ST. PETER, Minn. — Several members of the Saint Mary's University of Minnesota women's tennis team will be taking part in the USTA-ITA Midwest Region Championships and Gustie Fall Invitational, hosted by Gustavus, beginning Friday and running through Sunday.

USTA-ITA Midwest Region Field:
Carleton, Carthage, Coe, Concordia, Edgewood, Grinnell, Gustavus, Hamline, Lawrence, Luther, St. Catherine, Saint Mary's, St. Olaf, St. Scholastica, UW-Eau Claire, UW-La Crosse, UW-Stout, UW-Whitewater

USTA-ITA Midwest Region Draws:
Singles | Doubles
 
Gustie Fall Invite Draws:
Singles | Doubles

USTA-ITA Live On The Web:
Tournament Scoreboard

USTA-ITA Midwest Region Sites:
The Swanson Indoor Tennis Center, located on the west edge of the Gustavus campus in St. Peter, Minn., will serve as headquarters for the USTA/ITA Midwest Region Championships, with matches taking place at Swanson and the adjacent Brown Outdoor Courts.

USTA-ITA Midwest Region This And That:
More than 100 of the top players in the Midwest will take part in the tournament, which will begin with singles matches on Friday morning at 9 a.m. Megan Humphreys of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater comes in as the No. 1 overall seed in the singles draw. Behind Humphreys sits second-seeded Abigail Pellett of Carroll University, third-seeded Michaela Schulz of host Gustavus Adolphus, and fourth-seeded Shelby Henderson of the University of St. Thomas.

The doubles competition will begin on Friday immediately after the completion of the second round of singles play. The duo of Kara Lefsrud and Bridget Noack of St. Thomas will enter the tournament as the top-seeded doubles team. They will be challenged by second-seeded Michaela Schulz and Laurel Krebsbach of Gustavus, third-seeded Haleigh McPeekand Max Mella of Carthage College, and fourth-seeded Bridget Bellissimo and Kimmy Mrozek of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

Cardinals at USTA-ITA Midwest Region/Gustie Fall Invitational— Their Last Appearance:
September 20-21, 2014: Megan Vandenberg (De Pere, Wis.) and Haley Jorgenesen (Fallon Nev.) kicked off their collegiate careers in memorable fashion, as the Saint Mary's duo picked up singles wins in their first women's tennis matches as Cardinals. Unfortunately, Round 2 didn't go as smoothly, as Vandenberg fell to St. Olaf's Andrea Junes 6-4, 6-1 and Jorgensen suffered a 6-1, 6-0 setback to Ariel Bloniarz of Carleton | Day 1 Recap | Day 2 Recap

Cardinals Up Next:
The Cardinals kick off their 2015 spring season on Feb. 1, when they host Carleton in a 10 a.m. Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match at the Winona Tennis Center.
 
Scouting the Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2015 Roster | 2015 Schedule | 2014 Final Statistics
The Cardinals finished 6-2 against non-MIAC opponents last season and are now 14-4 in nonconference matches over the past two seasons. … Lindsey Reinisch (Hastings, Minn.) and Megan Vandenberg (De Pere, Wis.) closed out the season riding three-match winning streaks. … Fueled by wins in her final three matches, Vandenberg finished the year with a team-leading 14 singles wins, one more than Haley Jorgensen (Fallon, Nev.) and two in front of Reinisch. … Jorgensen collected the decisive, match-clinching win at No. 6 singles in two of SMU's four 5-4 victories last season — with both of those victories going the maximum three sets. … Vandenberg had her season-opening seven-match singles winning streak snapped with a 6-0, 6-1 loss to St. Catherine's Mikinzee Salo on March 21. … Vandenberg also finished 2014 with a team-leading 11 doubles wins, one more than Reinisch. … SMU used 14 different doubles combinations last season. … Seven of the Cardinals' 10 wins a year ago came on their home court — Saint Mary's finished 3-3 away from the Winona Tennis Center.