DALLAS (SMU) - The SMU women's tennis team returns to action at the SMU Tennis Complex to take on the San Jose State Spartans in a quick turnaround after their match on Saturday against Louisiana Tech.

LAST MATCH - LOUISIANA TECH
The Mustangs dropped its first match at the SMU Tennis Complex this season as Louisiana Tech won 4-0 Saturday afternoon.

The Bulldogs won the doubles matches on courts one and two as Zoe Chen and Alexandra Starkova defeated the 52th ranked doubles pair of Vaszilisza Bulgakova and Hristina Dishkova (No. 1) 6-1. Jazmin Britos and Marta Sramkova topped Dasha Sharapova and Mary Wright (No. 2) 6-3.

Louisiana Tech won the first three singles matches to clinch the 4-0 victory as Starkova won over Dishkova (No. 1) and Britos defeated Sharapova (No. 2), each by the score of 6-3, 7-5. Manoela Chiacchio earned a comeback win against Macie Elliott (No. 6) 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 to clinch the win for the Bulldogs.

SCOUTING SAN JOSE STATE
The Spartans' record of 7-5 includes losses to five ranked opponents in Arizona, Arizona State, South Alabama, Denver, and UC Santa Barbara. San Jose State has two common opponents to SMU in TCU and Nevada, however San Jose State has not played them yet as they face TCU on March 29 and Nevada on April 16.

Sophommore Sybille Gauvain and junior Marie Klocker lead the singles lineup for the Spartans with both at the No. 1 and No. 2 positions. The two at No. 2 position combine for an 8-2 record there and a 4-7 record at the No. 1 spot. The rest of their singles lineup has been consistent with junior Gaelle Rey at No. 3 with a 5-7 record, junior Marine Dans at No. 4 with a 7-4 record, freshman Miyo Kobayashi at No. 5 with a 9-2 record and senior Justine Deleval at No. 6 with a 2-8 record.

Much like the singles lineup, San Jose State has used a consistent doubles lineup with Klocker and Gaelle at the top with a 7-5 record, Dans and Gauvain at No. 2 with a 6-3 record with Deleval and Kobayashi at No. 3 with a 4-5 record.

SERIES INFO
SMU has won the only match in series history, winning 5-0 in Dallas in 1998 over San Jose State.

LEADING DOUBLES
The doubles pair of seniors Vaszilisza Bulgakova and Hristina Dishkova have entered the ITA Doubles Rankings with their 9-3 record and victory over TCU's ranked doubles pair of Caroline Wegner and Seda Arantekin on Feb. 25. Bulgakova and Dishkova have played together at the No. 1 spot during the entire duals season after only playing doubles together three previous times during their time at SMU, all three came in the 2013-14 season.

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
SMU boasts two of this season's AAC Female Tennis Players of the Week in Hristina Dishkova and Dasha Sharapova.

Dishkova was given the honor on Feb. 2 after the Mustangs' first week of play where she won all of her singles and doubles matches against opponents from Abilene Christian and McNeese State in 5-2 wins. Sharapova was named AAC Female Player of the Week on Feb. 16 after winning all three of her singles matches against Northwestern State, Nevada and clinching the SMU win over then No. 36 Oklahoma.

FIFTH TO 50
SMU women's tennis head coach, Kati Gyulai (50-51) has earned her 50th career win as the head coach of the Mustangs. She is now the fifth women's coach in program history to reach the 50-win mark, joining Lauren Meisner (105, 2007-11), Rob Howarth (53, 2004-06), Owen McHaney (114, 1982-87), and Barbara Camp (86, 1973-80).

HOME COURTS ADVANTAGE
The Mustangs are 9-1 at the SMU Tennis Complex this season with five of their remaining six matches in Dallas.

"It's just easier for us to play at home," Bulgakova said. "Even in tough conditions or against tough opponents, we get ready to go and know we had our home crowd behind us."

LOOKING AHEAD - SATURDAY DOUBLE HEADER
SMU women's tennis will host a double header on Saturday as they host Memphis at 1:00 p.m. and UT-Permian Basin at 5:00 p.m.