SMU Finishes Fourth In ITA Attendance Race
May 15 | Men's Tennis
DALLAS (SMU) - The SMU Mustangs finished the 2015 season ranked fourth in the nation in attendance, the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) announced Friday.
SMU finished the year with a total attendance of 4,287, one of just five programs in the country with a total over 4,000 fans. The Mustangs' match against Texas on Jan. 31 ranked second in single-match attendance, with 1,825 fans in the stands for the event.
The SMU men's tennis team played its first match in the new SMU Tennis Complex on Jan. 19, beating UCSB, 6-1. The SMU Tennis Complex, located on the southwest corner of Mockingbird Lane and North Central Expressway, includes the Turpin Stadium, with six outdoor courts and the Styslinger Grand Viewing Terrace, and the Brookshire Pavilion, with six indoor courts and a patron balcony. The courts feature individual scoreboards, and officials will use handheld remotes to update scores wirelessly. Court surfaces are covered with Plexipave, optimum for practice and top-level competition, and the same surface used at the home of the U.S. Open, the USTA National Tennis Center in New York.
In addition to spectator seating, the Styslinger Family Grand Viewing Terrace includes space designed for special events or temporary seating. The third-floor Edwin L. Cox Club Suite includes both outdoor and indoor court viewing areas, an entertainment area and a catering kitchen.
The SMU Tennis Complex also features a training center that houses locker rooms for home and visiting teams, classrooms, team meeting rooms and coaches' offices. In addition, the training center includes a fitness room and training room for student athlete treatment, injury prevention and rehabilitation with hot and cool hydrotherapy tubs.
The Mustangs finished the season with an 18-9 record, including 16 wins at home.
