SAINT MARY’S CARDINALS

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2023: 0-3 MIAC, 5-5 Overall

CONCORDIA COBBERS

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2023: 0-4 MIAC, 7-7 Overall

SAINT BENEDICT BENNIES

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2023: 1-0 MIAC, 3-2 Overall

SMU-CON * LAST MEETING:

March 20, 2022 * Fargo, N.D.

W, 6-3 * Series History

SMU-CSB * LAST MEETING:

Feb. 26, 2022 * Winona, MN

L, 8-1 * Series History

SAINT MARY’S * LAST ACTION:

March 11, 2023 * Winona, MN

St. Olaf * L, 9-0

CONCORDIA * LAST ACTION:

March 9, 2023 * Orlando, FL

Immaculata * W, 9-0

SAINT BENEDICT * LAST ACTION:

March 10, 2023 * Orlando, FL

Cedarville * L, 4-3

SAINT MARY’S * UP NEXT:

March 25, 2023 * Winona, MN

Hamline * 1:30 p.m.

CONCORDIA * UP NEXT: 

March 19, 2023 * Minneapolis, MN

Hamline * 12:30 p.m.

SAINT BENEDICT * UP NEXT: 

March 21, 2023 * Sartell, MN

Northwestern * 4 p.m.

SAINT MARY’S CARDINALS SCOUTING REPORT:

• FOR THE RECORD: The Cardinals head into their conference matchups against Concordia and Saint Benedict this weekend sitting at 5-5 overall, including dropping their first three MIAC matches.

• LAST TIME OUT: The Cardinals got off to a rough start and never could get back on track, falling to St. Olaf 9-0 last Saturday at the Winona Tennis Center.

• STREAK-SNAPPER: Saint Mary’s loss to St. Olaf last Saturday snapped its two-match winning streak. SMU heads into this weekend’s action sitting at 3-2 in its last five contests.

• 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 this weekend’s MIAC matches against Concordia and Saint Benedict 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 10 contests at No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, while the teams of Buerman/Kara Hand (Lisle, Ill. / 3-1), 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 9-5 in their last 14 home matches — including 3-1 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 TC.

• 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.

CONCORDIA COBBERS SCOUTING REPORT:

• FOR THE RECORD: The Cobbers head into their conference matches at Saint Mary’s and Hamline sitting at 7-7 overall, but they are still searching for their first MIAC victory, having dropped decisions to Carleton (9-0), Bethel (6-3), St. Catherine (8-1), and Macalester (8-1).

• LAST TIME OUT: CC closed out its five-match stay in Orlando, Fla., on a winning note, sweeping past Immaculata 9-0 on March 5.

• SUNSHINE STATE SUCCESS: Concordia finished its spring trip with a 3-2 record, beating Ursinus (5-4), California (Pa.) (4-3), and Immaculata (9-0), while falling to Sioux Falls (6-1) and Wittenberg (6-3).

• SINGLED OUT: Lizzie Allan leads the Cobbers with nine singles victories — and has played at four different singles spots this season, going 1-0 at No. 3, 2-0 at No. 4, 6-4 at No. 5, and 0-1 at No. 6. … Erin Borchard is second to Allan with eight singles wins, followed by Raquel Egge with seven and Emily Savageau with five. … Borchard has played 13 of the team’s 14 matches at No. 1 singles, going 7-6. … Allan and Borchard both enter the weekend riding three-match winning streaks — and both are 7-3 in their last 10 matches.

• DOUBLING UP: Borchard has amassed a team-best nine doubles wins, while Egge and Mary Skorich are second with seven, followed by Anna Hacker and Julia Wolf with six. … Egge and Skorich have played every match at No. 1 doubles, posting a 7-7 record. … Borchard has teamed up with three different partners en route to her team-leading nine doubles wins. … Wolf has also played with three different partners and owns a perfect 6-0 mark. … As a team, Concordia is 23-19 in doubles action — but just 1-11 in its four conference matches. CC is 7-7 at No. 1 doubles, 6-8 at No. 2, and 10-4 at No. 3. 

SAINT BENEDICT BENNIES SCOUTING REPORT:

• FOR THE RECORD: The Bennies enter their busy, three-day stretch of conference matches sitting at 3-2 overall, including a 9-0 victory over St. Scholastica on Feb. 18 in their lone MIAC contest thus far this season.

• LAST TIME OUT: Saint Benedict swept all three doubles matches to pick up the doubles point and got a singles win from Maria Bedford, but it was not enough, as the Bennies dropped a 4-3 decision to NCAA Division II Cedarville in their final spring-trip match on March 10 in Orlando, Fla.

• ROAD WARRIORS: After five straight road matches — including Friday’s matchup against St. Catherine — CSB’s matches against St. Olaf (Saturday) and Saint Mary’s (Sunday) are the first two of three straight home contests for the Bennies. Saint Benedict defeated St. Scholastica 9-0 in its only home match thus far, while going 2-2 in its four road contests.

• SINGLED OUT: Bedford extended her season-opening winning streak to five with her 7-5, 6-3 win against Cedarville on March 10. Bedford’s five singles wins are a season-high, one more than Jane Bodensteiner and two in front of Peyton Kopel. … CSB has used at least two different players at all six singles positions, including three different players at No. 3. … As a team, Saint Benedict is 19-12 in singles play this season.

• DOUBLING UP: Bedford and Bodensteiner share the team lead with four doubles wins each, teaming to go 4-1 as a pair — including 3-1 at No. 2 and 1-0 at No. 3. Kopel, Greta Nesbit and Brooke Tonnessen have all collected three doubles wins, one more than Anne Bowe. … CSB has used at least two different doubles combinations at all three positions, including four different combos in just five matches at No. 3.