By DONNY NADEAU
Saint Mary's Sports Information Director
 
WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota women's tennis team returns to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference action this weekend, heading to Lifetime Fitness in White Bear Lake, Minn., on Friday for a 6:30 p.m. match against Macalester, before returning home to the Winona Tennis Center for a 2 p.m. matchup against Hamline on Sunday.
 
The Matchups:
Friday, March 8, 2019 * Lifetime Fitness, White Bear Lake, Minn. * 6:30 p.m.
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (0-3 MIAC, 3-5 Overall) at Macalester Scots (1-1 MIAC, 3-2 Overall)
Sunday, March 10, 2019 * Winona Tennis Center * Winona, Minn. * 2 p.m.
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (0-3 MIAC, 4-5 Overall) vs. Hamline Pipers (0-4 MIAC, 3-4 Overall)
 
Last Action:
• Saint Mary's—February 26, 2019 * Orlando, Fla.: Less than 24 hours after dropping a 6-1 decision to NCAA Division II Davenport, the Cardinals got back on the winning track, dispatching of Hanover 6-3 in Saint Mary's final spring trip match at the U.S. National Tennis Center | Recap
• Macalester—March 1, 2019 * White Bear Lake, Minn.: The Scots picked up their second 9-0 victory in the last three matches, as Macalester swept Concordia at Lifetime Fitness | Recap
• Hamline—March 3, 2019 * Minneapolis, Minn.: The Pipers dropped their second straight match, falling to St. Thomas 9-0 in a conference matchup at the U of M Baseline Tennis Center | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. Macalester — Their Last Meeting:
• February 17, 2019 * Winona, Minn.: Saint Mary's had a flair for the dramatic in its conference match against Macalester, as the Cardinals got a thrilling, come-from-behind win at No. 1 doubles en route to a 5-4 MIAC win over the Scots at the Winona Tennis Center | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. Hamline — Their Last Meeting:
• April 21, 2019 * Minneapolis, Minn.: The Cardinals — fueled by five straight-set singles wins — picked up their second conference win in the last five days, rolling to an 8-1 victory over the Pipers at the U of M Baseline Tennis Center | Recap
 
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: Following this weekend's two conference matches, the Cardinals return to the Winona Tennis Center on Friday, hosting St. Olaf in a 6 p.m. conference matchup.
• Macalester: The Scots are right back on the court on Sunday, heading to the University of Minnesota's Baseline Tennis Center for a 1 p.m. MIAC showdown against St. Thomas.
• Hamline: The Pipers return to action on March 17, squaring off against Stevens Institute of Technology in the first of four spring trip matches in Orlando, Fla.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals: 
2019 Roster | 2019 Schedule | 2019 Statistics
• Friday's match against Macalester is the seventh straight road match for the Cardinals, who have played just two home contests this season — winning both. … The Cardinals' 6-3 win over Hanover on Feb. 26 snapped their season-high five-match losing streak. … The Cardinals picked up a pair of doubles wins by Laura Sonday (West St. Paul, Minn.) and Colleen Lois (Green Bay, Wis.) at No. 1 and Cassandra Barr (Eau Claire, Wis.) and Kennedy Morgan (Green Bay, Wis.) at No. 2, while Sonday, Lois, Julia Boeve (St. James, Minn.), and Madyson Schreiber (Edwardsville, Ill.) added singles wins in Saint Mary's 6-3 victory over Hanover on Feb. 26. … Boeve — who had dropped just one game in winning her two singles matches to open the season — had her career-high 12-match winning streak snapped with a three-set, 5-7, 6-3, 10-4 loss to Gustavus on Feb. 9. … Sonday and Boeve enter this weekend's matches against Macalester and Hamline leading the team with four dual-match singles wins, one more than both Lois and Barr. … Sonday — who shared the team lead in singles wins a year ago (16) with Boeve — played her 67th consecutive match at No. 1 singles against Hanover on Feb. 26. … Boeve is currently No. 4 all-time with 50 singles wins — seven behind career-leader Megan Vandenberg — while Sonday is sitting in fifth with 48. … Sonday is No. 2 all-time in doubles wins with 46, 12 back of career-leader Bailey Edwards. … Kennedy Morgan's (Green Bay, Wis.) win at No. 5 singles against Northwestern on Feb. 1 was her first collegiate singles victory. She became the third Cardinal to pick up collegiate win No. 1 this season, joining Kailee Johnson (Rochester, Minn.) and Schreiber, who notched their first singles wins against Martin Luther on Jan. 25. …  Sonday and Lois — who went 15-4 as a doubles pair a year ago — have won four doubles duals together this season. … Barr, Morgan, and Ashley Fredrickson (St. James, Minn.) are second to both Sonday and Lois with two doubles wins through eight matches. … With their 6-3 win over Hanover on Feb. 26, the Cardinals are now 52-20 against nonconference opponents since 2012. … With their season-opening win over Martin Luther on Jan. 25, the Cardinals have now opened the season with a 9-0 victory in four straight seasons. … The Cardinals are now 12-0 in their last 12 meetings with Martin Luther. … Sonday earned All-MIAC singles and doubles honors following her junior season a year ago, while Boeve collected her first collegiate First-Team All-MIAC singles honor, and Lois was a First-Team All-MIAC doubles selection in her first year as a Cardinal.
 
Scouting The Macalester Scots:
2019 Roster | 2019 Schedule | 2019 Statistics
• With their win over Concordia last Friday, the Scots have now won two of their last three matches — both by 9-0 decisions. Macalester also owns an 8-1 win over UW-Superior, while falling to St. Scholastica (5-4) and St. Catherine (8-1). … Macalester heads into Friday's showdown against Saint Mary's owning a 19-11 record in singles play, led by Emma Baker and Natali Sorajia with four wins each. Camilla Benedetti and Laurel Hickey each owns three singles wins, while Claire Buehler has won two. … Macalester is 4-1 at No. 3 singles, while going 3-2 at the other five singles positions. … Baker and Sorajia are a perfect 5-0 as a doubles team, going 1-0 at No. 1 and 4-0 at No. 2. … Hickey and Della Brown are second with three doubles wins for the Scots, who are 12-3 in doubles play this season — including 5-0 at No. 2. … The Scots' first five matches this season have all been played on the road — including owning a 3-1 record in neutral-site matches.
 
Scouting The Hamline Pipers:
2019 Roster | 2019 Schedule | 2019 Statistics
• The Pipers head into this weekend's matches against St. Catherine and Saint Mary's mired in their second two-match losing streak of the season. … Six of Hamline's seven matches this season have been decided in a sweep — including all three of HU's victories. Hamline owns 9-0 wins over Crown and Martin Luther, while adding a 6-0 victory over St. Ambrose. On the flip side, the Pipers' losses have been 9-0 setbacks at the hands of Carleton, St. Thomas, and Gustavus, and a 6-3 loss to St. Olaf. … Ali Kopiecki heads into Sunday's matchup against Saint Mary's leading the team with four singles wins, one more than Megan Anderson, and two in front of Courtney Fenech, Natalie Pieterick, Tess Rugg, and Yee Thao. … As a team, Hamline is 18-21 in singles play, boasting a 4-3 record at Nos. 1, 2, and 6, while going 2-4 at Nos. 3, 4, and 5. … Anderson, Kopiecki, Pieterick, and Rugg share the team lead in doubles victories with three each. … Hamline, which is 9-12 as a team in doubles play — going 3-4 at all three doubles positions — is winless in doubles in its four conference matches (0-12).