It’s a busy conference weekend for the Saint Mary’s men’s tennis team, as the Cardinals welcome St. Scholastica to the Winona Tennis Center for a 1:30 p.m. Senior Day matchup on Saturday, before heading to InnerCity Tennis Center in Minneapolis, Minn., for an 11:30 a.m. showdown with Hamline the following day.
SAINT MARY’S CARDINALS
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2024: 0-4 MIAC, 5-9 Overall
ST. SCHOLASTICA SAINTS
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2023: 5-1 MIAC, 8-7 Overall
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2023: 1-5 MIAC, 9-5 Overall
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SMU-CSS * LAST MEETING:
April 22, 2023 * Duluth, MN
L, 7-2 * Series History
SMU-HAM * LAST MEETING:
March 25, 2023 * Winona, MN
W, 5-4 * Series History
SAINT MARY’S * LAST ACTION:
March 23, 2024 * Winona, MN
Bethel * L, 7-2
ST. SCHOLASTICA * LAST ACTION:
March 23, 2024 * Virginia, MN
Saint John’s * W, 6-3
HAMLINE * LAST ACTION:
March 27, 2024 * Minneapolis, MN
Bethel * L, 8-1
SAINT MARY’S * UP NEXT:
April 12, 2024 * Winona, MN
Bethany Lutheran * 5:00
ST. SCHOLASTICA * UP NEXT:
April 13, 2024 * Arden Hills, MN
Bethel * Noon
HAMLINE * UP NEXT:
April 11, 2024 * Roseville, MN
Northwestern * Martin Luther
SAINT MARY’S SCOUTING REPORT:
• FOR THE RECORD: The Cardinals head into their conference matches against St. Scholastica and Hamline sitting at 5-9 overall, while sporting an 0-4 mark in conference play.
• LAST ACTION: The Cardinals got a pair of three-set singles wins from Trevor Smiley (Minnetonka, Minn.) and Philip Appel (North Oaks, Minn.), but it was not enough, as Bethel dealt SMU a 7-2 conference setback on March 23 at the Winona Tennis Center.
• HOME COOKING: Saturday’s match against St. Scholastica is the second straight home match for the Cardinals, who play four of their final seven contests on their home courts. … SMU is 1-5 in its six home matches this season, while going 4-4 away from the Winona TC.
• IN THE FALL: Evan Huemoeller (Owatonna, Minn.) led the way for the Cardinals at the 2023 ITA Regional/Midwest Open last September, collecting a pair of singles wins en route to reaching the ITA consolation semifinals. … Philip Apel (North Oaks, Minn.), Michael Johnson (Hastings, Minn.), Brendon Raabolle (Andover, Minn.), and Zak Farley (Sartell, Minn.) all picked up one singles victory at the Midwest Open.
• SINGLED OUT: Matt Besek (Winona, Minn.) heads into the weekend owning a team-high eight singles wins, one more than Tucker Stene (Fridley, Minn.), followed by Apel with six and Brendon Raabolle (Andover, Minn.) with four. … Evan Huemoeller (Owatonna, Minn.) has played all 14 matches at No. 1 singles and is the only Cardinal to have played every match at the same position. … Stene closed out 2023 with a team-leading 12 singles wins.
• GOING THE DISTANCE: The Cardinals have had 17 singles matches extended to a third-set super-breaker this season, with SMU going 10-7 in those seven contests. … SMU had four of its six singles matches against Albion on March 6 extended to a third set, with the Cardinals going 3-1 in those four contests. … Saint Mary’s had 25 singles contests go to a third set in 2023 — including three each in matches against Saint John’s, Northwestern (Minn.) and St. Norbert — and finished 14-11 in those 25 three-setters.
• FIT TO BE TIE(BREAKERED): Saint Mary’s had five of its 13 singles sets in its 7-2 win over Lawrence on Feb. 9 decided by a tie-breaker — including a 7-6 (8), 7-6 (5) loss by Besek at No. 6.
• DOUBLING UP: Huemoeller and Raabolle have teamed up to record a team-high five doubles wins, going 5-5 at No. 1. … The doubles teams of Caden Rodning (Mason City, Iowa)/Trevor Smiley (Minnetonka, Minn.), Rodning/Besek, and Johnson/Stene have all collected a pair of wins as a doubles combos. … Individually, Raabolle and Huemoeller share the team lead with six doubles wins, one more than Rodning. … Raabolle led the team in doubles wins with nine last season, going 9-9 — including 6-5 partnered with Rodning.
