#20 Midwestern State (17-5) def. UT Permian Basin (12-9) 4-0
Lone Star Conference Championships Semifinal
Fri. May 3 | 12 p.m.
Waco, Texas | Waco Regional Tennis Center
Series Notes: MSU leads 6-0
 
#20 Midwestern State (17-5) vs. #13 Cameron (18-3) 
Lone Star Conference Championships Final
Sat. May 4 | 10 a.m.
Waco, Texas | Waco Regional Tennis Center
Series Notes vs. CU: MSU leads 29-25
 
LSC Men's Tennis Championship Schedule
Friday, May 3, 2019
MSF-1: No. 1 Cameron vs. No. 4 Western New Mexico, 12 p.m.
MSF-2: No. 2 Midwestern State vs. No. 3 UT Permian Basin, 12 p.m.
 
Saturday, May 4, 2019
MF: MSF-1 Winner vs. MSF-2 Winner, 10 a.m.

Storylines
First Serve
Midwestern State goes for its second-straight and fifth overall Lone Star Conference Postseason title beginning with a semifinal matchup against UT Permian Basin at the Waco Regional Tennis Center. First serve is slated for noon on Friday.
 
Last Time Out
MSU Texas suffered a narrow 5-2 setback on the road at Cameron to decide the LSC regular season champion. Sophomores Alex Martinez Roca and Nolan McCaig collected singles wins for the Maroon and Gold.
 
Second Time Around
MSU Texas swept UTPB in singles after dropping the doubles point in the first meeting this season.
 
MSU Texas def. UTPB 6-1
Doubles
No. 1 – Fernando Siqueira/Jorge Garcia (UTPB) def. #8 Ben Westwick/Alberto Diaz (MSU) 6-3
No. 2 – Nolan McCaig/Dillon Pineda (MSU) def. Raul Stevens/Jordan Minjoot (UTPB) 6-3
No. 3 – Marcos Silva/Juan Diego Ruiz (UTPB) def. Angel Palacios/Denney Norrie (MSU) 6-4
 
Singles
No. 1 – #2 Angel Palacios (MSU) def. #52 Raul Stevens (UTPB) 6-2, 6-4
No. 2 – Dillon Pineda (MSU) def. Marcos Silva (UTPB) 6-3, 6-0
No. 3 – #72 Alex Martinez Roca (MSU) def. Enrique Sanchez (UTPB) 6-4, 7-6
No. 4 – Nolan McCaig (MSU) def. Juan Diego Ruiz (UTPB) 6-4, 6-1
No. 5 – Alberto Diaz (MSU) def. Jordan Minjoot (UTPB) 7-6, 2-6, 1-0 (0)
No. 6 – Ben Westwick (MSU) def. Jorge Garcia (UTPB) 6-1, 7-6 (3)

The Mustangs dropped a 5-2 decision in the road finale to Cameron on May 3.

Cameron def. MSU Texas, 5-2
Doubles
No. 1 – #26 Julen Gutierrez/Vinicius Santos (CU) def. #15 Ben Westwick/Alberto Diaz (MSU) 7-6
No. 2 – #40 Przemyslaw Zielinski/Mritunjay Badola (CU) def. Nolan McCaig/Dillon Pineda (MSU) 7-6
No. 3 – Oscar del Granado/Pierre Marion (CU) def. Angel Palacios/Denney Norrie (MSU) 7-5
 
Singles
No. 1 – #8 Vinicius Santos (CU) def. #2 Angel Palacios (MSU) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
No. 2 – Alex Martinez Roca (MSU) def. Mritunjay Badola (CU) 6-2, 6-3
No. 3 – Przemyslaw Zielinski (CU) def. Dillon Pineda (MSU) 6-4, 6-4
No. 4 – Nolan McCaig (MSU) def. Oscar del Granado (CU) 6-0, 6-7, 1-0 (11)
No. 5 – Julen Gutierrez (CU) def. Alberto Diaz (MSU) 6-4, 7-5
No. 6 – Pierre Marion (CU) def. Ben Westwick (MSU) 6-4, 6-2
 
Tourney History
The Mustangs have claimed four tournament crowns in program history, with two coming under Scott Linn.
 
MSU Texas has advanced to the finals on nine occasions, including each of the last three trips.
 
The Maroon and Gold brought home the trophy in 2001, 2006, 2013 and 2018. A win this week would mark the first back-to-back run in program history.
 
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 behind Cameron and St. Edward's.
 
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.
 
Mustangs Ranked No. 20 Entering Tourney
Midwestern State continued to hover at the bottom of the top 25, dropping one spot to No. 20 in the Oracle/ITA National Rankings released on Wednesday.
 
