SMU senior tennis player Aleksandra Malyarchikova preparing to return a volley. (Courtesy of SMUMustangs.com)

SMU women’s tennis (2-3) took on Northwestern State (2-2) on Monday leaving with a 6-1 victory. In doubles, the Mustangs won all three matches to earn the first point and in singles took five of the six, winning in straight sets.

“This is a solid win over a good team,” said head coach Kati Gyulai. “Our targets were accurate in doubles when it mattered, and we were able to close out those matches to put us up 1-0. We didn’t look back and kept closing out the singles matches. We have a couple of days for practice before we host Air Force.”

The Mustangs will host Air Force Feb. 16 . Air Force is coming off of a 7-0 loss to the University of Oregon taking the Flacons record to 4-2.

SMU’s Edyta Cieplucha (14-6) No. 12 ranked Mary Anne Macfarlane of Alabama, marking the highest ranked opponent Cieplucha has defeated in her career. Aleksandra Malyarchikova (11-4) recently defeated the LSU’s No. 112 Kaitlin Burns.

 Cieplucha and Malyarchikova represented SMU’s womens tennis in the latest ITA tennis rankings; Cieplucha No. 93 and Malyarchikova No. 118.

The Mustangs will take on Air Force this Saturday at 1 p.m.