#14 Midwestern State (20-6) vs. #31 St. Mary's (14-7)
NCAA DII Round of 32
Mon. May 13 | 2 p.m.
Wichita Falls, Texas | MSU Tennis Center
Live Stats: MSUMustangs.com
Series Notes: MSU leads 10-4 | Second Postseason Meeting (2013 – MSU won, 5-3)
 
Projected Lineups
Doubles
No. 1 – #10 Ashley Ramirez/Bianca Duff (MSU) vs. Ally Maciel/Isabelle Bergman (StMU)
No. 2 – Greta Lazzarotto/Casie Curry (MSU) vs. Alex Corder/Hannah Petersen (StMU)
No. 3 – Lea Cizeron/Taylor Gray (MSU) vs. Rani Goodland/Ashley Penshorn (StMU)
 
Singles
No. 1 – Bianca Duff (MSU) vs. #24 Ally Maciel (StMU)
No. 2 – #66 Greta Lazzarotto (MSU) vs. Alex Corder (StMU)
No. 3 – Lea Cizeron (MSU) vs. Rani Goodland (StMU)
No. 4 – Juliette Mary (MSU) vs. Hannah Petersen (StMU)
No. 5 – Ashley Ramirez (MSU) vs. Isabelle Bergman (StMU)
No. 6 – #62 Casie Curry (MSU) vs. Ashley Penshorn (StMU)

Storylines
First Serve
Midwestern State hosts No. 31-ranked St. Mary's in the NCAA DII Round of 32 at the MSU Tennis Center on Monday, May 13, at 2 p.m.
 
The winner advances to the Round of 16 at the NCAA Division II Women's Tennis Championships site of the Sanlando Park Tennis Center in Altamonte Springs, Fla., from May 22-25.
 
Last Time Out
MSU romped through the Lone Star Conference Postseason Tournament to win its fifth league postseason title in the last six seasons. The Mustangs trampled Tarleton State, 4-1, for their third-straight tourney crown.
 
Second Time Around
The Mustangs and Rattlers met on Feb. 28 this season in Wichita Falls with the Maroon and Gold taking a 5-2 win to end a four-match skid to St. Mary's. After sweeping doubles, MSU Texas won four, three-set matches to clinch the win. In total, five of the six courts needed a decisive third set.
 
MSU Texas def. St. Mary's 5-2
Doubles
No. 1 – #22 Maddy Coffman/Ashley Ramirez (MSU) def. Ally Maciel/Alex Corder (StMU) 6-4
No. 2 – Bianca Duff/Greta Lazzarotto (MSU) def. Rani Goodland/Isabelle Bergman (StMU) 7-6 (7)
No. 3 – Lea Cizeron/Juliette Mary (MSU) def. Hannah Petersen/Ashley Penshorn (StMU) 6-2
 
Singles
No. 1 – #16 Maddy Coffman (MSU) def. #38 Ally Maciel (StMU) 6-4, 1-6, 7-5
No. 2 – Alex Corder (StMU) def. Bianca Duff (MSU) 7-5, 2-6, 6-4
No. 3 – Lea Cizeron (MSU) def. Rani Goodland (StMU) 3-6, 6-3, 6-0
No. 4 – Greta Lazzarotto (MSU) def. Hannah Petersen (StMU) 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-2
No. 5 – Ashley Penshorn (StMU) def. Ashley Ramirez (MSU) 6-1, 6-0
No. 6 – Juliette Mary (MSU) def. Isabelle Bergman (StMU) 1-6, 7-5, 10-8
 
Tourney History
The Mustangs make their 19th overall and seventh consecutive postseason appearance in 22 years as a NCAA Division II member. MSU Texas advanced to the national tournament site on seven occasions including a pair of national quarterfinal showings (2015, 2017).
 
Midwestern hosts its sixth NCAA Tournament match in the last seven seasons. The Mustangs advanced after hosting in all five trips.
 
