DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's tennis team faces the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire on Tuesday in non-conference play.
Where:
Eau Claire YMCA Tennis Center – Eau Claire, Wis.
When:
Tuesday at 5 p.m.
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 4-8, 3-0 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
What You Need to Know about the Saints:
-The Saints won a pair of Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) dual matches over the weekend, defeating Bethany Lutheran College 8-1 on Saturday and the University of Minnesota Morris 9-0 on Sunday.
-CSS did not lose a singles match in either contest.
-Freshman
Elliot Schneider (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS) has won five straight singles matches.
-Sophomore
Serhii Tykhonenko (Kiev, Ukraine/Lyceum #100 "Podil") has two consecutive wins at the No. 1 singles spot and has won five of his last six matches.
-Freshman
Connor Croft (Virginia, Minn./Virginia HS) leads the team with five doubles victories.
-This past weekend also saw the return of junior
Bryce Gadke (Marshfield, Wis./Marshfield HS), who had been sidelined since February.
-The Saints are 32-40 in singles and 15-21 in doubles play.
What You Need to Know about UW-Eau Claire:
-The Blugolds enter Tuesday's contest with a 15-3 overall record.
-They are ranked 15
th in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Central Region rankings.
-Eau Claire defeated a pair of UMAC schools on Saturday in North Central University and the University of Northwestern.
-UWEC is 5-0 against UMAC competition.
-Its only two losses to NCAA Division III programs have come against Carleton College and Luther College (Iowa).
-Zach Jansen has 10 wins at the No.1 singles spot.
-Andrew Dahl also has 10 wins at the No. 2 singles spot.
-Dahl has teamed with Danny Schoen to go 9-5 at No. 1 doubles.
-Janssen and Grant Mauthe are 11-2 at No. 2 doubles.
-The Blugolds are 93-21 in singles play and 47-10 in doubles action this spring.
Series Record: UWEC leads 14-1
(Last Meeting: 7-2 UWEC – 2/27/2015)
Series History: The Saints have dropped nine straight in the series … The lone CSS win came in Eau Claire in 2004.
Looking Ahead: The Saints were scheduled to face the University of Wisconsin-Superior on Thursday in Duluth, but that match has been canceled due to forecasted cold temperatures.
