DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's and women's tennis teams return to the courts on Saturday when they face the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse in Rochester.
Where:
Rochester Tennis Connection – Rochester, Minn.
When:
Saturday at 5:30 p.m.
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MEN'S TENNIS
Stats
Record: 0-2, 0-0 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
What You Need to Know about the Saints:
-The Saints last played on February 10, which resulted in a 9-0 loss against Macalester College.
-Freshman
Elliot Schneider (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS) has the lone victory for CSS on the year and that took place at No. 2 singles against Concordia College-Moorhead.
-CSS is looking to avoid its first 0-3 start since 2011.
What You Need to Know about UW-La Crosse:
-The Eagles enter the weekend with a 4-2 overall record.
-La Crosse has won all four of its matches by 9-0 sweeps and enters on a three-match win streak.
-UWL is 26-10 in singles and 13-5 in doubles in dual play thus far.
-Kyle Wogahn is 3-1 at the No. 1 singles spot and has teamed with Matt Lindsay to go 5-1 at No. 1 doubles.
Series Record: UWL leads 7-1
(Last Meeting: 5-4 CSS – 3/26/2017)
Series History: The Saints defeated the Eagles for the first time in program history last season … This will only be the second February meeting between the two programs as seven of the previous eight have taken place in March.
WOMEN'S TENNIS
Stats
Record: 2-2, 0-0 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
What You Need to Know about the Saints:
-The Saints last played on February 10, which resulted in a 6-3 loss to Macalester College.
-Senior
Sarah Coryell (Golden Valley, Minn./Armstrong HS) and sophomore
Elizabeth Fink (Rochester, Minn./Rochester Century HS) earned wins in singles and
Elise Hauer (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS) and
Alexia Brascugli (Eveleth, Minn./Eveleth-Gilbert HS) picked up victories at No. 2 doubles.
-Coryell enters Saturday with 15 straight singles wins.
-Coryell has had a streak of 19 consecutive singles wins in her career and that took place at the end of the 2016 season to the start of the 2017.
-CSS has been strong in middle of its singles lineup with a 10-2 record between the No. 3, 4 and 5 spots.
What You Need to Know about UW-La Crosse:
-This will be the Eagles' first match of the spring season.
-The Eagles went 7-2 during the fall with a pair of 5-4 losses to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
-La Crosse did finish second in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Individual Championships in October.
-Bridgett Bellissimo won the No. 1 singles flight at the WIAC Championships in October.
-Bellissimo is ranked 40
th in NCAA Division III in singles.
- In doubles, Bellissimo and partner Sadie Spahn are ranked 22
nd in the nation.
-The pair went 9-0 in dual play in the fall.
Series Record: UWL leads 7-2
(Last Meeting: 7-2 UWL – 3/26/2016)
Series History: The Eagles have won seven straight in the series after the Saints took the first two matches.
Looking Ahead: Both teams have their final matches before spring break when they face Luther College (Iowa) next Saturday at the Lifetime Fitness in White Bear Lake.
