By DONNY NADEAU
Saint Mary's Sports Information Director
 
MADISON, Wis. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota women's tennis team steps out of Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play on Friday, squaring off against Edgewood in a 4:30 p.m. nonconference match at the Cherokee Country Club
 
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (3-5 overall) at Edgewood Eagles (9-5 overall)
 
Last Action:
• Saint Mary's—February 17-18, 2018 * Winona, Minn.: The Cardinals split their two conference matches at the Winona Tennis Center, beating Macalester 5-4 on Friday, before falling to nationally ranked Gustavus 9-0 the following day | Macalester Recap * Gustavus Recap
• Edgewood—October 7, 2017 * River Forest, Ill.:  Edgewood wrapped up its fall season and secured the second seed in the NACC Tournament in May with a 9-0 shutout of Concordia-Chicago | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. Edgewood—Their Last Meeting:
• March 24, 2013 * Madison, Wis.: The Cardinals snapped a two-match losing streak with a 6-3 nonconference win over Edgewood, then added a second straight 6-3 victory over St. Norbert in their second match of the day to exit the Nielsen Tennis Center with a two-match winning streak | Recap
 
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals head to Orlando, Fla., for spring break, squaring off against Havover on Tuesday, before taking on Adrian the following day.
• Edgewood: The Eagles are right back in action on Saturday, squaring off against Wheaton (Ill.) and Northwestern in a pair of nonconference matches.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2018 Roster | 2018 Schedule | 2018 Statistics
• The Cardinals head into Friday's nonconference match against Edgewood having beaten the Eagles in each of their four meetings. … After four straight road matches, the Cardinals' matches against Macalester and Gustavus last weekend were the second and third straight home contests for the Cardinals. … Saint Mary's is looking for its first two-match winning streak. … The Cardinals' 8-1 win over UW-Superior on Feb. 4 snapped their three match losing streak. … Laura Sonday (West St. Paul, Minn.), Cassandra Barr (Eau Claire, Wis.), and Julia Boeve (St. James, Minn.) picked up singles wins in the Cardinals' 5-4 victory over Macalester last Saturday, while Sonday-Colleen Lois (Stevens Point, Wis.) and Barr-Boeve chipped in doubles wins. … Barr and Sonday head into Friday's match against Edgewood sharing the team lead with five dual-match singles wins, one more than Boeve. … Sonday (No. 1, 5-3), Barr (No. 2, 5-3), Lois (No. 4, 3-5), and Boeve (No. 4, 4-4) have played all eight matches at their respectively singles position. … Barr (Eau Claire, Wis.) had her season-high three-match singles winning streak snapped with a 6-4, 6-2 loss at No. 2 against Bethel on Feb. 10, while Sonday and Boeve had their three-match runs ended with a straight-set losses against Gustavus last Sunday. … With last weekend's matches against Macalester and Gustavus, Sonday has now played 46 consecutive matches at No. 1 singles for the Cardinals. … Sonday and Lois had their five-match doubles winning streak snapped with an 8-2 loss at No. 1 against Bethel on Feb. 10. … Sonday/Lois have accounted for six of the Cardinals' 11 doubles wins this season—and are the only doubles combination to have played together for all eight dual matches. … Lois kicked off her collegiate career with five straight victories last September—winning all three of her singles matches in the Gustavus Fall Invitational, while teaming with Sonday for a pair of doubles wins at the ITA/Oracle Midwest Region Tournament. … Boeve and Ashley Frederickson (St. James, Minn.) won their doubles draw at the Gustavus Fall Invitational last September, winning three straight matches. … The Cardinals are 22-26 in singles play this season, while owning a 11-13 record in doubles play. … With their season-opening win over Martin Luther last Friday, the Cardinals have now opened the season with a 9-0 victory in three straight seasons. … The Cardinals are now 11-0 in their last 11 meetings with Martin Luther. … The Cardinals won all six singles matches against Martin Luther in straight sets. All six Saint Mary's singles players recorded at least one 6-0 set against MLC—including a 6-0, 6-0 win by Boeve at No. 4 and a 6-1, 6-0 victory by Lois at No. 3. … The Cardinals, who went 7-1 in nonconference play a year ago, are 44-15 in non-MIAC matches since 2012. … The Cardinals made their first MIAC Playoff appearance since 2010 a year ago, falling to third-seeded St. Thomas 5-0.
 
Scouting The Edgewood Eagles:
2018 Roster | 2018 Schedule | 2018 Statistics
• Friday's match against Saint Mary's is the first of the spring for the Eagles, who closed out the 2017 portion of their schedule with a 9-5 record—including wins in each of their last three matches. … With their 8-1 record in NACC play, the Eagles have finished in the top two in the conference standings I each of the last 10 seasons. … Six of Edgewood's nine wins have been 9-0 sweeps, while the other three have been by 8-1 decisions. On the flip side, two of the Eagles' five losses have been decided by 5-4 counts. … Alyssa Carew enters Friday's match against Saint Mary's with a team-best nine dual-match singles wins—one more than Haley Brooks and Alicia Picard. … Carew, who finished a perfect 7-0 in NACC singles play, is 2-0 at No. 1, 6-2 at No. 2, and 1-0 at No. 3 this season. … As a team, Edgewood is 11-3 at No. 2 and No. 3 singles, while going 10-4 at No. 5 and No. 6, and 8-6 at No. 4 and 7-7 at No. 1. … The Eagles are 57-27 in singles play through 13 matches. … Brooks and Jaclyn Swift share the team lead with 11 dual-match doubles victories, with Carew adding 10, and Picard and Sydney Verbauwhede each owning nine doubles wins. … The doubles team of Brooks-Swift were a perfect 9-0 in doubles play and own a 10-2 record at No. 3. … Edgewood owns a 30-12 record in dual-match doubles play this season.