Sunday, March 10
Dallas, Texas
12 p.m.
SMU
vs
California
No. 58 SMU Hosts Cal | Sun. 12 PM
Mar 8 | Men's Tennis
SMU vs. Cal | Sunday, Mar. 10 -Â 12 p.m. (CT)
Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex - Dallas, Texas
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SETTING THE SCENE
•   No. 58 SMU hosts Cal at the Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex on Sunday at 12 p.m.
•   SMU is coming off a 5-2 win at No. 57 Cornell on Mar. 2.
•   The Mustangs currently hold a 6-1 home record.
•   Trevor Svajda was ranked No. 44 in the ITA's latest singles poll (Mar. 5) after defeating then No. 17 Radu Papoe of Cornell.
•   Adam Neff and Huntley Allen moved up in the ITA's doubles poll to No. 44.
•   The Mustangs are in their sixth season under the AAC's reigning Coach of the Year, Grant Chen.
KNOW THE FOE
•   Cal enters Sunday's match 4-5 overall.
•   Two Golden Bears - Ryder Jackson (67) and Carl Emil Overbeck (107) are ranked in the current ITA singles poll..
•   Alex Chang and Michael Wright rank No. 65 in the ITA's latest doubles poll.
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 (10-3)
   Adam Neff (4-7)
   Jerry Barton (6-5)
   Liam Krall (8-5)
   Maks Silagy (9-4)
   Eric Hadigian (5-2)
   Louis Cloud (6-3)
   Julian Steinhausen (1-0)
   Alex Stafford (1-0)
   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 (0-2)
   Cloud/Sillman (1-0)
   Silagy/Sillman (1-0)
   Allen/Neff (3-2)
   Barton/Svajda (1-1)
   Steinhausen/Silagy (1-3)
   Clark/Sillman (1-0)
   Svajda/Cloud (3-1)
ITA RANKINGS
•   Singles - Trevor Svajda (44).
•   Doubles - Adam Neff/Huntley Allen (44).
•   Team - SMU (58).
'NEFF SAID
•   Senior Captain Adam Neff was named the American Athletic Conference Player of the Week (Feb. 20) after going a combined 4-0 in singles and doubles play against UTRGV, Incarnate Word and Clemson.
•   Neff was ranked No. 97 in the Feb. 20 ITA singles poll and No. 44 with Huntley Allen in the current doubles ranking (Mar. 5).
•   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 an 10-3 record playing on line one for the Mustangs.
•   Svajda earned wins over Baylor's No. 35 Tadeas Paroulek in and Cornell's No. 17 Radu Papoe in straight sets.Â
•   Svajda 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
•   Liam Krall is currently 8-5 in his senior season with the Mustangs.
•   Krall defeated Baylor's No. 75 Devin Badenhorst (6-4, 5-7, 6-4).
•   Krall clinched SMU's 5-2 win over No. 57 Cornell with his 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 victory over Petar Teodorovic.
•   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 5-1 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. Â
•   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 (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
•   Furman transfer Jerry 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.
•   The sophomore holds a ranked win on the season against USC's No. 73 Lodewijk Weststrate at the ITA Kickoff Weekend.
CLOUD NINE
•   Junior Louis Cloud is currently 6-3 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 9-4 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.Â
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 Butler on Wednesday at the Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex. Wednesday's dual match is set to begin at 12 p.m. (CT).
Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex - Dallas, Texas
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SETTING THE SCENE
•   No. 58 SMU hosts Cal at the Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex on Sunday at 12 p.m.
•   SMU is coming off a 5-2 win at No. 57 Cornell on Mar. 2.
•   The Mustangs currently hold a 6-1 home record.
•   Trevor Svajda was ranked No. 44 in the ITA's latest singles poll (Mar. 5) after defeating then No. 17 Radu Papoe of Cornell.
•   Adam Neff and Huntley Allen moved up in the ITA's doubles poll to No. 44.
•   The Mustangs are in their sixth season under the AAC's reigning Coach of the Year, Grant Chen.
KNOW THE FOE
•   Cal enters Sunday's match 4-5 overall.
•   Two Golden Bears - Ryder Jackson (67) and Carl Emil Overbeck (107) are ranked in the current ITA singles poll..
•   Alex Chang and Michael Wright rank No. 65 in the ITA's latest doubles poll.
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 (10-3)
   Adam Neff (4-7)
   Jerry Barton (6-5)
   Liam Krall (8-5)
   Maks Silagy (9-4)
   Eric Hadigian (5-2)
   Louis Cloud (6-3)
   Julian Steinhausen (1-0)
   Alex Stafford (1-0)
   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 (0-2)
   Cloud/Sillman (1-0)
   Silagy/Sillman (1-0)
   Allen/Neff (3-2)
   Barton/Svajda (1-1)
   Steinhausen/Silagy (1-3)
   Clark/Sillman (1-0)
   Svajda/Cloud (3-1)
ITA RANKINGS
•   Singles - Trevor Svajda (44).
•   Doubles - Adam Neff/Huntley Allen (44).
•   Team - SMU (58).
'NEFF SAID
•   Senior Captain Adam Neff was named the American Athletic Conference Player of the Week (Feb. 20) after going a combined 4-0 in singles and doubles play against UTRGV, Incarnate Word and Clemson.
•   Neff was ranked No. 97 in the Feb. 20 ITA singles poll and No. 44 with Huntley Allen in the current doubles ranking (Mar. 5).
•   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 an 10-3 record playing on line one for the Mustangs.
•   Svajda earned wins over Baylor's No. 35 Tadeas Paroulek in and Cornell's No. 17 Radu Papoe in straight sets.Â
•   Svajda 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
•   Liam Krall is currently 8-5 in his senior season with the Mustangs.
•   Krall defeated Baylor's No. 75 Devin Badenhorst (6-4, 5-7, 6-4).
•   Krall clinched SMU's 5-2 win over No. 57 Cornell with his 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 victory over Petar Teodorovic.
•   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 5-1 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. Â
•   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 (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
•   Furman transfer Jerry 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.
•   The sophomore holds a ranked win on the season against USC's No. 73 Lodewijk Weststrate at the ITA Kickoff Weekend.
CLOUD NINE
•   Junior Louis Cloud is currently 6-3 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 9-4 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.Â
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 Butler on Wednesday at the Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex. Wednesday's dual match is set to begin at 12 p.m. (CT).
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