ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Cardinals kick off a very busy stretch on Sunday, traveling to Milwaukee School of Engineering for a showdown with the Raiders. Saint Mary's follows that nonconference matchup with showdowns at Lawrence (Monday), and St. Norbert (Tuesday).
 
The Matchups:
Sunday, February 26, 2017 * Pleasant Valley Tennis Center, Jackson, Wis.
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (3-3 Overall) at MSOE Raiders (1-6 Overall), Noon
Monday, February 27, 2017 * Appleton, Wis.
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (3-3 Overall) at Lawrence Vikings (1-2 Overall), 8 p.m.
Tuesday, February 28, 2017 * De Pere, Wis.
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (3-3 Overall) at St. Norbert Green Knights (1-0 Overall), 7:30 p.m.
 
Last Action:
• Saint Mary's—February 17-18, 2017 * Winona, Minn./Waukesha, Wis.: The Cardinals went 2-1 in their three nonconference matches last weekend—beating Bethany Lutheran (9-0) and Wisconsin Lutheran (8-1), before falling to Carroll 5-4 | BLC Recap * WLC/Carroll Recap
• MSOE—February 19, 2017 * Madison, Wis.: John Price won both his singles and doubles matches, but it was not enough as the Raiders dropped a hard-fought match to St. Norbert | Recap
• Lawrence—February 17, 2017 * Appleton, Wis.: Connor Mahoney won in both singles and doubles, but it was not enough, as the Vikings dropped a 6-3 decision to Concordia (Wis.) | Recap
• St. Norbert—February 19, 2017 * Madison, Wis.: St. Norbert rallied from deficits in three singles matches to post a 6-3 win over Milwaukee School of Engineering in the Green Knights' season-opener | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. MSOE—Their Last Meeting:
• February 22, 2015 * Glendale, Wis.: Saint Mary's pushed its winning streak to six straight Sunday afternoon—but nothing about the Cardinals' 8-1 victory came easy. The Cardinals picked up wins in two of the three doubles matches, and survived three, three-set matches en route to a sweep of the six singles matches—and win No. 6 in a row | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. Lawrence—Their Last Meeting:
• Monday's match between the Cardinals and Vikings will be the first in program history.
 
Saint Mary's vs. St. Norbert—Their Last Meeting:
• February 7, 2015 * Winona, Minn.: The Cardinals swept all three doubles matches and won five singles matches in straight sets en route to an 8-1 nonconference win over St. Norbert at the Winona Tennis Center | Recap
 
Up Next:
•  Saint Mary's: The Cardinals are now off until March 11, when they return to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play with an 11 a.m. match against Gustavus in St. Peter, Minn.
• MSOE: The Raiders kick off their five-day spring trip on Monday in Orlando, Fla. MSOE will face Florida Tech, Adrian, Otterbein, Eastern Florida, and Davenport.
• Lawrence: The Vikings are off until March 4, when they travel to Dubuque, Iowa, for matches against UW-Eau Claire and University of Dubuque.
• St. Norbert: The Green Knights hit the road on March 4 for matches against Carroll and Concordia (Wis.).
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2017 Roster | 2017 Schedule | 2017 Statistics
• Following Friday's match against Hamline the Cardinals will play four straight—and six of their next seven—away from the Winona Tennis Center. … The Cardinals had their two-match winning streak snapped with their 5-4 loss to Carroll last Saturday. … Saint Mary's 9-0 win over Bethany Lutheran last Friday was its second 9-0 victory of the season—the Cardinals opened the season with a 9-0 victory over Martin Luther on Jan. 20. … Last Friday's win over Bethany Lutheran was the Cardinals' ninth straight victory vs. the Vikings. … 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 2-1 showing against Bethany Lutheran, Wisconsin Lutheran, and Carroll last weekend, the Cardinals improved to 44-16 in nonconference play since 2012. … Robbie Sobczak (Cloquet, Minn.) picked up singles wins in all three matches last weekend and moved into a share of the team lead in singles victories (4) with Alex Zuzek (Hastings, Minn.). … Saint Mary's had three players—Sobczak, Bobby Tiedeman (Euclid, Minn.), and Jake Allen (Winona, Minn.)—record their first collegiate singles wins against Martin Luther on Jan. 20. … Tiedeman owns a team-leading five doubles victories, two more than Brenden Amiotte (Rapid City, S.D.), Alex Holm (Red Wing, Minn.), Andrew Johnson (Rochester, Minn.), Sobczak, and Zuzek. … The Cardinals dropped just nine games in cruising to six, straight-set singles wins in in their season-opening 9-0 nonconference win over Martin Luther. … With their 9-0 win over Martin Luther on Jan. 20, the Cardinals improved to 5-1 in their last six season openers.
 
