No. 22 Midwestern State vs. New Mexico Military Institute
Friday, Mar. 11, 2016 | 9 a.m.
Bush Tennis Center | Midland, Texas

No. 22 Midwestern State at Texas-Permian Basin
Friday, Mar. 11, 2016 | 2 p.m.
Bush Tennis Center | Midland, Texas

No. 22 Midwestern State vs. Colorado Mesa
Sunday, Mar. 13, 2016 | 2 p.m.
MSU Tennis Center | Wichita Falls, Texas

WICHITA FALLS, Texas – Midwestern State women's tennis will take on another three-match weekend slate beginning Friday as the 22nd-ranked Mustangs travel to Midland for a pair of matches before returning home Sunday to host Colorado Mesa.
 
Midwestern State begins play Friday at 9 a.m. in a neutral site contest against New Mexico Military Institute, the 9th-ranked team in the NJCAA, before taking on host Texas-Permian Basin at 2 p.m. at the Bush Tennis Center. The Mustangs conclude the weekend Sunday against the Mavericks with their second home match of the season at 2 p.m. at the MSU Tennis Center.
 
LAST TIME OUT
– After a month break from competition, Midwestern State returned to the courts last week to post a 2-1 record
– The Mustangs suffered a narrow 5-4 defeat Friday to NJCAA No. 2 Tyler Junior College in their home opener before answering with two dominant wins in Oklahoma the following day
– Midwestern came away with a 7-2 road win over Central Oklahoma before taking down Southern Nazarene in a neutral site matchup, 8-1
 
A LOOK AT THE MUSTANGS
– Midwestern State enters the weekend with a 3-1 record on the season and perfect 3-0 mark against NCAA Division II foes
– Seniors Lauren Pineda and Lindsay Nochowicz still carry undefeated records in singles and doubles this season while sophomore Amy Clifton has just one loss in singles play
– Pineda has posted a 3-0 mark in singles while going 4-0 in doubles play with Clifton, primarily seeing action at No. 6 singles and No. 3 doubles
– Nochowicz made her first appearance of the season last weekend in Oklahoma, tallying a 2-0 record in singles (Nos. 4 & 5) and teaming up with freshman Eirini Kontaki at No. 1 doubles for a 2-0 mark
– Senior Maddie Schorlemmer and freshman Greta Lazzarotto tie Pineda to lead the Mustangs with three singles wins this season with both carrying a 3-1 record in the early going
– The pair has also teamed up for a 3-1 slate in doubles action
 
PINEDA CHASING CAREER WIN NO. 100
– Lauren Pineda comes into the weekend needing just six more wins to reach the 100-win plateau for her career with a 94-37 record while donning the Maroon and Gold
– Pineda could become just the seventh Mustang in MSU women's tennis history to reach 100 career wins
– Last season, Taylor Coffman became the first Mustang to join the 100-win club since Lacey Wuthrich in 2005
– Wuthrich holds the program wins record with a 138-44 career mark (.758), coming in front of Emilee Black (135), Brooke Gray (131), Sara Butler (129), Marsha Meyer (111) and Coffman (100)
 
SCOUTING THE BRONCOS
– New Mexico Military Institute is 4-3 on the season and are ranked ninth in the NJCAA national poll
– Lorraine Banimataku is ranked 16th in the NJCAA singles rankings with a 5-2 dual record at the No. 3 position this season for the Broncos
– Thea Minor also cracks the national rankings coming in at 26th with a 4-3 record from the top of the lineup
– The duo also team up to form the No. 10 doubles pair in the country with a 6-1 record in dual play
– Dan O'Connell is in his fourth season leading the NMMI women's tennis program
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
– Friday's meeting will be the first between Midwestern State and New Mexico Military Institute
 
SCOUTING THE FALCONS
– Texas-Permian Basin comes into the weekend winless on the season at 0-8
– The Falcons have faced two common opponents as Midwestern State this season, falling to East Central (5-4) and Southern Nazarene (5-3)
– Andrea Villalobos leads the Falcons with two wins in singles play, carrying a 2-2 record at No. 3
– The duo of Megan and Shelby Greene are 4-4 in doubles this season to lead UTPB in wins
– Steve Buck is in his fifth season leading the UTPB tennis programs
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
– Midwestern State is 2-1 in the all-time series against Texas-Permian Basin, having collected wins over the Falcons the last two seasons
– The Mustangs earned an 8-1 win over UTPB in San Antonio last season while recording a 9-0 sweep in Wichita Falls in 2014
– The Falcons earned their lone win in the series back in 1987 with a 6-3 victory in Tyler
 
SCOUTING THE MAVERICKS
– Colorado Mesa is 10-6 on the season but has dropped four of its last five matches coming into Sunday's meeting with the Mustangs
– Emily Beckley leads the Mavericks with a 10-4 dual record this season, earning six of those wins at the No. 4 position
– Taylor Hershey has also seen success at the bottom of the lineup with a 9-2 dual record, primarily at No. 6 singles
– The duo of Emily Dodson and Frederikke Karst pace the Mavericks in doubles with a 9-6 mark at the top position
– Dan MacDonald is in his 10th season with the CMU women's tennis program, holding a career record of 183-101
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
– Midwestern State is 4-0 in the series against Colorado Mesa dating back to the 2008 season
– The Mustangs hold a 2-0 record over the Mavericks at home, recording both of those wins during the 2014 season
 
MUSTANGS REMAIN AT NO. 22 IN NATIONAL RANKINGS
– Midwestern State remained at No. 22 in the Oracle/ITA Women's Division II national rankings, released two weeks ago by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA)
– The Mustangs also stayed at No. 3 in the South Central Region, coming in behind No. 11 St. Mary's and No. 20 Cameron
 
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. 10 Southwest Baptist (Mo.) in a rematch of the 2015 NCAA quarterfinals at 1 p.m. at the MSU Tennis Center