No. 20 Midwestern State (10-4) vs. No. 12 St. Mary's (9-3)
Saturday, Apr. 2, 2016 | 8 a.m.
Arlington Tennis Center | Arlington, Texas

No. 20 Midwestern State (10-4) at No. 47 Dallas Baptist (7-5)
Saturday, Apr. 2, 2016 | 2 p.m.
Arlington Tennis Center | Arlington, Texas


WICHITA FALLS, Texas – The 20th-ranked Midwestern State women's tennis team will face a stiff test Saturday as the Mustangs take on a pair of top-50 programs in No. 12 St. Mary's and No. 47 Dallas Baptist at the Arlington Tennis Center.
 
The Mustangs first face off against STMU in an 8 a.m. meeting before concluding the day against host DBU at 2 p.m.
 
LAST TIME OUT
– Midwestern State earned its 10th win of the season at home Wednesday with its sixth sweep of the season in a 9-0 victory over NAIA Texas Wesleyan at the MSU Tennis Center
 
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
 
A LOOK AT THE MUSTANGS
– Midwestern State enters the week with a 10-4 record on the season and 8-2 mark against NCAA Division II opponents
– Senior Maddie Schorlemmer climbed to No. 27 in the national singles rankings last week, currently sporting an 8-5 dual play record with a 7-4 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 and third in the region with an 8-4 record on the year
– Senior Lauren Pineda leads the Mustangs with a 10-2 record in singles while teaming up with sophomore Amy Clifton for a 13-1 mark to rank sixth in the region as MSU's No. 2 doubles team
– Freshman Greta Lazzarotto, ranked 14th in the South Central Region, is 9-5 on the season in singles, primarily on courts two and three
– Schorlemmer and Lazzarotto round out the doubles lineup for the Mustangs, carrying a 12-2 record mostly at No. 3
– Kontaki is ranked 17th in the region with an 8-4 record on courts two and three this season
– Pineda has moved her way up to the No. 4 line, posting a 6-2 record at that position
– Junior Abby White is 4-0 at No. 5 and 4-1 at No. 6 on the season while Nochowicz has suffered just one loss in singles play at 7-1 appearing at Nos. 4 and 5
– Sophomore Alexis Arrieta is 5-2 on the season at Nos. 5 and 6
 
SCOUTING THE RATTLERS
– Ranked 12th in the Oracle/ITA Division II rankings, St. Mary's is 9-3 on the season with losses to top-10 Saint Leo (Fla.) and Hawaii Pacific and Division I UTSA
– The Rattlers will take on Dallas Baptist Friday afternoon before facing off against Midwestern State
– St. Mary's sports a pair of nationally-ranked singles players and two top-20 doubles teams
– Cristina Lopez is 8-4 in dual play, appearing at Nos. 1 and 2, to come in at No. 35 in the national singles rankings
– Jamie Lee Denton is also appearing at the top of the Rattlers singles lineup, ranking 44th with a 5-7 dual record this season
– Denton and Kaylin Kruseman have posted an 8-4 mark at the top doubles position to rank 11th in the country while Lopez and Hannah Petersen rank 18th nationally with a 6-2 season record
– Lisa Dausin is in her fifth season with the STMU women's tennis program with a career record of 73-30 (.709)
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
– Midwestern State is 9-1 all-time against St. Mary's and 3-0 in neutral site meetings since 2001
– The Rattlers earned their lone win over MSU last season with a 5-4 win coming at home in San Antonio
– The two teams faced off in Arlington during the 2014 season with the Mustangs recording a 5-4 victory
 
SCOUTING THE LADY PATRIOTS
– Dallas Baptist enters the weekend with a 7-5 record on the season
– Ana Marija Banic is the top singles player for DBU, coming in with a 5-8 mark at the No. 1 position to rank seventh in the South Central Region
– Liz Slaughter also cracks the top 20 in the regional rankings at No. 18 with an 8-5 record at No. 2
– Banic and Maria Fernandez de Camilo are on a six-match win streak for a 7-4 record at No. 1 doubles this season to rank fourth in the region
– Sarah Gray is in her fourth season with the DBU women's tennis program, carrying a 58-28 career record (.674)
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
– Midwestern State takes a 4-1 series edge over Dallas Baptist into Saturday's meeting with the Lady Patriots
– The Mustangs have won the last two matchups including a 5-0 win over DBU on Mar. 28, 2014 in Arlington
– DBU's lone win in the series came in 2012 with a 5-4 victory in Wichita Falls
 
PINEDA CAPTURES 100TH CAREER WIN
– Lauren Pineda became the seventh Mustang in program history to earn career win No. 100 with a pair of victories over Colorado Mesa on Mar. 13
– Pineda is just one win away from moving into a tie for fifth on the all-time wins list, currently sitting with a 110-40 record (.733) with a 44-16 singles mark and 66-24 doubles record to rank fifth on the doubles wins list and eighth in singles
– Pineda comes in behind Lacey Wuthrich (138), Emilee Black (135), Brooke Gray (131), Sara Butler (129) and Marsha Meyer (111) and sits in front of former teammate Taylor Coffman (100) on the MSU all-time wins list
 
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 92-43 mark (.681) with the women for a combined 177-83 (.681)
– Since 1997-98, Linn has compiled a 416-262 (.614) career record in 15 seasons as a men's head coach (227-150, .602) and 12 seasons as a women's coach (189-112, .628), 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 Friday with matches against Collin College (Texas) and Seward County (Kan.) beginning at 10 a.m. at the MSU Tennis Center