SAINT MARY'S CARDINALS 

Home | Roster | Stats | Schedule

• 2022: 0-2 MIAC * 7-4 Overall

ST. OLAF OLES

Home | Roster | Stats | Schedule

• 2022: 1-1 MIAC * 1-2 Overall

SMU-STO * LAST MEETING:

March 20, 2022 * L, 5-4 * Series History

SAINT MARY’S * LAST ACTION:

March 2, 2022 * Mt. Vernon * W, 8-1

ST. OLAF * LAST ACTION

Feb. 25, 2022 * Hamline * W, 8-1

SAINT MARY’S * UP NEXT: 

March 20, 2022 * Concordia * Fargo, N.D.

ST. OLAF * UP NEXT:

March 19, 2022 * St. Ben’s * Northfield, MN

• FOR THE RECORD: The Cardinals head into their conference matchup against St. Olaf sitting at 7-4 overall, while SMU is still searching for its first MIAC win of the season, having dropped a 9-0 decision to Gustavus and an 8-1 decision against Saint Benedict in its first two MIAC contests.

• LAST TIME OUT: The Cardinals capped a 2-2 showing in Orlando, Fla., with a trip-ending 8-1 win over Mount Vernon Nazarene on March 2. Saint Mary’s also beat Houghton (9-0), while falling to Calvin (5-4) and Piedmont (9-0).

• WINNING BIG: Four of SMU’s seven wins have been 9-0 sweeps, while the other three victories have been by 8-1 counts.

• LEADING THE CHARGE: Zoie Becker (St. James, Minn.) heads into Friday’s match against St. Olaf leading the Cardinals with eight dual-match singles wins — having gone 3-1 in the team’s four matches in Florida — followed by Ashley Renwick (Farmington, Minn.) with seven and Natalie Peterson (St. Cloud, Minn.) with six. … Renwick, who did not lose a match in Florida, is riding a six-match winning streak.

• RACKING UP THE WINS: Becker closed out the 2021 season winning four of her last five matches to end the year with a team-high 11 singles wins, and now owns a 28-8 career singles record.

• SINGLED OUT: The Cardinals collected nine singles victories at last fall’s ITA Regional/Midwest Open, led by Renwick, Emily Henderson (Jordan, Minn.), and Peyton Buerman (Shawano, Wis.) with two each.

• COLLEGIATE FIRSTS: Buerman and Renwick picked up their first collegiate singles wins for the Saint Mary’s women’s tennis team at the 2021 ITA Regional/Midwest Open on Sept. 24-25. Buerman outlasted Northwestern’s Taylar Smith 7-6 (7-4), 1-6, 10-6 and Renwick followed suit with a marathon, 6-0, 3-6, 10-4 victory over Caroline Hutchinson of Wartburg. … The Cardinals had four athletes record their first collegiate singles wins in 2021 — Henderson, Peterson, Sarrianna Hoffer (Wausau, Wis.), and Maddie Dosser (South St. Paul, Minn.).

• GOING THE DISTANCE: Four of the six singles matches in SMU’s 8-1 loss to Saint Benedict on Feb. 26 were stretched to a third set, including a 1-6, 6-1, 10-2 win by Natalie Peterson (St. Cloud, Minn.) at No. 1. The other two singles matches vs. the Blazers included a first-set tiebreaker.

• DOUBLING UP: The doubles teams of Peterson/Kennedy Morgan (Green Bay, Wis.) and Dossser/Henderson) share the team lead with five victories this season. Peterson/Morgan are 5-3 — all at No. 1 doubles — while Dosser/Henderson are 3-0 at No. 2 and 2-2 at No. 3. … SMU has used two doubles combinations at No. 1 and four at No. 3, while having five different pairs team up at No. 2.

• HOME SWEET HOME: The Cardinals, who played their first seven matches on their home court, boast a 5-2 record at home, while going 2-2 away from the Winona Tennis Center. … SMU has picked up nine of its last 12 wins at the Winona Tennis Center.

• BRING IN THE BROOMS: Saint Mary’s posted three straight 8-0 doubles wins in their 9-0 victory over Martin Luther on Jan. 29.

• NEAR-PERFECT: The Cardinals dropped just 11 games in its nonconference match against Bethany Lutheran on Feb. 26, posting 8-0 and 8-4 wins in doubles (plus a forfeit victory at No. 3), and adding a pair of 6-0, 6-0 sweeps by Kailee Johnson (Rochester, Minn.) and Peyton Buerman (Shawano, Wis.), while dropping just seven games in the other four singles contests.

• UNBEATABLE: The Cardinals remained unbeaten against Bethany Lutheran all time with their 9-0 win over the Vikings on Feb. 26. All nine Cardinal wins against the Vikings have been 9-0 sweeps.

• DOMINANCE: With their 9-0 win over Martin Luther on Jan. 29, the Cardinals ran their winning streak over the Knights to 16. SMU is 17-1 overall against MLC — and have won the last eight meetings between the two teams by 9-0 counts.

• PROGRAM FIRSTS: The Cardinals’ spring trip matches against Calvin, Houghton, Piedmont and Mount Vernon Nazarene were all the first meetings in program history.

• TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS: With their 2-2 showing in Orlando, Fla., the Cardinals improved to 73-22 against nonconference opponents since 2012.

• FOR THE RECORD: The Oles, who have been off since Feb. 26, head into Friday’s matchup against Saint Mary’s sitting at 1-2. St. Olaf has beaten Hamline (8-1), while falling to Bethel (5-4) and Southwest Minnesota State (6-3) through three matches.

• LAST TIME OUT: St. Olaf collected its first win of the season on Feb. 26, dropping just games in the two contested doubles matches, and three games in its four singles victories in rolling to an 8-1 win over Hamline.

• SINGLES LEADERS: Olha Zubarieva is the only Ole with more than one singles victory through three matches sitting at 2-1. Christiana Cholakis, Sarah Clark, Fiona O’Flaherty, Anna Secor, and Jane Spalding own St. Olaf’s other five singles wins. 

• DOUBLING UP: Spalding and Clark are unbeaten as a doubles pair, boasting a 2-0 record, with both wins coming at No. 3. … Zubarieva/Allie Prokosch, Cholakis/Teresa Fawcett, and Secor/Zubarieva have all won once in doubles play.

• A YEAR AGO: The Oles closed out the 2021 season with a 5-6 overall record, including a 4-5 mark in MIAC action. St. Olaf qualified for the MIAC Playoffs, beating Macalester 5-3 in the quarterfinals, before falling to St. Thomas 5-0 in the semis. … With their win over Macalester, St. Olaf became the first No. 6 seed to reach the playoff semifinals — it was also the first time in program history the Oles reached the semis.