Minn.: The Vikings dropped a pair of nonconference matches,, falling to Bethel 9-0 and Northwestern (Iowa) 8-1 | BU Recap * Northwestern Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. Bethany Lutheran—Their Last Meeting:
• January 29, 2016 * Winona, Minn.: The Cardinals cruised to a 9-0 nonconference win over Bethany Lutheran at the Winona Tennis Center—dropping just six games in sweeping the singles matches and four games in running through the three doubles | Recap
 
Up Next:
•  Saint Mary's: The Cardinals are back in action next weekend, entertaining Hamline in a 6 p.m. conference match at the Winona Tennis Center on Friday, before heading to Stevens Point, Wis., on Sunday for a 1 p.m. nonconference showdown against UW-Stevens Point.
• Bethany Lutheran: The Vikings are right back in action on Saturday, traveling to Lifetime Fitness in Fridley, Minn., for a 5 p.m. match against North Central (Minn.)
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2017 Roster | 2017 Schedule | 2017 Statistics
• Friday's match against Bethany Lutheran is the third home match of the season for the Cardinals, who play five of their first six matches at the Winona Tennis Center. … Thanks to last Friday's 9-0 victory over North Central (Minn.), the Cardinals improved to 38-12 in nonconference action since 2012. … Both of Saint Mary's wins this season have been 9-0 sweeps—the Cardinals opened with a 9-0 win over Martin Luther on Jan. 27, before adding last Friday's 9-0 victory over North Central (Minn.). … Saint Mary's dropped just seven games in sweeping North Central (Minn.) last Friday. … With their win over Martin Luther on Jan. 27, the Cardinals have now opened the season with a 9-0 victory in back-to-back seasons. … The Cardinals improved to 10-0 in their last 10 meetings with Martin Luther—with seven of the 10 coming via 9-0 sweeps. … The Cardinals have not dropped a set in their two wins this season. … Laura Sonday (West St. Paul, Minn.), Megan Vandenberg (De Pere, Wis.), Cassandra Barr (Eau Claire, Wis.), Julia Boeve (St. James, Minn.), Sheyenne Bauer (Cannon Falls, Minn.), and Emily Strezishar (East Grand Forks, Minn.) collected the Cardinals' six singles wins against North Central (Minn.) last Friday. … Sonday/Vandenberg also teamed for an 8-0 win at No. 1 doubles vs. the Rams, while Marissa Kinzer (Aitkin, Minn.)/Ashley Syed (Lewisville, Texas), and Summer Lardy (Richmond, Minn.)/Paige Swanson (Oak Grove, Minn.) were doubles winners. … Barr, Bauer, Boeve, Sonday, and Vandenberg have all collected a team-high two singles wins through four matches this season. … Barr's 6-2, 6-2 loss at No. 5 singles against Carleton on Jan. 29 snapped the freshman's five-match singles winning streak. Barr kicked off her collegiate career in impressive fashion at the 2016 Gustavus Invitational, going a perfect 4-0 in singles play. … Strezishar's 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 6 singles against North Central (Minn.) last Friday was her first collegiate singles win. … Vandenberg, who owned a season-high six-match winning streak a year ago, posted a season- and career-high 17 singles wins in 2016. … Vandenberg's 17 singles wins rank No. 2 all-time, five wins shy of McKenna Edwards' 22-win total in 2012. … Vandenberg is also sitting No. 2 all-time in career singles wins with 45, while Haley Jorgensen (Fallon, Nev.) is third with 43. … The Cardinals have collected 20 of their 33 wins over the past three seasons on their home court.
 
Scouting The Bethany Lutheran Vikings:
2017 Roster | 2017 Schedule | 2017 Statistics
• The Vikings enter Friday's nonconference match against Saint Mary's still searching for their first win of the season. … Bethany Lutheran dropped its final four matches of the 2016 season and are currently in the midst of an 11-match losing streak. BLU's last win was a 7-2 victory over UM-Morris on April 23, 2016. … Four of Bethany Lutheran's seven losses this season have been 9-0 decisions. … The Vikings' four singles wins this season have come from four different players—Sabrina Batalden, Justine Bennett, Alicia Kranz, and Ryana Sadaka. … Sadaka and Denae Walton are the only Vikings to have played in all seven matches this season. … Bethany Lutheran has not won a doubles match this season, going 0-21. … Bethany Lutheran, picked to finish fourth in the UMAC Preseason Coaches' Poll, returns six of its top seven players from a year ago. … The Vikings qualified for the UMAC Tournament in 2016, falling to St. Scholastica 9-0.