DALLAS (SMU) – SMU women's tennis closed their fall season by hosting the Red & Blue Challenge at the SMU Tennis Complex this past weekend. The Mustangs were led by senior Liza Buss, who finished the tournament 5-1 between singles and doubles.

Buss won all three of her singles matches across the weekend, including a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Wichita State's No. 36 Fatima Bizhukova on Sunday. She started the tournament by defeating both Wyoming's Ana Royo and Tulsa's Vera Ploner in straight sets.

Senior Vivienne Kulicke also turned in a multi-win performance in singles play. On Friday, she beat Wyoming's Maria Oreshkina 6-1, 6-3 and on Saturday, she topped Tulsa's Shura Poppe 6-2, 6-4. The Hamburg, Germany native battled No. 94 Sandra Honigova from Wichita State to a third-set super tiebreaker, eventually falling 6-2, 4-6, 10-6.

Senior Karina Traxler won her only singles match of the weekend, beating Elisa Koonik of Wyoming 6-2, 6-3. She also teamed up with Buss to win her only doubles match, defeating the Wichita State duo of Saidhujaeva and Lazarova 6-2.

Buss and juniors Sarai Monarrez Yesaki and Tiffany Hollebeck each recorded two doubles wins across the weekend.

SMU opens their spring dual season by hosting Metroplex Mania at the SMU Tennis Complex from Jan. 11-14.

Red & Blue Challenge Final Results (Nov. 2-4, 2018)
SINGLES
Friday
Tessa van der Ploeg (Wyoming) def. Ana Perez-Lopez (SMU) 6-4, 6-7, 6-3
Karina Traxler (SMU) def. Elisa Koonik (Wyoming) 6-2, 6-3
Vivienne Kulicke (SMU) def. Maria Oreshkina (Wyoming) 6-1, 6-3
Liza Buss (SMU) def. Ana Royo (Wyoming) 7-5, 6-1
Sarai Monarrez Yesaki (SMU) def. Mihaela Kaftanova (Wyoming) 6-4, 7-5
Ana Fernandez (Wyoming) def. Katherine Jakeway (SMU) 6-3, 6-3
Tiffany Hollebeck (SMU) def. Ida Krause (Wyoming) 6-4, 6-1
Sille Tranberg (North Texas) def. Emma Pieroni (SMU) 6-1, 6-1

Saturday
Vivienne Kulicke (SMU) def. Shura Poppe (Tulsa) 6-2, 6-4
Martha Matoula (Tulsa) def. Ana Perez-Lopez (SMU) 7-6, 6-4
Liza Buss (SMU) def. Vera Ploner (Tulsa) 6-3, 6-3
Arianna Capogrosso (Tulsa) def. Sarai Monarrez Yesaki (SMU) 7-5, 6-4
Manon Meulenberg (Tulsa) def. Tiffany Hollebeck (SMU) 7-6, 6-4
Marina Davtyan (Tulsa) def. Katherine Jakeway (SMU) 7-5, 6-1
Megan Hopton (Tulsa) def. Emma Pieroni (SMU) 6-1, 6-0

Sunday
No. 94 Sandra Honigova (Wichita State) def. Vivienne Kulicke (SMU) 6-2, 4-6, 10-6
Liza Buss (SMU) def. No. 36 Fatima Bizhukova (Wichita State) 6-1, 6-1
Ana Perez-Lopez (SMU) def. Marta Belluco (Wichita State) 6-1, 6-2
Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva (Wichita State) def. Sarai Monarrez Yesaki (SMU) 2-6, 6-2, 10-6
Ting-Ya Hsu (Wichita State) def. Tiffany Hollebeck (SMU) 6-0, 6-3
Alexandra Lazarova (Wichita State) def. Emma Pieroni (SMU) 6-0, 6-3
Sille Tranberg (North Texas) def. Katherine Jakeway (SMU) 7-5, 6-7, 12-10

DOUBLES
Friday
#14 Bizhukova/Bellucco (WSU) def. Kulicke/Perez-Lopez (SMU) 7-5
Traxler/Buss (SMU) def. Saidhujaeva/Lazarova (WSU) 6-2
Monarrez Yesaki/Hollebeck (SMU) def. Honigova/Hsu (WSU) 6-4
Boza/Takeuchi (UTA) def. Pieroni/Jakeway (SMU) 6-2

Saturday
Okalova/Ploner (Tulsa) def. Kulicke/Perez-Lopez (SMU) 7-5
Buss/Monarrez Yesaki (SMU) def. Matoula/Capogrosso (Tulsa) 6-2
Poppe/Meulenberg (Tulsa) def. Pieroni/Hollebeck (SMU) 7-5
Kulicke/Perez-Lopez (SMU) def. No. 60 van der Ploeg/Koonik (Wyoming) 6-2
Krause/Kaftanova (Wyoming) def. Buss/Monarrez Yesaki (SMU) 6-4
Pieroni/Hollebeck (SMU) def. Royo/Fernandez (Wyoming) 6-3