DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's tennis team will take on Martin Luther College on Saturday at the Arrowhead Tennis Center.
Where:
Arrowhead Tennis Center – Duluth, Minn.
When:
Saturday at 5 p.m.
(Following women's match)
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 9-6, 5-0 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
Last Action: The Saints went 4-0 last weekend, picking up wins over Martin Luther, Midland University (Neb.) Bethany Lutheran College and the University of Minnesota Morris … CSS won the latter two matches by 9-0 scores …
Logan Engelstad (Thief River Falls, Minn./Lincoln HS) went 4-0 in both singles and doubles play over the weekend.
Stainer Hits 100: Senior
Josh Stainer (Rowlands Castle, England/South Downs College) became the fourth player in program history to record at least 100 combined singles and doubles victories in a career last weekend … He has 45 career singles wins and holds the program record with 59 career doubles victories … The program record for combined wins is 115 held by Jacob Engelstad
Fontana Closing in on Record: Senior
Mike Fontana (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing HS (Gustavus Adolphus)) is only two wins shy of tying the program record for career singles victories … Fontana currently has 59 career singles wins, 20 of which have been from the No. 4 flight, which is a program record.
No. 2 Doubles Indicator: Like the women, 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 9-0 … When it loses, CSS is 0-5.
Singles/Doubles: The Saints have identical winning percentages in singles and doubles this season … Including the fall action, the Saints are 60-42 in singles (.588) and 30-21 in doubles (.588).
Upcoming Opponents
Martin Luther Knights
Record: 0-7, 0-2 UMAC
The Knights are scheduled to play Buena Vista University (Iowa) on Thursday night before facing the Saints on Saturday … Martin Luther fell to another Iowa school, Wartburg College on Tuesday … The Knights have been stronger at the bottom of the lineup as Nicolas Gartner and Ethan Schultz have six of the team's eight singles wins … The two have also partnered up to win all three of the team's doubles victories.
Series History: CSS leads 39-3
Last Meeting: The Saints defeated the Knights 7-2 last Friday in St. Peter … It was the first time since the 2009 season Martin Luther won at least two matches against the Saints.
Looking Ahead: The Saints will host North Central University on Saturday, April 16 at the Arrowhead Tennis Center.
