No. 20 Midwestern State (8-3) at Colorado State-Pueblo (2-12)
Friday, Mar. 25, 2016 | 12:30 p.m. (CT)
Pueblo City Park Tennis Complex | Pueblo, Colo.

No. 20 Midwestern State (8-3) at Air Force (8-7)
Saturday, Mar. 26, 2016 | 10 a.m. (CT) 
Air Force Tennis Courts | Colorado Springs, Colo.
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WICHITA FALLS, Texas – The No. 20 Midwestern State women's tennis team wraps up a five-match Colorado road trip Friday and Saturday as the Mustangs take on Colorado State-Pueblo and NCAA Division I Air Force.
 
Midwestern State faces CSU-Pueblo in a 12:30 p.m. (CT) matchup Friday at the Pueblo City Park Tennis Complex before facing Air Force at the Air Force Tennis Courts in Colorado Springs Saturday at 10 a.m. (CT).
 
LAST TIME OUT
– Midwestern State went 1-2 earlier this week with a win over Metro State (Colo.) and losses to No. 3 Saint Leo (Fla.) and No. 9 Hawaii Pacific at the Regency Athletic Complex in Denver
– After a pair of 7-2 losses to the top-10 teams, the Mustangs snapped their two-match skid with an 8-1 win over the Roadrunners
 
MUSTANGS JUMP TO NO. 20 IN NATIONAL RANKINGS
– Midwestern State climbed two spots to No. 20 in the Oracle/ITA Women's Division II national rankings released Mar. 23 by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association
– The Mustangs also stayed at No. 3 in the latest South Central Region rankings released on Mar. 16, coming in behind No. 12 St. Mary's and No. 17 Cameron
– MSU appeared in front of three nationally-ranked programs in the regional poll in No. 41 St. Edward's (Texas), No. 43 Newman (Kan.) and No. 47 Dallas Baptist (Texas)
 
A LOOK AT THE MUSTANGS
– Midwestern State comes into the weekend at 8-3 on the season
– Senior Maddie Schorlemmer climbed to No. 27 in the national singles rankings this week, currently sporting a 6-4 dual play record with a 5-3 mark at No. 1 this season
– The duo of senior Lindsay Nochowicz and freshman Eirini Kontaki also appeared in the national rankings, moving in at No. 23 in doubles with a 6-3 record on the year
– Senior Lauren Pineda leads the Mustangs with an 8-2 record in singles while teaming up with sophomore Amy Clifton for a 10-1 mark as the No. 2 doubles team
– Freshman Greta Lazzarotto is 7-4 on the season in singles, primarily spending her time at the No. 2 position
– Schorlemmer and Lazzarotto round out the doubles lineup for the Mustangs, carrying a 9-2 record mostly at the No. 3 position
– Kontaki and Pineda are both 4-2 at courts three and four, respectively, to comprise the middle of the MSU lineup
– Junior Abby White is 4-0 on the season at No. 5 while Nochowicz has suffered just one loss in singles play at 6-1 appearing at Nos. 4 and 5
– Sophomore Alexis Arrieta is 3-1 at No. 6 singles on the season
 
SCOUTING THE THUNDERWOLVES
– Colorado State-Pueblo comes in on a nine-match losing streak for a 2-12 record, picking up its two wins during the fall
– Senior Mariana Hosomi is the top singles player for the ThunderWolves while teaming up in doubles with senior Teresa Haro, who leads CSU-Pueblo with five singles wins in dual play
– The pair also lead the ThunderWolves with four wins in doubles, spending time on courts one and two this season
– Head coach Mark Schleif is in his second season with the CSU-Pueblo women's tennis program after guiding the ThunderWolves to a 7-11 mark last season
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
– Midwestern State is 4-1 against Colorado State-Pueblo in the all-time series dating back to 1997, winning the last three meetings
– The two teams will meet for the first time since 2009 when the Mustangs earned a 9-0 sweep over the ThunderWolves in Glendale, Ariz.
– Friday's matchup will be the first in Pueblo since 2004 when MSU recorded an 8-1 victory
 
SCOUTING THE FALCONS
– Air Force is 8-7 on the season and 3-0 at home, collecting wins in five of the last eight matches
– Senior Mary Meyers has spent the entire season playing at the top of the singles lineup as well as doubles with junior Lily Forlini and freshman Elizabeth Barnickel
– Kim Gidley is in her 18th season leading the Falcons tennis program with a 238-231 career record
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
– Saturday's matchup will be the first between Midwestern State and Air Force
 
PINEDA CAPTURES 100TH CAREER WIN
– Lauren Pineda became the seventh Mustang in program history to earn career win No. 100 after her pair of victories over Colorado Mesa on Mar. 13
– Pineda is currently 105-40 for her career to rank sixth on the all-time wins list with a 42-16 singles record and 63-24 doubles mark
– Pineda comes in behind Lacey Wuthrich (138), Emilee Black (135), Brooke Gray (131), Sara Butler (129) and Marsha Meyer (111) on the MSU all-time wins list while moving in front of former teammate Taylor Coffman (100) following two victories over Southwest Baptist on Mar. 16
 
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 85-40 record (.680) with the men's team while recording an 91-43 mark (.679) with the women for a combined 176-83 (.680)
– Since 1997-98, Linn has compiled a 415-262 (.613) career record in 15 seasons as a men's head coach (227-150, .602) and 12 seasons as a women's coach (188-112, .627), 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 returns home next Thursday when the Mustangs host Texas Wesleyan at the MSU Tennis Center at 3:30 p.m.