No. 44 SMU Hosts No. 27 Memphis, UT Dallas | Sun. 12 PM/5 PM

Sunday, April 7

Dallas, Texas

12 p.m.

SMU

Memphis

No. 44 SMU Hosts No. 27 Memphis, UT Dallas | Sun. 12 PM/5 PM

Apr 5 | Men's Tennis

No. 44 SMU vs. No. 27 Memphis | Apr. 7, 12 p.m. (CT)
No. 44 SMU vs. UT Dallas | Apr. 7, 5 p.m. (CT)
Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex - Dallas, Texas
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SETTING THE SCENE
•   No. 44 SMU hosts conference foe No. 27 Memphis on Saturday at 12 p.m. and UT Dallas at 5 p.m. for the Mustangs' final home doubleheader of the season.
•   SMU is 11-1 this season at home, including 3-0 against AAC opponents.
•   SMU defeated Tulane 6-1 in SMU's last home match on Mar. 30.
•   SMU will honor seven seniors - Huntley Allen, Callaway Clark, Liam Krall, Adam Neff, Kyle Sillman, Julian Steinhausen and John Zisette - for Senior Night with UT Dallas.

KNOW THE FOES
•   Memphis (14-4) ranks No. 27 in the latest ITA team poll (Apr. 2).
•   One Tiger - Pablo Alemany - ranks No. 68 in the latest singles poll.
•   Alemany and Charlie Barry rank No. 35 in the ITA's latest doubles poll.

CALIFORNIA COOL
•   Trevor Svajda earned his first pro-level title at the Cadillac of Calabasas USTA Pro Circuit tournament on Mar. 24.
•   Svajda won five matches in six days to claim the title.
•   The freshman defeated Nishesh Basavareddy in straight sets (6-4, 6-1) to win the tournament.

SEASON AWARDS
•   AAC Player of the Week
   Adam Neff (Feb. 20, Mar. 12)
   Trevor Svajda (Mar. 19)

SPRING RECORDS
•   Singles
   Trevor Svajda (13-4)
   Adam Neff (7-7)
   Jerry Barton (11-5)
   Liam Krall (10-5)
   Maks Silagy (10-6)
   Eric Hadigian (9-4)
   Louis Cloud (10-3)
   Julian Steinhausen (2-1)
   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 (6-3)
   Barton/Svajda (1-1)
   Steinhausen/Silagy (3-5)
   Clark/Sillman (1-0)
   Svajda/Cloud (5-3)

ITA RANKINGS
•   Singles - Trevor Svajda (33), Adam Neff (119)
•   Doubles - Adam Neff/Huntley Allen (52).
•   Team - SMU (44).

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. 119 in the ITA singles poll and No. 52 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 13-4 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 9-4 singles record in his first year at SMU.
•   Hadigian defeated No. 100 Iiro Vasa of No. 12 San Diego in straight sets (6-1, 6-4).
•   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 (W, 6-1), Memphis (Apr. 7) and 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 11-5 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 10-3 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 a 10-6 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 will host No. 3 TCU on Thursday for the Mustangs' Match of the Month at the Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex. Thursday's dual match will begin at 5 p.m. (CT).