DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica men's and women's tennis teams will be playing their final matches before spring break this weekend when they head to southern Wisconsin to face Concordia University (Wis.) and Edgewood College (Wis.).
Match Times:
Men:
Friday at Concordia (Wis.) – 8:30 p.m. (Paley Tennis Center)
Saturday at Edgewood – 6:15 p.m. (Nielsen Tennis Stadium)
Women:
Friday at Concordia (Wis.) – 6 p.m. (Paley Tennis Center)
Saturday at Edgewood – 6:15 p.m. (Nielsen Tennis Stadium)
Men:
Last Action:
The Saints are coming off a 5-4 victory over Saint Mary's University on February 19th.
James Mack (Portsmouth, England/Cams Hill School),
Kevin Hilpert (Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater HS),
Kolin Dean (Rhinelander, Wis./Rhinelander HS) and
Nick Lambrecht (Stacy, Minn./North Branch HS (Minn.-Duluth)) all recorded singles victories, while the double team of
Dylan Kelly (Minneapolis, Minn./Minneapolis South HS) and
Tyler Bates (St. Cloud, Minn./St. Cloud Tech) also won.
St. Scholastica Saints (2-3)
The Saints snapped a three-match losing streak with their victory over Saint Mary's two Sunday ago … The other win this season for the Saints came in the season opener against Concordia College-Moorhead … As a team the Saints are 11-19 in singles matches this spring, but freshman
James Mack (Portsmouth, England/Cams Hill School) and junior
Kolin Dean (Rhinelander, Wis./Rhinelander HS) are combined 7-0 … CSS has faired a little better in double play with a 6-9 mark … The team of
Jacob Engelstad (Thief River Falls, Minn./Lincoln HS) and
Brian Lindberg (Hermantown, Minn./Hermantown HS) with two wins … Engelstad has 48 career singles wins, with just one more win he can move into a tie for second place all-time in program history.
Concordia Falcons (0-3)
The Falcons are off to a 0-3 start this season with losses to Carroll University (Wis.), Lawrence University (Wis.) and Saint Mary's … Concordia went 14-10 last season, including 10-0 in the Northern Athletics Conference and won the NAC Tournament … Skip Turner has two of the three wins on the year for the Falcons and both came at No. 2 singles … Concordia has yet to win a doubles match this season.
Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Concordia (Wis.): 0-0)
This will be the first-ever meeting between the two programs.
Edgewood Eagles (1-5)
The Eagles are off to a 1-5 start this season, but are coming off a 5-4 victory over Martin Luther College on February 12th … Edgewood was shut out in its first four matches this season, before picking up one flight win over Saint Mary's … The Eagles are 3-32 in singles matches and 2-16 in doubles play … Four different Eagles have recorded singles wins.
Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Edgewood: 0-0)
This will be the first-ever meeting between the two programs.
Women
Last Action:
The Saints had a two-match winning streak snapped by a narrow 5-4 defeat at Saint Mary's University on February 19th.
Alexis Gunderson (Virginia, Minn./Virginia HS) won in both singles and doubles action for the Saints.
St. Scholastica Saints (2-2)
After dropping the season opener to Concordia College-Moorhead, the Saints responded by defeating city rival University of Minnesota-Duluth and then Hamline University in back-to-back days … The Saints gave Saint Mary's all it could handle as they were ranked 24th in the Central Region, according to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) … CSS is an even .500 (12-12) singles matches this spring … Freshmen
Alexis Gunderson (Virginia, Minn./Virginia HS),
Cortne Solberg (Bemidji, Minn./Bemidji HS) and
Rachael Zwiener (St. Cloud, Minn./Home School) have led the way with a combined 9-3 record … Gunderson is the lone unbeaten at 4-0 … The Saints are 7-5 in doubles play on the year … The team of Solberg and Zwiener lead the way with a 3-1 record.
Concordia Falcons (10-1)
Friday's matchup with the Saints will be the first of the spring season for the Falcons … Concordia went 10-1 during the fall season, capturing a share of the Northern Athletic Championship … The doubles team of Meagan Harrington and Julie Spransy won the NAC doubles title in the Individual Tournament in the fall … … The team conference tournament will take place at the beginning of may with the Falcons as the No. 2 seed … Harrington and Spransy went 13-1 during the fall as the Falcons were 25-8 as a team … In singles action, Harrington was 12-3, while Spransy was 11-3 … Jaclyn Ward was 13-1 in singles action and Concordia was 52-14 overall.
Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Concordia (Wis.): 0-0)
This will be the first-ever meeting between the two programs.
Edgewood Eagles (12-5)
This will be the Eagles' third match of the spring season … Edgewood also captured a share of the NAC regular season title in the fall with a 10-1 conference mark … They will be the No. 3 seed in the team tournament in May … So far this spring, the Eagles fell to Saint Mary's, but defeated Martin Luther … Edgewood has three players with 11 singles wins on the year and they are Shae Beckwith, Kristen Boone and Taylor Storbakken … As a team, Edgewood is 62-40 … In doubles play, the team of Storbakken and Boone lead the way with 11 wins … The team of Beckwith and Laura Olson were runner-up at the NAC Individual Tournament in the fall.
Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Edgewood: 0-0)
This will be the first-ever meeting between the two programs.
