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• 2022: 3-3 MIAC * 10-5 Overall

ST. CATHERINE WILDCATS

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• 2022: 3-0 MIAC * 6-1 Overall

SMU v. SCU * LAST MEETING

March 12, 2021 * Winona, MN

L, 6-3 * Series History

SAINT MARY’S * LAST ACTION:

March 26, 2022 * St. Paul, MN

Macalester * W, 5-4

March 27, 2022 * Winona, MN

Bethel * W, 5-4

ST. KATE’S * LAST ACTION:

March 22, 2022 * Orlando, FL

Hope * L, 5-4

SAINT MARY’S * UP NEXT:

April 8, 2022 * St. Paul, MN

Hamline * 4:00

April 9, 2022 * River Falls, WI

River Falls * 11:00

April 10, 2022 * Winona TC

Carleton * 2:00

ST. KATE’S * UP NEXT:

April 9, 2022 * Northfield, MN

Carleton * 2:00

• FOR THE RECORD: The Cardinals head into their conference matchup against St. Catherine sitting at 10-5 overall, while owning a 3-3 conference mark through four league matches.

• LAST TIME OUT: It was a weekend of come-from-behind victories for the Cardinals last weekend, as Saint Mary’s rallied from 4-2 deficits in beating both Macalester and Bethel by identical 5-4 decisions. Zoie Becker (St. James, Minn.), Kailee Johnson (Rochester, Minn.), and Emily Henderson (Jordan, Minn.) posted the decisive singles wins in both victories for the Cardinals.

• ON A ROLL: With their wins over Macalester and Bethe last weekend, the Cardinals enter Saturday’s match against St. Catherine riding a three-match winning streak, while also having won four of their last five contests.

• WINNING BIG: Four of SMU’s 10 wins have been 9-0 sweeps, while three victories have been by 8-1 counts. SMU’s 6-3 win over Concordia on March 20, and last weekend’s 5-4 wins over Macalester and Bethel rounds out the Cardinals’ 10 victories.

• LEADING THE CHARGE: Becker heads into Saturday’s match against St. Catherine leading the Cardinals with 12 dual-match singles wins. She has won five straight and 10 of her last 12 singles matches. … Natalie Peterson (St. Cloud, Minn.) is second to Becker with nine singles wins, one more than Henderson and two in front of Ashley Renwick (Farmington, Minn.). … Renwick is riding a six-match winning streak and has gone 8-2 in her last 10 singles matches. … Henderson’s straight-set wins against Macalester and Bethel last weekend extended her singles winning streak to five.

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

• COLLEGIATE FIRSTS: Buerman and Renwick picked up their first collegiate singles wins 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.

• 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 Peterson at No. 1. The other two singles matches vs. the Blazers included a first-set tiebreaker.

• DOUBLING UP: The doubles team of Henderson/Maddie Dosser (South St. Paul, Minn.) leads the team with seven wins, one more than Peterson/Kennedy Morgan (Green Bay, Wis.). … Dosser/Henderson are 3-0 at No. 2 and 4-3 at No. 3, while Peterson/Morgan are 6-6 — all at No. 1 doubles. … Individually, Dosser and Henderson have collected a team-high nine doubles-wins, followed by Peterson with eight, and Morgan and Frye with seven each. … SMU has used two doubles combinations at No. 1 and five at No. 3, while having six different pairs team up at No. 2.

• HOME SWEET HOME: The Cardinals, who played their first seven matches on their home court, boast a 6-2 record at home, while going 4-3 away from the Winona Tennis Center. … SMU has picked up 10 of its last 14 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: St. Catherine heads into its MIAC match against Saint Mary’s sitting at 6-1 overall — including a perfect 3-0 showing through the first three matches of the 2022 conference slate.

• LAST TIME OUT: The Wildcats suffered their first loss of the season in their final match of their spring trip to Orlando, Fla., falling to Hope 5-4 on March 22.

• ROAD WARRIORS: Saturday’s match against Saint Mary’s is the eighth of nine straight road matches to open the season for the Wildcats, who will play their first match at their home outdoor courts on April 15, when they host St. Olaf.

• STREAK-SNAPPER: St. Catherine’s 5-4 loss to Hope on March 22 snapped its season-opening six-match winning streak. The Wildcats had opened the year with wins over Martin Luther (9-0), Macalester (8-1), Hamline (9-0), Concordia (6-3), St. Ambrose (9-0), and Pacific U. (6-3).

• SINGLED OUT: Bri Dorr and Kelsey Dorr head into Saturday’s showdown with Saint Mary’s sharing the team lead with six singles wins in seven matches. Elsa Joly, Sofia Walker, and Monica Zink are all one win back with five doubles victories. … Bri Dorr and Zink both head into their conference matchup against Saint Mary’s riding five-match singles winning streak. … All six of Kelsey Dorr’s singles wins have come at No. 1 — where she has played every match. Five of Bri Dorr’s six singles wins have come at No. 3, while all five of Joly’s wins have been at No. 4 and all five of Zink’s have been at No. 6. … SCU, which is 32-9 in singles play, is unbeaten at No. 3 singles (7-0).

• DOUBLING UP: Kelsey Door and Walker have teamed to go a perfect 7-0 — all at No. 1 doubles — this season. … Bri Dorr/Zink are 6-1 at No. 2, while Joly has gone 4-2 at No. 3, winning three of five matches with Reilee Schepper and going 1-0 with Noelle Slezak. … As a team, SCU boasts a near-perfect 17-3 record in doubles play — with two of those three losses coming in the Wildcats’ 5-4 loss to Hope on March 22.