DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica men's and women's tennis teams will head to Fridley on Tuesday for a make-up dual match with Northwestern College at Lifetime Fitness.

Match Times:
Tuesday – 3 p.m.

Men:

Last Action:
The Saints swept UMAC competition on Saturday, defeating both North Central University and Bethany Lutheran College by 9-0 scores.

St. Scholastica Saints (12-7, 6-0 UMAC)
This will be the final road match of the season for the Saints … The only loss for the Saints over the last month was an 8-1 set back to the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire on Friday … In its six conference dual matches thus far, the Saints have not lost single match … Jacob Engelstad (Thief River Falls, Minn./Lincoln HS) set program records on Saturday, going 2-0 in both singles and doubles … Engelstad set the program record for career singles victories with 56 currently … He also has the most combined wins (singles + doubles) with 106 currently … His 50 career doubles wins are tied for the second-most on the career list … James Mack (Portsmouth, England/Cams Hill School) leads the team with 12 singles wins, while Engelstad and Kevin Hilpert (Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater HS) are tied with 10 … The Saints have won nine straight matches at No. 2 doubles … Kolin Dean (Rhinelander, Wis./Rhinelander HS) has won most of those with seven straight wins … CSS is 38-19 in doubles matches this season.

Northwestern Eagles (8-7, 5-0 UMAC)
The Eagles will be the Saints' main competition for the UMAC title this season … The Eagles won the UMAC Tournament last season, edging the Saints by one point … All nine finals matches pitted the Saints against the Eagles … Two of the singles matches went to a third set super-breaker, which the Eagles prevailed in each … Much like the Saints this season, Northwestern has not dropped a single match in conference play, winning all five matches by 9-0 scores … The Eagles return their top three singles players … At No. 1 David Knight gained valuable experience in the college game as a freshman in 2011, while earning UMAC Player of the Year honors … Knight's doubles partner, Caleb Kauss, the 2010 player of the year, resumes his position at No. 2 singles … Knight is 9-5 at No. 1 singles this season, while Kauss is 12-2 at No. 2 … They have teamed up to go 9-5 at No. 1 doubles.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Northwestern: 36-1)
In the last dual match between the two teams the Saints defeated the Eagles 6-3 with the Saints winning three matches in super-breakers.


Women

Last Action:
The CSS women had the same result as the men on Saturday, defeating both North Central University and Bethany Lutheran College by 9-0 scores.

St. Scholastica Saints (12-6, 6-0 UMAC)
After falling to the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire on Friday, the Saints bounced back with a pair of wins on Saturday, winning eight of the 18 matches by shutout … Tuesday's match will be the final road match of the season for the Saints … CSS remains perfect in doubles in UMAC play with an 18-0 record … Rachael Zwiener (St. Cloud, Minn./Home School) leads the team with 12 doubles wins this season … Zwiener, Megan Lawrence (Park Rapids, Minn./Park Rapids HS) and Hillary Bungarden (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing HS) have all won 11 singles matches to lead the team … Lawrence has won nine straight singles matches, but suffered her first doubles loss of the season on Friday against Eau Claire … The Saints have identical winning percentages in singles and doubles this season … In singles they are 74-34 (.685) and in doubles they are 37-17 (.685), exactly half the amount.

Northwestern Eagles (8-8, 5-0 UMAC)
The Eagles will challenge the Saints this season in the conference, looking to hand CSS its first-ever loss in the league … The Eagles are undefeated in doubles action in conference play this season, like the Saints … However, they suffered one less singles loss … Three newcomers have shuffled things atop the Eagles' roster … Freshman Megan Johnson immediately earned the No. 1 singles spot … She has earned nine wins this season … Kelly Johnson, another freshman, filled in right behind Megan at No. 2 singles, and has won seven matches … The two have also teamed up to win eight doubles matches … Junior captain Amy Knight, who played 16 matches as the Eagles' No. 2 singles player in 2011, is a strong asset at No. 3 singles … Rachel Smith, a transfer from North Central, has won nine matches this season.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Northwestern: 28-0)
The Saints shut out Northwestern College in both matches last season.