No. 43 SMU (11-7, 4-0 AAC) vs. No. 19 UCF (12-6, 0-0 AAC)
Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex - Dallas, Texas
Friday, April 8, 2022 – 5 p.m. CT

No. 43 SMU vs. TCU (10-11, 2-6 Big XII)
Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex - Dallas, Texas
Sunday, April 10, 2022 – 1 p.m. CT

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The No. 43 SMU women's tennis team opens a four-match home stand to close out the dual regular season, hosting No. 19 UCF on Friday at 5 p.m., followed by a Senior Day match against TCU on Sunday at 1 p.m.
 
Juniors Jackie Nylander and Hadley Doyle head up the Mustangs' efforts in dual doubles, posting an 8-3 record. The duo has won four of its last five matches on court one for SMU, good for the 71^st spot in the ITA National Doubles Rankings. Nylander and graduate senior Claudia Bartolome also fall in at No. 84 in the doubles rankings with a 4-4 record.
 
The Mustangs (11-7) are led in singles by graduate senior Lexi Keberle, who enters Friday's match with an 11-3 record, having won seven-consecutive completed matches on line one. Keberle, most recently going unfinished against Kansas' 63^rd- ranked Maria Titova, has not lost a singles match since Feb. 19 against Mississippi State.
 
UCF
The No. 19 UCF Knights open Friday's competition seeking their sixth-consecutive team win, their last loss occurring on March 6 against No. 5 Texas.
 
No. 84 Marie Mattel has won three-straight singles contests, including a three-set win on court four against No. 9 Oklahoma State. Nandini Sharma has won seven-straight, building an 11-3 dual singles record which includes a 9-2 tally on court six. Sophia Biolay holds a 7-3 record which includes five consecutive wins, and a 5-1 record on court five.
 
In doubles play, 29^th-ranked Mattel/Evgeniya Levashova are 6-2 on court one for UCF, carrying a five-match win streak which includes a win over No. 1 Baylor pairing Mel Krywoj/Alicia Herrero. The duo have not lost since hosting No. 2 Oklahoma on Feb. 25.
 
SMU holds an 8-7 advantage in the all-time series against UCF.
 
TCU
With a Saturday match in Fort Worth against Prairie View A&M prior to Sunday's contest, the Horned Frogs look to snap a three-match skid, with their last win a 4-2 decision against West Virginia.
 
The court two pairing of Mercedes Aristegui and Isabel Pascual seek their fourth-consecutive win, winning their court in matches against No. 11 Oklahoma State, No. 3 Oklahoma, and West Virginia.
 
The Mustangs look to gain ground on a 5-17 all-time record against TCU, and its first back-to-back wins against the Horned Frogs since the 2011 season. SMU defeated TCU in its last meeting, 4-3, on Apr. 2 last spring.
 
Last Time Out
The No. 39 SMU women's tennis team fell 4-2 to No. 25 Kansas on March 27 at the Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex.
 
The Mustangs won their fourth-consecutive doubles point off wins for Doyle/Nylander and Keberle/Mavor. Doyle/Nylander's 6-3 victory over Kansas' 54th-ranked Maria Titova/Makia Ngounoue was their third-straight, and improving to 6-1 in dual doubles.
 
On court six, Nicole Petchey improved her dual singles record to 8-6, downing her Kansas opponent 6-2, 6-2. Petchey has won four of her last five contests, three of which have been against ITA-ranked teams.
 
 
Mustangs Defeat No. 50 TCU, 4-3
No. 39 Mustangs Fall 4-2 To No. 25 Kansas