Scouting The Milwaukee School of Engineering Raiders:
2017 Roster | 2017 Schedule | 2017 Statistics
• The Raiders' 6-3 loss to St. Norbert last Sunday pushed their losing streak to three straight. …  MSOE's six losses this season have come during two three-match losing streak. The Raiders snapped their first three-match slide with an 8-1 win over Buena Vista on Feb. 11. … MSOE has been swept three this season, while losing the other three 8-1, 7-2, and 6-3. … John Price and Mason Sauder share the team lead in singles wins with two each—MSOE's other four singles wins have come from four different Raiders. … The Raiders have won at least once at every singles position but No. 2, where they are 0-7. … Price and David Chon have teamed to post three of the Raiders' six doubles victories. … MSOE is 4-3 at No. 1 doubles, while going 1-6 and both No. 2 and No. 3.
 
Scouting The Lawrence Vikings:
2017 Roster | 2017 Schedule | 2017 Statistics
• After opening the season with a 7-2 win over Milwaukee School of Engineering, the Vikings have dropped back-to-back 6-3 decisions to UW-La Crosse and Concordia (Wis.). … Lawrence's match against Saint Mary's will be the fourth straight home match for the Vikings. … David Jumes and Bill Schuman-Kline share the team lead in singles wins with three each. … Schuman-Kline has not been beaten in a dual match this season, going a perfect 3-0 at No. 2 singles. … As a team, Lawrence is 2-1 at No. 1 singles, while going 1-2 at Nos. 3, 4, 5, and 6. … Cade Francour and Connor Maloney have teamed up to record four of the Vikings' seven doubles wins this season. The doubles teams of Jumes/Izaya Turenne, Jumes/Schuman0Kline, and David Brooker/Turenne have all gone 1-2.
 
Scouting The St. Norbert Green Knights:
2017 Roster | 2017 Schedule | 2017 Statistics
• St. Norbert, which posted a 7-8 overall record a year ago—including a 4-5 mark in conference play, opened its 2017 season with a 6-3 win over MSOE on Feb. 19. … Jordan Crump, Brady Hicks, Alex Vandenberg, and John Zanotti all picked up singles wins in the Green Knights' season-opening win over MSOE on Feb. 19. … SNC's doubles teams of Zach Simonet/Vandenberg, and Joe Oleniczak/Kahlo Vue were also victorious against MSOE. … Hicks also went 2-1 at the ITA Regional last fall and leads the Green Knights with three singles wins. … Simonet picked up a team-best nine singles wins a year ago, while Ben Vande Zande and Oleniczak were tied for second on the team with six singles victories. … Vande Zande played all 15 matches at No. 1 singles a year ago, going 5-10, while adding a 1-2 showing in tournament play to finish the year at 6-12. … Simonet went 5-4 at No. 4 singles and 3-0 at No. 5 en route to his team-leading 8-06 overall singles mark. … Simonet and Kyle Battle teamed to finish with an 8-6 doubles record—the eight wins were a team-high. … Oleniczak and Vue were second with five doubles wins in finishing the year 5-7. … As a team, St. Norbert went 49-70 in singles play and was 23-35 in doubles action.