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2023: 0-0 MIAC, 2-0 Overall

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2023: 0-2 Overall

GUSTAVUS GUSTIES

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2023: 0-0 MIAC, 0-2 Overall

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2023: 2-0 MIAC, 4-0 Overall

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SMU-UNW * LAST MEETING:

Jan. 28, 2022 * Winona, MN

W, 9-0 * Series History

SMU-GAC * LAST MEETING:

Feb. 13, 2022 * Winona, MN

L, 9-0 * Series History

SMU-CAR * LAST MEETING:

April 10, 2022 * Winona, MN

L, 9-0 * Series History

SAINT MARY’S * LAST ACTION:

Feb. 11, 2023 * Winona, MN

U. of Dubuque * W, 9-0

NORTHWESTERN * LAST ACTION:

Feb. 11, 2023 * W. Bear Lake, MN

Macalester * x-x

GUSTAVUS * LAST ACTION:

Feb. 11, 2023

UW-Milwaukee * L, 6-1 | Sioux Falls * L, 4-3

CARLETON * LAST ACTION:

Oct. 2, 2022 * Northfield, MN

Cardinal Stritch * W, 5-4

SAINT MARY’S * UP NEXT:

Feb. 24, 2023 * Winona, MN

Loras * 6 p.m.

Feb. 25, 2023 * Winona, MN

Bethany Lutheran * 4:30 p.m.

NORTHWESTERN * UP NEXT: 

Feb. 25, 2023 * Bloomington, MN

St. Scholastica * 11:30 a.m.

GUSTAVUS * UP NEXT: 

Feb. 24 * Duluth, MN

UM-Duluth * 1 p.m.

U. of Mary * 5 p.m.

CARLETON * UP NEXT: 

Feb. 26, 2023 * Owatonna, MN

UW-Eau Claire * 1 p.m.

SAINT MARY’S CARDINALS SCOUTING REPORT:

• FOR THE RECORD: The Cardinals — coming off an 11-8 season in 2022 — head into this weekend’s trio of matches sitting at 2-0 overall, thanks to 9-0 wins over Martin Luther and the University of Dubuque in their first two contests of the 2023 season.

• LAST TIME OUT: Saint Mary’s dominated the singles matches last Saturday — posting straight-set wins in all five contested matches (SMU won by forfeit at No. 6) — in cruising to its second straight 9-0 victory.

• DOMINANCE: With their 9-0 win over Martin Luther on Jan. 28, the Cardinals ran their winning streak over the Knights to 17. SMU is 18-1 overall against MLC — and have won the last nine meetings between the two teams by 9-0 counts. … Saint Mary’s has dropped just one game in its six doubles matches against the Knights over the last two years.

• WINNING BIG: Seven of SMU’s last 13 wins have been 9-0 sweeps — including both victories this season — while three other victories over the last two seasons have been by 8-1 counts. 

• IN THE FALL: Maddie Dosser (South St. Paul, Minn.), Peyton Buerman (Shawano, Wis.), and Emily Henderson (Jordan, Minn.) collected singles wins at the Gustavus Fall Invitational in late September, while Dosser/Ashley Renwick (Farmington, Minn.) and Henderson/Natalie Peterson (St. Cloud, Minn.) earned doubles victories.

• LEADING THE CHARGE: Zoie Becker (St. James, Minn.), who closed out the 2022 season leading the Cardinals with 13 dual-match singles wins, is one of five SMU players who have opened the season 2-0 in singles play. Dosser, Buerman, Renwick, and Ella Boomgaarden (St. Peter, Minn.) are also riding season-opening two-match singles winning streaks. … Renwick put together a season-high six-match winning streak a year ago — the longest among Cardinal players — while Henderson and Becker each boasted five-match win streaks.

• STICKING WITH WHAT WORKS: The Cardinals have used the same singles lineup in both of their matches this season — Becker at No. 1, Dosser at No. 2, Renwick at No. 3, Buerman at No. 4, Boomgaarden at No. 5, and Henderson at No. 6.

• DOUBLING UP: Becker, Dosser, Henderson, and Renwick has all collected two doubles wins, with Boomgaarden and Buerman each owning one victory. … Dossser/Henderson are 2-0 as a team at No. 1 doubles, while Becker/Renwick are 2-0 at No. 2, and Buerman/Boomgaarden are 1-0 at No. 3. … Henderson and Dosser combined to post a team-high seven doubles wins last year, one more than Peterson/Kennedy Morgan. … Individually, Dosser and Henderson each had a hand in a team-high 10 doubles-wins last season, followed by Peterson with nine.

• HOME SWEET HOME: The Cardinals, who played their first seven matches on their home court a year ago, are 8-4 in their last 12 home matches — including 2-0 this season — while going 5-4 away from the Winona Tennis Center. … SMU has now picked up 12 of its last 16 wins at the Winona Tennis Center.

• TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS: With their season-opening 9-0 wins over Martin Luther and the University of Dubuque, the Cardinals improved to 75-22 against nonconference opponents since 2012.

• NEW THIS YEAR: The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Division III Operating Committee has instituted a mandatory, no-ad scoring pilot for all of D-III tennis for the 2022-23 season. No-ad tennis matches are played as follows: If each player/team has won three points, the score is “Deuce” and a deciding point shall be played. The receiver(s) shall choose whether to receive the service from the right half or the left half of the court. In doubles, the players of the receiving team cannot change positions to receive this deciding point. The player/team who wins the deciding point wins the game.

