Saint John's tennis travels to face Saint Mary's for a 3:30 p.m. match on Saturday, Feb. 26, at the Winona Indoor Tennis Center.

A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Saint John's (2-0, 2-0 MIAC) hosted Concordia-Moorhead for its home opener last Saturday (Feb. 19) at Sta-Fit in Sartell and handed the Cobbers a 9-0 defeat.

SJU won all six singles matches against the Cobbers in straight sets, though junior Peyton Fischer (Spicer, Minn./Willmar) used a 7-4 tie-breaker in his first set to claim the victory in his first collegiate match in the No. 1 slot (7-6, 7-5). He and freshman Ryan Will (Northfield, Minn.) posted an 8-1 victory at No. 1 doubles.

Sophomore Mark Rosen (Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson) went to a seventh point in his first set at No. 2 singles and tallied a 6-1 score in the second to move to 2-0 in league play, while sophomore Mike Krasowski (Wausau, Wis./East) tallied a clean sheet (6-0, 6-0) at No. 3 to improve to 3-1 (2-0 MIAC).

Sophomore Daniel Perez (Quito, Ecuador), sophomore Will Deters (Minneapolis, Minn./Wayzata) and junior Will Fischer (Spicer, Minn./Willmar) recorded wins at Nos. 4-6.

Junior Hunter Fischer (Spicer, Minn./Willmar) and sophomore Nolan Morrey (Rochester, Minn./Lourdes) teamed up for an 8-5 victory at No. 2 doubles and the duo of Will Fischer and junior Joe Dwyer (Hibbing, Minn.) posted an 8-2 score at No. 3.

A LOOK AT THE CARDINALS: Saint Mary's (4-4, 0-1 MIAC) saw its three-match win streak end with a pair of home losses to Wisconsin-Superior (9-0) and Loras of Iowa (6-3) last Friday (Feb. 18) and Saturday (Feb. 19), respectively. Junior E.J. Hietala leads the team with a 9-2 (0-1 MIAC) singles record, including a 6-2 mark at No. 3. Junior Josh Janssen is 6-3 (0-1 MIAC) with a 6-2 record at No. 2. Janssen and senior Brandon Kurilla are 5-3 (0-1 MIAC) at No. 1 doubles, while Hietala and freshman Peter Quinn are 4-4 (0-1 MIAC) at No. 2.

LAST APRIL: SJU topped Saint Mary's 7-2 in its first outdoor match at the Chang Tennis Complex in nearly two years (April 26, 2019) last April 10. The Johnnies swept the three doubles matches and allowed one point in the top two singles bouts.

Thomas Gillach '21 won at No. 1 singles (6-1, 6-0) and teamed up with junior Wil McDowell (Sioux Falls, S.D./O'Gorman) for an 8-2 win at the top doubles spot.

Nate Jordre '21 posted a shutout at No. 2 singles and recorded an 8-5 victory at No. 2 doubles with sophomore Mason Meyer (Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson). Hunter Fischer and Peyton Fischer won at No. 3 doubles with some excitement, 8-7 (7-3).

McDowell (7-5, 6-3) and Meyer (6-4, 3-6, 11-9) earned victories at No. 3 and No. 5 singles, respectively.

Saint Mary's won at Nos. 4 and 6 singles, the latter via the super-breaker.

SERIES HISTORY: The Johnnies are 32-2 against the Cardinals since 1989, including a perfect 10 record in Winona. SJU has won 23 of the last 24 meetings and each of the last five.