SMU (8-9, 2-4 ACC) vs. Florida State (11-4, 2-3 ACC)
Friday, March 21, 2025 – 5 p.m. CT
Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex – Dallas, Texas
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SMU (8-9, 2-4 ACC) vs. #50 Miami (8-6, 3-2 ACC)
Sunday, March 23, 2025 – 12 p.m. CT
Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex – Dallas, Texas
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SETTING THE SCENE

• SMU Women's Tennis looks to get back on track after losing its last three matches. It returns home this weekend for matchups with Florida State and Miami.
• Last weekend, the Mustangs fell to Stanford and California on the road.
• The two dates this weekend are two of the final three times SMU will be at home during the regular season.

SERIES HISTORY

• SMU is 3-5 in its eight meetings against Florida State. The Noles have won four of the last five meetings, with SMU's lone win during that stretch coming in the 2011 season. Florida State won the most recent matchup last season 4-2 at the ITA Kickoff Regional in Austin, Texas.
• Sunday's matchup will be the first meeting between SMU and Miami.

SCOUTING THE SEMINOLES

• Florida State enters the matchup 11-4 overall and 2-3 in conference play, having won over Miami earlier this week and Boston College on Feb. 28.
• The Noles' win over Miami on Wednesday snapped a three-game losing skid.
• Three Seminoles are ranked in either the latest ITA doubles or singles list. Eva Shaw is ranked No. 112 in singles and No. 89 in doubles alongside Maria Juliana Parra Romero. Amelia Bisset and Parra Romero are also ranked as a duo at No. 84
• Last season, the Noles went 17-9 overall and 9-4 in the ACC. FSU fell to No. 4 Virginia in their second matchup of the ACC Tournament 4-0. After winning their NCAA Tournament opener against UNC Asheville 4-0. The Noles fell to top-seeded Georgia 4-1 in the Athens Regional second-round matchup.

SCOUTING THE HURRICANES

• Miami enters the weekend with an 8-6 record and a 3-2 conference record, which also includes wins over Syracuse, Notre Dame, and Louisville.
• The Hurricanes loss last time out to Florida State snapped a six-match winning streak.
• In the ITA rankings, the Hurricanes are ranked 50th. 
• Three players represent Miami in the ITA rankings. Alex Noel sits at No. 63 in singles for the Hurricanes, and Raquel Gonzalez ranks No. 109 in the latest rankings. In doubles, Xinyi Nong and Gonzalez are ranked No. 25 in the country.
• Last season, Miami went 13-8 overall and 8-4 in ACC action. The Hurricanes fell to Florida State in the Quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament.
• A year ago, in the NCAA Tournament, the Hurricanes reached the Sweet 16 with wins over FIU and Florida in the Gainesville Regional before falling to Michigan in Ann Arbor 4-0.

 TAKING DOWN THE HOKIES

• The SMU women's tennis team collected its second ACC win, taking down No. 31 Virginia Tech (9-4, 0-3 ACC) at Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex on March 2, 4-3. 
• SMU secured a quick doubles point with two dominant performances on courts one and three. Sophie Llewellyn and Ellie Pittman swept No. 51 Charlotte Cartledge/Özlem Uslu (VT) 6-0, and then Arianna Stavropoulos and Kayla Schefke clinched the doubles point with a 6-1 win over Semra Aksu/Linda Ziets-Segura. 
• Virginia Tech clawed back to take a one-point lead in singles, but Llewellyn battled back from an opening set loss to claim a 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 win over No. 23 Özlem Uslu on court one. Then, Stavropoulos clinched the match in a third-set tiebreaker, defeating Arina Gamretkaia 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3), her third straight singles win.

