DALLAS – Behind sophomore standout Adam Neff, SMU defeated Temple 4-0 today in Dallas. The Mustangs improve to 13-6, 7-4 at home. They have won three out of their last four and remain unbeaten in conference play.
 
SMU's 76^th ranked doubles pairing of Neff and Ivan Thamma got the match off to a strong start, cruising to a decisive 6-3 win on the top line. Temple quickly answered back with a victory on court two, 6-4.
 
For the second straight match, the doubles point would come down to Huntley Allen and Julian Steinhausen on court three. After being broken and falling behind 3-5, SMU's duo locked in to win the next three games. Temple tied the match at 6-6 to force a tiebreak. SMU fell behind 2-3, but went on to win the next five points to win the tiebreak 7-3 and close out the match.
 
Neff dominated at the top singles line, winning his match 6-2, 6-3 to push SMU's lead to 2-0. This was the sophomore's sixth straight set victory of the season and eighth overall.
 
Playing on the No. 5 line, Julian Steinhausen cruised to a 6-2 first set victory. He took an early lead in the second before his opponent responded, tying the set at 5-5. Steinhausen won on his serve before breaking his opposition to win the set 7-5 and secure his third straight singles victory.
 
Playing in just his second No. 3 match, Pranav Kumar would close out the win for the Mustangs. The grad-senior won 6-3 in the first set. Similar to court five, Kumar faced a resilient opponent who battled off a match point in the second and forced a tiebreak. Kumar pulled away in the tiebreak, winning 7-1 to close out the 4-0 sweep for SMU.
 
Winning Streaks
- Huntley Allen and Julian Steinhausen have won seven of their eight finished doubles matches. They are 8-2 in dual play this season.
- Liam Krall is on a two-match winning streak. The former AAC Freshman of the Year is 12-3 in singles dual matches this season.
- Steinhausen has won his last three singles matches, the last two being in straight sets.

Upcoming Matches
SMU is back in action at the Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex tomorrow against Wichita State at 12:00 p.m. CT. They will also face No. 37 Memphis on Monday at 10:00 a.m.
 
Singles

1. Adam Neff (SMU) def. Marin Delmas (TEM) 6-2, 6-3

2. Caleb Chakravarthi (SMU) vs. Louis Gorregues (TEM) 4-6, 5-1, unfinished

3. Pranav Kumar (SMU) def. Leo Raquin (TEM) 6-3, 7-6

4. Ivan Thamma (SMU) vs. Hussein El Tawil (TEM) 1-6, 4-4, unfinished

5. Julian Steinhausen (SMU) def. Gregoire Barety (TEM) 6-2, 7-5

6. Thibault Frumholz (TEM) vs. Louis Cloud (SMU) no result

 
Doubles

1. #76 Adam Neff/Ivan Thamma (SMU) def. Marin Delmas/Louis Gorregues (TEM) 6-3

2. Gregoire Barety/Jericho Grollman (TEM) def. Pranav Kumar/Liam Krall (SMU) 6-4

3. Huntley Allen/Julian Steinhausen (SMU) def. Leo Raquin/Thibault Frumholz (TEM) 7-6