SMU vs. UTRGV | Feb. 16, 11 a.m. (CT)
SMU vs. Incarnate Word | Feb. 16, 5 p.m. (CT)
Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex - Dallas, Texas
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SMU at Clemson | Feb. 18, 3 p.m. (CT)
Hoke Sloan Tennis Center - Clemson, S.C.
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SETTING THE SCENE
•    SMU returns home to the Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex for a Friday doubleheader against UTRGV (11 a.m.) and Incarnate Word (5 p.m.).
•    The Mustangs follow up Friday's home doubleheader by traveling east to take on Clemson at the Hoke Sloan Tennis Center on Sunday at 3 p.m. (CT).
•    SMU enters the weekend with a 6-3 overall record, including a 4-0 home record.
•    The Mustangs are in their sixth season under the AAC's reigning Coach of the Year, Grant Chen.

KNOW THE FOES
•    UTRGV enters Friday's match with a 3-8 overall record. Incarnate Word enters at 6-1 on the season
•    Clemson (2-4) will host Radford and Georgia Southern on Friday before Sunday's match with SMU.

2024 DALLAS OPEN
•    Five Mustangs - Adam Neff, Trevor Svajda, Jerry Barton, Julian Steinhausen and Huntley Allen - competed in the 2024 Dallas Open.
•    Neff headlined the tournament's College Night as a singles main draw wild card against Jordan Thompson.
•    Allen and Steinhausen went three sets in their main draw doubles match against Ben Shelton and Emilio Nava.
•    Both Svajda and Barton competed as wild cards in the singles qualifying rounds.

SPRING RECORDS
•    Singles
    Trevor Svajda (6-2)
    Adam Neff (2-4)
    Jerry Barton (4-3)
    Liam Krall (4-3)
    Maks Silagy (7-2)
    Eric Hadigian (3-1)
    Louis Cloud (4-1)
    Julian Steinhausen (1-0)
    Alex Stafford (1-0)
    Liam Sunkel (1-0)
    Callaway Clark (1-0)
    Kyle Sillman (1-0)
    Alex Yang (1-0)
•    Doubles
    Allen/Steinhausen (3-1)
    Neff/Svajda (4-2)
    Silagy/Barton (2-1)
    Clark/Hadigian (1-1)
    Allen/Silagy (1-0)
    Krall/Clark (0-1)
    Cloud/Sillman (1-0)
    Silagy/Sillman (1-0)
    Allen/Neff (1-1)
    Barton/Svajda (0-1)
    Steinhausen/Silagy (1-1)

ITA RANKINGS
•    Sophomore Jerry Barton ranks 88 in the ITA's latest singles poll (Feb. 7).
•    SMU has faced three ITA top-25 teams in its last four matches (at No. 23 Florida, at No. 7 USC, at No. 14 Texas A&M).

HOT START
•    The Mustangs opened the season with four consecutive 7-0 shutouts over Hawaii, Prairie View A&M and UAB.
•    Only two SMU singles matches have been extended to three sets.
•    The Mustangs' 4-0 record with no opponent points allowed marks the best start to a season under Head Coach Grant Chen.

'NEFF SAID
•    Senior Captain Adam Neff returns to the Hilltop after earning the AAC Player of the Year last season.
•    Neff also earned AAC All-Conference Singles and Doubles honors in 2023. The Bradenton, Florida, native posted an 18-6 overall record playing line one for the Mustangs.
•    Neff ranked as high as 64th in singles last season and appeared in the NCAA Individual Championship - SMU's first selection since 2006.
•    Neff and SMU Alum Pranav Kumar ranked as high as 55th in doubles action in 2023.
•    Neff headlined the 2024 Dallas Open's College Night in his singles main draw match against Jordan Thompson.

SERVIN' SVAJDA
•    Freshman Trevor Svajda joined SMU as the No. 1 tennis recruit in the nation.
•    Svajda has opened his collegiate career with a 6-2 record playing on line one for the Mustangs.
•    Svadja competed at the USTA's 2024 Southern California Open, where he rallied to defeat Tennys Sandgren (0-6, 7-6(4), 7-6(3)).
•    The San Diego native was selected to play against Nicolas Moreno De Alboran as a singles qualifying wild card at the 2024 Dallas Open.

