DALLAS (SMU) – The SMU men's tennis team earned a pair of 7-0 victories in its home doubleheader against Prairie View A&M at the Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex on Thursday.
SMU moves to 3-0 with Thursday's two wins. The Mustangs have now started the season with three consecutive shutouts.
All of SMU's singles matches this season have been won in straight sets.
Senior Captain
Adam Neff picked up his first singles win of the season in Thursday's morning match against Flores (6-1, 6-0).
Julian Steinhausen (6-1, 6-4),
Alex Stafford (6-0, 6-0) and
Liam Sunkel (7-5, 6-2) also earned their first singles victories in the morning match.
Alex Yang,
Kyle Sillman and
Callaway Clark all won their first singles match of the season in the afternoon in matches against Ryan Boone, Tafari Dudley and Jaydn Boone.
Louis Cloud and Sillman earned the first doubles win of the day for the Mustangs, shutting out Tafari Dudley and Omari Dudley (6-0). Sillman later teamed up with
Maks Silagy in the afternoon to defeat Abdulraheem Isa and Jaydn Boone (6-0).
Huntley Allen and Steinhausen soon followed, defeating Isa and Boone (6-1) to clinch the morning doubles point for SMU.
Neff and freshman
Trevor Svajda also came away with two doubles victories (6-3, 6-1) over Diego Hatem and Eduardo Nunez del Pardo Flores between the two matches.
Svajda captured his second collegiate singles win in the afternoon, defeating Flores 6-1, 6-0.
Eric Hadigian also scored his second win of the year, this time beating Hatem (6-2, 6-0) in the afternoon.
Juniors Silagy and Cloud both moved to 2-0 on the year in singles, with Silagy defeating Hatem (6-4, 6-0) and Cloud defeating Boone (6-2, 6-0). Silagy went on to also win in the afternoon over Isa (6-0, 6-1).
SMU will return to the Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex on Sunday for its first AAC match of the season versus UAB. Sunday's dual match is set to begin at 1 p.m.
Match One Singles Scores:
- Adam Neff def. Eduardo Nunez del Pardo Flores (6-1, 6-0)
- Maks Silagy def. Diego Hatem (6-4, 6-0)
- Julian Steinhausen def. Abdulraheem Isa (6-1, 6-4)
- Louis Cloud def. Jaydn Boone (6-2, 6-0)
- Alex Stafford def. Omari Dudley (6-0, 6-0)
- Liam Sunkel def. Tafari Dudley (7-5, 6-2)
Order of Finish: 5, 1, 4, 3, 2, 6
Match One Doubles Scores:
- Adam Neff/Trevor Svajda def. Diego Hatem/Eduardo Nunez del Pardo Flores (6-3)
- Huntley Allen/Julian Steinhausen def. Abdulraheem Isa/Jaydn Boone (6-1)
- Louis Cloud/Kyle Sillman def. Tafari Dudley/Omari Dudley (6-0)
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1
Match Two Singles Scores:
- Trevor Svajda def. Eduardo Nunez del Pardo Flores (6-1, 6-0)
- Eric Hadigian def. Diego Hatem (6-2, 6-0)
- Maks Silagy def. Abdulraheem Isa (6-0, 6-1)
- Callaway Clark def. Jaydn Boone (6-2, 6-0)
- Kyle Sillman def. Tafari Dudley (6-0, 6-0)
- Alex Yang def. Ryan Boone (6-2, 6-0)
Order of Finish: 5, 1, 6, 3, 4, 2
Match Two Doubles Scores:
- Adam Neff/Trevor Svajda def. Eduardo Nunez del Pardo Flores (6-1)
- Maks Silagy/Kyle Sillman def. Abdulraheem Isa/Jaydn Boone (6-0)
- Eric Hadigian/Callaway Clark def. Tafari Dudley/Omari Dudley (6-1)
Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3