Mustangs Face Wichita State In AAC Quarterfinal

No. 40 SMU (20-9) vs. Wichita State (10-15)
Friday, April 23 | 8 a.m. CT
Orlando, Fla. | USTA National Campus

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SMU women's tennis opens AAC Championship play with a quarterfinal matchup against Wichita State at 8 a.m. CT on Friday at the USTA National Campus. The Mustangs earned the No. 2 overall seed in the tournament which runs Friday through Sunday.

The Mustangs come into the AACs with a 20-9 record, the most wins in the past 10 seasons for the program. The winner of the Wichita State/SMU matchup will move on to face the winner of Tulsa/Memphis in Saturday's semifinal.

Hadley Doyle and Jackie Nylander finished the regular season as the nation's 67^th-ranked doubles pairing. The duo have a 10-6 record at line one. Nylander is ranked No. 102 in singles with a 12-8 record.

SMU earned their highest AAC seeding in 2021 with a No. 2 overall seeding. The Mustangs' best performance at the AAC Championships came back in 2018 when SMU advanced to the finals as a five seed while the tournament was being played in Dallas. SMU has won a match at each of the last four AAC Championships.

MUSTANGS AT THE AAC CHAMPIONSHIPS
2014 #6 Seed
            QF L, 4-0 #3 USF
2015 No. 4 Seed
            QF W, 4-3 #5 Memphis
            SF L, 4-1 #1 Houston
2016 #3 Seed
            QF W, 4-3 #11 Memphis
            SF L, 4-0   #2 USF
2017 #3 Seed
            QF W, 4-1   #6 ECU
            SF   L, 4-2   #7 USF
2018 #5 Seed
            1R W, 4-0   #12 Temple
            QF W, 4-2 #4 USF
            SF W, 4-3 #1 UCF
            F     L, 4-0 #2 Tulsa

MUSTANG NOTES

-Nylander sits at No. 99 in the ITA Singles rankings. She has a 12-8 record on the season while playing solely at line one. Earlier this season, Nylander was named AAC Player of the Week after she posted three line one wins along with a 2-1 doubles record including a ranked victory. She's posted a 5-1 record in conference.

-Hadley Doyle leads the Mustang with 18 singles win this season. She has won 13 of her last 15 decisions. Doyle was named American Athletic Conference Athlete of the Week after she knocked off No. 83 of LSU. She posted three more ranked wins in the Mustangs victory over Tulane, the loss to No. 18 UCF and the victory over Rice. Doyle has a perfect 6-0 record against the conference.

-Nine different Mustangs have at least four singles wins this season.

-Hadley Doyle and Jackie Nylander were ranked No. 67 in the latest ITA doubles ranking. The pairing has a 10-6 record, all at line one including a ranked win in the Mustangs' victory over Tulane. They were leading the ranked pairing against Tulsa before the Mustangs clinched the doubles point on other courts.

-Winslow Huth tops all Mustang freshman with nine singles wins on the season. She provided the clinching win on the last remaining court in the Mustangs road victory over No. 50 TCU. She has teamed with Nicole Petchey for a 9-3 record in doubles. Huth has a 5-2 record in conference singles action.

-Nicole Petchey is second on the team with 15 singles wins and just four losses.

-Claudia Bartolome was named American Athletic Conference Player Of the Week after her perfect week against a pair of ranked teams, No. 50 TCU and No. 49 Tulsa. Bartolome came back from down 1-4 in the third set to clinch the victory over the Golden Hurricane on Sunday. Bartolome has an 13-7 record on the season with five wins in a row. Bartolome is riding a five match winning streak.

-Bartolome and partner Chandler Carter have a 11-1 record together including six wins in a row.

-Freshman Kiana Graham has seen action at lines four through six throughout the season. She has a 5-3 record.

-SMU has posted a 14-8 record at line one singles and a 32-15 mark at the top two lines. In doubles, the Mustangs have a 12-10 record at line one.

- All nine Mustang losses are against teams currently ranked in the ITA top-30, No. 3 Texas, No. 8 UCF, No. 9 Baylor, No. 10 LSU, No. 12 Texas A&M, No. 23 Oklahoma, No. 28 Arkansas and No. 29 Texas Tech (x2) and No. 30 Arkansas.

-The Mustangs' six-match winning streak earlier in the season matched the longest since another six-match winning streak to begin the 2020 season.

ABOUT WICHITA STATE
The Shocker have a 10-15 record on the season and earned the seventh-seed in the AAC Championships. Their best win on the season came in a 4-3 victory over No. 45 Kansas. In the march matchup between the Mustangs and Shockers, SMU swept Wichita State, 4-0 in Dallas.

ITA REGION ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Jackie Nylander was named the 2020 Texas Region Rookie of the Year by the ITA. Nylander was a key contributor to SMU's shortened 9-5 season, playing on court one in both singles and doubles, winning three ranked matchups. She was also named SMU Female Newcomer of the Year. Nylander was the first Mustang to earn the ITA honor.

NCAA APR Award
SMU Women's Tennis earned a Public Recognition Award for its latest multi-year NCAA Division I Academic Progress Rates (APR). The program earned the award for scoring in the top 10 percent nationally for its sport through the 2018-19 academic year (data from 2015-16 through 2018-19). The APR is an annual scorecard of academic achievement calculated for all Division I sports teams. The APR accounts for eligibility, retention and graduation, and provides a measure of each team's academic performance. SMU has 16 APR Public Recognition Awards since the 2004-05 academic year.

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Players Mentioned

Claudia Bartolome

Chandler Carter

Hadley Doyle

Kiana Graham

Winslow Huth

Jackie Nylander

Nicole Petchey

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