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No. 39 Mustangs Seek Fifth-Straight Win Hosting No. 25 Kansas

Mar 26

No. 39 SMU (11-6) vs. No. 25 Kansas  (11-6)
Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex – Dallas, Texas
Sunday, March 27, 2022 – 12 p.m.

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The No. 39 SMU women's tennis team hosts No. 25 Kansas on Sunday at 12 p.m. at the Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex in search of its fifth consecutive win.

Graduate senior Lexi Keberle leads SMU in dual singles with a team-best 11-3 record on court one. Earning her seventh-straight win in the Mustangs' match against Denver, Keberle has not lost a singles match since facing Mississippi State in Waco on Feb. 19.

Juniors Hadley Doyle and Jackie Nylander lead the pack in doubles, improving to 5-1 in dual play. The pair has won back-to-back contests against both Denver and VCU, clinching a doubles team victory for the Mustangs in both matches.

Kansas
The Jayhawks (11-6) enter Sunday's competition seeking its fifth win in a row, including a pair of shutouts in a doubleheader against UMKC on March 23.

Kansas' court one player Maria Titova falls in at No. 63, in the ITA national singles rankings with a 16-6 record. Titova has not lost a completed match since March 11 at No. 3 Oklahoma.

The Jayhawks own a 2-1 advantage in the all-time record against SMU, their last meeting a 6-1 win for Kansas in Lawrence in the spring of 2016.

Last Time Out
The No. 49 Mustangs defeated No. 60 Denver 5-2 in Lubbock, snapping the Pioneer's eight-match win streak.

Nicole Petchey/Winslow Huth earned a 6-4 win on court three in doubles, giving the Mustangs a one-set advantage.

On line one, Hadley Doyle/Jackie Nylander claimed a 7-6 tiebreaker victory, improving the pair's dual doubles record to 5-1.

In singles on court one, Keberle won 6-1, 6-4, earning her seventh-consecutive win and improving to 11-3.

Doyle, on line two, defeated Denver's Britt Purcell in a 10-8 third-set tiebreak, handing Purcell just her second loss of the spring, and improving her dual singles record to 6-6.

Nylander won her third straight singles match on court three, defeating Andrea Burguete Beltran 6-2, 6-0, snapping a six-match win streak for Beltran that extended back to Feb. 19.

Claudia Bartolome defeated Verden-Anderson on line four, 6-3, 6-2. Verden-Anderson had won six consecutive singles matches, including a win against No. 71 Iowa.

Sunday's match at the Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex is free to attend, and will be available for viewing on Playsight.
 
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