Mustangs Open Metroplex Mania With Six Victories

Friday, October 6

Dallas, TX

11 a.m.

SMU

Metroplex Mania

Mustangs Open Metroplex Mania With Six Victories

Oct 6 | Women's Tennis

Play Resumes Saturday At 11 A.M.

Draws – Day 1 Results | Photo Gallery

Oct. 6, 2017

DALLAS (SMU) – The SMU women's tennis team picked up six victories on day one of Metroplex Mania Friday at the SMU Tennis Complex.

The Mustangs captured five of seven singles matches and one win in doubles play in the first round of action.

SMU opened up play in No. 1 doubles with Anzhelika Shapovalova and Karina Traxler registering a 6-1 victory against Arizona's Marie Van Aelst and Gitte Heynemans. Tiffany Hollebeck paired up with Texas A&M's Riley McQuaid for a convincing 6-1 win against Northwestern State's Ela Iwaniuk and Judit Castillo.

Shapovalova advanced to the semifinals in No. 1 singles after defeating Abilene Christian's Lucile Pothier, 6-7 (6), 6-2, 6-2. In No. 2 singles, Ana Perez-Lopez also moved on to the semifinals with a 6-2, 6-1 win against Georgia State's Daniela Ramirez.

Sarai Monarrez Yesaki saw her first action of the fall season recording a 6-7, 6-4, 6-3 victory against Northwestern State's Ela Iwaniuk in No. 3 singles.

Nicole Petchey recorded her third victory of the season after a 6-1, 7-5 win against Abilene Christian's Nini Memishishi in No. 4 singles, while Tiffany Hollebeck defeated UT Arlington's Carla Cerdan 6-7, 6-4, 6-2, in No. 5 singles.

Tournament play resumes Saturday at 11 a.m. with semifinals of doubles.

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2017 Metroplex Mania Results – Friday, October 6

DOUBLES DRAW

No. 1: Shapovalova/Traxler (SMU) def. Van Aelst/Heynemans (Arizona) 6-1
No. 1: Muminovic/Ramirez (Georgia State) def. Perez-Lopez/Yesaki (SMU) 6-3
No. 2: Ivanova/Mutel (Northwestern State) def. Anselmo/Petchey (SMU) 6-3
No. 2: Hollebeck/Riley McQuaid (SMU/Texas A&M) def. Ela Iwaniuk/Judit Castillo (Northwestern State) 6-1

SINGLES DRAW

No. 1: Anzhelika Shapovalova (SMU) def. Lucile Pothier (Abilene Christian) 6-7 (6), 6-2, 6-2
No. 1: Marie Van Aelst (Arizona) def. Karina Traxler (SMU)
No. 2: Ana Perez-Lopez (SMU) def. Daniela Ramirez (Georgia State) 6-2, 6-1
No. 3: Sarai Monarrez Yesaki (SMU) def. Ela Iwaniuk (Northwestern State) 6-7, 6-4, 6-3
No. 3: Devin Chyphya (Arizona) def. Charline Anselmo (SMU) 6-1, 6-1
No. 4: Nicole Petchey (SMU) def. Nini Memishishi (Abilene Christian) 6-1, 7-5
No. 5: Tiffany Hollebeck (SMU) def. Carla Cerdan (UT Arlington) 6-7, 6-4, 6-2

2017 Metroplex Mania Draws – Saturday, October 7

DOUBLES DRAW

No. 1 Semifinal: Shapovalova/Traxler (SMU) vs. Pothier/Williams (Abilene Christian)
No. 1 Consolation Semifinal: Perez-Lopez/Yesaki (SMU) vs. Olivares/Taylor (Texas A&M)
No. 2 Consolation Semifinal: Anselmo/Petchey (SMU) vs. Takeuchi/Mrcela (UT Arlington)
No. 2 Semifinal: Hollebeck/Riley McQuaid (SMU/Texas A&M) vs. Adams/Memishishi (Abilene Christian)
No. 3: Pieroni/Golynker (SMU/Georgia State) vs. Natal/Cerdan (UT Arlington)
No. 3: Pieroni/Golynker (SMU/Georgia State) vs. Grigoriu/Radu (ULM)

SINGLES DRAW

No. 1 Semifinal: Anzhelika Shapovalova (SMU) vs. Kristen Rehse (Georgia State)
No. 1 Consolation Semifinal: Karina Traxler (SMU) vs. Nanaka Takeuchi (UT Arlington)
No. 2 Semifinal: Ana Perez-Lopez (SMU) vs. Polina Ivanova (Northwestern State)
No. 3 Semifinal: Sarai Monarrez Yesaki (SMU) vs. Sarah Adams (Abilene Christian)
No. 3 Consolation Semifinal: Charline Anselmo (SMU) vs. Madalina Grigoriu (ULM)
No. 4 Semifinal: Nicole Petchey (SMU) vs. Sophia Thomas (Arizona)
No. 5 Semifinal: Tiffany Hollebeck (SMU) vs. Camila Westbrooks (Arizona)