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SMU Hosts Prairie View A&M Saturday And USF Sunday

SMU (10-8) vs. Prairie View A&M (4-22)
Date & Start Time Saturday, April 8 at 10 a.m.
Location SMU Tennis Center - Dallas, Texas
Admission Free
Notes Match Notes (.pdf)
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SMU (10-8) vs. USF (12-7)
Date & Start Time Sunday, April 9 at 1 p.m.
Location SMU Tennis Center - Dallas, Texas
Admission Free
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April 7, 2017

SMU welcomes Prairie View A&M and USF this weekend to the SMU Tennis complex. Saturday's match against PVAMU is set to begin at 10 a.m. and Sunday's match versus USF is slated for 1 p.m.
 
SCOUTING PVAMU
Prairie View A&M is currently 4-22 overall and 2-1 in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. Prairie View A&M boasts a veteran squad with two seniors, three juniors and two freshman.
 
SERIES INFO
This is SMU and PVAMU's second time to play this season. SMU is 10-0 all-time against the Panthers. The last meeting came in February with SMU winning 7-0 in Dallas.
 
Prairie View A&M (10-0)
Home: 9-0, Away: 0-0, Neutral: 0-0
3/29/09    H             W             7-0
3/17/10    H             W             7-0
3/17/11    H             W             7-0
3/19/12    H             W             6-0
2/18/17    H             W             7-0
 
SCOUTING USF
The Bulls are currently 12-7 overall and 2-1 in the American Athletic Conference. USF is led by Sasha Gozun, the No. 48 ranked singles player in the nation, and Peter Bertran, the No. 105 ranked singles player in the country. The Bulls also hold the No. 68 ranked doubles team, Alberto Barroso-Campos and Gozun.
 
SERIES INFO
This is SMU and USF's second time to play this season. The two AAC teams met in the BNP Paribas Collegiate Challenge in Indian Wells, California earlier this year where USF pulled out a 4-2 victory over the Mustangs. USF leads the series with three wins.
 
USF (1-3)
Home: 0-1, Away: 0-0, Neutral: 1-2
4/7/13      N             L              4-3
4/3/15      H             L              4-1
4/2/16      N             W             4-2
3/19/17    N             L              4-2
 
 MUSTANGS IN ITA RANKINGS
Two Mustangs are ranked in ITA singles rankings and one SMU doubles team is in the top-25 ITA doubles rankings. Ronald Slobodchikov is the No. 55 ranked singles player in the nation, while Hunter Johnson holds the No. 83 spot. Seniors Hunter Johnson and Yates Johnson are currently ranked the No. 18 doubles team in the country.
 
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 407, 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                 407          588
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 April 7, 2017
 
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Players Mentioned

Hunter Johnson

Hunter Johnson

6' 1"
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Yates Johnson

Yates Johnson

5' 11"
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Ronald Slobodchikov

Ronald Slobodchikov

5' 10"
RS JR
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Players Mentioned

Hunter Johnson

Hunter Johnson

6' 1"
RS SR
RS SR
Yates Johnson

Yates Johnson

5' 11"
RS SR
RS SR
Ronald Slobodchikov

Ronald Slobodchikov

5' 10"
RS JR
JR-1L