DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's and women's tennis teams will be at the Baseline Tennis Center in Minneapolis this weekend for the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Tournament.
Match Schedule
Friday:
Men: St. Scholastica vs. North Central – 6 p.m.
Women: St. Scholastica vs. Bethany Lutheran – 6 p.m.
Men: Northwestern vs. Martin Luther – 8:30 p.m.
Women: Northwestern vs. Minnesota Morris – 8:30 p.m.
Saturday:
Men's Championship – 11 a.m.
Women's Championship – 11 a.m.
Men (Tournament Web site)
About the Saints
Record: 18-8, 10-0 UMAC
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The Saints won their 17th consecutive UMAC Regular Season title last Saturday, blanking rival Northwestern College 9-0.
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The Saints have won 12 postseason titles, including last season, which was first year the title was decided in a team tournament format.
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Head coach Wells Patten is one win shy of his 200th victory directing the CSS men's team.
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The Saints finished the regular season with 112 singles wins, which easily broke the previous program record.
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In conference play, the Saints were 58-2 in singles action with the lone two losses coming against Northwestern in the first meeting between the two teams.
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CSS has been strong at the bottom four singles flights this season with no lower than .731 winning pct. at any of the four.
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Nick Lambrecht (Stacy, Minn./North Branch HS (Minn.-Duluth)) leads the team with 17 wins this season and Mike Fontana (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing HS (Gustavus Adolphus)) is on his heels with 16 wins. Fontana enters the weekend on a 10-match winning streak.
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The Saints recorded 53 doubles wins this season and that is just four wins shy of program record 57 set in 2011.
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CSS was 29-1 in league play with the lone loss coming against Northwestern.
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Kolin Dean (Rhinelander, Wis./Rhinelander HS) and Tyler Bates (St. Cloud, Minn./St. Cloud Tech) lead the team with 13 doubles wins apiece.
About the Eagles
Record: 12-10, 8-2 UMAC
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Northwestern is the No. 2 seed in this weekend's tournament.
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The Eagles won the UMAC Tournament championship in 2011.
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Northwestern's lone loss in the last eight matches was to the Saints last Saturday.
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David Knight leads the team with a 16-6 record at No. 1 singles.
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Keagan Blancke is 15-6 at No. 2 singles and did not play in the last meeting with the Saints.
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Knight and Blancke went 15-5 at No. 1 doubles on the year
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The Eagles went 49-11 in UMAC singles matches and 24-6 in doubles play.
About the Knights
Record: 6-5, 6-4 UMAC
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Martin Luther is the No. 3 seed in this weekend's tournament.
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The Knights won the UMAC Tournament in 1997 and 2006.
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Martin Luther ended the season with three straight shutout wins.
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MLC's four conference losses came against CSS and Northwestern.
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Scott Henrich leads the team with a 6-4 record at No. 1 singles. Paul Koester is 5-5 at the No. 2 spot.
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Henrich and Koester are 7-3 at No. 1 doubles this season.
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The Knights went 35-25 in conference singles matches and 19-11 in doubles play this season.
About the Rams
Record: 3-7, 3-8 UMAC
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North Central qualified for the No. 4 seed in the UMAC Tournament by way of its 5-4 victory over Minnesota Morris on Wednesday.
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The Rams' lone conference wins this season were a sweep of Bethany Lutheran and Wednesday's win.
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Fabian Tunberg is 4-7 at the No. 1 singles spot.
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The Rams were 18-42 in singles and 6-24 in doubles in conference play this season.
Women (Tournament Web site)
About the Saints
Record: 19-5, 10-0 UMAC
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The Saints won their 17th consecutive UMAC regular season title last Saturday, defeating Northwestern College 8-1.
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The Saints enter the weekend on a nine-match winning streak.
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CSS has won every UMAC Tournament since it started in 1997. Last year's tournament marked the first time the champion was decided in a team tournament format.
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The Saints went 114-34 in singles play during the regular season, including 56-4 in UMAC play. The .770 singles winning percentage is on pace to break the program record, which is .760 set in 2008.
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Megan Lawrence (Park Rapids, Minn./Park Rapids HS) leads the team with 18 wins and Rachael Zwiener (St. Cloud, Minn./Home School) has 17 victories. Zwiener has won nine straight matches.
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CSS was 54-20 in doubles action, including 29-1 in league play. The one loss came against Northwestern.
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The No. 1 team of Hillary Bungarden (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing HS) and Alexis Gunderson (Virginia, Minn./Virginia HS) is 12-6. The tandem of Lawrence and Alexa Herbst (Foley, Minn. /Foley HS) has won 10 straight matches.
About the Eagles
Record: 11-8, 8-2 UMAC
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Northwestern is the No. 2 seed in this weekend's UMAC Tournament.
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Megan Johnson leads the team with a 13-6 singles record at the No.1 spot. Johnson split with CSS's Bungarden and Morris' Fragodt during the regular season.
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Megan Johnson and Kelly Johnson were 14-5 in doubles action at the No. 1 position, including 9-1 in conference play.
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The Eagles were 49-11 in conference singles and 24-6 in doubles action this spring.
About the Cougars
Record: 5-5, 5-5 UMAC
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Minnesota Morris earned the No. 3 seed for the UMAC Tournament on Wednesday after beating North Central.
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After starting the season 1-4, the Cougars finished 4-1.
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Morris is led by Abby Fragodt, who went 8-2 this season. Fragodt won her final five matches of the season.
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In conference duals, the Cougars were 29-31 in singles and 15-15 in doubles action this season.
About the Vikings
Record: 5-5, 5-7 UMAC
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Bethany Lutheran enters the UMAC Tournament as the No. 4 seed.
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The Vikings ended the season with three straight road matches, resulting in a 1-2 record.
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Rebecca Kopacek went 4-6 at No. 1 singles and she teamed with Marissa Teems to go 4-6 at No. 1 doubles.
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The Vikings were 27-33 in conference singles action and 12-18 in doubles play this spring.
