The Houston tennis team sat just one doubles match away from taking the initial point against SMU on April 11. Failing to close it in the final set that made the match so tight, the pair of senior Phonexay Chitdara and junior Sophie Gerits fell 12-10 in the tiebreaker.
This gave the Mustangs the point that changed everything, allowing them to take the advantage in the singles exhibition that went back and forth, and allowed SMU to end it in singles, with sophomore Azul Pedemonti’s match going unfinished, though she led in the tiebreaking set.