WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota women's tennis team closes out the nonconference portion of its schedule on Wednesday, as the Cardinals entertain Northwestern in a nonconference match at the Winona Tennis Center. First serve is slated for noon.
 
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (11-5 Overall) vs. Northwestern Eagles (19-4 Overall), noon
 
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Last Action:
• Saint Mary's—April 12, 2017 * Winona, Minn.: Saint Mary's coach Jeff Halberg called the Cardinals' 8-1 nonconference win over UW-River Falls at the Winona Tennis Center a "team effort." And the Cardinal head coach wasn't exaggerating. Laura Sonday (West St. Paul, Minn.) was the only individual to play in both singles and doubles, meaning 11 different Cardinals took part in leading Saint Mary's over the visiting Falcons—and on to their fourth straight win | Recap
• Northwestern—April 17, 2017 * St. Paul, Minn.: The Eagles picked up a pair of UMAC victories in convincing fashion, rolling to 9-0 wins over UM-Morris and North Central | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. Northwestern—Their Last Meeting:
• February 3, 2012 * Winona, Minn.: The day may not have started the way Saint Mary's had hoped, but it certainly ended that way. After dropping a 9-0 decision to NCAA Division II Winona State, the Cardinals bounced back with an 8-1 victory over Northwestern at the Winona Tennis Center | Recap
 
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals close out their regular-season schedule on Saturday, traveling to St. Joseph, Minn., for a key Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference showdown against Saint Benedict.
• Northwestern: The Eagles return home to St. Paul, Minn., on Saturday, entertaining Martin Luther (9:30 a.m.) and UW-Eau Claire (2:30 p.m.).
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2017 Roster | 2017 Schedule | 2017 Statistics
• Wednesday's matchup against Northwestern is the third straight home contest for the Cardinals, who are 7-2 on their home court this season. … The Cardinals have collected 25 of their 42 wins over the past three seasons on their home court. … After opening the season 1-2, the Cardinals have won 10 of their last 13—including their last four straight. … Saint Mary's has now put together two, four-match winning streaks this season. … 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, 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 5 singles against UW-River Falls on April 12, pushing her singles winning streak to a season- and career-high eight in a row. … Jorgensen's eight-match winning streak is two 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 12 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 55—two back of Bailey Edwards' record 57 career singles wins—while Jorgensen is third with 54. … 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, two more than Sonday, and three in front of Jorgensen, Vandenberg, and Sonday. … As a team, the Cardinals are 67-29 in singles matches, while going 31-17 in doubles play. … Thanks to their 8-1 win over UW-River Falls on April 12, the Cardinals improved to 42-12 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 Northwestern Eagles:
2017 Roster | 2017 Schedule | 2017 Statistics
• Wednesday's match against Saint Mary's is the final road match for the Eagles, who will have closed out the season playing eight of their last nine matches on their home courts. … With their 9-0 wins over UM-Morris and North Central on Monday, the Eagles pushed their winning streak to a season-high seven straight. … Five of Northwestern's seven wins during its current run have been 9-0 sweeps. … Fourteen of the Eagles' 19 wins have come during their two, seven-match winning streaks. … Two of Northwestern's four losses have been 5-4 decisions. … The Eagles head into Wednesday's showdown with Saint Mary's boasting five singles players with 10 or more wins this season, led by Karen Moe, who is riding a 16-match singles winning streak. … Rachel Lukkarilla (15), Nikki Edin (13), Brooke Lapinski (12), and Emily Knight (11) have also notched more than 10 singles wins this season. … Lapinski owns a team-leading 15 doubles wins, followed by Edin (13), Knight (13), and Moe (13). … As a team, Northwestern is 79-23 in singles play and 40-11 in doubles. … The Eagles are unbeaten (5-0) on their home courts, while going 8-3 on the road and 6-1 in neutral-site matches.