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DALLAS – UCF and Wichita State reached the semifinal round of the American Athletic Conference Women’s Tennis Championship for the first time, while Tulsa and SMU made it to the semifinals for the fourth straight year to highlight Thursday’s competition on the SMU campus.
 
UCF, the No. 1 seed in the tournament, reached the semifinals with a 4-1 win against Tulane Thursday. No. 5-seeded SMU knocked off USF, last year’s tournament champion, with a 4-2 victory in the quarterfinals, while No. 2-seeded Tulsa won a 4-1 decision against Memphis to leave the Golden Hurricane one win away from a fourth straight appearance in the final.
 
The American’s women’s championship continues through the April 21 final. Thursday’s matches begin at noon CT.
 
Complete coverage of The American Tennis Championships, including live scoring of each match, can be found on the conference’s Championship Central site. Live coverage of the women’s and men’s finals will be available on the American Digital Network.
 
 
UCF 4, Tulane 1
Records: UCF (19-3), Tulane (13-11)
Top-seeded UCF won three singles matches in straight sets and took the doubles point in convincing fashion as the Knights were 4-1 winners against No. 9-seeded Tulane Thursday.
 
UCF advances to the semifinal round of The American Championship for the first time, where the Knights will face No. 5-seeded SMU Friday.
 
Ksenia Kuznetsova and Monica Matias were winners in both singles and doubles for UCF Thursday. Kuznetsova partnered with Maria Martinez for a 6-1 win at No. 1 doubles before she took a 6-0, 6-3 victory at No. 2 singles. Matias joined Natalia Serrano for a 6-1 win at No. 3 doubles and scored a 6-4, 6-2 victory at No. 4 singles.
 

	SINGLES (order of finish: 4, 2, 5, 3)
1.	Maria Martinez (UCF) vs. Sade Atkinson (Tulane)	unfinished
2.	Ksenia Kuznetsova (UCF) def. Laura Fabrizi (Tulane)	6-0, 6-3
3.	Rebeka Stolmar (UCF) def. Ivone Alvaro (Tulane)	7-5, 6-0
4.	Monica Matias (UCF) def. Daniela La Fuente (Tulane)	6-4, 6-2
5.	Elena Muller (Tulane) def. Natalia Serrano (UCF)	6-3, 6-2
6.	Silvia Bordes (UCF) vs. Christina Sisti (Tulane)	unfinished
	DOUBLES (order of finish: 3, 1)
1.	No. 47 Ksenia Kuznetsova/Maria Martinez (UCF) def. Sade Atkinson/Laura Fabrizi (Tulane)	6-1
2.	Rebeka Stolmar/Silvia Bordes (UCF) vs. Ivone Alvaro/Elena Muller (Tulane)	unfinished
3.	Monica Matias/Natalia Serrano (UCF) def. Daniela La Fuente/Sofia Kurtz (Tulane)	6-1

 
 
SMU 4, USF 2
Records: SMU (14-8), USF (11-11)
SMU’s winning streak stands at eight matches after the No. 5-seeded Mustangs took a 4-2 win against No. 4-seeded USF Thursday afternoon.
 
The Mustangs will make their fourth straight appearance in the semifinals after SMU won two second-set tiebreakers, one third-set tiebreaker and won a fourth match in three sets. Karina Traxler and Anzhelika Shapovalova were able to win in straight sets, as both claimed 7-5 tiebreaker wins in their second sets. Sarai Monarrez Yesaki gave the Mustangs a 3-2 lead when she won a third-set tiebreaker at No. 5 singles.
 
Liza Buss clinched the match at No. 2 singles with a three-set win.
 
SMU will face top-seeded UCF in Friday’s semifinal round. The winner of that match will advance to its first American Athletic Conference Championship final.
 

	SINGLES (order of finish: 6, 3, 1, 5, 2)
1.	Karina Traxler (SMU) def. Jessica Cortes Chaves (USF)	6-2, 7-6 (5)
2.	Liza Buss (SMU) def. Ana Roman Dominguez (USF)	6-2, 5-7, 6-2
3.	Anzhelika Shapovalova (SMU) def. Vanja Klaric (USF)	6-3, 7-6 (5)
4.	Ana Perez-Lopez (SMU) vs. Nicole Dzenga (USF)	unfinished
5.	Sarai Monarrez Yesaki (SMU) def. Evelyne Tiron (USF)	6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (1)
6.	Juliana Cardoso (USF) def. Nichole Petchey (SMU)	6-1, 6-0
	DOUBLES (order of finish: 1, 3)
1.	Nicole Dzenga/Vanja Klaric (USF) def. Karina Traxler/Sarai Monarrez Yesaki (SMU)	6-2
2.	Tiffany Hollebeck/Anzhelika Shapovalova (SMU) vs. Juliana Cardoso/Evelyne Tiron (USF)	unfinished
3.	Alex Mjos/Ana Roman Dominguez (USF) vs. Ana Perez-Lopez/Nicole Petchey	6-2

 
 
Tulsa 4, Memphis 1
Records: Tulsa (19-5), Memphis (16-8)
Tulsa advanced to the semifinal round of the American Athletic Conference Championship for the fourth consecutive year as the Golden Hurricane took a 4-1 win against Memphis Thursday afternoon.
 
