DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica women's tennis team will look to capture its 16th straight Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Tournament title this weekend at the Baseline Tennis Center.

UMAC Tournament Changes
If you recall in the past, the UMAC Tournament champion was determined by the total number of points accumulated by a school based on a flighted tournament. This season will be a team tournament and it will be straight up dual matches to determine the champion.

Match Times:
Semifinals-Friday
St. Scholastica vs. Martin Luther – 6 p.m. (Baseline Tennis Center)
Northwestern vs. Minnesota Morris – 8:30 p.m. (Baseline Tennis Center)
Championship-Saturday
Semifinal winners at 10 a.m. (Baseline Tennis Center)

GameDay Media:
Tournament Website | Facility Information | Directions

Last Action:
The Saints won their 16th straight UMAC regular season championship on Saturday with an 8-1 victory over Northwestern College at the Arrowhead Tennis Center.

No. 1 seed-St. Scholastica Saints (16-6, 10-0 UMAC)
The Saints have won 97 singles matches this season, all by underclassman as CSS does not have a single senior on its roster … Of those 97 singles wins, 41 have been by freshmen … Rachael Zwiener (St. Cloud, Minn./Home School) leads the way with 15 wins … Alexis Gunderson (Virginia, Minn./Virginia HS) is next with 14 wins … Megan Lawrence (Park Rapids, Minn./Park Rapids HS) has won 12 straight singles matches and had 14 wins, as does Hillary Bungarden (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing HS), who has 11 wins at the No. 1 spot … Zwiener also leads the team with 15 doubles wins, while Bungarden and Allie Carlson (Aitkin, Minn./Aitkin HS) each have 14 wins.

No. 2 seed-Northwestern Eagles (11-12, 8-2 UMAC)
The Eagles come into the tournament winners of three of their last four matches … However, in the second half of the conference season, Northwestern did not shutout a single conference opponent and in addition to falling to CSS, the Eagles narrowly escaped Minnesota Morris 5-4 … The Eagles have won 73 singles matches, but are below .500 in doubles play with a 32-27 record … Rachel Smith leads the team with 13 singles wins, while Megan Johnson has a team-high 11 doubles victories.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Northwestern: 30-0)
The Saints swept the Eagles in the two matches this season. The Saints won the first in Fridley 6-3 and last weekend 8-1.

No. 3 seed-Minnesota Morris Cougars (6-6, 6-4 UMAC)
The only conference losses this season for the Cougars have come against CSS and Northwestern … Morris gave Northwestern all it could handle the last time out, dropping a close match 5-4 in Morris … Abby Fragodt leads the team with 10 singles victories and has won three consecutive UMAC Player of the Week awards … Fragodt also leads the team with eight doubles wins.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Minnesota Morris: 18-1)
The Saints swept the Cougars both times this season; winning 7-2 at Morris and 9-0 at home in the Burns Wellness Fieldhouse.

No. 4 seed-Martin Luther Knights (4-10, 4-6 UMAC)
The Knights enter the tournament losing to the three teams seeded above them in all six matches, but sweeping the two teams ranked below them in Bethany Lutheran and North Central … The Knights were only shut out twice in conference play, once at CSS and once at Northwestern … Leslie Klinske leads the team with eight singles wins and Klinske and her partner Michelle Hintz have a team-high five doubles victories.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Martin Luther: 32-0)
The Saints swept the Knights both times this season; winning 8-1 at Martin Luther and 9-0 at home in the Burns Wellness Fieldhouse.