#19 Midwestern State (16-4, 2-0 LSC) at #17 Cameron (16-3, 2-0 LSC)
Lone Star Conference Match
Thurs. April 25 | 11 a.m.
Lawton, Okla. | Streich-Henry Tennis Complex
Series Notes: MSU leads 29-24

Storylines
First Serve
Midwestern State goes for its second-straight Lone Star Conference regular season title on Thursday in a Red River Rivalry showdown with No. 17 Cameron. First serve at the Streich-Henry Tennis Complex is slated for 11 a.m.
 
Last Time Out
MSU pushed the NCAA DI 2019 Southland Conference regular season champions to the limit on Tuesday with Abilene Christian closing out a 4-3 win over the Mustangs. Sophomore Alex Martinez Roca and freshman Ben Westwick picked up singles wins after the Maroon and Gold won the doubles point.
 
Doubles Decider
The doubles point has proved to be decisive for the Mustangs this season. MSU is 14-2 when grabbing the early edge and 2-2 when falling into a hole. Midwestern has won the swing point in five-straight matches.
 
Title Defense
MSU's 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 Texas 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.
 
Tourney Time
MSU will enter the LSC Postseason Tournament as either the No. 1 or No. 2 seed depending on Thursday's results. With a win, the Mustangs would meet Western New Mexico in the opening round while a loss to the Aggies would slot MSU against UT Permian Basin.
 
Both semifinal matches are scheduled for noon on Friday, May 3, at the Waco Regional Tennis Center.
 
Flipping the Switch
Since falling to St. Edward's, 4-3, the Maroon and Gold have been on a tear in the last six matches. The Mustangs own a 33-9 mark in singles play over that stretch.
 
MSU Texas has not lost more than three singles matches to a NCAA DII opponent this season while the 85 wins in singles are the 12th most in team history.

Mustangs Rise to 19
Midwestern State continued to rise in the Oracle/ITA National Rankings. The Mustangs moved up one spot to No. 19 after a win over 37th-ranked Washburn and 4-3 loss to DI Abilene Christian.
 
Junior Angel Palacios remained at No. 2 in the singles rankings while the doubles tandem of sophomore Alberto Diaz and freshman Ben Westwick rose six spots to No. 15.
 
Regional Shakedown
The NCAA DII Men's Tennis Committee kept the South Central Region rankings the same from last week with Midwestern State holding at No. 3.
 
MSU, which came in at No. 19 in the Oracle/ITA National Team rankings earlier today, trailed No. 17 Cameron and No. 29 St. Edward's in the regional polls.
 
The top four teams from the South Central Region will advance to the NCAA Tournament with the top two teams serving as hosts for opening round action May 11-12 at their campus site. The Heartland Conference is the lone league in the region to receive an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament with a required five teams in its conference. Two teams from each of the eight regions will advance to the NCAA Championship site to vie for a national title, May 21-24, at the Sanlando Park Tennis Center in Orlando, Fla.
 
Pineda and Palacios Reach 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 45-34 singles record and 63-32 doubles record in his four-year career at MSU Texas.
 
Junior Angel Palacios joined Pineda as the 13th member of the 100-win club on April 19 with a 6-2 win in doubles over Washburn's Chase Brill and Bradley Eidenmueller to open the doubles competition.
 
Palacios needs four wins to match Brett Emerson's single-season record of 20 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 25-10 record this spring, going 14-5 in singles and 11-5 in doubles…has posted a 12-3 record at the No. 5 flight…12 wins at the No. 5 line are the fifth-most in single-season history…ranks eighth on the single-season charts with 11 wins at No. 1 doubles…

	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	2-2		2-2	2-2		2-2
No. 5	12-3		12-3	12-3		12-3
No. 6	0-0		0-0	0-0		0-0
Totals	14-5	11-5	25-10	14-5	11-5	25-10

 
 
Alex Martinez Roca (So. / Castelldefels, Spain / IES Josep Lluis Sert)
Notes: Owns a 22-4 combined record this spring, going 19-2 in singles and 3-2 in doubles…has gone 4-0 at No. 2, 4-1 at the No. 3 and 10-1 at No. 4 singles flights…won 10-straight in singles going back to March 23…career .870 (40-6) singles winning percentage ranks as No. 2 in program history…his .905 (19-2) singles winning percentage would be the highest in single-season history…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	4-0	1-1	5-1	4-0	1-1	5-1
No. 3	4-1	2-1	6-2	4-1	23-6	27-7
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	19-2	3-2	22-4	40-6	24-7	64-13