KRALL-STAR
•    Senior Liam Krall clinched SMU's victory over Texas Tech's Niksa Arsic (6-2, 6-7(7), 6-4) at the ITA Kickoff Weekend.
•    Krall competed in the 2023 World University Games in Chengdu, China. He went on to defeat the tournament's No. 1 overall seed to advance to the quarterfinals.
•    Krall earned the AAC Tournament's Most Outstanding Player and AAC All-Conference Singles honors in 2022 as a junior.
•    Krall was also named the 2021 AAC Freshman of the Year.

THIS YEAR'S GAUNTLET
•    The Mustangs will face off with 17 teams that finished ranked inside the top-75 of the final 2023 ITA standings in June.
•    Of those matchups, SMU will host:
    Rice (W, 4-1)
    Arkansas (Feb. 28)
    Cal (Mar. 10)
    Wisconsin (Mar. 16)
    Middle Tennessee (Mar. 17)
    Tulane (Mar. 30)
    Memphis (Apr. 7)
    TCU (Apr. 11)
•    SMU will play a total of 15 home matches at the Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex in the spring.
•    The Mustangs will face six American Athletic Conference opponents – UAB, Rice, Tulane, Memphis, Temple and Tulsa – before the AAC Tournament Championships on April 18-21 in Tulsa, Okla.

JERRY'S WORLD
•    Sophomore Jerry Barton is 4-3 in his first spring with the Mustangs, including two ranked wins.
•    Barton was selected as a singles qualifying wild card at the 2024 Dallas Open, where he competed against Denis Kudla.
•    The Furman transfer currently ranks 88 in the ITA's singles poll (Feb. 7).

ERIC AT-IT-AGAIN
•    Pepperdine transfer Eric Hadigian posted a 9-1 singles record in the fall in two tournaments.
•    Hadigian posted tournament victories in both of his fall competitions for SMU. The California native went 4-0 to win Oklahoma State's Cowboy Classic on Oct. 15. 
• The following weekend, Hadigian won five consecutive matches, rallying to take home the singles consolation final at the ITA Texas Regionals. 

CLOUD NINE
•    Junior Louis Cloud clinched the Mustangs' second consecutive AAC title in his singles match with Tulane's Sam Scherer, rallying to win after facing triple match-point.
•    Cloud's success carried over into the summer, where he traveled to Chenjdu, China for the 2023 World University Games. The San Antonio, Texas, native earned a dominant 6-0, 6-0 victory in the singles round-of-64.

FRESH FACES
•    SMU added three freshmen - Trevor Svajda, Kale Mize and Hughes Peus - and four transfers - Jerry Barton (Furman), Eric Hadigian (Pepperdine), Maks Silagy (Florida State) and Alex Yang (NYU) to its 2023-24 roster.
•    The Mustangs announced their stellar freshmen signing class in December. Svajda ranked as the number-one recruit in the nation when signing with SMU. Mize comes to SMU also as a five-star recruit, with Peus bringing Team USA experience to the Hilltop.

WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES
•    Three Mustangs - Liam Krall, Callaway Clark and Louis Cloud - traveled to Chenjdu, China, to compete in the 2023 World University Games.
•    Krall defeated the tournament's No. 1 overall seed - Chak Lam Coleman (Hong Kong) - in the second round of singles play.
•    Clark competed in the tournament's mixed doubles field with Elise Wagle from UCLA women's tennis, advancing to the field's quarterfinal round.
•    Cloud competed in the men's singles field, coming away with a win in the first round. 

OH, CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN
•    Seniors Adam Neff and Huntley Allen were named team captains in August.
•    Neff enters his second season as an SMU team captain after a successful junior campaign in which he earned AAC Player of the Year honors.

UP NEXT
•    SMU travels to Waco, Texas, to face Baylor on Feb. 25 at 1 p.m. The Mustangs' and Bears' dual match will be played at Baylor's Hurd Tennis Center.