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GAME DAY: Midwestern State at Dallas Baptist (April 10, 2018)

Men's Tennis Will Edwards / MSU Athletic Communications

No. 15 MSU concludes regular season with trio of matches

#15 Midwestern State (15-5) at Dallas Baptist (13-4)
Non-Conference Match
Tuesday, April 10, 2018 | 3 p.m.
Patriot Tennis Grandstand and Pavilion | Dallas, Texas
MSU leads the all-time series 3-0 | Mustangs are 2-0 against the Patriots on the road | MSU won the last meeting, 9-0, in 2013
 
#15 Midwestern State (15-5, 1-0 LSC) vs. #46 Cameron (6-9, 1-0 LSC)
Lone Star Conference Match
Wednesday, April 11, 2018 | 11 a.m.
MSU Tennis Center | Wichita Falls, Texas
MSU leads the all-time series 27-24 | Mustangs are 12-5 against the Aggies at home | MSU has lost three-straight
 
#15 Midwestern State (15-5, 1-0) vs. #40 UT Permian Basin (9-11, 1-0 LSC)
Non-Conference Match
Friday, April 13, 2018 | 2 p.m.
MSU Tennis Center | Wichita Falls, Texas
MSU trails the all-time series 4-0 | Mustangs are 1-0 against the Falcons at home | MSU won last year's meeting, 7-2
 
MUSTANGS NOTES
 
FIRST SERVE: No. 15 Midwestern State travels to Dallas Baptist on Tuesday before hosting Cameron and UT Permian Basin on Wednesday and Friday in Lone Star Conference action. First serve against DBU is set for 3 p.m. at the Patriot Tennis Grandstand and Pavilion while the matchup with the Aggies is tabbed for 11 a.m. at the MSU Tennis Center. The Mustangs season-finale with the Falcons is slated for 2 p.m.
 
ROAD WARRIORS: Playing 10 of its last 12 matches on the road, MSU is 8-2 away from the MSU Tennis Center in March. On the season, the Mustangs are a combined 12-3 in road or neutral site matches with wins over No. 22 St. Mary's, No. 14 Rollins, No. 19 Hawaii Pacific, No. 45 CSU-Pueblo, No. 31 Metro State and No. 31 Southeastern Oklahoma.
 
VICTORIOUS VAS: Senior Vasudev Vijayaraman garnered Lone Star Conference Player of the Week honors after picking up three wins over nationally ranked opponents last week. The Chennai, India, native leads the team with five wins on the season against ranked opposition and has four three-set wins.
 
GUARDIAN ANGEL: Sophomore Angel Palacios posted the second-longest winning streak in program history, winning 15 straight from Feb. 16-March 30. Over that stretch, the sophomore was only pushed to three sets twice before suffering his first D2 loss of the season to Southeastern's Sandro Lena on Saturday. Between singles and doubles, Palacios owns a combined 33-5 record on the season while his career .698 winning percentage in singles ranks ninth all-time.
 
FRESHMAN TRIO: Freshman Alex Martinez Roca (14-4), Nolan McCaig (12-5) and Jean Muniz (10-5) combine for 36 wins at the No. 4-6 flights. Primarily playing No. 4, McCaig owns a 7-4 record at No. 4 while Muniz sits at 8-1 at No. 5. Roca has built a perfect 9-0 mark at No. 6.
 
DOMINATING DOUBLES: The Mustangs have been dominant in doubles all season. Of the 18 matches played, MSU has picked up at least two wins in 17 matches, including sweeping the doubles competition on seven occasions. The tandem of Alex Martinez Roca and Angel Palacios lead the squad with a 16-1 record, riding a 10-match winning streak.

LINEUP SHAKEDOWN: The Mustangs record when winning or losing by lineup position.
Record When...
Wins Losses
Doubles
Line W L Line W L
No. 1 11 2 No. 1 4 3
No. 2 12 1 No. 2 3 4
No. 3 14 3 No. 3 1 2
Singles
Line W L Line W L
No. 1 12 0 No. 1 3 5
No. 2 11 0 No. 2 4 5
No. 3 13 3 No. 3 2 2
No. 4 12 2 No. 4 2 3
No. 5 11 1 No. 5 3 4
No. 6 12 0 No. 6 2 5

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Players Mentioned

Angel Palacios

Angel Palacios

5' 8"
Sophomore
Right
Vasudev Vijayaraman

Vasudev Vijayaraman

5' 8"
Senior
Right
Alex Martinez Roca

Alex Martinez Roca

5' 9"
Freshman
Right
Nolan McCaig

Nolan McCaig

5' 8"
Freshman
Right
Jean Muniz

Jean Muniz

6' 0"
Freshman
Right

Players Mentioned

Angel Palacios

Angel Palacios

5' 8"
Sophomore
Right
Vasudev Vijayaraman

Vasudev Vijayaraman

5' 8"
Senior
Right
Alex Martinez Roca

Alex Martinez Roca

5' 9"
Freshman
Right
Nolan McCaig

Nolan McCaig

5' 8"
Freshman
Right
Jean Muniz

Jean Muniz

6' 0"
Freshman
Right