 
 
Nolan McCaig (So. / Modesto, Calif / Ceres HS)
Notes: Combined for a 26-11 record this spring, going 12-7 in singles and 14-4 in doubles… has gone 7-5 at No. 3 and 4-2 at No. 4…primarily played the No. 2 doubles flight with partner Dillon Pineda, posting a 14-4 record and winning seven in a row… career .683 (28-13) winning percentage in singles ranks as the 12^th-best in team history…ranks 10th in team history with 12 career wins at the No. 3 line and eighth with 14 career wins at No. 4…career .689 (31-14) doubles winning percentage is eighth-best in team history…tied for seventh with 13 wins this season at No. 2 doubles…

	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	14-4	15-4	1-0	14-4	15-4
No. 3	7-5	0-0	7-5	12-6	0-0	12-6
No. 4	4-2		4-2	14-7		14-7
No. 5	0-0		0-0	1-0		1-0
No. 6	0-0		0-0	0-0		0-0
Totals	12-7	14-4	26-11	28-13	31-14	59-27

  
 
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 (Sr. / Wichita Falls, Texas / Wichita Falls HS)
Notes: Combined for a 15-8 record this spring, going 2-1 in singles and 13-7 in doubles…primarily partnered with Angel Palacios at the No. 3 flight, going 13-6…the pair's 12 wins at the No. 3 flight rank as the fifth-most in single-season 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	0-0	0-1	0-1	0-0	18-11	18-11
No. 3	0-0	13-6	13-6	0-0	22-16	22-16
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	13-7	15-8	8-5	40-27	48-32

 
 
Angel Palacios (Jr. / Piedras Negras, Mexico / Everman HS)
Notes: Became 13th-member of the 100-win club with doubles win over Washburn…became highest-ranked singles player in program history with a No. 2 ranking on March 27 which he has held for five-straight weeks…combined for a 31-9 record this spring, including a 16-4 mark in singles and 15-5 record in doubles…has posted a 16-4 record at the No. 1 flight, the fifth most single-season wins at No. 1 in program history…partnered with Denney Norrie at No. 3 doubles for a 14-4 record… ranks 12th all-time with 51 career singles wins…his .739 (51-18) singles winning percentage is the seventh-best in team history…ranks fourth with 19 career wins at the No. 1 singles flight…ranks seventh with a .694 (50-22) doubles winning percentage…ranks second all-time with 38 doubles wins at the No. 3 line…

	Season			Career
	Singles	Doubles	Combined	Singles	Doubles	Combined
No. 1	16-4	0-0	16-4	19-5	0-0	19-5
No. 2	0-0	1-1	1-1	12-9	12-10	24-19
No. 3	0-0	14-4	14-4	17-4	38-12	55-16
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	16-4	15-5	31-9	51-18	50-22	101-40

  
 
Dillon Pineda (Sr. / Allen, Texas / Allen HS)
Notes: Combined for a 26-14 record this spring, going 10-10 in singles and 16-4 in doubles…collected 100^th career combined win against UTPB's Marcos Silva at the No. 2 flight on April 5…owns a 7-9 record at the No. 2 flight and 3-0 mark at No. 3…primarily partnered with Nolan McCaig at the No. 2 doubles flight, going 14-3…won seven-straight in doubles…ranks ninth in team history with 108 combined wins…ranks fifth all-time with 15 wins at the No. 2 flight…sits in eighth with 63 career doubles victories…owns the seventh most wins (30) 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	7-9	14-3	21-12	15-18	30-13	45-31
No. 3	3-0	0-0	3-0	6-2	2-1	8-3
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	10-10	16-4	26-14	45-34	63-32	108-66

 
 
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 22-12 record, including a 9-6 mark in singles and 13-6 mark in doubles…he sits at 11-4 with Diaz as his partner at the No. 1 doubles flight…

	Season			Career
	Singles	Doubles	Combined	Singles	Doubles	Combined
No. 1	0-0	13-6	13-6	0-0	13-6	13-6
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	8-6		8-6	8-6		8-6
Totals	9-6	13-6	22-12	9-6	13-6	22-12

 
 
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