Moving On Up
MSU Texas remained in the top 15, falling two spots to No. 14 in the Oracle/ITA National Team rankings released last Wednesday.
 
Senior Greta Lazzarotto (No. 66) and freshman Casie Curry (No. 62) remained in the singles rankings while juniors Ashley Ramirez and Bianca Duff jumped into the top 10 in doubles.
 
Threepeat
Midwestern State won its fifth LSC Postseason Tournament title in the last six seasons with a 4-1 victory against 34th-ranked Tarleton State on Saturday at the Waco Regional Tennis Center.
 
MSU eclipses the 20-win plateau for the seventh time in program history with its third-straight league tournament crown. The Maroon and Gold previously won the LSC's championship in 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018.
 
Conference Champs Put Five on All-LSC Squad
Junior Bianca Duff was a two-way, first team performer and freshman Casie Curry picked up Lone Star Conference freshman of the year honors the league office announced on Thursday.
 
Lea Cizeron – All-LSC Singles (HM)
Casie Curry – LSC Freshman of the Year; All-LSC Doubles (HM)
Bianca Duff – All-LSC Singles (1^st team); All-LSC Doubles (1^st team)
Greta Lazzarotto – All-LSC Singles (1^st team); All-LSC Doubles (HM)
Ashley Ramirez – All-LSC Doubles (1^st team)
 
Coach Scott Linn garnered the conference's coach of the year honors for the third-straight season. Midwestern State eclipsed the 20-win plateau for the seventh time in school history and won its fifth league postseason title in the last six seasons.
 
MSU Texas Collects 500th Program Win
Midwestern State collected win No. 500 in program history on April 16 against Oklahoma Baptist. The Mustangs (506-334-3) became the seventh MSU program to eclipse the 500-win plateau.
 
Doubles Decider
The doubles point has proved to be decisive for the Mustangs this season. MSU Texas is 16-1 when grabbing the early edge and 4-5 when falling into a hole.
 
After dropping the point in seven-straight, the Maroon and Gold have taken the point in 12 of the last 14 contests.
 
Best to Ever Do It
Senior Greta Lazzarotto supplanted herself atop the MSU Texas career wins chart on April 14 against Texas A&M-Kingsville, passing Lacey Wuthrich (2002-05) with win No. 139. Lazzarotto bested Phoephathep Philavong, 6-1, 6-3, in singles to break the record.
 
The Italian passed Brooke Gray (2000-03) for the most career doubles wins on March 30 against Arkansas-Fort Smith. Partnered with freshman Casie Curry, the tandem closed out a tiebreaker against the Lions to lock up the historic win.
 
Lazzarotto ranks fourth all-time with 59 career singles wins and is eight away from breaking Wuthrich's program-record of 64.
 
Duff Wins No. 100
Junior Bianca Duff collected her 100th career victory in a three-set thriller with Lisa Carvajal at the No. 1 line on April 14. Duff became the 12th member of the 100-win club, joining teammate Greta Lazzarotto.
 
The Geelong, Australia, native sits at No. 10 with 110 combined wins while ranking in the top-15 in both singles (14^th) and doubles (8^th).
 
Ramirez Chasing History
Junior Ashley Ramirez can join Lazzarotto and Duff in the 100-win department. The Scottsdale, Ariz., native is one win away from the milestone with a 99-39 career record.
 
Individual Records and Notes
 
Lea Cizeron (Jr. / Saint Etienne, France / Saint Paul HS (Arkansas-Fort Smith))
Notes: Named honorable mention all-conference in singles…owns a 31-15 combined record this season, including a 15-9 mark in singles and 16-6 record in doubles…posted a 6-4 record at the No. 2 flight and 8-5 mark at No. 3 singles…posted a 13-6 mark in doubles with partner Juliette Mary and 3-0 record with partner Taylor Gray at No. 3…the 13 wins at No. 3 doubles are the seventh-most in single-season history…