Tulsa won two of the three doubles matches and took three of the four singles matches that were played to completion to improve to 19-5 on the year. Tulsa’s three singles wins all came in straight sets.
 
Martha Matoula scored the clinching point at No. 4 singles and paired with Ksenia Laskutova to take a 7-5 win at No. 1 doubles. Shura Poppe also won in both singles and doubles play as she was a straight-set winner at No. 6 singles and joined Vera Ploner for a 6-3 victory at No. 2 doubles.
 
Tulsa will face No. 3-seeded Wichita State in Friday’s semifinals. The Golden Hurricane was a 7-0 winner against the Shockers March 17 in Tulsa.
 

	SINGLES (order of finish: 2, 5, 6, 4)
1.	No. 74 Ksenia Laskutova (Tulsa) vs. Anki Wind (Memphis)	unfinished
2.	Martina Okalova (Tulsa) def. Hanna Sohn (Memphis)	6-0, 6-3
3.	Tamura Kupkova (Tulsa) vs. Laura Bente (Memphis)	unfinished
4.	Martha Matoula (Tulsa) def. Alisha Reayer (Memphis)	6-4, 6-4
5.	Katherine Cao (Memphis) def. Vera Ploner (Tulsa)	6-1, 6-4
6.	Shura Poppe (Tulsa) def. Claire Sullivan (Memphis)	6-0, 7-6 (4)
	DOUBLES (order of finish: 3, 2, 1)
1.	Ksenia Laskutova/Martha Matoula (Tulsa) def. Laura Bente/Alisha Reayer (Memphis)	7-5
2.	Vera Ploner/Shura Poppe (Tulsa) def. Katherine Cao/Anki Wind (Memphis)	6-3
3.	Josephine Cao/Hanna Sohn (Memphis) def. Tamara Kupkova/Rouxane Jense van Rensburg (Tulsa)	6-2

 
 
Wichita State 4, Houston 2
Records: Wichita State (17-7), Houston (20-4)
Marta Bellucco battled back from a one-set deficit to get the clinching point at No. 5 singles and send Wichita State to the semifinal round of its first American Women’s Tennis Championship with a 4-2 win against Houston Thursday.
 
Wichita State, which won the last eight Missouri Valley Conference titles before joining The American, will face No. 2-seeded Tulsa in Friday’s semifinals.
 
Wichita State won the doubles point and built an early 2-0 lead after Gabrila Porubin took a striaght-set win at No. 4  singles. But Houston answered with a pair of wins at the top of the ladder as Tsveta Dimitrova won a straight-set battle at No. 1 with a 6-2, 7-5 victory against Fatima Bizhukova, and Sveva Mazzari won in straight sets at No. 2 singles.
 
Giulia Guidetti countered with a three-set win at No. 3 to give the Shockers a 3-2 lead, but Houston remained in the match as the No. 5 and No. 6 singles matches both went to third sets. With the match on Court 6 coming down to the wire, Bellucco stormed to a 6-1 third set to get the win for Wichita State.
 
 

	SINGLES (order of finish: 4, 2, 1, 3, 5)
1.	No. 116 Tsveta Dimitrova (Houston) def. No. 60 Fatima Bizhukova (Wichita State)	6-2, 7-5
2.	Sveva Mazzari (Houston) def. Sandra Honigova (Wichita State)	6-1, 6-4
3.	Giulia Guidetti (Wichita State) def. Lauren Alter (Houston)	6-2, 4-6, 6-1
4.	Gabriela Porubin (Wichita State) def. Ali Mills (Houston)	6-2, 6-4
5.	Marta Bellucco (Wichita State) def. Constandena Nicolaou (Houston)	2-6, 7-5, 6-1
6.	Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva (Wichita State) vs. Ana Glumac (Houston)	unfinished
	DOUBLES (order of finish: 3, 2)
1.	No. 67 Fatima Bizhukova/Marta Bellucco (Wichita State) vs. Tsveta Dimitrova/Sveva Mazzari (Houston)	unfinished
2.	Guila Guidetti/Ting-Ya Hsu (Wichita State) def. Lauren Alter/Ali Mills (Houston)	6-4
3.	Gabriela Porubin/Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva (Wichita State) def. Ana Glumac/Constandena Nicolaou (Houston)	6-3

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE WOMEN’S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
April 18-21 | Dallas Texas
 

First Round | Wednesday, April 18
Match 1: No. 6 Houston 4, No. 11 UConn 0
Match 2: No. 7 Memphis 4, No. 10 Cincinnati 1
Match 3: No. 9 Tulane 4, No. 8 ECU 3
Match 4: No. 5 SMU 4, No. 12 Temple 0
Quarterfinals | Thursday, April 19
Match 5: No. 1 UCF 4, Tulane 1
Match 6: SMU 4, No. 4 USF 2
Match 7: No. 3 Wichita State 4, Houston 2
Match 8: No. 2 Tulsa 4, Memphis 1
Semifinals | Friday, April 20
Match 9: SMU (14-8) vs. UCF (19-3)	3 p.m.
Match 10: Tulsa (19-5) vs. Wichita State (17-7)	3 p.m.
Final | Saturday, April 21 | American Digital Network
Match 11: Semifinal winners	3 p.m.

 
 
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