No. 12 Midwestern State vs. New Mexico Military Institute
Friday, Mar. 11, 2016 | 9 a.m.
Bush Tennis Center | Midland, Texas

No. 12 Midwestern State at Texas-Permian Basin
Friday, Mar. 11, 2016 | 2 p.m.
Bush Tennis Center | Midland, Texas

No. 12 Midwestern State vs. Colorado Mesa
Sunday, Mar. 13, 2016 | 2 p.m.
MSU Tennis Center | Wichita Falls, Texas

WICHITA FALLS, Texas – It will be another busy weekend for the No. 12 Midwestern State men's tennis program as the Mustangs travel to Midland for a pair of matches Friday against New Mexico Military Institute and Texas-Permian Basin before returning home Sunday to host Colorado Mesa.
 
Midwestern State hits the courts Friday at 9 a.m. in a neutral site contest against NMMI, the No. 7 team in the NJCAA, before taking on host UTPB at 2 p.m. at the Bush Tennis Center. The Mustangs conclude the weekend Sunday at 2 p.m. against CMU at the MSU Tennis Center.
 
LAST TIME OUT
– Midwestern State finished 1-1 last week, earning a 7-2 win over No. 13 Ouachita Baptist before falling 7-2 to NJCAA No. 3 Tyler Junior College at the MSU Tennis Center
– The Mustangs cruised in their home opener over the Tigers, taking two of three doubles matches before earning four of five wins in straight sets to record the 7-2 win
– Midwestern State was unable to keep its perfect season record intact Friday as the Mustangs were only able to come away with a singles and doubles win in the loss to the Apaches  
 
A LOOK AT THE MUSTANGS
– Midwestern State enters the weekend with a 2-1 season record and 2-0 mark against NCAA Division II opponents
– Senior Kyle Davidson, ranked 27th in the Oracle/ITA national rankings, is 2-1 on the season with both wins coming against nationally-ranked opponents
– Juniors Ramon Toyos and Chris Norrie also carry 2-1 records into the weekend with Toyos seeing time at the No. 2 position and Norrie earning both wins on court five this season
– Freshman Dillon Pineda is 2-0 on the year at No. 6 singles, earning the lone win for the Mustangs against TJC last weekend
– The duo of Davidson and Toyos, ranked 20th in the national rankings, are 2-1 on the season at No. 1 doubles while Pineda and senior Zack Santagate are also 2-1, splitting time between courts two and three
 
DAVIDSON EYING 100TH CAREER WIN
– Kyle Davidson comes into the weekend needing just two wins to reach the 100-win plateau for his career
– Davidson carries a 98-54 overall record with 53 career doubles wins and 45 singles victories to date
– With a pair of wins Friday in Midland, the Garland native could become just the 10th Mustang in program history to reach 100 career wins
– Jason Peters is the MSU all-time wins leader at 144 victories from 1998-2001 and is followed by Michael Mills (137), Brett Emerson (133), Zac Dillard (131), Ryan Gillen (127), Brian Holcomb (117), Victor Vidal (108), Kacper Boborykin (102) and Charles van Swelm (101)
 
SCOUTING THE BRONCOS
– New Mexico Military Institute is 1-2 on the season and currently ranked seventh in the NJCAA rankings
– Herman Abban (25th) and Noureldin Adam (35th) both appear in the national singles poll
– Abban sports a 2-1 record at No. 1 singles this season while Adam is 3-0 at the No. 2 position
– The duo also pair up for the eighth-ranked doubles team in the nation with a 2-1 record this season
– William O'Connell is in his second season coaching the Broncos
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
– Friday's meeting will be the first between Midwestern State and New Mexico Military Institute
 
SCOUTING THE FALCONS
– Texas-Permian Basin is 2-2 on the season, having faced just one NCAA Division II team this season in Heartland Conference foe St. Edward's
– The Falcons split against Division I opponents with a win over Prairie View A&M and a loss to Eastern Washington while coming away victorious against Sul Ross State, an NCAA Division II team
– Gabriel Capuano and Jordan Minjoot lead the Falcons with two wins apiece in singles action this season with Capuano playing on courts two and three and Minjoot seeing action at Nos. 5 and 6
– Steve Buck is in his fifth season leading the UTPB tennis programs
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
– Midwestern State is 2-0 against Texas-Permian Basin in the all-time series
– The Mustangs defeated the Falcons in each of the last two seasons with an 8-1 win in San Antonio in 2015 and a 9-0 sweep at home in 2014
 
SCOUTING THE MAVERICKS
– Colorado Mesa is 9-5 on the season coming into Sunday's matchup against Midwestern State
– The Mavericks are led by Andres Garcia-Rojas, who has a 7-4 dual record on courts one and two this season, while Cody Freischlag is 9-2 at Nos. 2 and 3
– Trevor Brown and Max Lindqvist have carried the bottom half of the lineup, each holding 8-4 records, while Lucas Martin is 7-4 on courts three and four this season
– In doubles, Garcia-Rojas and Freischlag have teamed up for a 3-2 dual record at No. 1 while Garcia-Rojas has also joined Spencer Weinberg to post a 3-2 record at the top position
– Brown has also seen success in doubles play, joining Garcia-Rojas with a team-high seven wins while playing on courts one and two
– Dan MacDonald is in his 10th season with the CMU men's tennis program, holding a career record of 141-133
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
– Midwestern carries a 3-0 all-time record against Colorado Mesa into Sunday's meeting
– The two teams last met in 2008 with the Mustangs recording an 8-1 win in Wichita Falls
– MSU also has wins over the Mavericks in neutral site meetings in 2010 (Denver, Colo.) and 2008 (Glendale, Ariz.)
 
MUSTANGS CLIMB TO PROGRAM-BEST 12TH IN ORACLE/ITA NATIONAL POLL
– Midwestern State rewrote the program record books on Feb. 24 when the Mustangs earned their highest national ranking in program history at No. 12 in the Oracle/ITA Men's Division II National Poll, released by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA)
– The Mustangs bested their previous program high of 14, which they set at the end of the fall season and at the conclusion of the 2015 season
– Midwestern also remained atop of the South Central Region rankings released on Feb. 17, coming in front of No. 15 Cameron, No. 22 St. Edward's (Texas), No. 28 Western New Mexico, and No. 35 Newman (Kan.)

LINN EARNS WIN NO. 400
– Head coach Scott Linn received a memorable win No. 400 last May when the MSU women's tennis team upset No. 12 California (Pa.) in the NCAA Sweet 16
– Linn enters his sixth season leading the MSU men's and women's tennis programs, guiding the Mustangs to a combined seven postseason appearances since taking over the programs in 2010-11
– Linn has posted an 80-37 record (.684) with the men's team while recording an 86-41 mark (.677) with the women for a combined 166-78 (.680)
– Since 1997-98, Linn has compiled a 405-257 (.612) career record in 15 seasons as a men's head coach (222-147, .602) and 12 seasons as a women's coach (183-110, .625), averaging close to 15 wins a season
– Prior to MSU, Linn served head coaching stints at Science & Arts. (Okla.), Embry-Riddle (Fla.) and Florida Southern while serving as a men's assistant coach at his alma mater, East Central (Okla.), and Indiana
 
LOOKING AHEAD
– Midwestern State continues its home slate Wednesday when the Mustangs host No. 29 Southwest Baptist (Mo.) in a 1 p.m. contest at the MSU Tennis Center