DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's tennis team will have its final home match of the season on Friday when it welcomes Bethany Lutheran College for a conference match at the Arrowhead Tennis Center. CSS then will go out of conference on Sunday to face Saint John's University.
Where:
Friday
Arrowhead Tennis Center – Duluth, Minn.
Sunday
CSB Tennis Courts – St. Joseph, Minn.
When:
Friday vs. Bethany Lutheran – 3 p.m.
Sunday at Saint John's - Noon - Postponed to 5/1
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 12-6, 8-0 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
Last Action: The Saints swept both North Central University (Minn.) and the University of Minnesota Morris outside in Duluth last weekend to extend its winning streak to eight matches.
UMAC Win Streak: The Saints have won 142 consecutive Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) regular season dual matches … The last defeat took place against Martin Luther on April 27, 1997 in Head Coach
Wells Patten's first season.
Where They Stand: The Saints can clinch at least a share of the UMAC regular season title with a victory on Friday over Bethany Lutheran … CSS will only have to play the University of Northwestern, who is a match behind the Saints at 4-1 … Bethany Lutheran is third at 3-2 and North Central is fourth at 3-6 … St. Scholastica has won 19 straight conference regular season titles.
Fontana Breaks Record: Last weekend, senior
Mike Fontana (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing HS (Gustavus Adolphus)) broke the program record for career singles wins when he won his match against Minnesota Morris on Sunday … That was his 62 career singles victory … 20 of those wins have come at the No. 4 flight, also a program record, and 13 have come at the No. 2 flight … He has won at least 16 singles matches in his first three seasons and has 12 this year.
Stainer Closing In: Senior
Josh Stainer (Rowlands Castle, England/South Downs College) enters the weekend with 108 combined career singles and doubles victories … That is seven shy of the program record held by Jacob Engelstad (2008-12) … In comparison of the two, Stainer has all of his victories at the No. 1 singles and doubles flights … Engelstad had 71 wins between the No. 1 singles and doubles flights.
No. 2 Doubles Indicator: The success of the No. 2 doubles team seems to indicate the success of the team as a whole … When the No. 2 doubles team wins, the Saints are 12-0 … When it loses, CSS is 0-6.
Singles/Doubles: The Saints have identical winning percentages in singles and doubles this season … Including the fall action, the Saints are 78-42 in singles (.650) and 39-21 in doubles (.650).
Upcoming Opponents
Bethany Lutheran Vikings
Record: 5-12, 3-2 UMAC
The Vikings are coming off a 5-4 victory over Wisconsin Lutheran College on Sunday … Bethany is scheduled to face Martin Luther College on Thursday before taking on the Saints on Friday … Brent Heflin has three singles victories at the No. 1 spot … Dexter Jackson leads the team with eight singles wins at the No. 5 spot … Heflin has teamed with Dalton Werckman for four wins at the No. 1 doubles flight … The Vikings are 36-66 in singles player and 18-33 in doubles action.
Saint John's Johnnies
Record: 8-7, 4-3 MIAC
The Johnnies are coming off a pair of losses to Division II St. Cloud State and then at Bethel University last weekend … Saint John's is scheduled to face Hamline University on Thursday before hosting the Saints on Sunday … The Johnnies are currently fourth in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) standings with two league matches remaining … Tim Larson has a team-high 10 singles victories at the No. 2 spot … Andrew Nagel has three wins at the No. 3 spot … The No. 2 doubles team of Ben Lahren and Nagel have won seven straight matches … The Johnnies are 47-43 in singles and 25-20 in doubles.
Series Histories:
-CSS leads Bethany Lutheran 23-0
-Saint John's leads CSS 21-2
Last Meetings: The Saints defeated Bethany Lutheran 9-0 on April 2 … CSS has swept all, but three matches against Vikings all time … Saint John's defeated the Saints 6-3 last season … The two wins all-time for CSS against the Johnnies came at home, most recently in 2014.
Looking Ahead: The Saints will finish the regular season at Northwestern on Saturday, April 30.
