Thursday, April 22
Orlando, Fla.
11:30 AM CT
SMU
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#19 Tulane
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Mustangs Face No. 19 Tulane In AAC Quarterfinal
Apr 21 | Men's Tennis
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
April 22 – April 24
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QUARTERFINAL
No. 50Â SMU (17-13) vs. No. 19Â Tulane (14-6)
Thursday, April 22 |Â 11:30Â a.m. CT
USTA National Campus | Orlando, Fla.
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SMU men's tennis travels to Orlando for the American Athletic Conference Tennis Championships at the USTA National Campus. Action gets underway for the Mustangs on Thursday with a quarterfinal match against Tulane slated for 11:30 a.m. CT.
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The 47th-ranked Mustangs are seeded seventh in the tournament, their best seeding since 2017. Seven of the eight AAC programs are ranked by the ITA, the third most of any conference. The tournament runs through Saturday with the Men's final slated for 2 p.m. CT. The championship match will be broadcast on ESPN+.
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SMU is coming off a 17-win regular season that featured three wins over ranked opponents. The Mustangs head to Orlando riding a four-match winning streak. Last week, the Mustangs earned a pair of 7-0 sweeps. SMU honored the four-man senior class with a victory over UT Dallas on Tuesday before sweeping Trinity in the regular season finale.
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SMU AT THE AAC TOURNAMENT
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The Mustangs have a 3-6 record at the AAC Tournament with a pair of semifinal finishes in 2014 and 2016. In the last playing of the Championships, the 9th-seeded Mustangs knocked off No. 8 ECU before losing to No. 1 UCF in the quarters.
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2014 QF Â W Â #4 SMU 4, Â #5 UCF 1
         SF L  #1 MEM 4,  #4 SMU 0
2015 QFÂ LÂ Â #4 MEM 4, Â #5 SMU 2
2016 QFÂ WÂ #3 SMU 4, Â #6 UCF 0
         SF L  #2 TLSA 4, #3 SMU 0
2017 QF  L  #5 MEM 4, #4 SMU 2
2018 1R L #8 TEM 4, #9 SMU 3
2019Â 1RÂ WÂ #9 SMU 4, #8 ECU 0
          QF L #1 UCF 4, #9 SMU 0
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SMU has won 3 conference tournament championships 2004 WAC, 2002 WAC, 1998 WAC dating back to the first Southwest Conference Tournament in 1987.
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SINGLES UPDATE
-Freshman Julian Steinhausen is second on the team with 14 dual match singles wins during the season. He has a 14-8 record with wins at all six lines.  Steinhausen went on a seven-match winning streak from Jan. 22 – Feb. 28.
-Liam Krall has recorded a team best 15-8 record and has five straight wins. The freshman is 12-5 at the top two lines. He and fellow freshman Julian Steinhausen have a combined for a 29-16 record.
- Caleb Chakravarthi has two ranked wins on the season, over No. 69 Beiler of Oklahoma and No. 84 Diaz of UTA. The captain is 5-10 at line one and has had two matches with ranked opponents end unfinished after winning a set.
-Jordi Redelijk has an 10-6 record on the season including 3-0 at line four.
-The Mustangs are 23-14 in third sets this season.
   -14-9 in full third sets
    -9-5 in supertiebreakers
-Clarke Wilson was named ITA UTR National Player of the Week (3/16) after a 3-0 week with wins in both of the Mustangs ranked matchups. The award is given to the Division I player whose increase in UTR (Universal Tennis Rating) was indicative of his or her high level performance. Wilson has won 10 of 12 matches including earned a match clincher in the win over No. 33 Tulsa. He leads the team with three AAC wins (3-2),
-Tomas Vaise has a 8-8 record on the season during his senior season, with a 4-2 record at line three.
DOUBLES UPDATE
--The Mustangs have won 12 of their last 16 doubles points, including five doubles wins over ranked opponents (No. 35 San Diego, No. 30 Tulane, No. 34 South Florida, No. 4 Baylor and No. 33 Tulsa)
-SMU has recorded a doubles court win on at least one line in 26 consecutive matches, including the 10 matchups against current ranked teams.
