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DALLAS (SMU) – Head Coach
Carl Neufeld earned his 600
th career win as a head coach on Sunday as the Mustangs downed UT Arlington, 4-3, at the SMU Tennis Complex.
Neufeld, in his 25
th season as the head coach of SMU, holds 600 wins in his career and 419 on the Hilltop. Prior to SMU, Neufeld was an assistant coach at Southern California and a head coach at Northern Illinois. He ranks second in all-time wins at SMU behind women's basketball head coach Rhonda Rompola (1996-2016) who holds 439 victories.
The Mustangs showed grit in singles play against UT Arlington Sunday, rallying to win four matches after falling behind early in doubles play.
In doubles, UTA's Enrique Pardo and Sansidh Kommaraju defeated
Eladio Fabregas and
Gardiner Perotti, 6-1.
Jan-Simon Vrbsky and
Tomas Vaise fell 6-3, their ninth loss of the spring, to give UTA a 1-0 lead.
In singles, the Mustangs quickly evened the score with a 6-2, 6-1 win from
Roberto Rosales at No. 6.
Tomas Vaise fell, 6-2, 6-3, to No. 102 Guanarteme Nuez at the top position to surrender a point to the Mavericks, but SMU found momentum to continue on for the match win.
Eladio Fabregas defeated Kommaraju 6-3, 6-3 to tie the match once again, and
Charles Nettlefold gave SMU its first lead with a 6-3, 7-6 (3) win at No. 4.
The Mustangs clinched the win with a 6-2, 0-6, 6-2 victory by
Jan-Simon Vrbsky at No. 2. He improves to a team-best 11-8 with his second-consecutive win.
UTA added a third point when Perotti fell 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 on court three.
The win breaks a seven-match slide for the Mustangs as they prepare for Tulsa on Friday, April 13, and then head to Rice on April 15 to close out dual match season. SMU will host the American Athletic Conference Championship on April 19-22 at the SMU Tennis Complex.
SMU 4, UT Arlington 3
April 8, 2018 – SMU Tennis Complex
Doubles (Order of finish: 3, 1)
- Mauricio Del Rio / Guanarteme Nuez (UTA) def. Jan-Simon Vrbsky / Tomas Vaise (SMU) 6-3
- Charles Nettlefold / Roberto Rosales (SMU) vs. Andre Russo / Eduard Simo (UTA) 4-5
- Enrique Pardo / Sansidh Kommaraju (UTA) def. Eladio Fabregas / Gardiner Perotti (SMU) 6-1
Singles (Order of finish: 6, 1, 5, 4, 2, 3)
- #102 Guanarteme Nuez (UTA) def. Tomas Vaise (SMU) 6-2, 6-3
- Jan-Simon Vrbsky (SMU) def. Enrique Pardo (UTA) 6-2, 0-6, 6-2
- Mauricio Del Rio (UTA) def. Gardiner Perotti (SMU) 5-7, 6-1, 6-2
- Charles Nettlefold (SMU) def. Abhishek Bostola (UTA) 6-3, 7-6 (3)
- Eladio Fabregas (SMU) def. Sansidh Kommaraju (UTA) 6-3, 6-3
- Roberto Rosales (SMU) def. Eduard Simo (UTA) 6-2, 6-1
