By
DONNY NADEAU
Saint Mary's Sports Information Director
WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota men's tennis team returns to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play on Friday, as the Cardinals entertain St. Thomas in a 6 p.m. matchup at the Winona Tennis Center.
The Matchups:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (0-4 MIAC, 3-7 overall) vs. St. Thomas Tommies (0-3 MIAC, 2-3 overall)
GameDay Live On The Web:
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GameDay Program
Last Action:
• Saint Mary's—February 27-28, 2018 * Orlando, Fla.: The Cardinals dropped a pair of 6-3, nonconference decisions on their spring trip, falling to Hanover and Adrian |
Hanover Recap *
Adrian Recap
• St. Thomas—March 4, 2018 * Lakeville, Minn.: The Tommies were no match for Carleton, as the Knights cruised to a 9-0 MIAC victory over St. Thomas at Lifetime Fitness |
Recap
Saint Mary's vs. St. Thomas—A Year Ago:
• February 5, 2017 * Minneapolis, Minn.: For the second time in as many conference matches this season, Saint Mary's squared off against one of the top teams in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. And while the end result was similar to their season-opening 9-0 loss to Carleton on Jan. 28, coach
Jeff Halberg saw plenty of positives in the Cardinals' 9-0 setback to St. Thomas at the University of Minnesota Baseline Tennis Center |
Recap
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals are off until next weekend, when they entertain North Central (Minn.) in a 6 p.m. nonconference match on Friday at the Winona Tennis Center, before heading to Courts Plus in Fargo, N.D., for a 9:30 a.m. conference showdown against Concordia.
• St. Thomas: The Tommies return to action next Saturday, returning "home" to the University of Minnesota Baseline Tennis Center in Minneapolis, Minn., for a 3:30 p.m. MIAC matchup against St. Olaf.
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2018 Roster |
2018 Schedule |
2018 Statistics
• After three straight road matches, Friday's showdown against St. Thomas is the first of back-to-back home contests for the Cardinals, who have played seven of their first 10 contests on their home court this season. … With their losses to both Hanover and Adrian, the Cardinals have now dropped three, 6-3 decisions this season. … Two of the Cardinals' three wins this season have been decided by 8-1 scores—beating Wartburg and Edgewood—while Saint Mary's other win was a 9-0 sweep of Martin Luther. … With their losses to Hanover and Adrian last week, the Cardinals are now to 51-19 in nonconference matches since 2012. …
Bobby Tiedemann (Euclid, Minn.) had a hand in three of the Cardinals' six match wins last week, teaming with
Brenden Amiotte (Rapid City, Minn.) for wins at No. 1 doubles against both Hanover and Adrian, while adding a straight-set win at No. 4 singles against Hanover. … Tiedemann is the team's dual-match singles wins leader with six, two more than
Robbie Sobczak (Cloquet, Minn.). … Tiedeman had his six-match singles winning streak snapped with a 7-6 (3), 6-2 loss at No. 4 against Bethel on Feb. 10. Tiedeman's winning streak covered wins in his last three singles matches a year ago, and the first three this season. … Amiotte kicked off his senior season in impressive fashion at the ITA Midwest Regional last October, rebounding from an opening-round loss to win six straight matches in claiming the consolation title, giving him eight overall singles wins thus far this season. … With their wins at No. 1 doubles against Hanover and Adrian, Amiotte/Tiedemann have now teamed to win three straight doubles matches. … Tiedemann and Amiotte share the team lead in dual-match doubles wins (6) with
Alex Zuzek (Hastings, Minn.). … Saint Mary's lost just nine games in their six straight-set singles wins vs. Martin Luther on Jan. 26—including 6-0, 6-0 wins by Sobczak at No. 3 and Zuzek at No. 6. … Fueled by their 8-1 win over Edgewood on Feb. 23, the Cardinals improved to 4-0 against the Falcons all-time—sandwiching 9-0 wins around a pair of 8-1 victories. … Saint Mary's dropped just 16 games in its five singles wins against Edgewood on Feb. 23, while the three doubles teams combined to lose to just six games. … Amiotte/Tiedemann, Sobczak/
Alex Holm (Red Wing, Minn.), and Zuzek/
Gabe Graves (Littleton, Colo.) combined to drop just three games in doubles play against Martin Luther on Jan. 26. … Saint Mary's season-opening win over Martin Luther on Jan. 26 pushed its record to 12-0 vs. the Knights—including six straight 9-0 victories.
Scouting The St. Thomas Tommies:
2018 Roster |
2018 Schedule |
2018 Statistics
• Friday's match against Saint Mary's is the second straight road match for the Tommies. … After opening the season with back-to-back 9-0 wins over St. Norbert and Milwaukee School of Engineering, the Tommies' have dropped three straight matches—all conference tiles. UST fell to Concordia 5-4, before falling to Macalester (7-2) and Carleton (9-0). … Zach LeVene enters Friday's showdown with Saint Mary's owning a team-best four singles wins, one more than Erich Nuss and Nick Vossen. … LeVene is 1-1 at No. 5 singles, while going a perfect 3-0 at No. 6. The Tommies' have had the same four players in the top four spots in each of their first five matches—Ben Wait (2-3, No. 1), Sterling Sibley (2-3, No. 2), Vossen (3-2, No. 3), and Nuss (3-2, No. 4). … The doubles teams of Nuss/Wait, Sibley/Vossen, and LeVene/Jordan Schenck have all teamed up for a pair of victories this season. … LeVene/Schenck are unbeaten (2-0) at No., 4 doubles. … UST has used seven different doubles combinations through five matches. … As a team, St. Thomas is 17-13 in singles play, while going 7-8 in doubles.
