By DONNY NADEAU
Saint Mary's Sports Information Director
 
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota men's tennis team is back in action on Tuesday, as the Cardinals step out of conference play for a 6 p.m. nonconference match against Hanover as part of their spring trip.
 
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (4-4 Overall) vs. Hanover Panthers (1-3 Overall)
 
Last Action:
• Saint Mary's—February 22-23, 2019 * Minneapolis, Minn.: The Cardinals dropped a pair of conference matches at the University of Minnesota Baseline Tennis Center, falling to Bethel 9-0 last Friday, while dropping a 7-2 decision to St. Thomas the following day | BU Recap * UST Recap
• Hanover—February 24, 2019 * Orlando, Fla.: The Panthers dropped two of three doubles matches and could not recover, falling to Augustana (Ill.) 5-4 in their first spring trip match | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. Hanover — Their Last Meeting:
• February 27, 2018 * Orlando, Fla.: In the first-ever meeting between the Cardinals and the Panthers, Hanover handed Saint Mary's a 6-3 nonconference setback, falling behind 2-1 after the doubles matches and dropping four of the six singles contests | Recap
 
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals are now off until March 8, when they head to the Lifetime Fitness in White Bear Lake, Minn., for a 6:30 p.m. Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match against Macalester.
• Hanover: After three straight spring trip matches — the final one against Saint Mary's on Tuesday — the Panthers return to the courts on March 8, hosting Bellarmine in a 2 p.m. matchup in Hanover, Ind.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals: 
2019 Roster | 2019 Schedule | 2019 Statistics
• Tuesday's match against Hanover is the third straight road match for the Cardinals, who played five of their first six contests on their home courts this season. … The Cardinals' loss to St. Thomas last Saturday was its fourth 7-2 decision in their last six matches. … Bobby Tiedemann (Euclid, Minn.) picked up a straight-set win at No. 1 singles, and Alec Rudh (Hastings, Minn.) and Brandon Kurilla (Hastings, Minn.) teamed for an 8-6 win at No. 2 doubles to account for the Cardinals' wins in their 7-2 loss to St. Thomas last Saturday. … Bobby Tiedemann (Euclid, Minn.) and Gabe Graves (Columbine, Colo.) both went 4-0 in leading the Cardinal men's tennis team to nonconference wins over St. Norbert and Wartburg on Feb. 16. … With his win against St. Thomas last Saturday, Tiedemann moved into the team lead with five dual-match singles victories, two more than Graves, Kurilla, and Trevor Smiley (Minnetonka, Minn.). … Kurilla and Smiley both recorded their first collegiate singles wins against Martin Luther on Jan. 25 — Smiley won 6-2, 6-0 at No. 2, while Kurilla posted a 6-1, 1-6, 10-8 win at No. 3 — while Brandon Johnson (St. James, Minn.) notched his first singles win as a Cardinal with a 6-1, 6-1 win at No. 6 singles against St. Norbert last Saturday. … Graves and Johnson lead the team with five doubles wins each, one more than both Smiley, Tiedemann, and Kurilla. … As a doubles team, Graves/Johnson head into Tuesday's match against Hanover owning a 4-3 record, while Tiedemann/Smiley are 4-4. … The Cardinals have been victorious at No. 3 doubles in five of their eight matches this season. … With their 7-2 win over St. Norbert and 5-4 victory against Wartburg on Feb. 16, the Cardinals moved to 58-20 in nonconference matches since 2012. … Fueled by their 6-3 nonconference win over Martin Luther on Jan. 25, the Cardinals improved to 13-0 against the Knights — including six 9-0 wins in their last seven contests.
 
Scouting The Hanover Panthers:
2019 Roster | 2019 Schedule | 2019 Statistics
• Hanover heads into the second day of its spring trip having dropped its last three matches — sandwiching 5-4 losses to Midway and Augustana (Ill.) around a 7-2 setback at the hands of No. 23 Sewanee. … The Panthers were picked to finish third in the 2019 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Preseason Coaches Poll for the 2019 season. … The Panthers are coming off a 12-11 season a year ago, including a 5-2 mark in the HCAC. …  Landon Carrico is the lone All-HCAC selection returning for the Panthers. Carrico collected 11 singles wins for Hanover a year ago, while also adding a team-leading 17 doubles victories. … Keith Asplund, Jonathan Helmers, and Roger Trombley share the team lead with two singles wins each. … Asplund, Carrico, and Trombley have all posted a team-leading two doubles wins. … Hanover has used nine doubles combinations — with five different doubles combos all recording one win.