SMU (2-1) vs. Arizona (3-1)    
Saturday, Jan. 31 • 9 a.m. CT    
Dallas, Texas • Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex  
Watch • Live Stats • SMU Mobile App     
 
SMU (2-1) at Baylor (0-0)   
Sunday, Feb. 1 • 12 p.m. CT    
Waco, Texas • Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center  
Watch • Live Stats • SMU Mobile App    
 
SETTING THE SCENE  
• After over a week off from matches due to the winter storms in Dallas, SMU looks to get back on track with its first two Power Four matches of the season against Arizona and Baylor on Saturday and Sunday.   
• SMU is 4-5 all-time against Arizona, winning the last two meetings in 2017 and 2020.   
• Baylor leads the overall series over SMU 25-12. A win Sunday against the Bears would be the first win since the 1996 season.   
  
UNBEATEN STANGS  
• The two upperclassmen on the roster, Caroline McGinley and Natalie Stasny, are both unbeaten in singles play. McGinley is 2-0 with wins on court two over Air Force and Abilene Christian, while Natalie Stasny has won every singles match of the spring season so far.   
• SMU has two doubles pairings that remain unblemished entering the weekend, led by McGinley and Ellie Mireles on court one, who hold a 3-0 record, including a ranked win over the No. 24-ranked pairing Giorgia Roselli and Xin Tong Wang from Wichita State last time out. Sophie Llewellyn and Stasny are also perfect on the year in doubles action, holding a 2-0 record after three matches.   
   
SWEEPING OPENING DAY  
• The Mustangs started off the 2026 spring season strong with two decisive victories on Friday, Jan. 16, defeating Air Force and Abilene Christian in 6-1 decisions.    
• Coach Kelcy McKenna collected her first two wins as head coach on the Hilltop.    
• Mireles and McGinley led a perfect 4-0 day in doubles for SMU with two wins on court one.    
• In singles, Llewellyn, McGinley, Stasny, and Addison Comiskey went 2-0 in their matchups on Friday.    
• Comiskey, Eliana Kook, Mireles, and Stasny each secured their first singles victories in dual match play as Mustangs.     
• SMU has won its last two season openers. The program improved to 2-1 against Air Force and 19-0 against Abilene Christian.   
   
ITA RANKINGS   
• After strong fall seasons for sophomore Llewellyn and freshman Mireles, they represent SMU in the preseason ITA rankings.   
• Llewellyn starts the year ranked No. 46, the highest ranking of the year for the sophomore from Florida.    
• Freshman from Houston, Texas, Mireles begins her first dual match season ranked No. 106.    
• Arizona's Haylee Conway and Zoya Chulak represent the Wildcats in the ITA rankings, coming in at No. 72 in the latest doubles list.   
• Baylor has three players ranked in the latest ITA rankings, led by Na Dong, who ranks NO. 40, followed by Zuzanna Kubacha at No. 57 and Mu Jie Tzeng at No. 99. In doubles, Kennedy Gibbs and Dong rank No. 38, while Dong Kubacha ranks No. 61.  
• The next ITA singles and doubles rankings are scheduled to come out after the ITA Indoor Championships on Feb. 4.  
  
LLEWELLYN ADVANCES IN NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS   
• In her NCAA Championship debut, Llewellyn advanced to the second round of the tournament by defeating Texas A&M's Violeta Martinez 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, before falling to eventual champion Reese Brantmeier in three sets in her next matchup.    
• Llewellyn punched her ticket to the NCAA Singles Championships in November after reaching the semifinal round of the ITA Sectional Championships on Saturday.     
• Llewellyn became the first Mustang to qualify for the NCAA Individual Championships since Marta Lesniak did so in 2011.    
• Llewellyn finished the fall season with a 10-4 record     
   
NEW LOOK MUSTANGS   
• Coach McKenna and staff brought eight newcomers to the 2026 roster, including four true freshmen and one transfer ahead of her first season on the Hilltop.   
• Llewellyn and McGinley are the only two returners to the program from the previous season.    
   
LET THE MCKENNA ERA BEGIN   
• Coach McKenna begins her tenure at SMU after serving as the head coach at Wisconsin since 2017.    
• McKenna's tenure at Wisconsin was defined by a dramatic program turnaround. When she arrived in the fall of 2016, the Badgers were coming off a 4-16 season and a winless Big Ten campaign. In her second year, Wisconsin began to show progress, and by her third season in 2018-19, the team posted an 18-6 record, finished second in the Big Ten at 9-2, and earned its first NCAA Tournament berth since 2005.    
• By 2023, the Badgers had achieved one of the best seasons in school history: 20 victories (first in 25 years), a No. 11 national ranking at their peak (highest since 1996), and a season-ending No. 22 ITA ranking, along with the program's first NCAA Tournament win since 2002. Under McKenna's leadership, Wisconsin evolved from the bottom of the Big Ten into a nationally respected contender, consistently competing against and defeating top-25 programs.   
• Over the last three seasons, McKenna has led the Badgers to a record of 58-21, including three straight NCAA Round of 32 appearances. In 2025, McKenna coached Maria Sholokhova to the 2024 Women's ITA All-American Singles Championship, making Sholokhova the program's first All-American since 1998.    
• McKenna and Sholokhova became the first coach-player duo, men's or women's, to both win the ITA All-American Singles Championship.