-Huntley Allen has a 15-4 record in doubles this season and has a win with six different partners. Allen has 12 wins in his last 13 matches and a team-best five wins in AAC plays.
-The pairing of Tomas Vaise and Juan Jose Bianchi have a 7-9 record together playing all line one, tied for the most wins on the team. The duo have two wins over current ranked pairings, No.45 (Stewart/Moore-Tulane) and No. 28 (Han/Martinez-Oklahoma).
- Caleb Chakravarthi and Liam Krall recorded a ranked win over No. 21 in the Mustang matchup with No. 35 USF. They have a 3-3 record together.
-Huntley Allen and Julian Steinhausen have a 7-0 record together.
-Julian Steinhausen has won his last 12 doubles decisions. He's earned wins in seven of the Mustangs ranked matchups. Steinhausen boasts a 15-3 record this season.
-Captains Jan-Simon Vrbsky and Caleb Chakravarthi helped clinch the doubles point against No. 4 Baylor with a comeback win over No. 51 Soto/Stachowiak of Baylor.
-The familiar partnership of Tomas Vaise and Jan-Simon Vrbsky teamed up for the first time in 2021 in the win over ACU. The pairing pulled out the critical point by fending off three Wildcat set points.
-22 different Mustang doubles pairings have won a match during the dual match season.
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ABOUT TULANE
The Green Wave have a 14-6 record on the season and are ranked No. 20 in the country. The Green Wave have seven ranked wins this season, most recently defeating No. 36 VCU in New Orleans. Hamish Stewart is ranked No. 30 in the country in singles and pairs with Ewan Moore to form the 29th-ranked doubles team by the ITA. Earlier this season, Tulane defeated SMU, 4-2, in a tight AAC match. The Mustangs won the doubles point with wins on lines one and three but the Green Wave earned four singles victories to secure the road win.
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April 22 – April 24
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QUARTERFINAL
No. 50Â SMU (17-13) vs. No. 19Â Tulane (14-6)
Thursday, April 22 |Â 11:30Â a.m. CT
USTA National Campus | Orlando, Fla.
LIVE SCORINGÂ
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SMU men's tennis travels to Orlando for the American Athletic Conference Tennis Championships at the USTA National Campus. Action gets underway for the Mustangs on Thursday with a quarterfinal match against Tulane slated for 11:30 a.m. CT.
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The 47th-ranked Mustangs are seeded seventh in the tournament, their best seeding since 2017. Seven of the eight AAC programs are ranked by the ITA, the third most of any conference. The tournament runs through Saturday with the Men's final slated for 2 p.m. CT. The championship match will be broadcast on ESPN+.
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SMU is coming off a 17-win regular season that featured three wins over ranked opponents. The Mustangs head to Orlando riding a four-match winning streak. Last week, the Mustangs earned a pair of 7-0 sweeps. SMU honored the four-man senior class with a victory over UT Dallas on Tuesday before sweeping Trinity in the regular season finale.
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SMU AT THE AAC TOURNAMENT
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The Mustangs have a 3-6 record at the AAC Tournament with a pair of semifinal finishes in 2014 and 2016. In the last playing of the Championships, the 9th-seeded Mustangs knocked off No. 8 ECU before losing to No. 1 UCF in the quarters.
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2014 QF Â W Â #4 SMU 4, Â #5 UCF 1
         SF L  #1 MEM 4,  #4 SMU 0
2015 QFÂ LÂ Â #4 MEM 4, Â #5 SMU 2
2016 QFÂ WÂ #3 SMU 4, Â #6 UCF 0
         SF L  #2 TLSA 4, #3 SMU 0
2017 QF  L  #5 MEM 4, #4 SMU 2
2018 1R L #8 TEM 4, #9 SMU 3
2019Â 1RÂ WÂ #9 SMU 4, #8 ECU 0
          QF L #1 UCF 4, #9 SMU 0
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SMU has won 3 conference tournament championships 2004 WAC, 2002 WAC, 1998 WAC dating back to the first Southwest Conference Tournament in 1987.
