FORT SMITH, Ark. – The Mustangs bounce back after a loss on Friday to Cameron by gaining a 5-2 win over Arkansas-Fort Smith. This counts for Midwestern State's second Lone Star Conference tally in the win column this season.
 
Alex Martinez Roca and Alexandre Crepy redeemed after the doubles loss at Cameron to overtake Wian Van Dyk and Zach Delmonico 6-2. Quentin Scharfenberg and Brice Bradshaw followed up with a 6-3 win over Andrew Anderson and Ethan Eddleman. The pair won two straight matches together to gain the doubles point for MSU.
 
The final doubles set could not complete the trifecta as Jean Muniz and Abhi Venkatachalam dropped their first outing of the season. Daniel Borrero and Nicolas Balbontin barely inched out the 7-6 score.
 
Still, the Mustangs led 1-0 with singles play starting.
 
No. 43 ranked Martinez Roca took his first set against Van Dyk 6-0 and then won by default in the end for Midwestern State's second point of the day.
 
Crepy gained the third point at the second singles spot. Borrero fell by a score of 6-4, 6-1.
 
The Lions made their first point of the match with a win at number four singles. Venkatachalam fell 2-6, 7-5 for his first singles loss of the year. The score now sat at 3-1 with the Mustangs ahead.
 
UAFS drew another point with Balbontin's 6-4, 6-3 win over Bradshaw. This was the freshman's first match at the third singles spot for MSU. The visitors now only led by one point with two more two finish.
 
Scharfenburg increased the lead at number five singles. The redshirt freshman took the first set 6-3 while Delmonico got set two by the same score. Scharfenberg won the final set in a 10-4 superset tiebreaker, putting the match score at 4-2.
 
Muniz sealed the deal with the fifth and final point of the day at six singles. The junior won his first singles match of the year by a score of 6-3, 6-1 over Anderson. The final score set at 5-2 gave MSU their seventh victory of the spring. Arkansas-Fort Smith falls to 4-5 overall and 0-3 in conference play.
 
Midwestern State will look to push their LSC run when they take on UT Permian Basin on Thursday, April 1. It will be the team's first conference home match thus far this season. The first serve is set for 2 p.m. at MSU Tennis Center.