DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica women's tennis team will be back in Whitewater for the third time in the last five seasons when it faces the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in the first round of the NCAA Division III Tournament Friday.
 
Where:
Wangerin Courts – Whitewater, Wis.
 
When:
Friday
UW-Whitewater vs. St. Scholastica – 10 a.m.
Carleton vs. Edgewood – 1 p.m.
Lake Forest vs. Luther – 4 p.m.
Saturday
Match 1 Winner vs. Match 2 Winner – 10 a.m.
Chicago vs. Winner of Match 3 – 2 p.m.
Sunday
Winner of Saturday's matches – Noon
 
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 17-6, 7-0 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
 
What You Need to Know about the Saints:
-This is St. Scholastica's fifth straight NCAA Tournament appearance and eighth overall.
-CSS is 1-7 in its previous seven NCAA appearance with its lone win coming in 2009 over Luther College (Iowa).
-CSS has not won an individual match at a NCAA Tournament since facing Whitewater in 2016 as they have been shutout each of the last two seasons.
-The Saints are coming off their 20^th UMAC Tournament championship.
-Senior Katelyn Rice (Eveleth, Minn./Eveleth-Gilbert HS) enters the weekend on a nine-match singles win streak and a team-high 18 singles wins on the year.
-Rice can become the seventh player in program history to record at least 100 combined wins between singles and doubles with one more victory.
-Graduate senior Sara Wennerstrand (Baxter, Minn. /Brainerd HS (Saint Benedict)) and freshman Brynne Hauer (Duluth, Minn. /Duluth East HS) are both second on the team with 15 singles wins.
-The team of Rice and Wennerstrand lead the way with 13 doubles victories.
-The Saints were 93-45 in singles action and 50-19 in doubles play this spring.

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What You Need to Know about UW-Whitewater:
Record: 12-11, 6-0 WIAC
-The Warhawks are ranked 36^th in the nation by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA).
-Whitewater captured its 12^th consecutive Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Championship to earn a bid.
-UWW has advanced past the first round of the NCAA Tournament every year since 2008.
-The Warhawks have lost to fellow regional pod participant Carleton College twice this season.
-Gabi Kitchell is ranked No. 5 in the Central Region
-Kitchell is 23-5 in singles action this year.
-The doubles team of Kitchell and Julie Martin are ranked No. 9 in the region.
-That team is 19-10 on the year.
-Whitewater is 74-57 in singles action and 38-31 in doubles play in duals this year.
 
Series Record: UWW leads 2-0 (Last Meeting: 5-1 UWW – 5/12/2016)
 
Series History: The only two meetings between the two programs have taken place in the NCAA Tournament and both were Whitewater victories.

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Other Teams at Whitewater:
 
-No. 12 University of Chicago – Have a first round bye and ranked No. 1 in the Central Region
-No. 27 Carleton College – Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) champion and ranked No. 5 in the Central Region
-Lake Forest College (Ill.) – Midwest Conference champion and are ranked 13^th in the Central Region
-Luther College (Iowa) – American Rivers Conference (ARC) champion
-Edgewood College (Wis.) – Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) champion

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 Looking Ahead: The winners of the eight regional pods advance to Kalamazoo, Michigan to compete for the NCAA Division III Championship.