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SINGLES UPDATE
-Freshman Julian Steinhausen is second on the team with 14 dual match singles wins during the season. He has a 14-8 record with wins at all six lines.  Steinhausen went on a seven-match winning streak from Jan. 22 – Feb. 28.
-Liam Krall has recorded a team best 15-8 record and has five straight wins. The freshman is 12-5 at the top two lines. He and fellow freshman Julian Steinhausen have a combined for a 29-16 record.
- Caleb Chakravarthi has two ranked wins on the season, over No. 69 Beiler of Oklahoma and No. 84 Diaz of UTA. The captain is 5-10 at line one and has had two matches with ranked opponents end unfinished after winning a set.
-Jordi Redelijk has an 10-6 record on the season including 3-0 at line four.
-The Mustangs are 23-14 in third sets this season.
   -14-9 in full third sets
    -9-5 in supertiebreakers
-Clarke Wilson was named ITA UTR National Player of the Week (3/16) after a 3-0 week with wins in both of the Mustangs ranked matchups. The award is given to the Division I player whose increase in UTR (Universal Tennis Rating) was indicative of his or her high level performance. Wilson has won 10 of 12 matches including earned a match clincher in the win over No. 33 Tulsa. He leads the team with three AAC wins (3-2),
-Tomas Vaise has a 8-8 record on the season during his senior season, with a 4-2 record at line three.
DOUBLES UPDATE
--The Mustangs have won 12 of their last 16 doubles points, including five doubles wins over ranked opponents (No. 35 San Diego, No. 30 Tulane, No. 34 South Florida, No. 4 Baylor and No. 33 Tulsa)
-SMU has recorded a doubles court win on at least one line in 26 consecutive matches, including the 10 matchups against current ranked teams.
-Huntley Allen has a 15-4 record in doubles this season and has a win with six different partners. Allen has 12 wins in his last 13 matches and a team-best five wins in AAC plays.
-The pairing of Tomas Vaise and Juan Jose Bianchi have a 7-9 record together playing all line one, tied for the most wins on the team. The duo have two wins over current ranked pairings, No.45 (Stewart/Moore-Tulane) and No. 28 (Han/Martinez-Oklahoma).
- Caleb Chakravarthi and Liam Krall recorded a ranked win over No. 21 in the Mustang matchup with No. 35 USF. They have a 3-3 record together.
-Huntley Allen and Julian Steinhausen have a 7-0 record together.
-Julian Steinhausen has won his last 12 doubles decisions. He's earned wins in seven of the Mustangs ranked matchups. Steinhausen boasts a 15-3 record this season.
-Captains Jan-Simon Vrbsky and Caleb Chakravarthi helped clinch the doubles point against No. 4 Baylor with a comeback win over No. 51 Soto/Stachowiak of Baylor.
-The familiar partnership of Tomas Vaise and Jan-Simon Vrbsky teamed up for the first time in 2021 in the win over ACU. The pairing pulled out the critical point by fending off three Wildcat set points.
-22 different Mustang doubles pairings have won a match during the dual match season.
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ABOUT TULANE
The Green Wave have a 14-6 record on the season and are ranked No. 20 in the country. The Green Wave have seven ranked wins this season, most recently defeating No. 36 VCU in New Orleans. Hamish Stewart is ranked No. 30 in the country in singles and pairs with Ewan Moore to form the 29th-ranked doubles team by the ITA. Earlier this season, Tulane defeated SMU, 4-2, in a tight AAC match. The Mustangs won the doubles point with wins on lines one and three but the Green Wave earned four singles victories to secure the road win.
