DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – For the third straight year it will come down to the final match of the regular season to determine if the St. Scholastica men's and women's tennis teams can clinch the conference championship outright when they host Northwestern College at the Arrowhead Tennis Center Saturday.
Match Schedule
Women vs. Northwestern – 12:30 p.m.
Men vs. Northwestern – 3:30 p.m.
Men
About the Saints
Record: 17-8, 9-0 UMAC
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The Saints will be looking for their 17th consecutive UMAC regular season championship.
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CSS has shut out every conference opponent with the exception of Northwestern, a 6-3 victory on March 28th.
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The Saints are 52-2 in conference singles matches this season.
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The Saints have already broken the program record for most singles wins in a season (106).
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CSS is one win shy from matching its single season record for wins, set last season.
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Mike Fontana (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing HS (Gustavus Adolphus)) has won nine straight singles matches, while Nick Lambrecht (Stacy, Minn./North Branch HS (Minn.-Duluth)) has won four straight singles matches.
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The Saints are 26-1 in conference doubles play this season and are above .500 in all three doubles flights.
About the Eagles
Record: 11-9, 7-1 UMAC
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Northwestern will enter Saturday's match riding a six-match winning streak.
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The Eagles are 43-5 in conference singles matches this season.
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David Knight leads the way with a 15-5 singles record at the No. 1 spot.
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Keagan Blancke is 14-6 at the No. 2 singles spot.
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Northwestern is 21-3 in conference doubles matches.
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Knight and Blancke are 14-5 at the No. 1 doubles spot.
Last Meeting: (CSS Record vs. Northwestern: 40-1)
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The Saints defeated Northwestern 6-3 in Fridley at the end of March.
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The Saints won No. 3-6 singles and No. 2-3 doubles.
Women
About the Saints
Record: 18-5, 9-0 UMAC
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The Saints will be looking for their 17th consecutive UMAC regular season championship.
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CSS will enter Saturday on a seven-match winning streak, after defeating the College of Saint Benedict 5-4 in nonconference action on Tuesday.
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The Saints have shut out four conference opponents at home already this season.
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CSS is 51-3 in conference singles action this season.
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Rachael Zwiener (St. Cloud, Minn./Home School) has won eight straight singles matches.
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Zwiener, Megan Lawrence (Park Rapids, Minn./Park Rapids HS), Hillary Bungarden (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing HS) and Alexis Gunderson (Virginia, Minn./Virginia HS) have combined for 61 of the 109 singles wins this season.
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The Saints are 26-1 in conference doubles matches this season.
About the Eagles
Record: 10-7, 7-1 UMAC
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Other than the loss to CSS, Northwestern has only lost one individual match in the other seven conference dual matches.
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The Eagles are 43-5 in conference singles matches this season.
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Megan Johnson leads the way with a 12-5 record at the No. 1 singles position.
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The Eagles are above .500 in six singles flights.
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Northwestern is 22-2 in conference doubles matches.
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Megan Johnson and Kelly Johnson lead the way with a 13-4 doubles record at the No. 1 spot.
Last Meeting: (CSS Record vs. Northwestern: 32-0)
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The Saints defeated Northwestern 6-3 in Fridley at the end of March.
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Zwiener and Lawrence were victorious in both singles and doubles.
