#21 Midwestern State (13-3, 2-0 LSC) vs. Dallas Baptist (9-15)
Non-Conference Match
Fri. April 12 | 2 p.m.
Wichita Falls, Texas | MSU Center
Series Notes: MSU Texas leads 4-0

Storylines
First Serve
Midwestern State begins its final homestand of the 2019 regular season on Friday as Dallas Baptist journeys to the MSU Tennis Center. First serve against the Patriots is slated for 2 p.m.
 
Last Time Out
MSU opened Lone Star Conference play with a pair of road wins against UT Permian Basin (6-1) and Western New Mexico (5-2) last week. The Maroon and Gold went 10-2 in singles to improve to 68-28 overall on the season.
 
Doubles Decider
The doubles point has proved to be decisive for the Mustangs this season. MSU Texas is 11-1 when grabbing the early edge and 2-2 when falling into a hole.
 
Since winning the point in 10 of the first 12 matches, the Maroon and Gold have split the point in each of the last four outings.
 
Title Defense
MSU's April 25 showdown against Cameron serves as the de-facto regular season championship match for the Lone Star Conference. Both teams boast an unbeaten record in LSC play with only their rival on the schedule remaining in conference action.
 
The Mustangs look to repeat as conference champs for the first time in team history. MSU swept through UTPB (8-1), WNMU (7-2) and Cameron (6-3) last season en-route to the team's first league crown since 2006.

Mustangs Slip to No. 21
Midwestern State moved down five spots to No. 21 in the Oracle/ITA National Rankings after a 2-0 start to Lone Star Conference play last week. The 13-3 Mustangs return to the MSU Tennis Center for matches on Friday, April 12, and Tuesday, April 16, against Dallas Baptist and Oklahoma Baptist.
 
Junior Angel Palacios remained at No. 2 in the singles rankings while the doubles tandem of sophomore Alberto Diaz and freshman Ben Westwick dropped out of the top 10 to No. 15.
 
Pineda Reaches No. 100
Senior Dillon Pineda became the 12th member of the 100 win club on April 5 against UT Permian Basin. The Allen native swept Marcos Silva, 6-3, 6-0, at the No. 2 line in singles to reach the milestone.
 
Pineda owns a 42-33 singles record and 59-32 doubles record in his four-year career at MSU.
 
Palacios Closing In on Century Mark
Junior Angel Palacios is five wins away from No. 100 in his three-year career with MSU. The Piedras Negras, Mexico, native ranks 13^th with 49 singles wins, including 17 at the No. 1 flight.

Individual Records and Notes
 
Alberto Diaz (So. / Tenerife, Spain / Nebraska-Kearney)
Notes: Ranked No. 15 in doubles with partner Ben Westwick…Combined for a 20-8 record this spring, going 11-4 in singles and 9-4 in doubles…has posted a 9-2 record at the No. 5 flight…nine wins at the No. 5 line are the seventh-most in single-season history…

	Season			Career
	Singles	Doubles	Combined	Singles	Doubles	Combined
No. 1	0-0	9-4	9-4	0-0	9-4	9-4
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	2-2		2-2	2-2		2-2
No. 5	9-2		9-2	9-2		9-2
No. 6	0-0		0-0	0-0		0-0
Totals	11-4	9-4	20-8	11-4	9-4	20-8

 
 
Alex Martinez Roca (So. / Castelldefels, Spain / IES Josep Lluis Sert)
Notes: Owns an 18-4 combined record this spring, going 15-2 in singles and 3-2 in doubles…boasts a 10-1 record at the No. 4 singles flight…has gone 3-1 at the No. 3 singles flight…career .857 (36-6) singles winning percentage ranks as No. 2 in program history…ranks eighth with 13 career wins at the No. 4 flight…career .774 (24-7) doubles winning percentage ranks as fourth best in program history…

	Season			Career
	Singles	Doubles	Combined	Singles	Doubles	Combined
No. 1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
No. 2	1-0	1-1	2-1	1-0	1-1	2-1
No. 3	3-1	2-1	5-2	3-1	23-6	26-7
No. 4	10-1		10-1	13-1		13-1
No. 5	1-0		1-0	10-4		10-4
No. 6	0-0		0-0	9-0		9-0
Totals	15-2	3-2	18-4	36-6	24-7	60-13

 
 
Nolan McCaig (So. / Modesto, Calif / Ceres HS)
Notes: Combined for a 20-9 record this spring, going 10-5 in singles and 10-4 in doubles…primarily played the No. 2 doubles flight with partner Dillon Pineda, posting a 10-4 record…has gone 7-5 at No. 3 for the Mustangs…career .703 (26-11) winning percentage in singles ranks as the 10th-best in team history…ranks 10th in team history with 12 career wins at the No. 3 line and ninth with 12 career wins at No. 4…

