Midwestern State (5-3)
vs. St. Mary's (5-1)

Saturday, Feb. 25 -- 10 a.m.
MSU Tennis Center
All-Time Series | MSU leads, 20-1

WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Midwestern State hosts its first Lone Star Conference dual of the season as St. Mary's visits MSU Tennis Center on Saturday. The first matches are set to begin at 2 p.m.

LAST TIME OUT |Midwestern State rebounded from a 4-1 loss to NJCAA No. 1-ranked Cowley College to beat No. 6-ranked Collin College in a doubleheader last week at MSU Tennis Center. The Mustangs claimed the doubles point with Germano Setti and Marcal Miret Avante beating NJCAA No. 17-ranked Seth Seely and Djordje Kurcubic 6-3 at No. 1, and Luis Diaz Argente and Juan David Duque rolling to a 6-2 victory over Luis Ching and David Palomares at No. 2. Charles Heffernan continued the momentum with a 6-3, 6-0 victory over Vigneron at No. 2 singles before Setti pushed the MSU edge to 3-0 with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Palomares at No. 4. Diaz Argente delivered the clinching blow with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 victory over Seely at No. 1.

MUSTANGS IN THE ITA RANKINGS | The Mustangs boast four student-athletes in the November release of the South Central Region. Senior Charles Heffernan is ranked seventh, followed by Juan David Duque at No. 8, Marcal Miret Avante at No. 13, and Germano Setti at No. 18. As a team, MSU received votes in the most recent ITA poll released on Feb. 17.

QUICK SERVES | Killian Guillou has won four consecutive matches, including a 7-5, 6-4 victory over Djordje Kurcubic of Collin College at No. 6 singles last week and is 4-0 in singles matches…Germano Setti has won his last two matches at No. 4 singles to improve to 5-3 for the season…MSU is 7-1 at No. 4 singles and 4-0 at No. 6 singles this season…Mustangs are 23-16 overall in singles matches…Luis Diaz Argente and Juan David Duque have won three consecutive doubles matches after waltzing to a 6-2 victory over Collin College at No. 2 doubles last week…Argente and Duque are both 5-2 in doubles…MSU is 13-10 in doubles overall…

SCOUTING THE RATTLERS | St. Mary's entered LSC play off its first loss of the season as the Rattlers were beaten by crosstown rival Our Lady of the Lake last week, 4-3….Rattlers were 5-1 entering their match with Lubbock Christian on Friday… Alvaro Soler was ranked No. 14, and Ryan Koth was ranked No. 20 in the singles South Central Region at the conclusion of the fall campaign…Nicolas Llosa and Sebastian Azcui were ranked No. 9 in the doubles South Central Region at the end of the fall season…Bernhard Hauer won the B Draw of the ITA South Central Regional, posting a perfect 3-0 record. Hauer defeated a trio of DBU players to win the title…Aaron Ben Anton was an 11-time regional champion and helped Otto-Hahn Gymnasium Ludwigsburg to the German school championship in 2019…St. Mary's was 17-7 last season with a 4-3 record in the Lone Star Conference…Daniel Matheu Baldor was name LSC Player of the Week on Feb. 9 after defeating Carson Kirk of Schreiner, 6-2, 6-2, and teaming with fellow Spaniard Alvaro Soler for an 8-0 win at No. 1 doubles…Jake Faryniarz has opened the season 5-0 in singles, winning three matches at No. 5 singles and earning two wins at No. 6 singles…Nicolas Llosa has won his last three matches, winning once at No. 6 singles and twice at No. 5 singles…Llosa is 0-3 at No. 2 singles…Llosa and Faryniarz are 3-0 at No. 2 doubles…Rattlers are 14-4 overall in doubles and 4-2 at No. 1 doubles…Rattlers are 26-10 in singles overall, going 6-0 at No. 5 singles and 5-1 at No. 6 singles…Rattlers are 4-2 at both No. 1 and No. 3 singles…

UP NEXT | Midwestern State takes on Southwest Baptist Friday afternoon at MSU Tennis Center. First serve is set for 2 p.m.