No. 50 SMU Faces No. 35 San Diego And Lamar

No. 50 SMU (10-7) vs. No. 35 San Diego (4-2)
Thursday, Mar. 11 | Noon
SMU Tennis Complex | Dallas, Texas

No. 50 SMU (9-6) vs. Lamar (7-2)
Friday, Mar. 12 | 3 p.m.
SMU Tennis Complex | Dallas, Texas

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SEASON STATS

SMU men's tennis wraps up the six-match homestand with a Thursday match against No. 35 San Diego and a Friday meeting with Lamar.

The Mustangs have won four of their last five matches on the season and have a 10-7 record, the most wins in the conference. Last time out, the Mustangs battled the 30^th-ranked Tulane Green Wave down to the wire in the Mustangs first ranked matchup since 2017. The Green Wave came away with a narrow 4-2 win that came down to a pair of third sets. The Mustangs managed to take the doubles point in the matchup.

In the second half of the doubleheader, the Mustangs swept Oral Roberts, 4-0, SMU's fifth sweep of the season. The Mustangs are in the midst of a difficult string in the schedule where they face ranked opponents in seven of 10 matchups.

SINGLES UPDATE
-Julian Steinhausen leads the Mustangs with 10 dual match singles wins during the season. He's won eight of his last nine matches.
-Liam Krall has recorded an 8-5 record, the second most wins on the team. The freshman is 8-3 at the top two lines.
- Caleb Chakravarthi has a ranked win on the season when he knocked off No. 69 of Oklahoma. The senior captain is 5-5 at line one.
-The Mustangs are 16-9 in third sets this season.
-SMU is 7-2 in supertiebreakers this season.
-Clarke Wilson is on a four-match winning streak and has a 6-4 record on the season

DOUBLES UPDATE
-Playing all line one, the pairing of Tomas Vaise and Juan Jose Bianchi have a 6-4 record and have won seven of their last eight matches. Half of their season's losses have come in tiebreakers against nationally-ranked opponents.
-Liam Krall and Julian Steinhausen have a 5-3 record while paired together this season, playing lines one and two. The freshman duo are on a three-match winning streak.

ABOUT SAN DIEGO
San Diego is off to a 4-2 start amidst a season beset by COVID cancellations. They've posted wins over UNLV, Saint Mary's, UC Irvine and Cal Poly while falling to Arizona State and No. 18 Arizona. Last season, they posted an 8-3 record before the season was cut short. The Toreros have tow nationally ranked singles competitors in Gui Osorio and August Holmgren. Osorio and Nico Borter combine to form the nation's 26^th-ranked doubles pairing.

ABOUT LAMAR
Lamar has a 7-2 record in 2021 highlighted by its current seven-match winning streak. Their last loss came on Jan. 24 to Rice. Six of their seven wins have come in home doubleheaders. Filippo Salsini leads the team with six singles wins, mostly coming at line four. The Cardinals have three different doubles pairings with at least four wins., including unbeaten Brandon Do and Bo Cautaerts.

VS RANKED OPPONENTS

SINGLES

DATE	SMU	Opponent		Opponent	W/L	Score	LN
1/16	Chakravarthi	#57 Siem Woldeab	at	Texas	L	6-1, 6-4	1
1/16	Vrbsky	#78 Micah Braswell	at	Texas	L	6-4, 6-2	2
1/16	Krall	#120 Eliot Spizzirri	at	Texas	L	6-4, 6-3	3
1/18	Chakravarthi	#46 Adrian Boitan	at	Baylor	L	6-4, 7-6(3)	1
1/18	Vrbsky	#56 Matias Soto	at	Baylor	L	6-3, 6-4	2
1/18	Krall	#43 Sven Lah	at	Baylor	L	6-2, 1-6, 7-6(1)	3
1/18	Steinhausen	#74 Nick Stachowiak	at	Baylor	L	6-2, 6-2	4
1/18	Vaise	#103 Charlie Broom	at	Baylor	L	6-2, 7-6(5)	5
1/18	Wilson	#66 Constantin Frantzen	at	Baylor	L	6-1, 6-4	6
1/31	Chakravarthi	#69 Mason Beiler	at	Oklahoma	W	6-4, 4-6, 6-4	1

DOUBLES
1/22 Vaise/Bianchi #10 Lah/Frantzen at Baylor L 7-6 (3) LINE 1

UP NEXT
The Mustangs hit the road to take on No. 34 South Florida in Tampa on Sunday.

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Players Mentioned

Juan Jose Bianchi

Caleb Chakravarthi

Liam Krall

Julian Steinhausen

Tomas Vaise

Clarke Wilson

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