WICHITA FALLS, Texas – The Midwestern State Mustangs dropped the first of a four-game homestand as the No. 3 Abilene Christian Wildcats claimed a 6-3 Lone Star Conference win.
 
The No. 40 Mustangs fall to 6-5 overall, 1-1 in LSC play.  ACU is 13-5 overall, 3-0 in the LSC.
 
The Mustangs grabbed one point in doubles as the No. 2 team of Sarita Adhikary and Lauren Pineda beat Brittney Reed and Kaysie Hermsdorf 9-8 (7-4).
 
In singles Kayla Casey won at No. 3 over Reed 6-1, 6-2, while Madeline Schorlemmer took Nada Marijanovic 5-7, 6-2, 10-6 at No. 5.
 
"We're still going through some growing pains," said MSU coach Scott Linn.  "We changed up the lineup a bit and need some time to adjust."
 
ACU collected the wins in doubles at No. 1 as ACU's 14th ranked team of Hanna Kelley and Micah Hermsdorf beat Schorlemmer and Kayla Casey 8-4, and the No. 3 team of Julia Mongin and Marijanovic defeated Taylor Coffman and Fatima Clementino 8-3.
 
The Wildcats Mongin, ranked fifth nationally and second in the region, handed Coffman a 6-0, 6-1 loss at No. 1, while No. 32 Micah Hermsdorf  beat Adhikary 7-6 (7-3), 6-0 at No. 2.
 
Kaysie Hermsdorf was a winner at No. 4 over MSU's Pineda 7-6 (7-4), 6-1, and Kelley beat the Mustangs Kendra Casey at No. 6, 6-0, 6-1.
 
The Mustangs continue the homestand on Thursday as they entertain McMurry at the MSU Tennis Center in a 3 p.m. match.