	Season			Career
	Singles	Doubles	Combined	Singles	Doubles	Combined
No. 1	1-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	0-0	1-0
No. 2	6-4	0-0	6-4	6-4	0-0	6-4
No. 3	8-5	16-6	24-11	8-5	16-6	24-11
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	15-9	16-6	31-15	15-9	16-6	31-15

 
 
Casie Curry (Fr. / Wichita Falls, Texas / Rider HS)
Notes: Named LSC Freshman of the Year and honorable mention all-conference in doubles…ranked No. 62 in the Oracle/ITA singles rankings…owns a 31-4 overall record this spring, including an 18-1 mark in singles and 13-3 record in doubles…remains unbeaten at the No. 6 singles flight, posting a 13-0 mark…won 11-straight in singles dating back to April 4…partnered with Greta Lazzarotto in each of the last 14 matches at the No. 2 line, going 10-1…her .947 (18-1) singles winning percentage matches Daria Panferova's 2018 mark for the best in single-season history…ranks third on the single-season charts with 13 wins at No. 6…

	Season			Career
	Singles	Doubles	Combined	Singles	Doubles	Combined
No. 1	0-0	3-2	3-2	0-0	3-2	3-2
No. 2	0-0	10-1	10-1	0-0	10-1	10-1
No. 3	1-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	0-0	1-0
No. 4	1-0		1-0	1-0		1-0
No. 5	3-1		3-1	3-1		3-1
No. 6	13-0		13-0	13-0		13-0
Totals	18-1	13-3	31-4	18-1	13-3	31-4

 
Bianca Duff (Jr. / Geelong, Australia / Oberon HS)
Notes: Named first team all-conference in both singles and doubles…became the 12th player in program history to reach the 100 win mark on April 14 against Texas A&M-Kingsville…ranked No. 10 in doubles with Ashley Ramirez…owns 30-20 combined record this season, going 13-11 in singles and 17-9 in doubles…has gone 9-4 at the No. 1 singles flight…scored the biggest upset of her career taking down Washburn's 20^th-ranked Jacque Engelbrecht, 6-4, 7-5, on April 19…partnered with Ashley Ramirez in the last 14 matches at the No. 1 doubles line for an 11-3 record…won 11 of the last 12 matches in doubles…ranks 10th all-time with 110 career combined wins, 14^th with 45 singles wins and eighth with 65 doubles wins…tied for 10th with 10 career wins at No. 1 singles…career .813 (65-15) winning percentage is fourth highest in program history…sits in seventh with 25 career wins at No. 1 doubles…

	Season			Career
	Singles	Doubles	Combined	Singles	Doubles	Combined
No. 1	9-4	11-3	20-7	10-4	25-8	35-12
No. 2	2-4	6-6	8-10	18-15	40-7	58-22
No. 3	2-3	0-0	2-3	17-7	0-0	17-7
No. 4	0-0		0-0	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	13-11	17-9	30-20	45-27	65-15	110-42

 
Taylor Gray (So. / Wichita Falls, Texas / Rider HS (Missouri State))
Notes: Came off the bench for a pair of wins against Cameron…owns a 5-2 combined record this spring, going 2-2 in singles and 3-0 in doubles…recorded first career win in 6-1, 6-1 decision over Emma Davis of Southwest Baptist…defeated CU's Pilar Jaurena, 6-2, 6-4, in the regular season finale…paired with Lea Cizeron in each of the last four matches, going 3-0…

	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	3-0	3-0	0-0	3-0	3-0
No. 4	0-0		0-0	0-0		0-0
No. 5	0-1		0-1	0-1		0-1
No. 6	2-1		2-1	2-1		2-1
Totals	2-2	3-0	5-2	2-2	3-0	5-2

