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2023: 0-2 MIAC, 5-4 Overall

ST. OLAF OLES

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2023: 2-2 MIAC, 2-3 Overall

SMU-STO * LAST MEETING:

March 11, 2022 * Owatonna, MN

L, 5-4 * Series History

SAINT MARY’S * LAST ACTION:

Feb. 27-2 * Orlando, FL

Calvin * L, 6-3 | Adrian * W, 6-3

Albion * W, 8-1

ST. OLAF * LAST ACTION:

March 4, 2023 * St. Peter, MN

Gustavus * L, 6-3

SAINT MARY’S * UP NEXT:

March 18, 2023 * Winona, MN

Concordia * 1:30 p.m.

ST. OLAF * UP NEXT: 

March 18, 2023 * Sartell, MN

Saint Benedict * 3 p.m.

SAINT MARY’S CARDINALS SCOUTING REPORT:

• FOR THE RECORD: The Cardinals head into their conference matchup against St. Olaf sitting at 5-4 overall, including dropping their first two MIAC matches to nationally ranked conference powers Gustavus and Carleton.

• LAST TIME OUT: Saint Mary’s closed out its three-match spring break trip to Orlando, Fla., with a 2-1 record — falling to Calvin 6-3, before rebounding with wins over Adrian (6-3) and Albion (8-1).

• WINNING BIG: Eight of SMU’s last 16 wins have been 9-0 sweeps — including three of SMU’s five victories this season — while four 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: Emily Henderson (Jordan, Minn.) enters Saturday’s MIAC match against St. Olaf leading the Cardinals in singles wins with six, one more than Buerman, Renwick, Becker, and Ella Boomgaarden (St. Peter, Minn.). … Becker and Boomgaarden are currently. … 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.

• WIN NO. 1: Kathryn Stiegel (Sauk Rapids, Minn.) picked up her first collegiate singles victory last Saturday against Bethany Lutheran, posting a 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 6.

• MIXING THINGS UP: The Cardinals have used at least two different players at all six singles positions this season. Two different SMU players have competed at No. 1, No. 3, and No. 4 singles, while three have competed from the No. 2 and No. 5 spots, and four different Cardinals have played at No. 6.

• DOUBLING UP: The doubles teams of Dosser/Henderson and Becker/Renwick have each teamed up to post a team-leading five doubles wins. … Dosser/Henderson and Becker/Renwick have played all nine contests at No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, while the teams of Buerman/Kara Hand (Lisle, Ill. / 3-0), Boomgaarden/Buerman (1-3), and Boomgaarden/Hand (0-1) have teamed up at No. 3 doubles. … As a team, the Cardinals are 15-12 in doubles play — going 5-4 at all three positions.

• HOME SWEET HOME: With their 9-0 win over Bethany Lutheran on Feb. 25, the Cardinals are 9-4 in their last 13 home matches — including 3-0 this season — while going 7-5 away from the Winona Tennis Center. … SMU has picked up 13 of its last 19 wins at the Winona Tennis Center.

• 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.

• DOMINATION: With their Feb. 25 win over Bethany Lutheran, the Cardinals improved to 10-0 all-time against the Vikings — with all 10 matches ending in 9-0 sweeps.

• TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS: Thanks to their spring-trip victories over Adrian and Albion, the Cardinals improved to 78-21 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.

ST. OLAF OLES SCOUTING REPORT:

• FOR THE RECORD: The Oles head into their conference showdown against Saint Mary’s sitting at 2-3 overall, including a 2-2 showing in conference play.

• LAST TIME OUT: Olha Zubarieva won in both singles and doubles, but it wasn’t enough, as St. Olaf fell to MIAC power and nationally ranked Gustavus 6-3 in a conference matchup on last Saturday in St. Peter, Minn.

• ROAD WARRIORS: Saturday’s match against Saint Mary’s is the fourth of nine consecutive road matches for the Oles, who will face Saint Benedict on the road next Saturday, before kicking off its four-match spring trip to Florida on March 25 against George Fox.

• SINGLED OUT: Zubarieva, Sarah Clark, Jane Spalding, and Alexandra Berns all share the team lead with three dual-match singles wins, while Fiona O’Flaherty and Allie Prokosch each have two dual-match victories. … Berns and Spalding also collected four singles wins at last fall’s ITA/Gustavus Open to extend the overall singles victory totals to seven. … Bern’s enters Saturday’s match against Saint Mary’s riding a seven-match singles winning streak.  

• DOUBLING UP: Prokosch and Zubarieva have teamed to collect four doubles victories — half the Oles’ eight-win total. … The teams Clark/Spalding and Berns/Secor each own two dual-match doubles wins. … Prokosch/Zubarieva has played all five matches at No. 1 doubles, going 4-1, while Clark/Spalding sport a 2-3 mark at No. 2. O’Flaherty/Secor and Berns/Secor have each competed at No. 3 doubles.

• BY THE NUMBERS: St. Olaf’s wins have been by 9-0 and 8-1 counts against Hamline and St. Scholastica, respectively, while the Oles’ have dropped decisions of 5-0 (Cardinal Stritch), 5-4 (Bethel) and 6-3 (Gustavus). … After opening the season with a loss to Cardinal Stritch, STO rattled off back-to-back wins, but the Oles enter Saturday’s match vs. Saint Mary’s in the midst of a two-match losing streak.