DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica men's and women's tennis teams will play their final regular season dual matches on Saturday at the Arrowhead Tennis Center when they host Northwestern College.

Match Times:
Saturday
Men @ 11:30 a.m.
Women @ 2 p.m.

Men:

Last Action:
The Saints had their program-record 11-match winning streak come to an end with an 8-1 loss to the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. The Blugolds are ranked 14th in the Central region, according to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA). The No. 3 doubles team of Kevin Hilpert (Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater HS) and Dylan Kelly (Minneapolis, Minn./Minneapolis South HS) were the lone winners.

St. Scholastica Saints (12-10, 9-0 UMAC)
The Saints are looking to capture their 15th straight UMAC regular season title with a win on Saturday … CSS has already clinched at least a share of the title … The Saints are also looking to extend their conference winning streak to 95 consecutive matches … In overall conference singles matches, the Saints are 52-2, with the two losses coming against the Eagles … CSS has yet to lose a conference doubles match with a record of 27-0 … Brendan Anderson (Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata HS) and Kevin Hilpert (Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater HS) are both currently tied for most doubles wins in a season with 17 … As a team, the Saints have already broken the program record with 51 doubles victories this year … Junior #Jacob Engelstad# is also climbing up the program list in singles as he is currently tied for fifth with 44 career singles victories.

Northwestern Eagles (6-11, 6-1 UMAC)
The Eagles have won six of their last eight matches, all coming in conference play … The Eagles will be playing a make-up contest at Minnesota-Morris later today … Northwestern is capable of knocking off the Saints as they have played common non-conference opponents similarly to the Saints and handed CSS there only two conference singles losses … The only singles/doubles conference losses for Northwestern have also only come against the Saints … The Eagles are led by David Knight and Keagan Blancke, who each have nine singles wins … Blancke has won nine straight matches.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Northwestern: 35-1)
Three weeks ago, the Saints defeated the Eagles 7-2. Jacob Engelstad (Thief River Falls, Minn./Lincoln HS), Dylan Kelly (Minneapolis, Minn./Minneapolis South HS), Brendan Anderson (Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata HS), and Kevin Hilpert (Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater HS) won in both singles and doubles on the day.

Women:

Last Action:
The Saints were last in action a couple of weeks ago when they went 5-0 at home against conference foes. By doing so, the Saints captured their 15th consecutive UMAC regular season title.

St. Scholastica Saints (19-4, 9-0 UMAC)
The Saints will look to close out their regular season on a 13-match winning streak, the second-longest in program history, the record is 15 … The Saints last lost in on their spring break trip in Florida to the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse on March 16th … With a victory, it will be the first 20-win for the Saints since the 2006 season … The 19 wins are already tied for the third-most in program history … In conference singles matches, the Saints are 53-1 overall and just like the men, a perfect 27-0 in doubles … Senior Danni Sonnenfeld (Harris, Minn./North Branch HS) can crack the top five with her 19 singles win of the season her final home dual match as a Saint … Sonnenfeld already has 20 doubles wins, which is the fifth-most in a season … Sonnenfeld also sits third with 53 career singles victories … Another senior playing in her final home match as a Saint is Callee Conda (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing HS (UW-Green Bay)) … Conda is ranked fifth on the program list with 49 career singles victories and has won nine straight matches at the No. 1 position.

Northwestern Eagles (6-11, 6-2 UMAC)
The Eagles are second in the conference and have two conference matches left … Northwestern has won four straight dual matches since falling to the Saints three weeks ago … The Eagles have a singles record of 30-18 in conference play and are led by Amy Knight and Victoria Viggers, who have six wins apiece … In doubles, Northwestern has a conference record of 13-11 and the duo of Viggers and Chelsey Fiecke lead the team with five wins.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Northwestern: 27-0)
The Saints swept the Eagles in the first matchup of the season 9-0.