 
Greta Lazzarotto (Sr. / Bassano del Grappa, Italy / Licero Statale G.B. Brocchi)
Notes: Named first team all-conference in singles and picked up honorable mention all-LSC accolades in doubles…voted as the league's Academic Player of the Year for the third-straight season…broke Lacey Wuthrich's career wins record with a pair of wins on April 14 against Texas A&M-Kingsville…passed Wuthrich with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Phonatep Philavong at the No. 2 line…ranked No. 66 in singles…owns a 32-14 combined record this season, going 16-7 in singles and 16-7 in doubles…boasts a 5-4 record at No. 2, 5-0 record at No. 3 and 6-3 mark at No. 4…scored the biggest upset in program history, upsetting Washburn's second-ranked Alexis Czapinski, 6-2, 6-2…partnered with Casie Curry for a 10-1 record at the No. 2 flight…ranks fourth all-time with 59 career singles wins…passed Brooke Gray for the most doubles wins in program history in the win over Arkansas-Fort Smith…her .838 (88-17) career winning percentage is the third best in team history…ranks fourth with 48 career wins at the No. 2 doubles flight…

	Season			Career
	Singles	Doubles	Combined	Singles	Doubles	Combined
No. 1	0-0	0-1	0-1	1-0	1-1	2-1
No. 2	5-4	16-6	21-10	9-8	48-11	57-19
No. 3	5-0	0-0	5-0	12-9	39-5	51-14
No. 4	6-3		6-3	16-7		16-7
No. 5	0-0		0-0	19-13		19-13
No. 6	0-0		0-0	2-2		2-2
Totals	16-7	16-7	32-14	59-39	88-17	147-56

 
Juliette Mary (Jr. / Perpignan, France / College de Tsingoni (Eastern Arizona))
Notes: Owns a 27-11 combined record this season, going 14-5 in singles and 13-6 in doubles…posted a 4-1 record at the No. 4 flight and 7-4 mark at No. 5 singles…partnered with Lea Cizeron for a 13-6 record at the No. 3 flight in doubles…the duos 13 wins at the No. 3 flight rank as the seventh 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	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
No. 3	0-0	13-6	13-6	0-0	13-6	13-6
No. 4	4-1		4-1	4-1		4-1
No. 5	7-4		7-4	7-4		7-4
No. 6	3-0		3-0	3-0		3-0
Totals	14-5	13-6	27-11	14-5	13-6	27-11

 
Ashley Ramirez (Jr. / Scottsdale, Ariz. / Cactus Shadow HS
Notes: Named first team all-conference in doubles…needs one win for No. 100 in her career…ranked No. 10 in doubles with partner Bianca Duff…owns a 22-15 combined record this season, going 8-8 in singles and 14-7 in doubles…owns a 3-6 record at No. 4, 3-2 mark at No. 5 and 2-0 mark at No.  6 singles…partnered with Bianca Duff for an 11-3 record at the No. 1 line in the last 14 matches, winning 11 of the last 12…ranks No. 13 with 99 combined career wins…No. 12 on the all-time doubles wins chart with 58 wins…career .773 (58-16) winning percentage in doubles is ninth best in team history…33 career wins at No. 1 doubles are fourth most in team history…

	Season			Career
	Singles	Doubles	Combined	Singles	Doubles	Combined
No. 1	0-0	14-6	14-6	0-0	33-11	33-11
No. 2	0-0	0-1	0-1	0-0	1-2	1-2
No. 3	0-0	0-0	0-0	4-1	24-4	28-5
No. 4	3-6		3-6	15-13		15-13
No. 5	3-2		3-2	7-2		7-2
No. 6	2-0		2-0	15-6		15-6
Totals	8-8	14-7	22-15	41-22	58-17	99-39

 
Emilija Segetlija (Jr. / Belgrade, Serbia / Fontainebleau HS (Texas Wesleyan)
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	1-1	1-1
No. 4	0-0		0-0	0-0		0-0
No. 5	0-1		0-0	2-2		2-2
No. 6	0-0		0-0	10-10		10-10
Totals	0-1	0-0	0-1	12-12	1-1	13-13

 
 
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