WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota men'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 (8-7 Overall) vs. Northwestern Eagles (9-13 Overall), noon
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Last Action:
• Saint Mary's—April 8, 2017 | Winona, Minn.: Saint Mary's coach
Jeff Halberg knew his Cardinals were in for a knock-down, drag-out battle in their Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match against St. Olaf. How right he was. And, when the dust finally settled, it was the Cardinals who were still standing, as Saint Mary's outlasted the Oles 6-3 in a marathon match at the Winona Tennis Center |
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• Northwestern—April 17, 2017 | St. Paul, Minn.: The Eagles breezed to straight-set wins in all six singles matches in rolling to a 9-0 UMAC win over UM-Morris |
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Saint Mary's vs. Northwestern—Their Last Meeting:
• April 20, 2012 * St. Paul, Minn.: The final score read 7-2 Northwestern, but the end result was much—much—closer than that. The Eagles, who jumped out to a 2-1 lead after the doubles competition, picked up wins in five of the six singles matches—with all four of those wins coming in three sets—to seal the win |
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Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals close out their regular-season schedule on Saturday, traveling to Collegeville, Minn., for a 3 p.m. Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference matchup against Saint John's.
• Northwestern: The Eagles return home to St. Paul, Minn., for a pair of matches on Saturday, hosting Martin Luther (9:30 a.m.) and St. Thomas (6 p.m.).
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2017 Roster |
2017 Schedule |
2017 Statistics
• The Cardinals' match against Northwestern Wednesday is the second straight home match for Saint Mary's, which is 4-2 at the Winona Tennis Center this season. … The Cardinals' 6-3 win over St. Olaf on April 8 snapped their four-match losing streak. … Saint Mary's loss to nationally ranked Gustavus on March 1, meanwhile, put an end to the Cardinals' season-high four-match winning streak. … Three of Saint Mary's last four victories have been 6-3 decisions. … Four of the Cardinals' seven losses this season have been 9-0 decisions—the exceptions, 5-4 losses to Concordia on March 19 and Carroll on Feb. 18, and a 6-3 setback at Macalester on March 24. … With his three-set win against St. Olaf on April 8—his second straight three-set victory—
Robbie Sobczak (Cloquet, Minn.) remained tied for the team lead in singles wins (9) with
Bobby Tiedemann (Euclid, Minn.). … Sobczak has won eight of his last 11 singles matches—which including a season- and career-high five-match winning streak. …
Alex Zuzek (Hastings, Minn.), who also put together a season-high five-match singles winning streak earlier this season, is second to Tiedeman and Sobczak with eight dual-match singles wins. … Saint Mary's had three players—Tiedeman, Sobczak, and
Jake Allen (Winona, Minn.)—notch their first collegiate singles wins against Martin Luther on Jan. 20. … Tiedeman and
Brenden Amiotte (Rapid City, S.D.) share the team lead with 10 dual-match doubles wins. … Amiotte and Tiedemann have teamed up to win seven of their last nine matches at No. 2 doubles. … As a team, the Cardinals are 47-43 in singles play, while going 23-22 in doubles action. … 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 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.
Scouting The Northwestern Eagles:
2017 Roster |
2017 Schedule |
2017 Statistics
• With their 9-0 win over North Central on Monday, the Eagles head into Wednesday's matchup against Saint Mary's having won three of their last four. … Monday's 9-0 win over UM-Morris was just Northwestern's third 9-0 victory of the season. On the flip side, eight of the Eagles' 13 losses have been 9-0 sweeps. … C.J. Lloyd enters Wednesday's match at Saint Mary's owning a team-leading nine singles wins, two more than Landon Ridpath. … Ridpath, Lloyd, and Sam Bostrom share the team lead with six doubles wins each. … Northwestern has used 11 different doubles combinations this season. … Northwestern as a team is 36-63 in singles play and 17-36 in doubles action. … Five of Northwestern's nine wins have come on the road. UNW is 2-3 on its home courts, 5-6 on the road, and 2-4 in neutral-site matches.
