Box Score
DALLAS (SMU) – Perfect 6-0, 6-0 straight set wins from Ana Perez-Lopez and Anzhelika Shapovalova propelled the Mustangs to a 4-0 sweep of Louisiana-Monroe on Saturday at the SMU Tennis Complex.

SMU extends its win streak to six matches with victories in eight of its last nine dual contests. The Mustangs will carry the streak into the American Athletic Conference Championship next week at the SMU Tennis Complex and Crum Tennis Courts.

The Mustangs dominated doubles play, picking up the doubles point for the 13^th time this season. Perez-Lopez and Nicole Petchey delivered a 6-1 rout at No. 3 to give SMU the advantage. Shapovalova and Tiffany Hollebeck earned their 10^th win of dual match season with a 6-3 win at No. 2 to clinch the point for the Mustangs.

In the three finished singles matches, the Mustangs surrendered just one game to the Warhawks.

Shapovalova also notched her 10th singles win of the season with her straight set victory over ULM's Teodora Radu. Sarai Monarrez Yesaki delivered a 6-0, 6-1 victory at No. 5, and Perez-Lopez would seal the match with her 6-0, 6-0 decision at No. 4. Perez-Lopez leads the Mustangs with a 14-6 record and five wins from the No. 4 position.

SMU will face its first American Athletic Conference opponent in the first round of the tournament on Wednesday, April 18. Seeding for the tournament will be announced in the days prior.
 
SMU 4, ULM 0
April 14, 2018 – SMU Tennis Complex
Doubles (Order of finish: 3, 2)

1. Karina Traxler / Sarai Monarrez Yesaki (SMU) vs. Stefana Andrei / Karolina Snita (ULM) 5-2 unfinished
2. Anzhelika Shapovalova / Tiffany Hollebeck (SMU) def. Teodora Radu / Karolina Silwanowicz (ULM) 6-3
3. Ana Perez-Lopez / Nicole Petchey (SMU) def. Bianca Koen / Madalina Grigoriu (ULM) 6-1

Singles (Order of finish: 3, 5, 4)

1. Karina Traxler (SMU) vs. Stefana Andrei (ULM) 3-6, 1-1 unfinished
2. Liza Buss (SMU) vs. Karolina Snita (ULM) 6-2 unfinished
3. Anzhelika Shapovalova (SMU) def. Teodora Radu (ULM) 6-0, 6-0
4. Ana Perez-Lopez (SMU) def. Karolina Silwanowicz (ULM) 6-0, 6-0
5. Sarai Monarrez Yesaki (SMU) def. Florencia Salerno (ULM) 6-0, 6-1
6. Nicole Petchey (SMU) vs. Madalina Grigoriu (ULM) 3-6, 1-0 unfinished