#17 Midwestern State (1-0) vs. St. Mary's (2-3)
Non-Conference Match
Thurs. Feb. 28 | 2 p.m.
Wichita Falls, Texas | MSU Tennis Center
Series Notes: MSU Texas leads 16-0 | Mustangs are 6-0 against the Rattlers in Wichita Falls
First Meeting: MSU Texas won 9-0 on March 31, 2001 in Wichita Falls
Last Meeting: MSU Texas won 7-2 on Feb. 17, 2018 in San Antonio
 
#17 Midwestern State (1-0) vs. Southeastern Oklahoma State (1-0)
Non-Conference Match
Fri. March 1 | 3 p.m.
Wichita Falls, Texas | MSU Tennis Center
Series Notes: MSU Texas leads 33-3 | Mustangs are 10-2 against the Savage Storm in Wichita Falls
First Meeting: SEOSU won 9-0 on March 17, 1979 in Durant, Okla.
Last Meeting: MSU Texas won 5-1 on March 31, 2018 in Durant, Okla.

Storylines
First Serve
Midwestern State hosts St. Mary's and Southeastern Oklahoma State for its 2019 home opener at the MSU Tennis Center. The Mustangs and Rattlers meet at 2 p.m. on Thursday before the Maroon and Gold welcome the Savage Storm at 3 p.m. on Friday Please note that the start time in Thursday's match has been pushed back an hour due to the threat of inclement weather.
 
Scouting the Rattlers
St. Mary's brings a 2-3 record to Wichita Falls after knocking off CSU-Pueblo and UT Permian Basin in a doubleheader last Friday…the Rattlers opened the season with a pair of 4-3 losses to Laredo CC and Ouachita Baptist while dropping a 5-2 decision to Incarnate Word…Jeremiah Gonzalez leads the Rattlers in singles, boasting a No. 18 ranking and perfect 4-0 mark at the No. 1 flight…Bojan Popovic owns a 3-1 record at No. 2…the duo of Popovic and Gonzalez represents the No. 14 tandem in the Oracle/ITA men's doubles rankings, going 3-1…
 
Scouting the Savage Storm
SEOSU travels to Wichita Falls with a 1-0 record after defeating Arkansas-Fort Smith 7-0 on Feb. 16…the Savage Storm are coming off a 12-8 campaign with a berth in the NCAA postseason…Carlos Anez leads the team with a No. 15 singles ranking after a 13-5 season at the No. 1 flight…Anez partners with Ondrej Nice to pair off the Oracle/ITA's 11^th-ranked doubles duo…

Linn Nears Win No. 300 in the Maroon and Gold
Scott Linn enters his ninth season at the helm of the men's and women's tennis programs, needing 24 wins for his 300^th overall win at MSU Texas. The East Central graduate has posted a 276-124 (.690) combined record with the Mustangs, including a 132-62 (.680) mark with the men's program. He needs 231 wins to match Larry Wiggins (1995-2010) program record of 507.
 
Mustangs Drop Three Spots in ITA Poll
Midwestern State moved down three spots to No. 17 in the Oracle/ITA Division II men's national rankings on Feb. 20. At the time of the ranking, MSU Texas had yet to play its first regular season match.
 
The Mustangs represent the highest-ranked squad in the Lone Star Conference and South Central Region.
 
Palacios Clinches Season-Opener
Sophomore Angel Palacios erased a first-set deficit as MSU Texas rallied for a 4-3 win over Laredo Community College at the Waco Regional Tennis & Fitness Center in the season-opener.
 
The Mustangs rallied from a first-set hole on three of the six singles courts to upend the Palominos, the nation's No. 4 junior college program.
 
Westwick and Diaz Start Top-10
The tandem of freshman Ben Westwick and sophomore Alberto Diaz earned the No. 8 national doubles ranking in the fall after advancing to the ITA Cup.
 
The Mustangs dominated the regional rankings with four doubles teams and five individuals earning a spot in the poll.
 
Alex Martinez Roca and Denney Norrie came in at No. 4 after advancing to the semifinals of the regional tournament, followed by Dillon Pineda and Nolan McCaig at No. 5. The pair of Jean Muniz and Angel Palacios rounded out the rankings for the Maroon and Gold at No. 7.
 
In singles, McCaig (10th), Palacios (11th) and Pineda (13th) climbed up the regional standings after moving to the Round of 16 at the regional tournament. Martinez Roca (17th) and Yaswanth Mylavarapu (20th) closed out the poll.

Individual Records and Notes
 
Alberto Diaz (So. / Tenerife, Spain / Nebraska-Kearney)
Notes: Suffered a 6-2, 3-6, 6-0 loss in his spring debut to Juan David Ramirez of Laredo CC at the No. 4 flight (2/20)…

	Season			Career
	Singles	Doubles	Combined	Singles	Doubles	Combined
No. 1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
No. 2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
No. 3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
No. 4	0-1		0-1	0-1		0-1
No. 5	0-0		0-0	0-0		0-0
No. 6	0-0		0-0	0-0		0-0
Totals	0-1	0-0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-1

 
 
Alex Martinez Roca (So. / Castelldefels, Spain / IES Josep Lluis Sert)
Notes: Won in straight-sets – 6-2, 6-2 – against LCC's Adrian Martinez at No. 5 (2/20)…partnered with Denney Norrie and suffered a 6-3 setback to Juan David Ramirez and Alberto Mello (2/20)…

	Season			Career
	Singles	Doubles	Combined	Singles	Doubles	Combined
No. 1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
No. 2	0-0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-1	0-1
No. 3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	21-5	21-5
No. 4	0-0		0-0	3-0		3-0
No. 5	1-0		1-0	10-4		10-4
No. 6	0-0		0-0	9-0		9-0
Totals	1-0	1-0	1-1	22-4	21-6	43-10

