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DALLAS (SMU) – No. 39 SMU women's tennis fell to No. 32 Kentucky, 4-1 inside Turpin Stadium at the SMU Tennis Complex Sunday afternoon.

The Mustangs dropped their third straight match to fall to 4-6 on the season, while the Wildcats won their fifth consecutive contest to improve to 10-1.

The doubles point was decided in dramatic fashion. After Kentucky won on Court 1, Courts 2 and 3 went to tiebreaks simultaneously. Juniors Tiffany Hollebeck and Sarai Monarrez Yesaki, playing together for the first time since the fall, won 7-6 (5) at No. 3 after a powerful forehand from Monarrez Yesaki. Seniors Vivienne Kulicke and Ana Perez-Lopez fought back from 4-2 to tie the match at 6-6, but eventually fell in a marathon tiebreak, 10-8.

Senior Anzhelika Shapovalova won the lone point for the Mustangs Sunday, defeating Akvile Parazinskaite in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1, at No. 2 singles. Shapovalova has won seven straight matches and holds a team-best 11-1 singles record.

Kulicke, ranked 117th in the nation in singles, led Lesedi Jacobs 7-5, 3-2 at No. 3 singles when play halted following Kentucky's clinching point.

SMU has a long break before competing again on March 9 at Houston. First serve is set for 11 a.m.

No. 32 Kentucky 4, No. 39 SMU 1 (Feb. 24, 2019)
DOUBLES
1. No. 50 Mikulskyte/Parazinskaite (Kentucky) def. No. 55 Buss/Shapovalova (SMU) 6-1
2. Jacobs/Fiquet (Kentucky) def. Kulicke/Perez-Lopez (SMU) 7-6 (8)
3. Monarrez Yesaki/Hollebeck (SMU) def. A. Tkachenko/Merrill (Kentucky) 7-6 (5)
Order of Finish: 1,3,2

SINGLES
1. No. 46 Justina Mikulskyte (Kentucky) led No. 90 Liza Buss (SMU) 6-4, 3-3 unfinished
2. Anzhelika Shapovalova (SMU) def. Akvile Parazinskaite (Kentucky) 6-3, 6-1
3. No. 117 Vivienne Kulicke (SMU) led Lesedi Jacobs (Kentucky) 7-5, 3-2 unfinished
4. Tiphanie Fiquet (Kentucky) def. Ana Perez-Lopez (SMU) 6-4, 6-4
5. Diana Tkachenko (Kentucky) def. Nicole Petchey (SMU) 6-3, 6-0
6. Anastasia Tkachenko (Kentucky) def. Sarai Monarrez Yesaki (SMU) 6-3, 6-2
Order of Finish: 5,2,6,4