Mustangs Fall 4-2 at Wichita State

Monday, January 19

Wichita, KS

12pm CT

SMU

Wichita State

Jan 19 | Women's Tennis

Box Score

WICHITA, Kan. (SMU) – The SMU women's tennis team fell to Wichita State on Monday, 4-2, suffering its first loss of the season. The Mustangs moved to 2-1 on the season, while the Shockers improved to 2-1.

Wichita State won the first doubles match of the day on court two, followed by a 6-3 victory for Sophie Llewellyn and Natalie Stasny on court three to even the score. Coming back from a 5-2 deficit, Caroline McGinley and Ellie Mireles forced a tiebreaker set against No. 24 Roselli/Wang of Wichita State. In the tiebreaker, the duo managed to grind out a 9-7 win to give SMU the doubles point and secure the duo's first ranked win of the season.

Wichita State took the lead in singles with wins on courts five and one to go up 2-1. Natalie Stasny answered for the Mustangs with her third straight victory to open the spring season, defeating Anne Knuettel 7-5, 6-4. Unfortunately, the Shockers collected two more singles wins to claim a 4-2 victory over SMU.

NEXT UP:
The Mustangs are back in action at home on Sunday, Jan. 25, for matches against UTRGV and Elon starting at 12 p.m. CT.

RESULTS

SMU 2, Wichita State 4

Doubles
1. Caroline McGinley/Ellie Mireles (SMU) def. #24 Giorgia Roselli/Xin Tong Wang (WSU), 7-6(7)
2. Kristina Kudryavtseva /Theodora Chantava (WSU) def. Addison Comiskey/Eliana Kook (SMU), 6-2
3. Sophie Llewellyn/Natalie Stasny (SMU) def. Anne Knuettel/Palmy Vimuktananda (WSU), 6-3

Singles
1. Xing Tong Wang (WSU) def. #46 Sophie Llewellyn (SMU), 6-4, 6-3
2. Giorgia Roselli (WSU) def. #106 Ellie Mireles (SMU), 6-2, 7-5
3. Caroline McGinley (SMU) vs. Theodora Chantava (WSU), 4-6, 7-6(2)
4. Natalie Stasny (SMU) def. Anne Knuettel (WSU), 7-5, 6-4
5. Kristina Kudryavtseva (WSU) def. Addison Comiskey (SMU), 6-4, 7-5
6. Palmy Vimuktananda (WSU) def. Eliana Kook (SMU), 6-1, 7-5

(Order of finish: Doubles 2, 3, 1 / Singles 5, 1, 4, 6, 2)