Mustangs Face Split Squad Saturday Doubleheader

SMU (3-1) vs. Lamar (0-2)
Saturday, Jan. 25 | 11 AM
Thompson Tennis Center | Beaumont, Texas

SMU (3-1) vs. UT Tyler (0-0)
Saturday, Jan. 25 | 5 PM
SMU Tennis Complex | Dallas, Texas

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SMU Men's Tennis faces a Saturday split squad doubleheader on Saturday with a match against Lamar and UT Tyler. Half of the Mustang squad will make the trip to Beaumont to take on Lamar at 11 a.m. while the remainder of the team will face UT Tyler at 5 p.m. from the SMU Tennis Complex.

The Mustangs opened the season last weekend with a 3-1 showing, including a sweep of Prairie View on opening day. SMU did not drop a set to the Panthers in the pair of 7-0 victories. After a 5-2 takedown of Northern Colorado on Saturday, the Mustangs fell to No. 2 Texas in front of large crowd at the SMU Tennis Complex.

ABOUT LAMAR
Lamar hosts SMU in its home opener after a 0-2 roadtrip to Stillwater, Okla. The Cardinals took on No. 15 Oklahoma State and Bryant. Last season, Lamar went 6-18 with a 1-4 record in Southland Conference play.

ABOUT UT TYLER
UT Tyler is ranked 10^th in the ITA D2 South Central Rankings and will begin their campaign proper with Southern Arkansas on Jan. 31.

RANKED WINS
Caleb Chakravarthi and Tomas Vaise defeated the No. 4 ranked doubles paring on line one against Texas. The duo took down Ito/Sigsgaard of Texas 6-4 for the first doubles point of the match


SMU vs RANKED OPPONENTS (2020)
Doubles
Chakravarthi/Vaise          W           6-4         No. 4     Ito/Sigsgaard      Texas

Singles
Chakravarthi L             6-3, 7-6 (0) No. 2     Ito Texas
Vaise                    L             6-3, 6-3 No. 15   Sigsgaard             Texas
Sarrio                   L             6-4, 6-2 No. 53 Woldeab              Texas

NEXT UP
SMU plays three home matches the weekend of Feb. 1 including a doubleheader on Saturday facing Oklahoma Baptist and Portland. The SMU Tennis Complex will be loaded with action that day as the women's program also plays a doubleheader. On Sunday, SMU faces UTSA at 5 pm.

SERIES HISTORY (LAMAR)
SMU has never lost to Lamar in nine all-time meetings. This is the first of the meetings to happen away from SMU. The Mustangs have won each matchup by either a score of 7-0 or 6-1.

SERIES HISTORY (UT TYLER)
First Meeting

LAST TIME OUT
The Mustangs split a doubleheader with Northern Colorado and No. 2 Texas. After a 5-2 win over Northern Colorado, the Mustangs fell to the reigning national champs, 6-1, winning an excited doubles point. Caleb Chakravarthi and Tomas Vaise defeated the No. 4 double team in the country, 7-5 while Huntley Allen and Jan-Simon Vrbsky won on line three. The SMU Tennis Complex was packed with an attendance of 845.

SMU TENNIS COMPLEX
The SMU Tennis Complex was awarded the UTSA Most Outstanding Facility Award over the Summer. The complex which features six indoor and six outdoor courts opened in 2015. All SMU home matches are free to attend.

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