DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica men's and women's tennis teams will be back at home this weekend to play three matches, starting with a non-conference dual with the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire on Friday.

Match Times:
Men:
Friday vs. UW-Eau Claire – 1 p.m.
Saturday vs. North Central – 11 a.m.
Saturday vs. Bethany Lutheran – 2 p.m.
Women:
Friday vs. UW-Eau Claire – 1 p.m.
Saturday vs. North Central – 2 p.m.
Saturday vs. Bethany Lutheran – 5 p.m.

Match Location Scenarios
-If there is nice weather all weekend, then all of the matches will be played at Central High School.
-If inclement weather on Friday, the men will play Eau Claire at the Arrowhead Tennis Center at 1 p.m. and the women will face Eau Claire in the Burns Wellness Fieldhouse at 1:30 p.m.
-If inclement weather on Saturday, both teams will face North Central in the Fieldhouse starting at 11 a.m. and the Bethany Lutheran match could either take place in the Fieldhouse or at Arrowhead beginning at 5 p.m.

Men:

Last Action:
The Saints shut out both Martin Luther College and the University of Minnesota Morris at the end of March and beginning of April.

St. Scholastica Saints (10-6, 4-0 UMAC)
The Saints have not played a match in Duluth since February 12th at the Arrowhead Tennis Center against Saint John's University … CSS has won all 36 individual matches in conference play this season and will century mark for consecutive UMAC dual victories with a win over North Central on Saturday … Other records on the line this weekend include Jacob Engelstad (Thief River Falls, Minn./Lincoln HS), who is currently tied for the program's most career singles wins with 54 … Also his 102 combined singles and doubles victories are just two shy of tying the program mark … If Kevin Hilpert (Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater HS) get a win at No. 4 singles this weekend he will break the program record for most wins at that particular flight … With just two singles wins in general he can climb all the way up to fourth for most career wins … Freshman James Mack (Portsmouth, England/Cams Hill School) leads the team with 10 singles wins this season, while Kolin Dean (Rhinelander, Wis./Rhinelander HS) has a team-high 11 doubles victories.

UW-Eau Claire Blugolds (14-7)
The Blugolds are coming off a 6-3 loss to Luther College last Friday … According to the last Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) poll, the Blugolds were ranked 16th in the Central region … New regional rankings will be released later today … UWEC is led by Chris Kuna at No. 1 singles as he was ranked 22nd in the region in the last rankings … However, leading the way in singles victories is Joe Meier with 18 … Kuna and Joey Minear are the top doubles pair with a 13-6 record … Eau Claire has beaten Northwestern College and St. Cloud State this season … CSS lost to St. Cloud State earlier in the year.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. UW-Eau Claire: 1-11)
The Saints fell at Eau Claire last season by a score of 8-1. Hilpert and Dylan Kelly (Minneapolis, Minn./Minneapolis South HS) were the lone winners at No. 3 doubles

North Central Rams (1-4, 1-4 UMAC)
The Rams picked up their first win of the season on Tuesday with a 5-4 victory over Minnesota Morris … Three of the team's four losses have been 9-0 scores … Matt Gusmer is 2-3 at No. 2 singles and Sutton Rehwaldt is also 2-3 at No. 4 singles … The Rams have just three doubles wins this season with each coming at the three different flights.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. North Central: 7-0)
The Saints shut out North Central 9-0 on March 24 at the Baseline Tennis Center.

Bethany Lutheran Vikings (1-4, 1-2 UMAC)
The Vikings' lone win this season came against North Central by a 5-4 score at the end of March … All four of BLC's losses have been by 9-0 scores … The Vikings host Minnesota Morris on Friday, prior to traveling to Duluth … In their five match wins against North Central, Bethany Lutheran picked up three in singles and two out of three in doubles.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Bethany Lutheran: 15-0)
In the conference opener, the Saints swept the Vikings 9-0 at the Swanson Tennis Center in St. Peter.


Women

Last Action:
The Saints are coming off an 8-1 decision at Martin Luther on March 31st and a 7-2 triumph over Minnesota Morris on April 1st.

St. Scholastica Saints (10-5, 4-0 UMAC)
The Saints have won 95 consecutive UMAC dual matches, but in their 7-2 win last time out against Morris, it marked the first time the team had lost multiple matches in a conference dual since the 2008 season … This will be the first match in Duluth for the Saints since February 17th against Minnesota Duluth at the Arrowhead Tennis Center … Sophomore Hillary Bungarden (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing HS) has joined freshmen Alexis Gunderson (Virginia, Minn./Virginia HS) and Rachael Zwiener (St. Cloud, Minn./Home School) on top of singles win list this season with all three leading the way with 10 … Gunderson has the best winning percentage of the two with a 10-1 record … All three of CSS's losses in conference play this season have come in singles action … The team is 12-0 in UMAC doubles … Zwiener leads the team with 10 doubles victories and has partnered with fellow freshman Cortne Solberg (Bemidji, Minn./Bemidji HS) with five of those wins.

UW-Eau Claire Blugolds (13-5, 4-2 WIAC)
For the Blugolds, their main competition season is in the fall where they finished 4-2 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) … They were tied for second in the league and will take part in the team tournament on April 28th to determine the conference's automatic qualifier … So far this spring season, UWEC has played matches down in South Carolina during spring break and a couple of matches in the Twin Cities at the end of March … The Blugolds are 5-1 in the spring … In the last ITA regional rankings, the Blugolds were ranked 16th in the central region … Taylor Heltne has 14 wins at No. 1 singles this season … Katie Gillman leads the way with 16 singles wins overall … Both Heltne and Gillman have paired for 23 doubles victories this season and are ranked 12th in the region.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. UW-Eau Claire: 5-3)
The Saints edged the Blugolds last season 5-4 in Eau Claire. Bungarden picked up a win in singles play.

North Central Rams (0-5, 0-5 UMAC)
The Rams remain winless this season and have dropped 28 consecutive dual matches dating back to the 2009 season … North Central has won three singles matches this season and just one doubles match … Monique Schaeffer has two of three singles wins at the No. 5 spot.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. North Central: 7-0)
The Saints blanked North Central in March 9-0 at the Baseline Tennis Center.

Bethany Lutheran Vikings (1-4, 1-2 UMAC)
The Vikings are coming off a loss to Northwestern College on April 3rd and will play Minnesota Morris on Friday night, prior to playing the Saints … The lone win for BLC this season came against North Central by a 7-2 margin … Just like the men, the women have been shutout in all four of their losses.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Bethany Lutheran: 15-0)
The Saints won 9-0 over the Vikings in St. Peter in March.