Mustangs Set To Host UTRGV | Saturday

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No. 52 SMU (7-6, 0-0 ACC) vs UTRGV (2-7, 0-0 SLC)
Dallas, Texas | Styslinger / Altec Tennis Complex
Saturday, Feb. 22 – 12 p.m. CT
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DALLAS (SMU) – SMU Men's Tennis will host UTRGV at the Styslinger / Altec Tennis Complex on Saturday.

The Mustangs were ranked No. 52 in the latest ITA Team rankings announced on Feb. 20.

SMU vs UTRGV

SMU is 2-0 against UTRGV. The Mustangs won their previous meeting 7-0 last season.
The two teams have only met in Dallas.

THREE RANKED MUSTANGS

Three Mustangs were ranked in the ITA's Singles Ranking on Feb. 20.
Trevor Svajda remained on the rankings at No. 87, Jerry Barton entered the rankings for the first time this season at No. 94 and Georgi Georgiev made his ITA rankings debut at No. 117.

GEORGI "6-0, 6-0" GEORGIEV

Georgiev earned his first collegiate ranking at No. 117 after going undefeated against ranked opponents in the ITA National Indoor Championships.
He grabbed back-to-back wins against ranked opponents. He defeated No. 69-ranked Charlelie Cosnet from Kentucky (6-0, 6-3) before defeating No. 117 Patorn Hanchaikul (6-0, 6-3).
The Freshman has won eight sets with a 6-0 score this season. Seven of them came in singles and one in doubles.
He has won two matches without dropping a game (6-0).

ITA NATIONAL INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Styslinger / Altec Tennis Complex was home to the ITA National Indoor Championship on Feb. 14-18.

SMU vs No. 20 MICHIGAN

SMU Men's Tennis fell to seventh-seeded Michigan in a 4-3 battle to close its ITA National Indoor Championship at the Styslinger / Altec Tennis Complex on Sunday.
SMU took the first point of the evening by winning the first and second lines of doubles, but the Mustangs fell short in a battle against the 20th-ranked Wolverines, which saw through all six singles matches. The Mustangs grabbed singles wins from Georgi Georgiev and Louis Cloud.
Georgiev grabbed his second consecutive win over a ranked opponent by defeating No. 117 Patorn Hanchaikul. He defeated Kentucky's No. 69 Charlelie Cosnet on Saturday and now leads SMU with two wins over ranked opponents.

MUSTANG SIGHTINGS IN THE DALLAS OPEN

Three Mustangs competed in the 2025 Dallas Open this week.
Eric Hadigian and Georgi Georgiev earned singles qualifiers wildcards. Trevor Svajda earned a main draw wildcard.
Georgiev became the first Mustang to win a Dallas Open match. He defeated No. 157-ranked Radu Albot in the first round of qualifiers.

SETTING THE SCENE

SMU reached the NCAA Tournament for the third consecutive season under Head Coach Grant Chen in the spring of 2024.
The Mustangs went 17-11 in the 2024 spring season, including a 13-2 home mark and a 5-2 record versus American Athletic Conference opponents.
Trevor Svajda (singles), Adam Neff (singles/doubles), and Huntley Allen (doubles) earned AAC All-Conference Honors. Svajda went on to compete in the NCAA Singles Individual Championships, with Neff and Allen playing in the Doubles Championships.
Trevor Svajda was named the AAC Freshman of the Year, voted on by conference coaches.
The Mustangs defeated three ranked opponents (No. 57 Cornell, No. 34 Middle Tennessee, No. 27 Memphis).

SERVIN' SVAJDA

Svajda earned a wildcard for the 2025 Dallas Open, as announced by the tournament.
He was ranked No. 87 in the current ITA singles rankings.
He has one win against a ranked opponent this season.
Sophomore Trevor Svajda joined SMU as the No. 1 tennis recruit in the nation.
Svajda was ranked no. 19 at the start of the 2024 fall season and ended the season ranked 48th.
Svajda defeated No. 77 ranked Azuma Visaya in the first flight singles on the Mustangs' season-opener at Hawaii.
He earned an automatic qualifier to the NCAA Individual Championship after reaching the semifinal round of the ITA Sectional Championship with a win over Nebraska's Calvin Meuller in the quarterfinals.
Svajda earned AAC All-Conference honors (singles) and was named the AAC Freshman of the Year in 2024.
Svajda has a 16-7 record in his freshman season with the Mustangs.
Svajda earned five singles wins over ranked opponents last season (No. 17, No. 29, No. 35, No. 68, No. 107).

OFEK SHIMANOV'S JOURNEY

Ofek defeated No. 265-ranked Daniel Masur from Germany in his Davis Cup match for Israel.
Freshman Ofek Shimanov was selected to the Israel National Team for the 2025 Davis Cup, the Israeli Tennis Association.
Shimanov won the 2024 Israel Championship at the Jerusalem Tennis and Education Center in December. He defeated Ural Kimhi (6-2, 6-3) to win the championship.
The Ramla, Israel native is undefeated to begin his career as a Mustang after joining SMU in January. He has a record of 2-0 singles and a record of 1-0 doubles.
Shimanov won his SMU debut by defeating Hawaii's Andy Hernandez (6-0, 6-2) at Hawaii on January 6.

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Players Mentioned

Huntley Allen

Jerry Barton

Louis Cloud

Georgi Georgiev

Eric Hadigian

Adam Neff

Ofek Shimanov

Trevor Svajda

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