By DONNY NADEAU
Saint Mary's Sports Information Director
SUPERIOR, Wis. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota men's tennis team steps out of conference play on Wednesday, traveling to UW-Superior for a 3 p.m. nonconference match against the Yellowjackets.
 
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (5-10 Overall) at UW-Superior Yellowjackets (5-7 Overall)
 
Last Action:
• Saint Mary's—April 7, 2019 * Sta-Fit * Sartell, Minn.: The Cardinals did not have an answer for the Johnnies' depth, as Saint John's dealt Saint Mary's a 9-0 conference setback | Recap
• UW-Superior—April 6, 2019 • Swanson Tennis Center • St. Peter, Minn.: The Yellowjackets picked up their fourth straight win in convincing fashion
 
Saint Mary's vs. UW-Superior — Their Last Meeting:
• Wednesday's nonconference match will be the first in program history between the Cardinals and Yellowjackets. The two teams were scheduled to play a year ago, but the match was postponed due to inclement weather.
 
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals close out the regular season on Saturday, returning home to the Winona Tennis Center for a 12:30 p.m. nonconference match against Luther.
• UW-Superior: The Yellowjackets are now off until next Wednesday, when they return home to the Lydia Thering Fieldhouse in Superior, Wis., for a 4 p.m. UMAC showdown with St. Scholastica.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals: 
2019 Roster | 2019 Schedule | 2019 Statistics
• Wednesday's nonconference showdown against UW-Superior is the final road match of the season for the Cardinals. Saint Mary's has picked up five of its six wins this season on its home courts at the Winona Tennis Center. … The Cardinals picked up their first conference win of the season with a 6-3 victory over Hamline on April 5. Saint Mary's recorded doubles wins at No. 1 and No. 2, and adding straight-set singles victories by Robbie Sobczak (Cloquet, Minn.), Trevor Smiley (Minnetonka, Minn.), Brandon Kurilla (Hastings, Minn.), and Gabe Graves (Columbine, Colo.). … Bobby Tiedemann (Euclid, Minn.) and Smiley head into the Cardinals' final nonconference match sharing the team lead with eight singles wins, followed by Graves and Kurilla with five, and Sobczak with four. … 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 and 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 on Feb. 16. … Smiley and Tiedemann share the team lead with 10 doubles wins each, three more than Graves. … Tiedemann has played all 17 matches at No. 1 doubles — including 15 with Smiley. … As a doubles combination, Tiedemann/Smiley are 9-6 — all at No. 1 — while Graves/Brandon Johnson (St. James, Minn.) are 5-2. … Saint Mary's has used 15 doubles combinations this season. … Five of the Cardinals' 17 matches have been 7-2 decisions, while the Cardinals have had three matches decided by a 5-4 decision this season, beating Wartburg, while falling to Concordia-Moorhead and Concordia (Wis.). … The Cardinals head into their UW-Superior match 59-22 in nonconference matches since 2012. … The Cardinals dropped just seven games in rolling to their 9-0 win over Crown on March 29. … 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 UW-Superior Yellowjackets:
2019 Roster | 2019 Schedule | 2019 Statistics
• After back-to-back road matches, UW-Superior's match against Saint Mary's Wednesday is the first of four consecutive home contests to close out the regular season. … UW-Superior's 9-0 win over North Central and 8-1 victory against Bethany Lutheran last weekend pushed the Yellowjackets' winning streak to four straight. … Peter Bulatovic and Carter Lamont head into Wednesday's showdown against Saint Mary's leading the team with five singles wins each, while Josiah Borst, Leonardo Paredes, and Will Sherman all own four singles victories. … Sherman and Borst are both riding three-match winning streaks. … Borst has played all 12 matches for the Yellowjackets at No. 1 singles, while UW-Superior has used six different players at both No. 5 and No. 6 singles. … UW-Superior is 32-40 in singles play — including 7-5 at No. 6, 6-6 at No. 4 and No. 5, 5-7 at No. 3, and 4-8 at No. 1 and No. 2. … Sherman and Gavin Mangan own the team lead with five doubles wins each, followed closely by Borst with four wins. … UW-Superior, which is 14-22 in doubles play, has used 15 different combinations this season. … UW-Superior is 6-6 at No. 3 doubles, while going 4-8 at No. 1 and No. 2. … The Yellowjackets are unbeaten (3-0) in UMAC play this year — sweeping both Martin Luther and North Central, while adding an 8-1 win over Bethany Lutheran.