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2005 Men's Record: 0-6 MIAC / 5-10 Overall
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| 2004 Women's Record: 1-5 MIAC / 5-5 Overall |
| Last Week's Results: Carleton 8, SMU men 1 / Details SMU women 5, Martin Luther 4 / Details SMU men 8, Martin Luther 1 / Details St. Benedict 9, SMU women 0 / Details St. John's 7, SMU men 2 / Details |
| Upcoming Matches: Wed., April 13: SMU women at Stevens Pt., 4:30 p.m. Thurs., April 14: Northwestern at SMU men, 4 p.m. Sat., April 16: Macalester at SMU men, 9:30 a.m. Sat., April 16: Macalester at SMU women, 11 a.m. Sat., April 16: SMU men at Loras, 4 p.m. |
sweep of Martin Luther, losses to St. John's and St. Ben's
WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University men's tennis team made it look easy, while last Saturday's nonconference match against Martin Luther College was anything but easy for the SMU women.
Fortunately for the Cardinals, easy or not, the result was the same — a Saint Mary's victory.
The Cardinal men snapped a three-match winning streak, winning five of the six singles matches and all three doubles matches en route to an 8-1 victory over MLC,. The SMU women, meanwhile, dropped two of the three doubles matches, but rallied for singles wins at Nos. 3-6 and escaped with a 5-4 victory.
Unfortunately for the Cardinal men, SMU's bid for a second straight win didn't have as favorable an outcome, as St. John's picked up wins in five of the six singles matches — two of which proved to be three-set marathons — en route to a 7-2 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victory Sunday afternoon.
Things didn't fare any better for the SMU women across town, as St. Benedict rolled to a 9-0 conference win, snapping the Cardinals' four-match winning streak.
Tyler Stevenson (Neenah, Wis.), Mark Leeder (Greenfield, Wis.), Tony Miller (Rochester, Minn.), Adam Solseth (Shakopee, Minn.) and Dan Fahey (Brookfield, Ill.) all picked up singles wins vs. Martin Luther, with Miller needing three sets to post a 6-2, 3-6, 10-7 triumph over Brad Nehls at No. 3 singles. In SMU's other four singles wins, the Cardinals lost just five games.
Miller teamed with Ryan Kennedy (Rochester, Minn.) for an 8-3 win at No. 1 doubles, while Solseth-Steve Clements (La Crosse, Wis.) and Leeder-Fahey cruised to wins at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles, respectively.
On the women's side, the Cardinals did not lose more than three games in any of the six singles sets they won vs. Martin Luther. Ann Leeder (Greenfield, Wis.) Michele Clarke (Omaha, Neb.), Angie Beissel (Hastings, Minn.) and Becky Newby (Brookfield, Wis.) were victorious in singles play, while Clarke-Beissel and Leeder-Aubrey Hirsch (Topeka, Kan.) chipped in wins at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles, respectively.
Fahey picked up SMU's lone singles win vs. the Johnnies, rallying from a set down to beat Neil Koehler 3-6, 6-4, 10-3 at No. 6. Stevenson had his five-match winning streak snapped at No. 1 singles, as the SMU junior lost for just the third time in 15 matches with his 7-5, 6-2 setback to Steve Taci.
Ryan Kennedy and Miller accounted for SMU's other victory, posting an 8-4 win at No. 2 doubles.
The Blazers, meanwhile, had little trouble dismantling the Cardinals, winning five of the six singles matches in straight sets, while not losing more than four games in any of the three doubles matches. Ann Leeder (Greenfield, Wis.) nearly came away with a win at No. 3 singles, winning the first set at No. 3 singles, 5-7, before falling 6-0, 10-8.