WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota men's tennis team returns to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play on Sunday, as the Cardinals entertain Concordia in a 9:30 a.m. matchup at the Winona Tennis Center.
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (1-3 MIAC, 7-4 Overall) vs. Concordia Cobbers (1-2 MIAC, 1-5 Overall), 9:30 a.m.
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Last Action:
• Saint Mary's—March 10-11, 2017 | Winona, Minn. * St. Peter, Minn.: The Cardinals went 1-1 in their two conference matches last weekend, beating Hamline 6-3 last Friday at the Winona Tennis Center, before falling to Gustavus 9-0 a day later at the Swanson Tennis Center |
Hamline Recap *
Gustavus Recap
• Concordia—March 10, 2017 | Fargo, N.D.: The Cobbers dropped their second straight match, falling to Southern Utah 7-0 at Choice Health & Fitness |
Recap
Saint Mary's vs. Concordia—Their Last Meeting:
• March 20, 2016 * Fargo, N.D.: In a match that truly could have gone either way, the Cobbers won two of the three singles matches that went the maximum three sets and held off the Cardinals, 5-4, at Courts Plus |
Recap
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals are back in action on Friday, traveling to Lifetime Fitness in White Bear Lake, Minn., for a 6:30 p.m. conference match against Macalester.
• Concordia: The Cobbers are back in action next weekend, heading to Lifetime Fitness in Lakeville, Minn., on Saturday for a 3:30 p.m. conference match against Macalester, before moving on to Gustavus' Swanson Tennis Center in St. Peter, Minn., for a 3:30 p.m. nonconference showdown against Bethany Lutheran.
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2017 Roster |
2017 Schedule |
2017 Statistics
• Last Saturday's loss to nationally ranked Gustavus snapped the Cardinals' season-high four-match winning streak. … Three of the Cardinals' four losses this season have been 9-0 decisions—the lone exception, a 5-4 setback to Carroll on Feb. 18. … Saint Mary's three conference losses have come against the top three teams in the MIAC standings—Carleton, Gustavus, and St. Thomas—all of which are unbeaten in conference play. … Saint Mary's is a near-perfect 5-1 in nonconference play—the lone setback, a 5-4 decision at Carroll on Feb. 18. … With their 3-0 showing in their last three nonconference matches, the Cardinals improved to 47-16 in nonconference play since 2012. … Saint Mary's has put together two, 9-0 victories this season—sweeping Bethany Lutheran on Feb. 17 and Martin Luther on Jan. 20. … Saint Mary's has won nine straight against Bethany Lutheran and are 11-0 against Martin Luther—including five straight 9-0 victories. … With his three-set, 5-7, 7-6 (4), 10-7 win at No. 6 singles against Hamline on March 10,
Alex Zuzek (Hastings, Minn.) pushed his singles winning streak to a season-high five straight. Zuzek had that streak snapped with a 6-0, 6-1 loss to Gustavus the following day. … Zuzek shares the team lead in dual-match singles wins (7) with
Bobby Tiedemann (Euclid, Minn.). … Saint Mary's had three players—Tiedeman,
Robbie Sobczak (Cloquet, Minn.), and
Jake Allen (Winona, Minn.)—record their first collegiate singles wins against Martin Luther on Jan. 20. … Tiedemann and
Brenden Amiotte (Rapid City, Minn.) share the team lead with seven dual-match doubles wins, two more than Zuzek, Sobczak,
Andrew Johnson (Rochester, Minn.), and
Alex Holm (Red Wing, Minn.). … Amiotte and Tiedemann have teamed up to win four of their last five matches at No. 2 doubles. … 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. … Saint Mary's owns a 3-1 record on their home court, while going 4-3 away from the Winona Tennis Center this season.
Scouting The Concordia Cobbers:
2017 Roster |
2017 Schedule |
2017 Statistics
• The Cobbers' 7-0 loss to Southern Utah on March 10 was their second straight setback. Concordia has now sandwiched back-to-back two-match losing streaks around their lone win of the season—a 6-3 MIAC win over Saint John's on Feb. 18. … Isaac Toivonen owns a team-leading four singles wins—going 4-1 at No. 1 singles. … Matthew Engum is second to Toivonen in singles wins with three. … The Cobbers are still searching for their first singles wins at No. 2 and No. 3, going 0-5 at both this season. … Concordia has used just four different doubles combinations through the first six matches this season. … As a team, the Cobbers are 10-20 in singles play. … Engum, Jesse Schneeberger, David Schneck, and Erik Porter all share the team lead with two doubles wins. … As a team, the Cobbers are 5-10 in doubles play—going 1-4 at No. 1, and 2-3 at both No. 2 and No. 3. … Concordia's lone win has come on their home court—CC is 1-3 at home, while dropping both of its road matches.
