DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica women's tennis team will be in action again this weekend facing Hamline University on Saturday and Concordia College-Moorhead on Sunday.
 
Where:
Saturday
Quad Cities Tennis – Virginia. Minn.
Sunday
Courts Plus – Fargo, N.D.
 
When:
Saturday vs. Hamline – 1:30 p.m.
Sunday at Concordia (Minn.) – 4 p.m.
 
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 2-0, 1-0 UMAC
 
The St. Scholastica women's tennis team is off to a 2-0 start for the first time since 2011 after defeating North Central University on Saturday and the University of Minnesota-Duluth on Sunday.
 
Gunderson Named POW: Senior Alexis Gunderson (Virginia, Minn./Virginia HS) was named the UMAC Women's Tennis Player of the Week after recording a pair of No. 1 singles victories and No. 2 doubles wins last weekend … Gunderson has 43 career singles wins and 44 doubles wins … The 87 total wins are currently 10^th most in program history.
 
Perfect in Doubles: The Saints were perfect in doubles action last weekend, going 6-0 … In singles play, the Saints were 10-2.
 
Picked Second: The Saints were picked to finish second in the UMAC this season behind the University of Northwestern, according to the preseason coaches' poll that was released on Tuesday.
 
Series Histories:
-CSS leads Hamline 10-1
-CSS is tied with Concordia 4-4
 
Last Season: The Saints defeated Hamline 7-2 in Minneapolis … CSS swept all three doubles matches … The Saints shut out Concordia 9-0 at Arrowhead.
 

Hamline University Pipers
Record: 0-0
 
Saturday's match will be the season-opener for the Pipers … Hamline went 6-14 overall in 2014, including 1-8 in MIAC play … The team's six wins a season ago were its most since 2007 … Hamline has been picked to finish 10^th, according to the MIAC preseason coaches' poll … The Pipers feature only one senior, Shamara Duwearatchi, who went 8-13 in singles play last season … Emily Butler is also back as the top singles player.
 
Concordia College Cobbers
Record: 1-0
 
The Cobbers won their season opener on Sunday, defeating Division II Bemidji State University 5-4 … The victory over Bemidji State put an end to the team's 35-match losing streak which started on the first match of the 2013 season … Concordia has been picked to finish last in the MIAC this season … … The Cobbers will face Bethel University in a conference match on Saturday before playing the Saints.