No. 20 Midwestern State (14-7) vs. No. 41 St. Edward's (14-5)
Friday, Apr. 15, 2016 | 9 a.m.
Strohmeyer Varsity Courts | Austin, Texas
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WICHITA FALLS, Texas – With the NCAA postseason quickly approaching, the No. 20 Midwestern State women's tennis team will look to bolster their resume with a meeting against one of the top four teams in the South Central Region in No. 41 St. Edward's (Texas) Friday at 9 a.m. at the Strohmeyer Varsity Courts in Austin.  

LAST TIME OUT
– Midwestern State dropped two matches earlier this week with a 5-4 home defeat to No. 17 Cameron and a 7-0 road loss to Division I Abilene Christian
 
MUSTANGS FOURTH IN FIRST SET OF NCAA REGIONAL RANKINGS
– Midwestern State appeared at No. 4 in the first set of South Central Regional rankings released by the NCAA Division II Women's Tennis Committee Wednesday
– The Mustangs came in behind St. Mary's (Texas), Cameron and St. Edward's while appearing in front of Newman (Kan.) and Tarleton State
– The top four teams in the region will qualify for the NCAA postseason with the regional tournament to take place May 7-10 at select campus sites
– The top two teams out of the South Central Region will advance to the NCAA Championships, May 18-21, at the Gates Tennis Center in Denver, Colo.
 
A LOOK AT THE MUSTANGS
– Midwestern State comes into the weekend with a 14-7 record on the season and 10-4 mark against NCAA Division II opponents
– Senior Maddie Schorlemmer ranks No. 27 in the national singles rankings and second in the South Central Region, sporting an 11-7 dual record with a 10-6 mark at No. 1 this season
– The duo of senior Lindsay Nochowicz and freshman Eirini Kontaki also appeared in the latest national rankings, moving in at No. 23 in doubles and third in the region with a 12-7 record on the year
– Senior Lauren Pineda leads the Mustangs with a 14-3 record in singles while teaming up with sophomore Amy Clifton to rank sixth in the region as MSU's No. 2 doubles team with a 14-2 mark
– Freshman Greta Lazzarotto, ranked 14th in the region, is 13-8 on the season in singles, primarily appearing on courts two and three
– Schorlemmer and Lazzarotto round out the doubles lineup for the Mustangs, having won 11-straight matches to carry a team-best 18-2 record
– Kontaki, ranked 17th in the region, holds a 10-9 record on courts two and three this season
– Pineda has been solid for the Mustangs at the No. 4 line, posting an 8-2 record at that position and a 4-1 mark at No. 3
– Junior Abby White is 5-1 at No. 5 and 7-1 at No. 6 on the season while Nochowicz is 4-0 on court four and 5-3 at five
 
SCOUTING THE HILLTOPPERS
– St. Edward's is 14-5 on the season and ranked 41st in the Oracle/ITA Division II national rankings
– The Hilltoppers have three players ranked in the top 20 in the South Central Region in Anjali Sampath (9th), Ivana Zecevic (12th) and Laura Galvan (20th)
– Sampath sports a 9-8 record at No. 1 this season while Zecevic is 11-6 primarily playing at the No. 2 position and Galvan is 12-7 playing at Nos. 3 and 4
– The Hilltoppers have fared well at 5 and 6 singles this season with Valentina Martinez carrying an 11-3 record on court five and Elisa Guillen holding a 10-3 mark at No. 6
– In doubles, the duo of Sampath and Marissa Williams are ranked 10th in the region, coming in with a 6-12 record at the No. 1 position
– The team of Zecevic and Galvan have been nearly unstoppable at No. 3 doubles, recording a 16-2 mark on the season
– Head coach Kendall Brooks is in her third season with the SEU women's tennis program with a 33-25 career record (.569)
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
– Midwestern State carries a 14-7 series edge into Friday's meeting with St. Edward's, having won the last four matchups against the Hilltoppers
– The Mustangs swept SEU last season with a 9-0 home win in the regular season before recording a 5-0 victory in the NCAA South Central Regional at the MSU Tennis Center
– The Mustangs are 4-2 in matches played in Austin, having won the last meeting in 2014 by a score of 6-3
– The Hilltoppers last picked up a win over MSU on Feb. 4, 2012, with a 6-3 victory in San Marcos
– St. Edward's last home win over the Mustangs came back on Mar. 22, 2005 with a 5-4 win

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
 
SENIORS MAKING MOST OF FINAL SEASON
– Seniors Lauren Pineda and Maddie Schorlemmer will both end their Midwestern State careers as two of the top wins leaders in program history, having already reached 100 wins while donning the Maroon and Gold 
– Pineda became the seventh Mustang in program history to earn career win No. 100 on Mar. 13 after a pair of victories over Colorado Mesa while Schorlemmer accomplished the feat on Apr. 6 with two wins over Tarleton State
– Pineda climbed into sole possession of fifth on the all-time wins list following two wins over Dallas Baptist on Apr. 2
– The Allen native currently sits with a 118-43 career record (.733) with a 70-26 doubles mark and 48-17 singles record to rank fourth on the doubles wins list and seventh in singles
– Schorlemmer moved into seventh on the all-time list after her wins over Tarleton State, currently carrying a record of 104-37 (.738)
– The Argyle native is seventh in career doubles wins at MSU with a 60-17 record while ranking ninth in singles with a 44-20 mark
– Lacey Wuthrich is the all-time wins leader at MSU, compiling a 138-44 record from 2002-05
– Wuthrich is followed by Emilee Black (135-47) and Brooke Gray (131-64), who both played for Midwestern State from 2000-03, and Sara Butler (129-27), who set the school record for winning percentage (.827) from 1999-2002
– Rounding out the 100-win club is Marsha Meyer (111-79), who suited up for the then-Lady Indians from 1998-2001, and Taylor Coffman (100-72), who played from 2012-15
 
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 a 90-42 record (.682) with the men's team while recording a 97-47 mark (.674) with the women for a combined 187-89 (.678)
– Since 1997-98, Linn has compiled a 426-268 (.614) career record in 15 seasons as a men's head coach (232-152, .604) and 12 seasons as a women's coach (194-116, .626), 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 will face its final LSC opponent of the regular season Monday when the Mustangs play host to Texas A&M-Kingsville at 10 a.m. at the MSU Tennis Center