FINAL BOX | SEASON STATS

DALLAS (SMU) – SMU fell to conference opponent No. 18 UCF, 5-2, at the SMU Tennis Complex on Saturday afternoon.

The Mustangs (9-5, 2-1 AAC) dropped the doubles point after the Knights (9-3, 2-0 AAC) got wins on courts two and three. The No. 60 duo of Jackie Nylander and Isabella Tcherkes Zade defeated UCF's No. 47 pair in a 6-4 final for SMU's sole doubles win.

Katherine Jakeway put SMU's first point on the board with a 7-5, 6-1 win on court six. Sarai Monarrez Yesaki added another for the Mustangs with a hard-fought win on four. She rallied back from a 1-4 deficit in her first set to play to a tiebreak and win, 7-6, before winning 6-2 against her No. 66-ranked opponent.

The Knights earned singles wins on courts one, three and five to clinch their second conference win of the season. Action was played out on two, where Tcherkes Zade played her No. 91-ranked opponent to three sets, but ultimately fell, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Next up, SMU travels to Los Angeles to take on Loyola Marymount on Wednesday at 3 p.m. CT.
 

Singles competition

1. #108 Evgeniya Levashova (UCF) def. Jackie Nylander (SMU) 6-2, 6-2

2. #91 Valeriya Zeleva (UCF) def. I. Tcherkes Zade (SMU) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2

3. Ksenia Kuznetsova (UCF) def. Claudia Bartolome (SMU) 6-3, 6-2

4. S. Monarrez Yesaki (SMU) def. #66 Marie Mattel (UCF) 7-6, 6-2

5. Nandini Sharma (UCF) def. Nicole Petchey (SMU) 6-3, 6-2

6. Katherine Jakeway (SMU) def. Domenika Turkovic (UCF) 7-5, 6-1

Doubles competition

1. #60 Jackie Nylander/I. Tcherkes Zade (SMU) def. #47 Ksenia Kuznetsova/Valeriya Zeleva (UCF) 6-4

2. #65 Evgeniya Levashova/Domenika Turkovic (UCF) def. Nicole Petchey/Claudia Bartolome (SMU) 6-1

3. Marie Mattel/Nandini Sharma (UCF) def. S. Monarrez Yesaki/Tiffany Hollebeck (SMU) 7-5

Match Notes

Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (1,6,3,5,4,2)