SAINT MARY’S CARDINALS

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• 2022: 0-2 MIAC * 4-6 Overall

CALVIN KNIGHTS

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• 2022: 0-0 MIAA * 2-1 Overall

HOUGHTON HIGHLANDERS

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• 2022: 0-0 Empire 8 * 1-0 Overall

PIEDMONT LIONS

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• 2022: 0-0 USA South * 1-2 Overall

PIEDMONT LIONS

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• 2022: 0-0 USA South * 1-2 Overall

MOUNT VERNON NAZARENE COUGARS

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• 2022: 0-8 Crossroads * 1-12 Overall

SMU v. CALVIN:

First-ever meeting

SMU v. HOUGHTON:

First-ever meeting

SMU v. PIEDMONT:

First-ever meeting

SMU v. MVN:

First-ever meeting

SAINT MARY’S LAST ACTION

Feb. 26 * St. John’s * L, 6-3

Feb. 26 * Bethany Luth. * L, 5-4

SAINT MARY’S UP NEXT:

March 12 * St. Olaf * Owatonna, MN

CALVIN LAST ACTION:

Feb. 18 * Ripon * W, 8-1

CALVIN UP NEXT:

March 19 * Bethel (IN) * Grand Rapids, MI

HOUGHTON LAST ACTION:

Oct. 4 * SUNY Oswego * L, 5-4

HOUGHTON UP NEXT:

March 9 * Daemen * Houghton, NY

PIEDMONT LAST ACTION:

Feb. 19 * Methodist U. * L, 7-2

PIEDMONT UP NEXT:

March 6 * Pfeiffer * Demorest, GA

MVN LAST ACTION:

Feb. 11 * Georgetown * L, 7-0

Feb. 11 * Cumberland * L, 7-0

Feb. 12 * Midway * L, 7-0

MVN UP NEXT:

End of season

• FOR THE RECORD: The Cardinals enter their four-match spring trip sitting at 4-6 overall, while dropping its first two conference matches of the season.

• LAST TIME OUT: Saint Mary’s dropped a pair of heartbreakers in its conference/nonconference doubleheader last Saturday at the Winona Tennis Center, falling to Saint John’s 6-3, and then suffering a 5-4 setback at the hands of Bethany Lutheran later that evening.

• SUCCESS ON THE ROAD: Three of the Cardinals’ four wins have come on the road this season. Saint Mary’s — which has played seven of its 10 matches on their home courts — is 1-6 at home, while boasting a perfect 3-0 mark away from the Winona Tennis Center.

• SINGLED OUT: Josh Janssen (Green Bay, Wis.) and E.J. Hietala enter Saint Mary’s four spring-trip matches leading the team with seven dual-match singles wins each. Both Janssen and Hietala had their season-high five-match winning streaks snapped against UW-Superior on Feb. 18. Brendon Raabolle (Andover, Minn.) sits third on the team in singles wins with five, two more than Tucker Stene (Fridley, Minn.) and Brandon Kurilla (Hastings, Minn.). … Hietala went 3-0 in singles play at the ITA/Midwest Open last October and owns 10 overall singles wins.

• CAREER FIRSTS: Matt Besek (Winona, Minn.) collected his first collegiate singles victory with a 6-3, 6-4 win at No. 6 against Lawrence on Feb. 5. Besek is the third Cardinal to record collegiate win No. 1, joining Tanner Tschumper (Foley, Minn.) and Raabolle — who each picked up their first collegiate singles wins at the ITA Regional/Midwest Open on Oct. 1. 

• GOING THE DISTANCE: The Cardinals have had 20 singles matches stretched to a third set the season — including 15 singles matches at the ITA/Midwest Open on Oct. 1-2. Saint Mary’s is 12-8 in three-set singles matches this season.

• PERFECT RUN: and Hietala were each perfect in SMU’s three wins over Ripon, Lawrence, and St. Norbert on Feb. 4-5, winning all three of their singles and doubles matches.

• DOUBLING UP: The doubles team of Janssen/Kurilla leads the Cardinals with six doubles wins — all at No. 1 — while Hietala/Peter Quinn (Lake Elmo, Minn.) are two back with four doubles wins at No. 2. … Besek has had a hand in four of the other five SMU dual-match doubles wins, going 2-4 with Raabolle and 2-1 with Caden Rodring (Mason City, Iowa). … SMU has used one doubles combination at No. 1 and two at No. 2, while using three different combinations at No. 3.