Junior Angel Palacios remained at No. 2 in the singles rankings while the doubles tandem of sophomore Alberto Diaz and freshman Ben Westwick dropped nine spots to No. 24.
 
Doubles Decider
The doubles point has proved to be decisive for the Mustangs this season. MSU Texas is 14-2 when grabbing the early edge and 2-3 when falling into a hole. Midwestern has won the swing point in five-straight matches.
 
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 45-35 singles record and 63-33 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 singles wins to match Brett Emerson's single-season record of 20 at the No. 1 flight.
 
Martinez Roca Hits 20
Sophomore Alex Martinez Roca became the first singles player in program history with back-to-back 20-win seasons. Following a 21-4 campaign as a freshman, the Castelldefels, Spain, native owns a 20-2 record in 2019, winning 11-straight.

Individual Records and Notes
 
Alberto Diaz (So. / Tenerife, Spain / Nebraska-Kearney)
Notes: Ranked No. 24 in doubles with partner Ben Westwick…Combined for a 25-12 record this spring, going 14-6 in singles and 11-6 in doubles…has posted a 12-4 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	11-6	11-6	0-0	11-6	11-6
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	2-2		2-2	2-2		2-2
No. 5	12-4		12-4	12-4		12-4
No. 6	0-0		0-0	0-0		0-0
Totals	14-6	11-6	25-12	14-6	11-6	25-12

 
 
Alex Martinez Roca (So. / Castelldefels, Spain / IES Josep Lluis Sert)
Notes: Became the first player in program history with back-to-back 20-win seasons in singles…owns a 23-4 combined record this spring, going 20-2 in singles and 3-2 in doubles…has gone 5-0 at No. 2, 4-1 at the No. 3 and 10-1 at No. 4 singles flights…won 11-straight in singles going back to March 23…career .872 (41-6) singles winning percentage ranks as No. 2 in program history…his .909 (20-2) 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	5-0	1-1	6-1	5-0	1-1	6-1
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	20-2	3-2	23-4	41-6	24-7	65-13

 
 
Nolan McCaig (So. / Modesto, Calif / Ceres HS)
Notes: Combined for a 27-12 record this spring, going 13-7 in singles and 14-5 in doubles… has gone 7-5 at No. 3 and 5-2 at No. 4…primarily played the No. 2 doubles flight with partner Dillon Pineda, posting a 14-5 record and winning seven of eight… career .690 (29-13) winning percentage in singles ranks as the 11th-best in team history…ranks 10^th in team history with 12 career wins at the No. 3 line and eighth with 15 career wins at No. 4…career .674 (31-15) doubles winning percentage is 13th-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	14-5	15-5	1-0	14-5	15-5
No. 3	7-5	0-0	7-5	12-6	0-0	12-6
No. 4	5-2		5-2	15-7		15-7
No. 5	0-0		0-0	1-0		1-0
No. 6	0-0		0-0	0-0		0-0
Totals	13-7	14-5	27-12	29-13	31-15	60-28

  
 
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 15-9 record this spring, going 2-1 in singles and 13-8 in doubles…primarily partnered with Angel Palacios at the No. 3 flight, going 13-7…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	13-7	13-7	0-0	22-17	22-17
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	13-8	15-9	8-5	40-28	48-33

 
 
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 six-straight weeks…combined for a 31-11 record this spring, including a 16-5 mark in singles and 15-6 record in doubles…has posted a 16-5 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 14-5 record… ranks 12^th all-time with 51 career singles wins…his .729 (51-19) 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 .685 (50-23) 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	16-5	0-0	16-5	19-6	0-0	19-6
No. 2	0-0	1-1	1-1	12-9	12-10	24-19
No. 3	0-0	14-5	14-5	17-4	38-13	55-17
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	16-5	15-6	31-11	51-19	50-23	101-42

  
 
Dillon Pineda (Sr. / Allen, Texas / Allen HS)
Notes: Combined for a 26-16 record this spring, going 10-11 in singles and 16-5 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 3-1 mark at No. 3…primarily partnered with Nolan McCaig at the No. 2 doubles flight, going 14-4…won seven of eight 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	14-4	21-13	15-18	30-14	45-32
No. 3	3-1	0-0	3-1	6-3	2-1	8-4
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	10-11	16-5	26-16	45-35	63-33	108-68

 
 
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. 24 in doubles with partner Alberto Diaz…combined for a 22-14 record, including a 9-7 mark in singles and 13-7 mark in doubles…he sits at 11-5 with Diaz as his partner at the No. 1 doubles flight…

	Season			Career
	Singles	Doubles	Combined	Singles	Doubles	Combined
No. 1	0-0	13-7	13-7	0-0	13-7	13-7
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	8-7		8-7	8-7		8-7
Totals	9-7	13-7	22-14	9-7	13-7	22-14

 
 
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