WICHITA FALLS, Texas – No. 24-ranked Midwestern State won its last four dual matches and enters conference play this week with a trip to Texas A&M-Kingsville and No. 31-ranked Angelo State. The Mustangs visit the Javelinas for a noon dual on Friday before facing the Rambelles in San Angelo on Saturday at 1 p.m.

Midwestern State (8-4) completed a rigorous non-conference schedule with a 4-1 win over Hawaii Hilo at MSU Tennis Center last week.

Selin Sepken improved to 8-1 at No. 1 singles with a 6-0, 6-3 victory over Pia Starnecker. It was the third consecutive victory for the senior from Turkey, who transferred to MSU from Idaho. The fifth-year senior has only conceded 10 games in her last three matches. Sepken's only defeat this season was a three-set loss to No. 11-ranked Carlota Verdu of West Florida. 

Emilia Gyorgy has a five-match winning streak and improved to 8-4 this season with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Johanna Roggenkamp of Hawaii Hilo. Gyorgy is 2-2 against nationally ranked opponents this season, and two losses have come in three-set decisions. During the recent winning streak, the freshman from Hungary defeated No. 33-ranked Ane Dannhauser of Hilldale, 7-5, 0-6, 6-1.

Camila Garcia is 9-1 at No. 3 singles for the Mustangs this season and has reeled off three consecutive straight-set victories since suffering back-to-back losses. Garcia was on the verge of a fourth straight victory against Hawaii Hilo, but the match was unfinished with the sophomore from Colombia leading Anna Takahashi, 6-4, 5-1.

Alessia Dolce is heating up in the No. 4 position for MSU, winning her last three singles matches, improving her singles record to 6-4 this season. Dolce has not dropped a set since 2-6, 1-6 loss to Daisy Barrow of Northeastern State at No. 3 singles.

Freshman Jasmine Crain is becoming a fixture at No. 5 singles, with three wins in her last five appearances. She lost a tightly contested battle with Esther Sura of Hillsdale to end a three-match winning streak, but held a 6-3, 4-3 lead over Victoria Ricaurte-Cabas of Hawaii Hilo when the Mustangs clinched the dual-match victory.

The Mustangs are 2-8 with three different players competing at No. 6 singles, and junior Hattie Berend of Wichita Falls has both wins.

Midwestern State won the doubles point in each of its last seven dual matches and has taken the opening point in 11 of 12 dual matches this season. The Mustangs are 27-6 in doubles, led by the pairing of Garcia and Crain, who have won all 12 matches at No. 2 doubles. Sepken and Gyorgy are 9-3 at No. 1 doubles. Berend and Dolce have won all four of their matches as the No. 3 doubles pairing for the Mustangs.

TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE (4-6) 

Midwestern State is 16-2 all-time against Texas A&M-Kingsville and has won the last three meetings, including a 7-0 triumph at home last season. The Javelinas last win in the series was a 4-3 victory in the quarterfinals of the 2022 Lone Star Conference Championship at Arlington Tennis Center.

The Mustangs are 4-1 all-time when visiting Javelina Tennis Courts. In its last visit, Midwestern State edged TAMUK, 4-3, in March of 2023. MSU's only loss in Kingsville came in 2018, when the Javelinas defeated the Mustangs, 5-4. MSU got a measure of revenge by defeating TAMUK, 5-2, in the LSC Championship semifinals later that year.

Texas A&M-Kingsville (4-6) lost its last six dual matches, including three duals in Orlando, Florida, at the USTA National Campus, where Tampa, Slippery Rock and Bryant all defeated the Javelinas last week.

Annika Andersson Gomez has a 9-1 record in singles for TAMUK and won her last three matches after losing in three sets to Benedetta Raggiotti of Angelo State, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 at No. 4 singles. Andersson Gomez won her last match over Lucia Pino of Bryant, 6-2, 4-6, [10-7}.

Guadalupe Tocci is 4-5 at No. 1 singles but has lost her last five matches, including a 1-6, 1-6 loss to Yahli Noy of Bryant. 

Three players have combined to go 5-5 at both Line 2 and Line 3 singles for the Javelinas, who are 4-6 at No. 5 singles.

Three players have combined to go 7-2 at No. 6 singles for the Javelinas. Emma Halvarsson is 5-0 in the No. 6 position and 7-2 in singles overall.

Texas A&M-Kingsville is 14-16 in doubles this season and has won the doubles point in five dual matches this season, but the Javelinas only won two of their last nine doubles matches.

ANGELO STATE (14-0, 1-0)

Midwestern State won its last two meetings with the Rambelles, including a 5-2 victory at MSU Tennis Center last spring, but the Mustangs are 0-3 at San Angelo and trail the all-time series, 4-3.

Angelo State defeated MSU, 6-1, at ASU Tennis Complex the last time the Mustangs visited in April of 2023.

The Rambelles face Cameron on Friday before facing with Midwestern State on Saturday afternoon. 

Angelo State won its conference opener over Texas A&M-Kingsville two weeks ago and then won three dual matches at USTA National Tennis in Orlando, Florida.

The Rambelles overwhelmed Emporia State 7-0 and routed Shippensburg by the same scored before defeating Slippery Rock, 5-2.

Danaiya Amangazhiyeva and Vasilissa Kupriianova were named the Lone Star Doubles Team of the Week, and Kupriianova was named the Singles Player of the Week.

Amangazhiyeva is 12-0 in singles with seven wins at No. 2 singles and five victories at No. 3 singles. The freshman from Kazakhstan is 10-4 in doubles, including a 3-0 record with Kupriianova.

Kuprinova, a sophomore from Russia and a transfer from North Georgia, is 4-0 in singles without dropping a set in the dual-match season. Kuprinova was beaten by Sepken at the ITA Cup in October.

Benedetta Raggiotti has played half of her singles matches at No. 3 singles and the other half at No. 4 singles, but she has not lost in 12 starts this season. 

Margaux Rene is 9-1 at No. 1 singles with a three-match winning streak.

Sasa Felixova has a 10-match winning streak and is 12-1 this season. The freshman from Slovakia is 5-0 at No. 6 singles, 6-1 at No. 5 singles, and won her only match at No. 4 singles for the Rambelles.

The Rambelles, who are 2-0 at home this season, have won the doubles point in 10 dual matches this season and are 30-10 in double matches. 

Rene and Raggiotti are 10-2 at No. 1 doubles but the two losses have come in the last four dual matches, including a 6-4 loss to Nicole Kempton and Alissia Kivi of Slippery Rock. Mei Hasegawa and Pete Komada of Central Oklahoma also posted a 6-4 win over the Rambelles duo at No. 1 doubles on March 6 at ASU Tennis Complex.