Friday, February 28
Dallas, Texas
1pm CT
SMU
vs
Virginia
Mustangs Set For Clash With No. 1 Virginia, Virginia Tech
Feb 26 | Women's Tennis
SMU (7-5, 1-1 ACC) vs No. 1 Virginia (10-2, 2-0 ACC)
Friday, Feb. 28, 2025 – 1 p.m. CT
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SMU (7-5, 1-1 ACC) vs Virginia Tech (9-3, 0-2 ACC)
Sunday, Mar. 2, 2025 – 12 p.m. CT
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Styslinger / Altec Tennis Complex – Dallas, Texas
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Friday, Feb. 28, 2025 – 1 p.m. CT
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SMU (7-5, 1-1 ACC) vs Virginia Tech (9-3, 0-2 ACC)
Sunday, Mar. 2, 2025 – 12 p.m. CT
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DALLAS (SMU) -Â SMU women's tennis will host No. 1 Virginia on Friday and No. 31 Virginia Tech on Sunday at the Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex as they continue a six-match homestand. The Mustangs ride a two-match winning streak into the weekend.
LAST TIME OUT
- SMU women's tennis went a perfect 2-0 Sunday afternoon in their doubleheader, taking down Louisville for their first ACC win 4-1 and defeating Incarnate Word 4-0 in the second match.
- The two wins pushed the Mustangs to 7-5 on the year and 1-1 in their inaugural ACC season. SMU improved their series lead over Louisville to 6-1 and is now 2-0 against Incarnate Word.
SERIES HISTORY
- SMU won the only matchup against the Cavaliers with a 5-2 win on March 9, 2004.
- Virginia Tech took the lone matchup against the Mustangs 5-1 on April 5, 1998.
SCOUTING THE CAVALIERS
- This week, Virginia reached the No. 1 in the ITA rankings for the first time in program history.
- The Cavaliers (10-2, 2-0 ACC) moved from No. 2 last week to No. 1 after starting ACC play 2-0 with wins over then-No.19 Clemson and Georgia Tech.
- Earlier this month, the Cavaliers reached the 2025 ITA National Team Indoor Championship semifinals for the first time in program history.
- Seniors Elaine Chervinsky and Melodie Collard won the 2024-25 NCAA Doubles Championship in the fall, becoming the first Cavaliers to win the NCAA Doubles title.
- Last season, the Cavaliers went 25-5, 12-1 in the ACC, falling in the NCAA Quarterfinals to eventual champion Texas A&M.
SCOUTING THE HOKIES
- After claiming their highest ranking ever at No. 27 last week in the ITA College Tennis Rankings, the Hokies dropped their matchups last week to No. 33 Georgia Tech (4-1) and then No. 19 Clemson (4-0).
- The Hokies are 9-3 on the season, with just SMU scheduled for this weekend.
- Last year, Virginia Tech finished the dual season 9-13, 3-10 in the ACC.
UPDATED ITA RANKINGS
- The Cavaliers doubles pairing Chervinsky and Collard are ranked No. 1 in the ITA Doubles Rankings with a perfect 7-0 record in dual matches and a 24-1 overall record on the season. Two other pairings, Martina Genis/Salas Annabella Xu and Sara Ziodato and Margaret Navarro, are ranked inside the top 40.
- Virginia also has five players ranked in the ITA Singles Rankings, which is tied for the most in the country.
- Ozlem Uslu is the only Hokie ranked in the ITA singles rankings, coming in at No. 23. Uslu is 19-6 in the 2024-25 season. Uslu also holds an ITA Doubles ranking alongside Charlotte Cartledge. The tandem is ranked No. 51 in the latest rankings. Â
- In the team rankings, SMU and Virginia Tech slid four spots back to No. 61 and No. 31, respectively, while the Cavaliers moved up to the No. 1 spot in the Feb. 25th edition of the rankings.
FIRST ACC WIN
- SMU claimed their first ACC win in its inaugural season, defeating Louisville 4-1 on Sunday.
- Sophie Llewellyn and Ellie Pittman extended their win streak to four straight doubles wins as a pairing, defeating Allie Gretkowski and Lika Peresypkina 6-1. Kayla Schefke and Arianna Stavropoulos followed with a 6-2 win to give SMU their first point. Before the point was clinched, Drew Morris and Caroline McGinley held firm against the No. 82 ranked tandem Elisabeth Iila and Alice Otis, with the matchup locked at 4-4 before the stoppage.
- SMU jumped to a 3-0 lead in singles action by winning on courts four and two. Stavropoulos earned the first singles win for the Mustangs against Louisville, defeating Allie Gretkowski 6-0, 6-4. Then, Ellie Pittman collected her sixth singles win of the dual match season with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Lika Peresypkina.
- The Cardinals got one back on court five, as Germany Davis got the best of McGinley 6-1, 7-5, but Sophie Llewellyn clinched the match for SMU at position one, winning 7-5, 6-3 over Alice Otis.
DYNAMIC DUO
- Ellie Pittman and Sophie Llewellyn have held the No. 1 position in doubles for the last four outings, going 3-1.
- On the season, the pairing is 8-3, including a ranked win over No. 85 Fernanda Martinez and Darya Schwartzman from Rice. Their 8-3 record includes a four-match win streak between Feb. 7-23, where the duo took down double's teams from Houston, Rice, then-No. 22 Notre Dame, and Louisville.
STEADY DREW
- In singles action, Drew Morris has won her last four decisions in singles matches, including her most recent win over Incarnate Word's Smilia Matovic 6-1, 6-1.
- Since moving to the No. 3 position, Morris is 4-1.
A YEAR TO REMEMBER
- 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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