#23 Midwestern State (1-1, 0-0) vs #6 Laredo Community College (0-2)
Non-Conference Match
Friday, Feb. 16, 2018 | 3:30 p.m.
Rohrbach Stadium | San Antonio, Texas
MSU leads the all-time series 2-0 | Mustangs are 2-0 against the Palominos in neutral site meetings| Last meeting was an 8-1 MSU win on March 28, 2015
 
#23 Midwestern State (1-1, 0-0) vs #22 St. Mary's (4-1)
Non-Conference Match
Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018 | 12 p.m.
Rohrbach Stadium | San Antonio, Texas
MSU leads the all-time series 15-0 | Mustangs are 1-0 against the Rattlers in San Antonio | First meeting in San Antonio since 2012
 
MUSTANGS NOTES
 
FIRST SERVE: 23^rd-ranked MSU Texas hits the road to San Antonio for matches with sixth-ranked JUCO Laredo Community College and 22^nd-ranked St. Mary's at Rohrbach Stadium on Friday and Saturday, respectively. Midwestern State went 1-1 this past weekend, earning a victory over Collin College, but falling 4-3 to NCAA DI UT Arlington.
 
BEATING THE BEST: Last season, MSU played 17 matches against opponents ranked in the top 50 of the Oracle/ITA Collegiate Rankings, going 9-8. Of those 17 matches, 11 came against top-25 foes with the Mustangs going 3-8, including a win over then-23^rd-ranked St. Mary's on Feb. 25, 2017.
 
FRESHMEN PULLING THEIR WEIGHT: Freshmen Alex Martinez Roca, Nolan McCaig and Jean Muniz are a combined 5-1 in singles this season, earning five of the seven singles victories on the season for the Mustangs. Roca has posted a 1-0 record at each the No. 5 and No. 6 positions while Muniz is 1-0 at both the No. 4 and No. 5. McCaig remains unbeaten at the No. 4 line with the lone setback coming at No. 3 and is a perfect 2-0 at No. 1 doubles with partner Dillon Pineda.
 
NO TROUBLE IN DOUBLES: The Mustangs have shown strong doubles play through the first two matches of the season, posting a 5-1 record. At the No. 1 flight, the tandem of Nolan McCaig and Dillon Pineda has gone 2-0 while the duo of Denney Norrie and Vasudev Vijayaraman is a perfect 2-0 at No. 2. MSU's pair of Angel Palacios and Joshua Sundaram have split the first two matches, dropping the matchup with UTA the last time out.
 
PALOMINOS TOP-TIER JUNIOR COLLEGE: Sixth-ranked Laredo Community College features a pair of ranked singles players in fifth-ranked Juan Cruz Scoppetta and Manuel Pilotto. Scoppetta is coming off a 5-2 fall campaign while Pilotto advanced to the round of 16 at the ITA JUCO Southwest Region Championships. In doubles, the aforementioned pair enter the spring ranked 10^th.
 
SNAKEBITE: 22^nd-ranked St. Mary's enters the weekend with a 4-1 record after taking down Texas Lutheran, Laredo CC, West Alabama and Ouachita Baptist. In singles, Jeremiah Gonzalez leads the Rattlers, going 4-0 at the No. 1 singles line. St. Mary's features a pair of ranked doubles teams as Bojan Popovic and Gonzalez sit at No. 3 with a 4-1 record on the spring while Saisaurav Konakanchi and James Weatherhead earned a No. 25 slot with a 2-0 record.