SMU (5-4, 0-0 ACC) vs Notre Dame (10-1, 0-0 ACC)
Friday, Feb. 21, 2025 – 3 p.m. CT
 
SMU (5-4, 0-0 ACC) vs Louisville (5-1, 0-0 ACC)
Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025 – 12 p.m. CT
 
SMU (5-4, 0-0 ACC) vs Incarnate Word (10-1, 2-4 SLC)
Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025 – 3 p.m. CT
 
Styslinger / Altec Tennis Complex – Dallas, Texas
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DALLAS (SMU) - SMU women's tennis hosts their first ACC match Friday afternoon as they welcome Notre Dame to the Hilltop for a 3 pm CT matchup at the Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex.

The Mustangs ride a two-match winning streak into Friday's matchup, a showing against the Fighting Irish that begins a six-match homestand. Following Friday's ACC opener, the Mustangs will host Louisville and Incarnate Word on Sunday in a doubleheader starting at noon CT.

After the Owls took the first doubles match 6-3, Sophie Llewellyn and Ellie Pittman evened the doubles point and earned their second-ranked win of the dual season, defeating No. 85 Fernanda Martinez/Darya Schwartzman 6-3. Then, Caroline McGinley and Drew Morris earned their first win as a pairing in the spring, taking down Diva Ratkovic/Nithesa Selvaraj 6-3 to give SMU the early 1-0 lead. 
 
Drew Morris, Caroline McGinley, and Ellie Pittman collected singles win against the Owls, with Pittman clinching the match with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 win on court two to give the Mustangs a 4-3 win.
 
What Coach Nevolo had to say post-match: "Our team fought so hard in this match today. It was an absolute battle, and it was great to see us step up when it mattered. We're very proud of the group. Rice played an excellent match, and we had to earn every point today."
 
QUICK FACTS

• The matchup between the Mustangs and the Fighting Irish will be the first in women's tennis.  
• SMU and Louisville have met six times, and SMU leads the overall series 5-1. The Mustangs have won each of the last three meetings from 2009-11.
• SMU's 2023 win over Incarnate Word 4-0 was the first and only meeting between the two programs.
• Notre Dame enters the weekend with a 10-1 record and has won their last three matches. Their lone defeat was a 6-1 loss to Ohio State on Feb. 7 in Notre Dame, Ind. Last season, Notre Dame went 18-10, 7-6 in the ACC. The Fighting Irish's season ended in the second round of the NCAA Tournament as they fell to No. 3 Michigan, falling 4-2 to the Wolverines in the Ann Arbor Regional.
• Louisville enters the weekend 5-1, riding a four-match winning streak. Last season, the Cardinals were 4-19 and 0-13 in the ACC.
• Incarnate Word brings a 2-4 record into the weekend after dropping their last match to Tarleton State on Sunday, 6-1. Last season, the Cardinals went 9-12 and 4-3 in the Southland Conference.
• Updated team and player rankings for the weekend will be released on Feb. 20. In the previous rankings (Feb. 5), Notre Dame's Akari Matsuno was ranked No. 71 in singles. Drew Morris and Arianna Stavropoulos were ranked No. 84 in doubles.
• SMU enters their sixth season of the Jeff Nevolo era, coming off a stellar 2024 season in which they produced a 14-12 overall record, claimed the AAC Championship while also reaching the second round of the NCAA tournament after beating No. 33 Alabama 4-3 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. At SMU, Nevolo is 80-49.

 
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