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2023: 0-2 MIAC, 2-3 Overall
BETHANY LUTHERAN VIKINGS
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2023: 0-0 UMAC, 1-0 Overall
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SMU-BLC * LAST MEETING:
Feb. 26, 2022 * Winona, MN
W, 9-0 * Series History
SAINT MARY’S * LAST ACTION:
Feb. 17-18-19, 2023
Northwester (Minn.) * L, 7-2
Gustavus * L, 9-0 | Carleton * L, 8-1
BETHANY LUTHERAN * LAST ACTION:
Feb. 18, 2023 * Yankton, S.D.
Mount Marty * W, 6-1
SAINT MARY’S * UP NEXT:
Feb. 27-28, 2023 * Orlando, FL
Calvin * Adrian * Albion
BETHANY LUTHERAN * UP NEXT:
Feb. 25, 2023 * Winona, MN
Loras * 12:30 p.m.
SAINT MARY’S CARDINALS SCOUTING REPORT:
• FOR THE RECORD: The Cardinals head into this weekend’s nonconference match against Bethany Lutheran sitting at 3-2 overall, including dropping its first to MIAC matches to nationally ranked conference powers Gustavus and Carleton.
• 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.
• DOMINATION: The Cardinals dropped just 11 games in their nonconference match against Bethany Lutheran a year ago, 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. … With the win last season, the Cardinals remained unbeaten against Bethany Lutheran all-time, with all nine Cardinal wins 9-0 sweeps.
• DOMINATION, PART II: The Cardinals have never lost to Loras, improving to 4-0 in program history with last season’s 8-1 victory over the Duhawks. SMU owns one 9-0 sweep and a pair of 7-2 victories to go with last year’s 8-1 triumph vs. Loras.
• 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.
• STREAKING ALONG: 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.
• 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.
BETHANY LUTHERAN VIKINGS SCOUTING REPORT:
• FOR THE RECORD: The Vikings head into their weekend matches against Loras and Saint Mary’s having played just once — beating Mount Mary 6-1 on Feb. 17 in Yankton, S.D.
• LAST TIME OUT: Bethany Lutheran had an easy time collecting a season-opening win over Mount Marty, receiving forfeit victories in three of the six singles matches and in one of the three doubles contests en route to a 6-1 nonconference win.
• A YEAR AGO: BLC is coming off a 1-11 season a year ago, including a 1-7 mark in UMAC action. The Vikings snapped a season-long 11-match losing streak with a 5-4 win over Martin Luther on April 27.
• SINGLED OUT: Sailor Mohlenbrock and Ollaitz Azkue delivered singles wins for the Vikings in their 6-1 win over Mount Marty last Saturday, while Emily Yehle dropped a 9-7 decision in BLC’s other singles match against the Mustangs. … Olivia Pfeffer led BLC with four singles wins in 2022, followed by Emma Newton, Kaitlyn Berreau, and Azkue with two each.
• GOING THE DISTANCE: Mohlenbrock needed three sets to collect her win at No. 1 singles against Mount Marty, rallying from a set down to win 6-7, 6-0, 10-7.
• DOUBLING UP: Azkue and Yehle teamed for a 6-0 win at No. 2 doubles against Mount Marty, with Mohlenbrock and Newton falling 6-4 at No. 1. … Pfeffer finished the 2022 season with a team-leading five doubles wins, one more than Berreau and Shoshiana Bruner, and two up on Newton.
