WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- No. 14 Midwestern State cruised to its 24th straight home win Thursday afternoon by thumping 35th-ranked St. Mary's (Texas) 9-0 at the MSU Tennis Center.
The Mustangs, who improved to 13-5 on the season by claiming their third consecutive victory, play host to 34th-ranked St. Edward's (Texas) Friday morning. First serve is set for 10 a.m.
MSU also continued its run of dominance over STMU improving to 13-0 in its overall series with the Rattlers dating back to the 2001 season.
Senior
Tomas Grejtak teamed with sophomore
Ramon Toyos keyed a sweep of doubles play by taking an 8-5 win over Adam Dockery and Brien Galon at the No. 1 positions while
Kacper Boborykin and
Kyle Davidson and
Chris Norrie and
Zack Santagate rolled to 8-1 wins at Nos. 2 and 3, respectively.
Sophomore
Keegan Sullivan survived the lone split set challenge of the day at No. 6 singles outlasting St. Mary's Johsn Mosseri 4-6, 6-4, 10-3.
Boborykin claimed his fifth consecutive win at No. 1 singles while improving to 4-3 against regionally ranked opposition with a 6-2, 7-6 win over Michael Maciel, who carried the region's No. 5 singles ranking into the match.
Davidson improved to 5-2 against regionally-ranked foes downing No. 14 Adam Dockery 7-6, 6-2 at the No. 2 spot.
Toyos peeled off his fifth consecutive win and ninth in the last 10 taking a 6-3, 6-1 decision over Aldo Maldonado at No. 3, while Norrie won for the third straight time taking a 6-2, 6-3 result over Rich Foley at No. 4.
Freshman
Matt Tyer also rolled to his third consecutive win in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 at the No. 5 position.
St. Mary's fell for the sixth time in the last eight matches to go to 5-7 on the season.
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