WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota women'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, 5-3 Overall) vs. Concordia Cobbers (0-4 MIAC, 0-7 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 played a pair of 9-0 matches last weekend—beating Hamline 9-0 at the Winona Tennis Center last Friday, while falling to Gustavus 9-0 the following day at the Swanson Tennis Center | Hamline Recap * Gustavus Recap
• Concordia—March 19, 2017 | Fargo, N.D.: The Cobbers saw their season-opening losing streak climb to seven straight, as CC dropped a 9-0 decision to St. Thomas at Courts Plus | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. Concordia—Their Last Meeting:
• March 20, 2016 * Fargo, N.D.: Saint Mary's—coming off a heartbreaking, 5-4 loss to St. Catherine—regrouped in impressive fashion, rolling to a 9-0 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference win over Concordia 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 Cardinals are back in action next weekend, heading to Lifetime Fitness in Lakeville, Minn., on Saturday for a 2:30 p.m. conference match against Macalester, before moving on to Gustavus' Swanson Tennis Center in St. Peter, Minn., for a 12:30 p.m. nonconference showdown against Bethany Lutheran.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2017 Roster | 2017 Schedule | 2017 Statistics
• The Cardinals' loss to Gustavus on March 11 snapped their season-high four-match winning streak. … Saint Mary's three conference losses this season have come against the top three teams in the conference standings—St. Thomas, Gustavus, and Carleton—who are all currently unbeaten in MIAC play this season. … Saint Mary's is 4-1 on its home court this season, while going 1-2 away from the Winona Tennis Center. … The Cardinals have collected 22 of their 35 wins over the past three seasons on their home court. … All four of the Cardinals' wins—and all three of their losses—have been 9-0 decisions. … Thanks to their 9-0 victory over UW-Stevens Point on Feb. 26, the Cardinals improved to 39-12 in nonconference action since 2012. … Saint Mary's dropped just seven games in sweeping North Central (Minn.) on Feb. 10, and followed that up by losing just eight games in its 9-0 win over Bethany Lutheran a week later. … 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 and are 9-0 against Bethany Lutheran. … The Cardinals have dropped just one set in their five wins this season—that coming at No. 3 singles against Hamline on March 10, where Cassandra Barr (Eau Claire, Wis.) rallied from a set down to win 2-6, 6-4, 10-0. … Barr, Julia Boeve (St. James, Minn.), Laura Sonday (West St. Paul, Minn.), and Megan Vandenberg (De Pere, Wis.) all head into Sunday's match against Concordia sharing the team lead with five singles wins—one more than Sheyenne Bauer (Cannon Falls, Minn.) and Haley Jorgensen (Fallon, Nev.). … 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. … Emily Strezishar's (East Grand Forks, N.D.) 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 6 singles against North Central (Minn.) on Feb. 10 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 48, while Jorgensen is third with 46. … Marissa Kinzer (Aitkin, Minn.) owns a team-leading five dual-match doubles wins, one more than Vandenberg, Sonday, Summer Lardy (Richmond, Minn.), and Ashley Syed (Lewisville, Texas). … As a team, the Cardinals are 30-18 in dual-match singles matches, while going 15-9 in doubles play.
 
Scouting The Concordia Cobbers:
2017 Roster | 2017 Schedule | 2017 Statistics
• With their 9-0 loss to St. Thomas on Feb. 19, the Cobbers saw their season-opening losing streak climb to seven straight. … The Cobbers, who were winless in all 16 of their matches a year ago, are searching for their first victory since beating UM-Crookston 7-2 on March 8, 2015—a span of 33 straight losses. … Five of Concordia's seven losses have been 9-0 decisions, with the other two ending in an 8-1 outcome. … Talia Dalzell and Lisa Neumann have recorded the Cobbers' two singles wins this season—Dalzell's coming at No. 6, while Neumann's was at No. 2. … CC is winless (0-7) at Nos. 1, 3, 4, and 5 singles this season. … Concordia has used nine different doubles combinations this season, but have yet to win a doubles match through seven contests (0-20).