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| Date | SMU | Opponent | Opponent | W/L | Score | Ln |
| 16-Jan | Chakravarthi | #57Â Woldeab | at Texas | L | 6-1, 6-4 | 1 |
| 16-Jan | Vrbsky | #78 Braswell | at Texas | L | 6-4, 6-2 | 2 |
| 16-Jan | Krall | #120Â Spizzirri | at Texas | L | 6-4, 6-3 | 3 |
| 18-Jan | Chakravarthi | #46Â Boitan | at Baylor | L | 6-4, 7-6(3) | 1 |
| 18-Jan | Vrbsky | #56Â Soto | at Baylor | L | 6-3, 6-4 | 2 |
| 18-Jan | Krall | #43 Lah | at Baylor | L | 6-2, 1-6, 7-6(1) | 3 |
| 18-Jan | Steinhausen | #74Â Stachowiak | at Baylor | L | 6-2, 6-2 | 4 |
| 18-Jan | Vaise | #103Â Broom | at Baylor | L | 6-2, 7-6(5) | 5 |
| 18-Jan | Wilson | #66Â Co. Frantzen | at Baylor | L | 6-1, 6-4 | 6 |
| 31-Jan | Chakravarthi | #69Â Beiler | at Oklahoma | W | 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 | 1 |
| 26-Feb | Chakravarthi | #84Â Diaz | UTA | W | 6-4, 6-3 | 1 |
| 6-Mar | Chakravarthi | #40 Stewart | Tulane | UF | 7-6, 3-6, 2-5 | 1 |
| 6-Mar | Krall | #53 Moore | Tulane | L | 6-4, 6-2 | 2 |
| 11-Mar | Chakravarthi | #60Â Holmgren | San Diego | UF | 5-7, 3-3 | 1 |
| 20-Mar | Chakravarthi | #47Â Fomba | at TCU | UF | 3-6, 3-3 | 1 |
| 20-Mar | Vaise | #21Â Gray | at TCU | L | 6-0, 6-3 | 2 |
| 20-Mar | Krall | #113Â Jong | at TCU | UF | 2-6, 4-3 | 3 |
| 20-Mar | Redelijk | #125Â Fearnley | at TCU | L | 6-2, 6-1 | 6 |
| 26-Mar | Chakravarthi | #4 Decamps | UCF | L | 6-2, 6-1 | 1 |
| 28-Mar | Chakravarthi | #90 Boitan | Baylor | L | 1-6, 7-6(3), 1-0(5) | 1 |
| 28-Mar | Krall | #9 Lah | Baylor | L | 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 | 2 |
| 3-Apr | Chakravarthi | #52 Oetzbach | Pepperdine | UF | 6-3, 0-1 | 1 |
| 11-Apr | Vaise | #84 Pearson | Tulsa | L | 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 | 1 |
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| DATE | PARTNERS | Opponents | W/L | Opp. | Score |
| 18-Jan | Bianchi/Vaise | #10 Lah/Frantzen | L | at Baylor | 7-6(3) |
| 14-Mar | Bianchi/Vaise | #21 Wojcik/Bollipalli | L | at USF | 6-3 |
| 14-Mar | Krall/Chakravarthi | #38 Ferguson/Luquet | W | at USF | 6-4 |
| 20-Mar | Bianchi/Vaise | #21 Gray/Fearnley | L | at TCU | 7-5 |
| 20-Mar | Krall/Chakravarthi | #24 Paroulek/Jong | L | at TCU | 6-3 |
| 26-Mar | Bianchi/Vaise | #21 Decamps/Hilderbrand | L | UCF | 7-6 (2) |
| 28-Mar | Bianchi/Vaise | #22 Lah/Frantzen | L | Baylor | 6-4 |
| 28-Mar | Chakravarthi/Vrbsky | #51 Soto/Stachowiak | W | Baylor | 7-5 |
| 2-Apr | Chakravarthi/Vrbsky | #72 Dellien/Frosa | L | Wichita St | 6-3 |
| 3-Apr | Chakravarthi/Vaise | #62 Ouden/Oetzbach | W | Pepperdine | 6-3 |
| 11-Apr | Chakravarthi/Vaise | #42 Pearson/Di Marco | uf | Tulsa | 3-5 |
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