GRINNELL, Iowa - The Grinnell College men's tennis team has won 13 Midwest Conference Tournament titles in a row, and the Pioneers are looking to extend that streak by one Friday.

The Pioneers, who own a 133-match winning streak against league opponents dating back to 2002, open the tourney Friday as the top seed. Grinnell (16-9, 8-0 MWC) will play fourth-seeded Lawrence University (11-9, 5-3 MWC) at 8:30 a.m. in a semifinal match. The other semifinal pits second-seeded Cornell College (17-10, 7-1 MWC) and third-seeded Lake Forest College (13-10, 6-2 MWC), also at 8:30 a.m.

The winners advance to the title match at 1 p.m., with that winner earning the league's automatic berth to the NCAA Division III National Tournament.

The tournament then shifts to singles and doubles play during the weekend. Grinnell earned six of the nine No. 1 seeds. In singles, top seeds are Cole Miller '17 at No. 1, Tommy Pitcher '17 at No. 3, Zach Lane '19 at No. 4 and Will Hamilton '17 at No. 5. Top doubles seeds are Sam Stickels '19 and Raghu Inturi '20 at No. 2 and Hamilton and Ben Cobin '20 at No. 3.

Stickels and Cobin are No. 2 seeds at Nos. 2 and 6 singles, while Miller and Pitcher are third seeds at No. 1 doubles.

Miller has four MWC individual titles to his credit, Pitcher has three and Stickels two.