DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's tennis team will compete in three matches in three days this weekend beginning with an Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) match against Martin Luther College on Friday and culminating with a pivotal non-conference match against the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse on Sunday.
Where:
Friday & Saturday
Arrowhead Tennis Center – Duluth, Minn.
Sunday
Lifetime Fitness – White Bear Lake, Minn.
When:
Friday vs. Martin Luther – 4:30 p.m.
Saturday vs. Northwestern (Minn.) – 2:30 p.m.
Sunday vs. UW-La Crosse – Noon
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 10-1, 1-0 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
Last Action: The Saints went 5-0 during Spring Break down in the Orlando, Florida area … Four of the five wins were by 5-4 scores … It marked the second time in program history the Saints were unbeaten during Spring Break with other occurrence in 2014 ...
Here is a video recap of the week.
Best Start in Program: The 10-1 start is the best thru 11 matches in program history … The program record for most wins in a season is 22 set during the 2014 campaign … CSS recorded its 10
th win on March 15 this season … During that 2014 season, the 10
th win came on March 22.
Losing Doubles, but Still Winning: Four times this season, the Saints have lost two of the three doubles match, but have still won the dual … Prior to this year, you have to go back to 2013 for the last time the Saints accomplished that feat once.
5-4 Duals: The Saints have already played in a program-high seven matches this season that have been decided by 5-4 scores … CSS is 6-1 in those matches … The previous high had been five 5-4 matches in a single season.
Unbeaten in Singles: Logan Engelstad (Thief River Falls, Minn./Lincoln HS) and
Ernesto Telles (El Salvador/Academia Britanica Cuscatleca) remain unbeaten in dual play singles competition so far this season.
History Could Be Made this Weekend: Engelstad has accumulated 114 victories between singles and doubles play in his career … That ranks third in program history … His next victory will move him into a tie with his brother Jacob Engelstad for second and two more wins will tie
Josh Stainer (Rowlands Castle, England/South Downs College) for the program record of 116 … His 61 singles wins are tied with brother Jacob for second and five wins shy of
Mike Fontana (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing HS (Gustavus Adolphus))'s record of 66.
UMAC Win Streak: The Saints will enter the weekend having won 145 consecutive UMAC dual matches … The last conference loss took place on April 27, 1997.
Upcoming Opponents
Martin Luther Knights
Record: 0-3, 0-0 UMAC
This will be the conference opener for the Knights … Martin Luther has not played a match since February 26 and are 1-26 in their first 27 individual matches … The Knights finished tied for fourth in the league last season and return their top six players from a season ago, including No. 1 singles player Justin Marshall.
Northwestern Eagles
Record: 5-10, 0-0 UMAC
The Eagles are also coming off their Spring Break trip where they went 2-4, finishing with two wins over Penn State University-Berks and UMass-Boston … The team's No. 1 player CJ Lloyd is 8-7 on the year in singles action, while Landon Ridpath is 6-7 at the No. 2 spot … The Eagles are 12-31 in doubles play and 30-57 in singles action … Lloyd, Ridpath and Josh Kimball were All-UMAC selections last season.
UW-La Crosse Eagles
Record: 11-4
The Eagles had their Spring Trip last week at the same facilities the Saints performed at … La Crosse went 5-1 on the trip … The Eagles and Saints both faced Lake Forest College (Ill.) … CSS won 5-4 over the Foresters, while the Eagles won 7-2 … The Eagles will face Bethel University on Saturday before taking on the Saints on Sunday … La Crosse is 72-18 in singles play and 31-14 in doubles action on the year … Kyle Wogahn is 7-3 at the No. 1 spot, while Kyle McGrane is 7-2 at the No. 2 spot … Both have teamed to go 5-3 at the No. 1 doubles spot.
Series Records:
-CSS leads Martin Luther 41-3
(Last Meeting: 9-0 CSS – 5/6/2016)
-CSS leads Northwestern 51-1
(Last Meeting: 9-0 CSS – 5/7/2016)
-UW-La Crosse leads CSS 7-0
(Last Meeting: 8-1 UW-La Crosse – 3/5/2016)
Series Histories: The Saints defeated Martin Luther 9-0 in the UMAC Tournament semifinals last season … CSS has dropped just three individual matches to the Knights in the last 17 meetings /// St. Scholastica blanked Northwestern in the UMAC Tournament Championship last season … The Saints have shut out the Eagles eight of the last nine meetings /// The closest the Saints have ever gotten to defeating the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse was in 2011 when they fell by a 5-4 score.
Looking Ahead: The Saints will have their final home match of the season when it faces Bethany Lutheran College at the Arrowhead Tennis Center on Saturday, April 1.
