Sooners to Host SMU Saturday

NORMAN – The Oklahoma women's tennis team is home Saturday to host SMU at 12 p.m. CT.

The Sooners (4-2) enter the contest off a 6-1 win over Kansas at home last weekend. OU jumped out in front with the doubles point, the reeled off five singles wins to put away the Jayhawks.

Sophomore Carmen Corley was named Big 12 Player of the Week for Feb. 23 for her performance against Kansas. Playing at the No. 1 line in singles, Corley won her first set handily, 6-4, but trailed 5-0 in the second before winning five straight games to tie things at 5-all and ultimately force a tiebreaker, which she won 7-6 (6). The victory was good for Corley's second over a ranked opponent this season.

SMU (4-5) comes into Saturday's match having lost its last four games consecutively. The Mustangs' last win was a 7-0 sweep of McNeese Sate in Dallas on Jan. 22.

OU and SMU last met on Jan. 19, 2019 in Norman, where the Sooners prevailed 4-3. OU leads the all-time series 3-1.

Match Info

First serve is set for 12 p.m. CT. Live stats and Playsight video will be available for the contest.

OU Athletics has announced that fans will not be admitted for 2021 matches at the Headington Family Tennis Center due to limited seating capacity related to COVID-19 precautions. Home and visitor student-athletes will receive a limited number of complimentary tickets on a pass-list basis.

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