• TOTAL DOMINATION: With their 9-0 win over Martin Luther in their season opener on Jan. 27, the Cardinals pushed their winning streak to 21 straight against the Knights. SMU has never lost to Martin Luther in program history. …
• OUT OF THEIR LEAGUE: With their 5-5 record in nonconference play this season, the Cardinals are now 83-42 in non-MIAC matches since 2012.
ST. SCHOLASTICA SCOUTING REPORT:
• FOR THE RECORD: The Saints head into their Saturday conference matchup against Saint Mary’s sporting an 8-7 overall record, while sitting at 5-1 through their first six MIAC contests.
• LAST TIME OUT: St. Scholastica rebounded from a spring trip-ending 7-0 loss to Eckard College in impressive fashion, sweeping the three doubles matches and splitting the six singles contests in collecting a 6-3 win over Saint John’s on March 23 in Virginia, Minn.
• ROAD WARRIORS: Saturday’s match at Saint Mary’s is the first of back-to-back road contests for the Saints, who will travel to Bethel next Saturday, before closing out the regular season playing two of their final three matches on their home courts. … St. Scholastica is a near-perfect 4-1 at home this season, while going 4-6 on the road.
• SINGLED OUT: Dane Patten has been the Saints’ singles leader, compiling a stellar 11-2 record. Patten has competed at each of the first four singles positions, going 1-0 at No. 1, 3-1 at No. 2, 4-0 at No. 3, and 3-1 at No. 4. … Jonas Aberleda is second on the team with five singles wins, followed by Carter Anderson, Reece Patten, and Julius Tabrizi with four each. … CSS has used at least three different players at all six singles positions — including seven at both No. 5 and No. 6. … As a team, St. Scholastica is 40-50 in doubles play this season.
• DOUBLING UP: Alex Daigneault and Jack Onkka have teamed up to compile a team-best 9-2 record — playing all 11 matches at No. 3 doubles. … Patten/Tabrizi are second on the team with seven doubles wins, followed by Abeleda/Eamon Gerrard-Stace with four. … Patten/Tabrizi head into CSS’s matchup against Saint Mary’s riding a four-match winning streak. … CSS has used 12 different doubles combinations, including at least three different pairs at all three positions. … As a team, St. Scholastica is 27-18 in doubles play.
HAMLINE SCOUTING REPORT:
• FOR THE RECORD: The Pipers head into their conference showdown against Saint Mary’s sporting a 9-5 overall record, including a 1-5 mark through the first five conference matches of the season.
• LAST TIME OUT: Hamline could not come through with tiebreak wins at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles, and managed just a three-set win by Keegan Terrone in falling to Bethel 8-1 on March 27 at InnerCity Tennis Center in Minneapolis, Minn.
• STREAK-SNAPPER: Hamline’s 8-1 loss to Bethel on March 27 snapped its season-high five-match winning streak. HU had rattled off wins over St. Olaf (5-4), Salve Regina (7-2), Susquehanna (8-1), Scranton (8-1), and Brooklyn (8-1) prior to its loss to the Royals. …
• HOME SWEET HOME: Sunday’s match against Saint Mary’s is the second straight home contest for the Pipers, who are 2-2 on their home courts this season. Following their matchup against SMU, the Pipers will play four of their final five regular-season matches on the road, where HU boasts a 7-3 record.
• SINGLED OUT: Keegan Terrone heads into the weekend owning a team-leading nine singles wins, one more than Elijah Krause, while Isaac Hultberg has collected eight singles wins, and Tyler Rousslang and Rumeal Setts each own seven singles victories. … Terrone is riding a season-high six-match singles winning streak. Rousslang has picked up wins in each of his last three singles contests. … Setts and Hultberg are the only Pipers to play all 14 matches at the same singles position — Setts is 7-7 at No. 1 and Hultberg is 8-6 at No. 2. … As a team, HU is 45-39 in singles play through 14 matches.
• DOUBLING UP: Rousslang and Setts have combined to win a team-high nine doubles matches, while the combo of Hultberg/Krause has teamed for eight victories. … Hamline has gotten at least one win from nine of its 10 different doubles pairings. … Rousslang/Setts boast a 9-1 record at No. 2 doubles and have won eight straight. … Hamline has used two different doubles pairings at Nos. 1 and 2, while six different pairs have teamed up at No. 3. … As a team, HU is 27-15 in doubles play.
