No. 21 SMU (3-2) travels to Army and Dartmouth to take on the Black Knights and the Big Green this weekend. The Mustangs face Army Thursday at 6 p.m. ET/5 p.m. CT before taking on Dartmouth Saturday at 12 p.m. ET/11 a.m. CT.

SCOUTING ARMY
The Black Knights are hoping to break their three-match losing skid versus SMU. Army dropped to Loyola Marymount 4-2 last Sunday after falling to Yale and Furman on Saturday. The preseason Patriot League champions selection are 2-3 for the season after opening the season with wins over Sacred Heart and Marist College.

SERIES INFO
SMU and Army are meeting for only the second time. The Mustangs are looking to remain unbeaten in the series. The first meeting occurred in April 2006 with the Mustangs winning the match 7-0 in Dallas, Texas.

Army (1-0)
Home: 1-0, Away: 0-0, Neutral: 0-0
4/2/06   H          W         7-0

SCOUTING DARTMOUTH
The Big Green are currently 2-4 with wins over Bryant and Binghamton. Two of Dartmouth's four losses have come in 4-3 decisions as the Big Green barely fell to Minnesota and Iowa last week.

SERIES INFO
The Mustangs and the Big Green will meet for the third time in series history. SMU is looking to take a 2-1 advantage over Dartmouth and revenge the last meeting, which ended in a 4-2 loss for the Mustangs.

Dartmouth (1-1)
Home: 0-1, Away: 0-0, Neutral: 1-0
3/19/94 N          W         6-1
3/24/15 H          L          4-2

MUSTANGS REMAIN IN THE ITA TOP-25
The SMU men's tennis team is ranked No. 21 in the Oracle/Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) top-25 rankings, released this week (Feb. 8). This is the third week the Mustangs have been ranked in the top-25 after receiving votes the first two weeks of the spring season.

The last time out, SMU (3-2) beat [RV] Ole Miss in a nailbiting,4-3, finish in the opening round of the ITA Kickoff Weekend in College Station, Texas before falling to No. 21 Baylor, 4-0, in the title match.

STANGS RISIN'
Since breaking into the top-25 rankings in week three (Jan. 25), SMU has risen one place in the rankings each week as they now sit at No. 21. Hunter Johnson leads the team with the best overall singles record (3-1) and broke into singles rankings this week, deemed the No. 44 singles player in the nation. After beating the No. 3 singles player in the nation Jan. 20, Ronald Slobodchikov also broke into the singles rankings this week, holding the No. 49 spot. Hunter Johnson and Yates Johnson are also ranked as the No. 39 doubles team in the nation as of this week.

SCOUTING THE AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
The Mustangs are one of two American Athletic Conference teams in the ITA top-25 rankings or receiving votes this week. SMU sits at No. 21, while Tulane is receiving votes.

AAC Teams Ranked In The ITA Top 25
20         Stanford University
21         SMU*
22         Georgia Tech
23         University of Mississippi
24         TCU
25         Texas A&M University
Others Receiving Votes: Cornell University, University of Notre Dame, University of South Carolina, Tulane University*, Utah State, Vanderbilt University
*denotes American Athletic Conference team

TAKING ON RANKED TEAMS
For the fourth straight year in a row the Mustangs are scheduled to play at least six ITA Top-25 ranked teams, with the possibility to face 10 Top-25 ranked opponents. SMU welcomes four Top-25 ranked teams to the SMU Tennis Complex this season (No. 11 Texas, No. 24 TCU, No. 19 Columbia and No. 12 Oklahoma State).

ALL-AMERICANS UNDER NEUFELD
During Carl Neufeld's tenure as head coach at SMU, Mustang players have earned 12 All-America honors.

All-Americans at SMU under Carl Neufeld
Singles:
Johan Brunstrom (2004)
Genius Chidzikwe (2001)
Toby Hansson (2000)
Ignacio Hirigoyen (1999)

Doubles:
Eric Cohn (2002)
Johan Brunstrom (2001, 02)
Jon Wallmark (2000, 01)
Toby Hansson (2000)
Dustin Mauck (1999)
Keith Pollak (1999)

CARL NEUFELD— WINNINGEST ACTIVE SMU HEAD COACH
Head coach Carl Neufeld ranks second among all-time wins at SMU with 401, and is the winningest active head coach on the SMU campus.

SMU Coaching All-Time Wins
            Coach                                                   Sport                                SMU         Career

1.         Rhonda Rompola (1992-2016)       Women's Basketball      439           439
2.         Carl Neufeld (1994 - present)       Men's Tennis                   401           582
3.         Schellas Hyndman (1984-2007)    Men's Soccer                    368           466
4.         Lisa Seifert (1996 - present)           Volleyball                          364           383
5.         Doc Hayes (1947-1967)                  Men's Basketball               299           299
*As of Feb. 7, 2017