 
 
Nolan McCaig (So. / Modesto, Calif / Ceres HS)
Notes: Defeated Alberto Mello of LCC, 6-3, 6-4, at the No. 3 flight in season opener (2/20)…

	Season			Career
	Singles	Doubles	Combined	Singles	Doubles	Combined
No. 1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	17-10	17-10
No. 2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
No. 3	1-0	0-0	1-0	6-1	0-0	6-1
No. 4	0-0		0-0	10-5		10-5
No. 5	0-0		0-0	1-0		1-0
No. 6	0-0		0-0	0-0		0-0
Totals	1-0	0-0	1-0	17-6	17-10	34-16

  
 
Jean Muniz (So. / Brasilia, Brazil / Colegio Ateneu)
Notes:

	Season			Career
	Singles	Doubles	Combined	Singles	Doubles	Combined
No. 1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-1	0-1
No. 2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
No. 3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-1	0-1
No. 4	0-0		0-0	2-0		2-0
No. 5	0-0		0-0	9-1		9-1
No. 6	0-0		0-0	5-5		5-5
Totals	0-0	0-0	0-0	16-6	0-2	16-8

 
 
Yaswanth Mylavarapu (So. / Leawood, Kan. / Blue Valley Northwest HS)
Notes:

	Season			Career
	Singles	Doubles	Combined	Singles	Doubles	Combined
No. 1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
No. 2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
No. 3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
No. 4	0-0		0-0	0-0		0-0
No. 5	0-0		0-0	0-0		0-0
No. 6	0-0		0-0	1-1		1-1
Totals	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-1	0-0	1-1

 
 
Denney Norrie (Jr. / Wichita Falls, Texas / Wichita Falls HS)
Notes: Dropped a 6-3 decision in doubles with Alex Martinez Roca to Juan David Ramirez and Alberto Mello (2/20)…

	Season			Career
	Singles	Doubles	Combined	Singles	Doubles	Combined
No. 1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
No. 2	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	18-11	18-11
No. 3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	9-10	9-10
No. 4	0-0		0-0	0-0		0-0
No. 5	0-0		0-0	1-0		1-0
No. 6	0-0		0-0	5-4		5-4
Totals	0-0	0-1	0-0	6-4	27-21	33-25

 
 
Angel Palacios (Jr. / Piedras Negras, Mexico / Everman HS)
Notes: Career .720 (36-14) singles winning percentage is seventh best in program history…career .679 (36-17) doubles winning percentage ranks as 10^th best in program history…ranks ninth all-time with 25 career doubles victories at No. 3…partnered with Quentin Scharfenberg in the season-opener for 6-4 win at No. 3 (2/20)…defeated Manuel Pilotto to clinch the match against LCC for the Mustangs, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 (2/20)…

	Season			Career
	Singles	Doubles	Combined	Singles	Doubles	Combined
No. 1	1-0	0-0	1-0	4-1	0-0	4-1
No. 2	0-0	0-0	0-0	12-9	11-9	23-18
No. 3	0-0	1-0	1-0	17-4	25-8	42-12
No. 4	0-0		0-0	3-0		3-0
No. 5	0-0		0-0	0-0		0-0
No. 6	0-0		0-0	0-0		0-0
Totals	1-0	1-0	2-0	36-14	36-17	72-31

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Dillon Pineda (Sr. / Allen, Texas / Allen HS)
Notes: Ranks sixth all-time with 30 wins at No. 1 doubles…needs two to match Luke Joyce (2010-13) for fifth-most…career .632 (48-28) doubles winning percentage is 15^th best in program history…one win away from moving into top 15 on career doubles wins…partnered with Ben Westwick to win 6-2 over Manuel Pilotto and Maurico Grijalva at No. 1 flight (2/20)…suffered a 6-3, 7-5 loss to Grijalva at No. 2 (2/20)…

	Season			Career
	Singles	Doubles	Combined	Singles	Doubles	Combined
No. 1	0-0	1-0	1-0	0-0	30-17	30-17
No. 2	0-1	0-0	0-1	8-10	16-10	24-20
No. 3	0-0	0-0	0-0	3-2	2-1	5-3
No. 4	0-0		0-0	9-5		9-5
No. 5	0-0		0-0	8-3		8-3
No. 6	0-0		0-0	7-5		7-5
Totals	0-1	1-0	1-1	35-25	48-28	83-53

 
 
Quentin Scharfenberg (Fr. / Lubbock, Texas / Coronado HS)
Notes: Partnered with Angel Palacios for collegiate debut, winning 6-4 against Rodrigo Mere and Adrian Martinez at the No. 3 flight (2/20)…

	Season			Career
	Singles	Doubles	Combined	Singles	Doubles	Combined
No. 1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
No. 2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
No. 3	0-0	1-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0
No. 4	0-0		0-0	0-0		0-0
No. 5	0-0		0-0	0-0		0-0
No. 6	0-0		0-0	0-0		0-0
Totals	0-0	1-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0

 
 
Ben Westwick (Fr. / Houston, Texas / Memorial HS)
Notes: Picked up first career win with partner Dillon Pineda at the No. 1 doubles line, defeating Manuel Pilotto and Maurico Grijalva, 6-2 (2/20)…suffered a three-set loss to Rodrigo Mere, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 at No. 6 in first singles action (2/20)…

	Season			Career
	Singles	Doubles	Combined	Singles	Doubles	Combined
No. 1	0-0	1-0	1-0	0-0	1-0	1-0
No. 2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
No. 3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
No. 4	0-0		0-0	0-0		0-0
No. 5	0-0		0-0	0-0		0-0
No. 6	0-1		0-1	0-1		0-1
Totals	0-1	1-0	1-1	0-1	1-0	1-1

 
 
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