No. 37 women's tennis falls to No. 40 Florida

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From SMUMustangs.com:

DALLAS (SMU) – The No. 37 SMU women's tennis team fell 4-3 to No. 40 Florida International on Sunday at the Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex.

Taylor Johnson scored SMU's first point with a victory in straight sets over FIU's Ekaterina Khairutdinova on court two (6-3, 6-3). Johnson's win marked her second of the weekend.

Next, Hadley Doyle took court three in another SMU straight sets win over Valery Gynina (7-6, 6-3) to tie the team score at two apiece.

Drew Morris scored SMU's following point, beating No. 47 Oyinlomo Quadre (7-6, 7-5) on court one to bring the match to final tie (3-3).
FIU would take the final point to win the match.

Morris and Doyle teamed up for their second doubles win of the weekend, defeating FIU's Valery Gynina and Kristyna Hranacova 6-2 on court three. The Panthers would go on to claim the doubles team point following the other two matches.

Up Next
The Mustangs travel to College Station, Texas, on Tuesday for a dual match with No. 10 Texas A&M at 5 p.m.

Singles Scores:
1. Drew Morris def. No. 47 Oyinlomo Quadre (7-6, 7-5)
2. Taylor Johnson def. Ekaterina Khairutdinova (6-3, 6-3)
3. Hadley Doyle def. Valery Gynina (7-6, 6-3)
4. Katerina Mandelikova def. Lana Mavor (6-3, 7-6)
5. Salma Loudili def. Maja Makoric (4-6, 6-2, 6-4)
6. Petja Drame def. Caroline McGinley (2-6, 6-4, 6-3)
Order of Finish: 2, 4, 3, 5, 1, 6

Doubles Scores:
1. Oyinlomo Quadre/Katerina Mandelikova def. No. 50 Taylor Johnson/Lana Mavor (6-2)
2. Salma Loudili/Ekaterina Khairutdinova def. Maja Makoric/Caroline McGinley (6-4)
3. Drew Morris/Hadley Doyle def. Valery Gynina/Kristyna Hranacova (6-2)
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2