• WEEKLY HONOR: Janssen collected his first collegiate MIAC Athlete of the Week honor on Feb. 7, after his perfect 6-0 showing in SMU’s wins over Ripon, Lawrence, and St. Norbert on Feb. 4-5.

• TOTAL DOMINATION: With their 7-2 win over Martin Luther on Jan. 29, the Cardinals pushed their winning streak to 19 straight against the Knights. SMU has never lost to Martin Luther in program history.

• TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS: The Cardinals’ losses to UW-Superior and Loras last weekend snapped their five-game nonconference winning streak. SMU is now 5-3 in nonconference play this season and 71-29 vs. non-MIAC foes since 2012. 

• FOR THE RECORD: The Knights head into their spring trip to Orlando sitting at 2-2 overall, including an 8-1 win over Ripon on Feb. 18 in their first match of the spring season.

• LAST TIME OUT: Calvin picked up five straight-set wins and dropped just six games in the three doubles matches in rolling to an 8-1 win over Ripon Feb. 18.

• TOTAL DOMINANCE: Along with dropping just six games in the three doubles matches against Ripon on Feb. 18, the Knights lost just seven games in their five straight-set singles wins — including a 6-1, 6-0 victory by Jared Berghorst at No. 5 and a 6-0, 6-0 sweep by Jace DeShetler at No. 6.

• FOR THE RECORD: The Highlanders kick off the spring portion of their schedule during their five-match spring trip to Orlando, Fla., sitting at 1-0 on the year.

• LAST TIME OUT: Michah Christensen battled back from behind to win 6-7 (6-8), 6-3, 10-5, and Noah Haley pulled out a 6-0, 6-7 (6-8), 10-4 win to seal Houghton’s 5-4 win over SUNY Oswego on Oct. 4.

• A YEAR AGO: Ethan Yung collected a season-hghi 11 singles wins in 2021, one more than Jake Fisler and two up on Micah Schtike. … Yung finished a perfect 8-0 at No. 1 singles, while finishing the year 3-2 at No. 2. Fisler, meanwhile, was 8-0 at No. 2 and 2-3 at No. 1. … Fisler and Yung both closed out 2021 winning his last 10 matches. … The doubles team of Yung/Levi Webb closed out 2021 10-1, while Fisler/Schlike were close behind at 9-4. … Individually, Jung owned 11 doubles victories, one more than both Webb and Fisler.

• FOR THE RECORD: The Lions head into their spring break trip to Orlando, Fla., sitting at 1-2 overall.

• LAST TIME OUT: Piedmont dropped all three doubles matches to fall into an early hole and never recovered in dropping a 7-2 decision to Methodist on Feb. 19 in Demorest, Ga. It was the second straight 7-2 loss for the Lions, who opened the season with a 6-1 win over Tuskegee, before dropping a 7-2 decision to Birmingham-Southern.

• SINGLES LEADER: Patrick Dempsey has been unbeatable to open the 2022 season, winning all three of his singles matches, while Chris Bale, Cooper Kework, Houston Medlock, Ryan Raugh, and Jackson Traylor all own one singles victory.

• DOUBLING UP: The doubles teams of Kework/Raugh and Mike Porcelli/Roman Webb have collected Piedmont’s two doubles victories this season. … As a team, the Lions are 1-2 at both No. 1 and No. 3 doubles, while still searching for their first win of the season at No. 2 (0-3). … Piedmont has used two different doubles combinations at all three positions through three matches.

• FOR THE RECORD: The Cougars head into their season-ending spring trip to Orlando, Fla., sitting at 1-12 overall, including 0-8 in the Wolverine Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC).

• LAST TIME OUT: MVN has bene off since Feb. 11-12, when they dropped three straight 7-0 decisions to Georgetown, Cumberland, and Midway University.

• LONE VICTORY: The Cougars’ lone win this season was a 4-3 win over Capital University on Sept. 24. The win snapped MVN’s season-opening nine match losing streak.

• SWEPT AWAY: Nine of MVN’s 12 losses this season have been sweeps, while the Cougars have also dropped two 4-3 decisions and one 5-2 setback.