NORTHWESTERN EAGLES SCOUTING REPORT:

• FOR THE RECORD: Northwestern heads into its nonconference match against Saint Mary’s on Friday still searching for its first win of the season — having dropped back-to-back matches to Concordia and Macalester in its first two matches.

• LAST TIME OUT: Elise Jarchow and Analise Marquardt teamed for an 8-4 win at No. 2 doubles, but that would be the lone bright spot for the Eagles, who dropped an 8-1 nonconference decision to Macalester last Saturday at Baseline Tennis Center in Minneapolis, Minn.

• VS. THE MIAC: Friday’s match against Saint Mary’s is the third of four straight contests against teams from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. UNW has also faced Concordia (L, 8-1) and Macalester (L, 8-1, and goes up against St. Scholastica next Saturday. All told, the Eagles will play six matches vs. MIAC opponents, having also got Saint Benedict (March 21) and Hamline (April 12) on their schedule.

• SINGLED OUT: Tayler Smith owns the Eagles’ lone singles victory through two matches this season, posting a three-set, 7-5, 3-6, 11-9 win at No. 6 singles against Concordia on Feb. 4. … Jarchow, Marquardt, Abby Johnson, and Annie Orvis are all 0-2 in singles action this season, while Domiano Baideme and Elli Dodge are 0-1.

• DOUBLING UP: The win by Marquardt/Jarchow at No. 2 doubles against Macalester last Saturday was UNW’s first doubles win of the season. … Northwestern has used two different doubles combinations at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles, while Smith/Dodge have played both matches at No. 3

GUSTAVUS GUSTIES SCOUTING REPORT:

• FOR THE RECORD: Gustavus takes the court against Saint Mary’s in the teams’ conference opener having dropped back-to-back decisions to open the season.

• LAST TIME OUT: GAC came up empty in its two season-opening matches last Saturday, as the split squad Gusties dropped a 6-1 decision to NCAA Division I UW-Milwaukee and felling 4-3 to NCAA Division II University of Sioux Falls.

• IN THE RANKINGS: Gustavus heads into the weekend ranked No. 38 in the latest ITA national poll, while sitting No. 9 in the regional rankings.

• THE YEAR IN REVIEW: Gustavus was unbeatable in conference play last season, locking up the regular-season title with an unblemished 10-0 mark en route to a 19-7 overall record. GAC’s season came to a screeching halt with a 5-1 loss to Carleton in the MIAC Playoff championship match — a loss that snapped GAC’s season-high 11-match winning streak. 

• SINGLED OUT: Emily Carlson, Alli Laux, and Halle Rosenthreter own Gustavus’ three dual-match singles wins this season. … Laux has also collected six singles wins in tournament play to lead the Gusties with seven overall singles victories. … Allison Szalay is second to Laux with six tournament wins, one more than Kayla De Brujn.

• DOUBLING UP: Gustavus won just one of its six doubles matches last Saturday against UW-Milwaukee and the University of Sioux Falls — Remata Hernandez/Pavla Yakimova posted a 6-3 win at No. 2 doubles against Sioux Falls. … including tournament play, Laux and De Brujn lead GAC with five doubles victories, one more than Rosenthreter, Szalay, Molly Austin, and Yuki Oda. 

CARLETON KNIGHTS SCOUTING REPORT:

• FOR THE RECORD: The Knights head into Sunday’s conference showdown at Saint Mary’s — their first match of 2023 — sitting at 4-0 overall, including wins in each of their first MIAC matches.

• LAST TIME OUT: Mariam Nechiporuk, Lingyu Wei, and Sydney Bell all picked up wins in both singles and doubles, as Carleton improved to 4-0 with a 5-4 nonconference win over Cardinals Stritch on Oct. 2.

• THE YEAR IN REVIEW: The Knights had a magical ride in 2022, compiling a 16-2 overall record, while going 9-1 in conference play. Carleton knocked off top-seeded and nationally ranked Gustavus to win the MIAC Playoff title and earn the eighth NCAA Tournament appearance in program history. Carleton opened NCAA play with a 5-1 win over Luther, before falling to the University of Chicago — the nation’s top-ranked team — 5-1 in the second round.

• GETTING A JUMP: Carleton played four of its 2023 matches in the fall of 2022, beating Luther (8-1), Hamline (9-0), and Concordia (9-0), before closing out the fall portion with a 5-4 win over Cardinal Stritch.

• SINGLED OUT: Carleton heads into Sunday’s matchup against Saint Mary’s owning a 20-4 record in singles play. … Nechiporuk, Wei, Zoe Rose, and Ingrid Smith all share the team lead with three singles wins, one more than Bell. … Carleton has used three different individuals at every singles position except No. 3, where just Rose and Smith have competed.

• DOUBLING UP: Smith and Wei have picked up doubles wins in all four Carleton matches, while Nechiporuk is 3-0, and Rose, Amanda Black, Piper Brown, and Alise Pederson all own two doubles wins. … As a team, Carleton is 11-1 in doubles play, the lone loss coming at No. 2.