No. 45 SMU at No. 12 San Diego | Monday, Mar. 25 - 1 p.m. (CT)
Skip and Cindy Hogan Tennis Center - San Diego, Calif.
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SETTING THE SCENE
•    No. 45 SMU travels to take on No. 12 San Diego at the Skip and Cindy Hogan Tennis Center on Monday at 1 p.m. (CT).
•    SMU has won five consecutive matches, two of which were against ranked opponents (No. 57 Cornell, No. 34 Middle Tennessee).
•    SMU's match with San Diego will be the Mustangs' eighth versus ranked opponents this season.
•    Trevor Svajda was named AAC Player of the Week (Mar. 19) after defeating No. 29 Leo Raquin of Middle Tennessee.

KNOW THE FOE
•    San Diego enters the weekend's dual match with a 13-2 overall record, including a 9-0 home mark.
•    The Toreros are currently ranked No. 12 in the ITA's latest team poll (Mar. 19).
•    Two Toreros - Oliver Tarvet (7) and Iiro Vasa (100) were ranked in the ITA's latest singles poll (Mar. 19).
•    San Diego's duo of Sacchitt Sharrma and Stian Klaassen rank 60th in the ITA's Mar. 19 doubles poll.

SEASON AWARDS
•    Two Mustangs have earned a total of three American Athletic Conference Player of the Week honors.
   Adam Neff (Feb. 20, Mar. 12)
   Trevor Svajda (Mar. 19)

SPRING RECORDS
•    Singles
    Trevor Svajda (12-3)
    Adam Neff (7-7)
    Jerry Barton (10-5)
    Liam Krall (10-5)
    Maks Silagy (9-5)
    Eric Hadigian (7-4)
    Louis Cloud (9-3)
    Julian Steinhausen (2-0)
    Alex Stafford (2-0)
    Liam Sunkel (1-0)
    Callaway Clark (2-0)
    Kyle Sillman (1-0)
    Alex Yang (1-0)
•    Doubles
    Allen/Steinhausen (4-1)
    Neff/Svajda (4-2)
    Silagy/Barton (2-1)
    Clark/Hadigian (1-1)
    Allen/Silagy (1-0)
    Krall/Clark (1-2)
    Cloud/Sillman (1-0)
    Silagy/Sillman (1-0)
    Allen/Neff (5-2)
    Barton/Svajda (1-1)
    Steinhausen/Silagy (3-4)
    Clark/Sillman (1-0)
    Svajda/Cloud (5-1)

ITA RANKINGS
•    Singles - Trevor Svajda (37), Adam Neff (96)
•    Doubles - Adam Neff/Huntley Allen (59)
•    Team - SMU (45)

NEFF SAID
•    Senior Captain Adam Neff has been named the American Athletic Conference Player of the Week twice this season (Feb. 20, Mar. 12).
•    Neff currently ranks No. 96 in the ITA singles poll and No. 59 with partner Huntley Allen in the doubles poll.
•    Neff headlined the 2024 Dallas Open's College Night in his singles main draw match against Jordan Thompson.
•    Neff earned a ranked win over Cal's No. 67 Ryder Jackson to help SMU defeat the Golden Bears 5-2.

SERVIN' SVAJDA
•    Freshman Trevor Svajda joined SMU as the No. 1 tennis recruit in the nation.
•    Svajda has opened his collegiate career with an 12-3 record playing on line one for the Mustangs.
•    Svajda has earned four singles wins over ranked opponents this season (No. 17, No. 29, No. 35, No. 107). 
•    Svajda was named the AAC Player of the Week on Mar. 19 after defeating Middle Tennessee's No. 29 Leo Raquin.
•    The San Diego native was selected to play against Nicolas Moreno De Alboran as a singles qualifying wild card at the 2024 Dallas Open.

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.

KRALL-STAR
•    Liam Krall is currently 10-5 in his senior season with the Mustangs.
•    Krall defeated Baylor's No. 75 Devin Badenhorst (6-4, 5-7, 6-4).
•    Krall has clinched two wins for SMU this season with singles victories at No. 57 Cornell and against Cal.
•    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.

ERIC HAD-A-WIN
•    Pepperdine transfer Eric Hadigian currently holds a 7-4 singles record in his first year at SMU.
•    Hadigian posted a 9-1 singles record in the fall in two tournaments.
•    Hadigian posted tournament victories in both of his fall competitions (Cowboy Classic, ITA Regional Consolation Championship) for SMU.  
•    Hadigian finished the fall season ranked No. 122 in the ITA's final fall singles poll.

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 (L, 4-2), Cal (W, 5-2), Wisconsin (W, 7-0), Middle Tennessee (W, 4-1), 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
•    Furman transfer Jerry Barton holds an 10-5 singles record this season.
•    Barton was ranked No. 88 in the ITA's Feb. 7 singles poll and No. 98 in the final fall poll.
•    Barton was selected as a singles qualifying wild card at the 2024 Dallas Open, where he competed against Denis Kudla.
•    Barton holds a ranked win on the season against USC's No. 73 Lodewijk Weststrate.

CLOUD NINE
•    Junior Louis Cloud is currently 9-3 in singles play for SMU this season.
•    Last season, 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 Chengdu, 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.

TO THE MAKS
•    Florida State transfer Maks Silagy holds an 9-5 record in singles play.
•    The junior clinched SMU's 4-1 win against AAC foe Rice with his 6-2, 7-6(10) victory over Santiago Navarro.

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 Chengdu, 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 hosts Tulane for its Match of the Month at the Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex on Mar. 30, beginning at 12 p.m. (CT).