WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota women's tennis team steps out of conference play on Wednesday, as the Cardinals entertain UW-River Falls in a 3 p.m. nonconference match at the Winona Tennis Center.
 
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (10-5 Overall) vs. UW-River Falls Falcons (1-10 Overall), noon
 
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Last Action:
• Saint Mary's—April 8, 2017 * Winona, Minn.: The Cardinals kept their slim MIAC Playoff hopes alive, coming up with a clutch, 7-2 conference win over St. Olaf at the Winona Tennis Center | Recap
• UW-River Falls—April 9, 2017 * De Pere, Wis.: The Falcons dropped a pair of nonconference games, falling to Concordia (Wis.) 7-2, before being blanked by St. Norbert 9-0 late in the day | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. UW-River Falls—Their Last Meeting:
• April 6, 2016 * River Falls, Wis.: Saint Mary's picked up its third straight win over a Wisconsin school—and the Cardinals made it look easy in the process. Saint Mary's posted five straight-set singles wins—dropping just a combined nine games—while cruising to wins in all three doubles matches en route to a 9-0 nonconference win over UW-River Falls | Recap
 
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals close out the home portion of their schedule next Wednesday, hosting Northwestern (Minn.) in a nonconference match at the Winona Tennis Center. First serve is set for noon.
• UW-River Falls: The Falcons head to St. Paul, Minn., next Wednesday for a 4 p.m. nonconference showdown with Hamline.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2017 Roster | 2017 Schedule | 2017 Statistics
• Wednesday's matchup against UW-River Falls is the second of three straight home contests for the Cardinals, who are 6-2 on their home court this season. … After opening the season 1-2, the Cardinals have won nine of their last 12—including their last three straight. … The Cardinals' loss to Gustavus on March 11 snapped their season-high four-match winning streak. …  The Cardinals have collected 24 of their 41 wins over the past three seasons on their home court. … Saint Mary's 6-3 win over Macalester on March 24 snapped a streak of nine straight matches decided by a 9-0 score. … Haley Jorgensen (Fallon, Nev.) collected a straight-set, 6-1, 6-2 win at No. 5 singles last Saturday against St. Olaf, pushing her singles winning streak to a season- and career-high seven in a row. … Jorgensen's seven-match winning streak is one more than the season-best six-match win streak teammate Megan Vandenberg (De Pere, Wis.) posted a year ago. … Vandenberg and Jorgensen share the team lead with 11 dual-match singles wins each, one more than Julia Boeve (St. James, Minn.) and Cassandra Barr (Eau Claire, Wis.), and two in front of Laura Sonday (West St. Paul, Minn.). … Vandenberg posted a season- and career-high 17 singles wins in 2016. Her 17 singles wins rank No. 2 all-time, five wins shy of McKenna Edwards' single-season 22-win total in 2012. … Vandenberg is also sitting No. 2 all-time in career singles wins with 54—three back of Bailey Edwards' record 57 career singles wins—while Jorgensen is third with 53. … 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. …  Marissa Kinzer (Aitkin, Minn.) owns a team-leading 11 dual-match doubles wins, three more than Jorgensen, Vandenberg, and Sonday. … As a team, the Cardinals are 61-29 in singles matches, while going 29-16 in doubles play. … Thanks to their 9-0 victory over Alverno and 7-2 win against St. Norbert on April 2, the Cardinals improved to 41-12 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.
 
Scouting The UW-River Falls Falcons:
2017 Roster | 2017 Schedule | 2017 Statistics
• Last Saturday's losses to Concordia (Wis.) and St. Norbert pushed the Falcons' losing streak to three straight. UW-RF has not won since beating UM-Crookston 8-1 on March 26. … The Falcons' 9-0 loss to St. Norbert last Saturday marked the sixth time in their 10 losses that UW-River Falls has been swept. … Wednesday's match against Saint Mary's is the second of three matches against teams from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. UW-River Falls lost to St. Thomas 9-0 earlier this year, and still has Hamline on its schedule. … Brittany Asfeld and Karli Helland have each picked up a team-leading three singles wins, accounting for six of the Falcons' 10 dual-match singles wins. … The Falcons' five doubles wins this season have come from five different doubles combustions—with Hannah Andress a part of three of those four combinations. … The Falcons are 0-5 on their home courts, while going 0-4 on the road. UW-RF's lone win—an 8-1 win over UM-Crookston—was played at a neutral site.