	Season			Career
	Singles	Doubles	Combined	Singles	Doubles	Combined
No. 1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	17-10	17-10
No. 2	1-0	10-4	11-4	1-0	10-4	11-4
No. 3	7-5	0-0	7-5	12-6	0-0	12-6
No. 4	2-0		2-0	12-5		12-5
No. 5	0-0		0-0	1-0		1-0
No. 6	0-0		0-0	0-0		0-0
Totals	10-5	10-4	20-9	26-11	27-14	53-25

  
 
Jean Muniz (So. / Brasilia, Brazil / Colegio Ateneu)
Notes: Owns a 3-1 combined record this spring, going 2-0 at the No. 5 singles flight and 1-0 at the No. 6 line…made his doubles debut in 2019 against Western New Mexico with partner Denney Norrie at the No. 3 flight…

	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	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-2	0-2
No. 4	0-0		0-0	2-0		2-0
No. 5	2-0		2-0	11-1		11-1
No. 6	1-0		1-0	6-5		6-5
Totals	3-0	0-1	3-1	19-6	0-3	19-9

 
 
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: Combined for an 11-8 record this spring, going 2-1 in singles and 9-7 in doubles…primarily partnered with Angel Palacios at the No. 3 flight, going 9-6…

	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	18-11	18-11
No. 3	0-0	9-6	9-6	0-0	18-16	18-16
No. 4	0-0		0-0	0-0		0-0
No. 5	0-0		0-0	1-0		1-0
No. 6	2-1		2-1	7-5		7-5
Totals	2-1	9-7	11-8	8-5	36-27	44-32

 
 
Angel Palacios (Jr. / Piedras Negras, Mexico / Everman HS)
Notes: Became highest-ranked singles player in program history with a No. 2 ranking on March 27 which he has held for three-straight weeks…combined for a 25-7 record this spring, including a 14-2 mark in singles and 11-5 record in doubles…has posted a 14-2 record at the No. 1 flight, the ninth most single-season wins at No. 1 in program history…partnered with Denney Norrie at No. 3 doubles for a 10-4 record…needs five combined wins for 100 in his career with the Mustangs…ranks 13th all-time with 49 career singles wins…his .754 (49-16) singles winning percentage is the fifth-best in team history…ranks fourth with 17 career wins at the No. 1 singles flight…ranks 12th with a .676 (46-22) doubles winning percentage…tied for fourth all-time with 34 doubles wins at the No. 3 line…

	Season			Career
	Singles	Doubles	Combined	Singles	Doubles	Combined
No. 1	14-2	0-0	14-2	17-3	0-0	17-3
No. 2	0-0	1-1	1-1	12-9	12-10	24-19
No. 3	0-0	10-4	10-4	17-4	34-12	51-16
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	14-2	11-5	25-7	49-16	46-22	95-38

  
 
Dillon Pineda (Sr. / Allen, Texas / Allen HS)
Notes: Combined for a 19-13 record this spring, going 7-9 in singles and 12-4 in doubles…collected 100^th career combined win against UTPB's Marcos Silva at the No. 2 flight on April 5…owns a 7-8 record at the No. 2 flight…primarily partnered with Nolan McCaig at the No. 2 doubles flight, going 10-3…ranks 11th in team history with 101 combined wins…ranks fifth all-time with 15 wins at the No. 2 flight…sits in ninth with 59 career doubles victories…owns the seventh most wins (26) at the No. 2 doubles flight in team history…

	Season			Career
	Singles	Doubles	Combined	Singles	Doubles	Combined
No. 1	0-1	2-1	2-2	0-1	31-18	31-19
No. 2	7-8	10-3	17-11	15-17	26-13	41-30
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	7-9	12-4	19-13	42-33	59-32	101-65

 
 
Quentin Scharfenberg (Fr. / Lubbock, Texas / Coronado 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	1-0	1-0	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	1-0	0-0	1-0	1-0

 
 
Ben Westwick (Fr. / Houston, Texas / Memorial HS)
Notes: Ranked No. 15 in doubles with partner Alberto Diaz…combined for a 17-10 record, including a 6-5 mark in singles and 11-5 mark in doubles…he sits at 9-3 with Diaz as his partner at the No. 1 doubles flight…

	Season			Career
	Singles	Doubles	Combined	Singles	Doubles	Combined
No. 1	0-0	11-5	11-5	0-0	11-5	11-5
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	1-0		1-0	1-0		1-0
No. 6	5-5		5-5	5-5		5-5
Totals	6-5	11-5	17-10	6-5	11-5	17-10

 
 
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MSU continues its final homestand of the 2019 season on Tuesday when Oklahoma Baptist visits the MSU Tennis Center. First serve is slated for 1:30 p.m.