WICHITA FALLS, Texas – The Midwestern State Mustangs made it four straight wins as they took down the Texas-Tyler 7-2 Friday afternoon at the MSU Tennis Center.
 
The No. 31 Mustangs (10-4) were strong in the chilly temperatures as they beat the Patriots (12-3), the 10th ranked team in NCAA Division III.
 
"We played well against a good team," said MSU coach Scott Linn.  "I felt we played as complete a match as we have all year.  I was proud of the way we stepped up to win."
 
Once again it was the strong play of the seniors Colby Meeks and Luke Joyce.
 
The Mustangs No. 1 doubles team that is the top-ranked team in the South Central Region dispatched UT-Tyler's Ryan Ybarra and Daniel Brown 8-4.
 
Meeks, at No. 2 singles, beat Brown 7-6, 6-3, with Joyce ending the match with a 5-7, 6-4, 10-5 win at No. 1 over Ybarra.
 
For Meeks has now won eight straight individual matches, four each in singles and doubles.
 
Tomas Grejtak was also a two-point winner on Friday, as he teamed with Zack Santagate to win at No. 3 doubles over Ramon Martinez and Jon Karsten 8-4.  He then added a 6-1, 6-3 victory at No. 6 singles over Edward Timponi.
 
The Mustangs also grabbed wins at No. 4 singles with Kacper Boborykin downing Ryan Spencer 6-2, 6-4, and No. 5 singles with Austin Crawford beating Kevin Singer 6-2, 7-5.
 
"Kacper came through win a big win in singles that evened the match at 2-all and really gave us a momentum swing," said Linn.
 
The Patriots took two points from MSU.  At No. 2 doubles Singer and Spencer combined for an 8-6 win over Kyle Davidson and Franko Siljeg, and at No. 3 singles, Martinez beat Davidson 6-3, 6-3.
 
The MSU men complete their four-match home stand on Saturday at 1 p.m. as they join the MSU women for a doubleheader against Northwest Missouri State.  The MSU women also play UT-Tyler Saturday morning at 8 a.m. at the MSU Tennis Center.