THE RUNDOWN
SILVER CITY, N.M. – After stringing together a 7-0 sweep against UT Permian Basin yesterday, No. 34-ranked Midwestern State picked up right where it left off. The Mustangs rolled up nine wins on Saturday at Western New Mexico for the team's second-straight 7-0 win.
 
The Mustangs improved to 11-5 overall and 2-1 in LSC play while WNMU drops to 7-13 overall and 1-5 in LSC action.
 
The Maroon and Gold raced out to an early lead with a clean sweep in doubles.
 
The duo of Greta Lazzarotto and Casie Curry opened the day with their fourth-straight win, trumping Carolina Torrico and Nicold Gonzalez, 6-2, at the No. 2 line.
 
MSU Texas' tandem of Ashley Ramirez and Bianca Duff clinched the point against Julia Tozzi and Camila Gomez, 6-3, at the No. 1 line.
 
Lea Cizeron and Juliette Mary completed the sweep, downing Karina Diaz-Kolovos and Julia Terrazas, 6-4, at the No. 3 flight.
 
MSU maintained the early momentum and rattled off straight-set wins on all six singles courts.
 
Mary and Curry collected back-to-back wins at the Nos. 5 & 6 flights to stretch the lead to 3-0. Mary ousted Gonzalez, 6-0, 6-1, before Curry toppled Terrazas, 6-1, 6-2.
 
Lazzarotto clinched the win for the Mustangs, besting Diaz-Kolovos, 6-0, 6-2, at No. 3. With two wins today, the Italian is now three combined wins away from breaking Lacey Wuthrich's all-time record of 138.
 
Duff, Cizeron and Ramirez closed out the match with wins for the Mustangs.
 
Duff defeated Tozzi, 6-3, 6-4, at No. 1, while Cizeron took a 6-4, 6-1 decision from Gomez at No. 2. Ramirez finished off the sweep, downing Torrico, 6-3, 6-3, at No. 4.
 
BOX SCORE
#34 Midwestern State (11-5, 2-1 LSC) def. Western New Mexico (7-13, 1-5 LSC)
Sat., April 6, 2019 | 9:30 a.m.
Silver City, N.M.
WNMU Tennis Courts
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Ashley Ramirez/Bianca Duff (MSU) def. Julia Tozzi/Camila Gomez (WNMU) 6-3
No. 2 – Greta Lazzarotto/Casie Curry (MSU) def. Carolina Torrico/Nicold Gonzalez (WNMU) 6-2
No. 3 – Lea Cizeron/Juliette Mary (MSU) def. Karina Diaz-Kolovos/Julia Terrazas (WNMU) 6-4
 
Singles
No. 1 – Bianca Duff (MSU) def. Julia Tozzi (WNMU) 6-3, 6-4
No. 2 – Lea Cizeron (MSU) def. Camila Gomez (WNMU) 6-4, 6-1
No. 3 – Greta Lazzarotto (MSU) def. Karina Diaz-Kolovos (WNMU) 6-0, 6-2
No. 4 – Ashley Ramirez (MSU) def. Carolina Torrico (WNMU) 6-3, 6-3
No. 5 – Juliette Mary (MSU) def. Nicold Gonzalez (WNMU) 6-0, 6-1
No. 6 – Casie Curry (MSU) def. Julia Terrazas (WNMU) 6-1, 6-2

Order of finish: Doubles (2, 1, 3); Singles (5, 6, 3, 1, 2, 4)

UP NEXT
MSU Texas returns to the MSU Tennis Center for its final homestand on Fri., April 12. First serve against Dallas Baptist is set for 2 p.m.