DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica women's tennis team welcomes North Central University and the University of Minnesota Morris this weekend to Duluth for a pair of Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) matches.
Where:
Arrowhead Tennis Center – Duluth, Minn.
When:
Saturday vs. North Central – Noon
Sunday vs. Minnesota Morris – 2 p.m.
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 14-5, 6-0 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
Last Action: The Saints were 3-0 last weekend to extend their winning streak to seven matches … CSS defeated Martin Luther College on Saturday and then took down the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and the University of Wisconsin-River Falls on Sunday … The 5-4 victory over UW-Eau Claire was the team's first win over the Blugolds since the 2011 season.
UMAC Player of the Week: Madeleine Scanlan (St. Albans, England /Loreto College) was named the UMAC Women's Tennis Player of the Week for the second time in the last three weeks on Tuesday … Scanlan has won eight straight singles matches and eight straight doubles matches … Her last loss for both came against Birmingham-Southern (Ala.) on March 21.
Coryell Leading the Way: Sophomore
Sarah Coryell (Golden Valley, Minn. /Armstrong HS) is one win shy of becoming the eighth player in program history to record at least 20 singles wins in a season … Coryell has won seven straight singles matches.
Singles/Doubles: The Saints are 44-13 in doubles action this season and 82-32 in singles play … CSS is 18-0 in doubles action in conference play.
Upcoming Opponents
North Central Rams
Record: 0-11, 0-8 UMAC
The Rams are coming off a 9-0 loss to the University of Northwestern on Monday … North Central's closest match this season was a 5-4 setback to Minnesota Morris last Saturday … The Rams have won only nine individual matches this season … All five singles wins have come at the Nos. 4, 5 and 6 flights.
Minnesota Morris Cougars
Record: 3-4, 3-2 UMAC
The Cougars had a two-match winning streak come to an end with a 7-2 loss to Martin Luther on Wednesday … Morris has two wins against North Central and another against Bethany Lutheran College this season … Emily Johnson leads the team with five singles victories, while No. 1 player Kayla Kraemer has three wins at the top flight … All three doubles flights are 2-5 on the year.
Series Histories:
-CSS leads North Central 15-0
-CSS leads Minnesota Morris 23-1
Last Meetings: The Saints shut out North Central 9-0 early this season … CSS has never dropped an individual match to the Rams … The Saints shut out Minnesota Morris 9-0 a couple of weeks ago in Morris … St. Scholastica has won 23 straight in the series.
Looking Ahead: The Saints will host Bethany Lutheran College in their regular season home finale on Friday, April 22.