MUSTANGS SWEEP ACC WEEKLY AWARDS

• SMU Women's Tennis earns all three ACC weekly honors, announced by the league office on Tuesday, March 4. Graduate student Arianna Stavropoulos has been named ACC Women's Tennis Player of the Week, and Sophie Llewellyn earned ACC Freshman of the Week. Along with the individual awards, Llewellyn and Ellie Pittman secured ACC Doubles Team of the Week. It is the first weekly conference award for Llewellyn and Pittman and their careers. Stavropoulos won two Big West Women's Tennis Player of the Week honors at UC Davis in her three seasons with the program before SMU.
• Stavropoulos earned Player of the Week honors after going an unbeaten 4-0 this week in the Mustangs' home matches against No. 1 Virginia and No. 31 Virginia Tech. Stavropoulos earned her first ranked singles win of the dual season, defeating No. 60 Isabelle Lacy 7-5, 6-1 from Virginia, and won the clincher over Virginia Tech with a 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) win over Arina Gamretkaia. In doubles action, Stavropoulos and Kayla Schefke have won four straight, including a win over the No. 38 ranked doubles pairing in the ITA rankings from Virginia in Sara Ziodato and Meggie Navarro 6-2, and a victory over Semra Aksu and Linda Ziets-Segura from Virginia Tech 6-1, with both wins clinching the doubles point for the Mustangs.
• Sophie Llewellyn has held the No. 1 position in singles since the beginning of February as a freshman. Llewellyn fell short to the No. 19-ranked singles player Sara Ziodato from Virginia 0-6, 4-6 but bounced back with her first-ranked singles win of the year, topping No. 23 Özlem Uslu from Virginia Tech 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 to tie the match 3-3.
• Llewellyn and Ellie Pittman collected two dominant wins over the weekend, the first being against Isabelle Lacy and Elaine Chervinsky from Virginia 6-1 and then a 6-0 victory over the No. 51 ranked pairing from Virginia Tech Charlotte Cartledge and Özlem Uslu on Sunday. The doubles team has been strong in doubles all spring, holding a 10-3 record together and a perfect 4-0 mark to start ACC play.

MUSTANGS IN THE ITA RANKINGS

• The Mustangs enter the weekend ranked No. 62 in the latest ITA team rankings.
• Ellie Pittman and Sophie Llewellyn are ranked No. 35 in doubles in the newest addition of the rankings.

DOWN GO THE HOKIES

• SMU Women's Tennis collected their second ACC win, taking down No. 31 Virginia Tech (9-4, 0-3 ACC) at Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex 4-3. 
• "Today was an incredible college tennis match," head coach Jeff Nevolo said. "Each court was a battle, and we did a great job competing. The team put in a lot of work this week. It was obvious that we got better and played with more confidence down the stretch when it mattered."
• SMU secured a quick doubles point with two dominant performances on courts one and three. Sophie Llewellyn and Ellie Pittman swept No. 51 Charlotte Cartledge/Özlem Uslu (VT) 6-0, and then Arianna Stavropoulos and Kayla Schefke clinched the doubles point with a 6-1 win over Semra Aksu/Linda Ziets-Segura. Llewellyn and Pittman improved to 10-3 in spring doubles action and 4-0 in ACC play. Stavropoulos and Schefke are 4-0 as a pairing in doubles and are a perfect 3-0 against ACC foes.
• Drew Morris extended the Mustangs' lead in singles action, winning her six straight of the spring with a 6-2, 7-5 win over Semra Aksu from Virginia Tech. Virginia clawed back to take a one-point lead, winning three close battles on courts six, two, and five. Down one, the Mustangs showed confidence down the stretch, leading to a 4-3 win over the Hokies. Llewellyn battled back from an opening set loss to claim a 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 win over #23 Özlem Uslu on court one. Then, Stavropoulos clinched the match in a third-set tiebreaker, defeating Arina Gamretkaia 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3), her third straight singles win.

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.

A YEAR TO REMEMBER

• SMU is in its sixth season of the Jeff Nevolo era, coming off a stellar 2023-24 season in which it produced a 14-12 overall record, claimed the AAC Championship, and reached the second round of the NCAA tournament after beating No. 33 Alabama 4-3 in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

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