SMU Hosts Virginia Tech And No. 8 Virginia To Resume ACC Play

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SMU (11-10, 0-4 ACC) vs Virginia Tech (8-7, 0-4 ACC)
Dallas, Texas | Styslinger / Altec Tennis Complex
Friday, March 14 – 1 p.m. CT
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SMU (11-10, 0-2 ACC) vs No. 8 Virginia (9-5, 1-3 ACC)
Dallas, Texas | Styslinger / Altec Tennis Complex
Sunday, March 16 – 11 a.m. CT
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DALLAS (SMU) – SMU Men's Tennis will resume its inaugural ACC campaign by hosting Virginia Tech on Friday and No. 8 Virginia on Sunday.

SMU was ranked No. 63 in the latest ITA team rankings released on March 4.

SMU vs VA TECH

SMU leads the series against Virginia Tech 4-2.
This seventh meeting between the Mustangs and the Hokies will be the first meeting between the two teams in 15 years.
This will be the first meeting in Dallas since their first meeting in 2000. SMU won the first meeting 5-1.
The previous meeting between SMU and Virginia Tech was in 2010, when the No. 21 Hokies won 5-2.
Hokies doubles pair Matt Harper and Laberto Orso were ranked No. 75 in the latest ITA rankings.

SMU vs No. 8 VIRGINIA

This match will be the second meeting between SMU and UVA.
SMU won their first meeting against the Cavaliers 4-2 in 1999.
Rafael Jodar (No. 18) and Dylan Dietrich (No. 22) were ranked in the latest ITA singles rankings.
James Hopper and Keegan Rice were ranked No. 22 in the latest ITA doubles rankings.

SMU vs UTSA

In a close doubles battle, SMU took the early lead with a win from Vikas Deo and Xavier Calvelo (6-4). UTSA's Danijal Muminovic and Oskar Gregorzewski took court two of doubles with a win over Svajda and Louis Cloud (6-3).
Georgiev and Shimanov battled the No. 63-ranked Tiago Torres and Miguel Alonso pair to win and clinch the doubles point in a tiebreaker (7-6(3)).
Maks Silagy won the first singles match over Jakub Wlodarczyk (6-3, 6-1) to make it 2-0 for the Mustangs.
Georgiev defeated Oskar Grezgorzewski (6-2, 6-1) to put SMU at match point and Svajda clinched the match with a win over No. 100 Tiago Torres (6-2, 6-3).
The win was Svajda's third consecutive ranked singles win.

SMU vs LEHIGH

The Mustangs were off to a fast start by clinching the doubles point in two matches.
Silagy and Noah McDonald dominated their match against Jose Murariu and Luke Donovan to win 6-1. Deo and Calvelo clinched the doubles point with a 6-2 win over Nate Raney and Jackson Morash.
Georgiev once again won his singles match early by defeating Jackson Morash (6-1, 6-1). Jerry Barton made the scoreline 3-0 for SMU with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Jose Murariu.
The Mountain Hawks reduced the deficit with a win by Wyeth Anzilotti (6-2, 6-3), but McDonald clinched the match for SMU shortly after with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Ofer Hacohen.

TWO RANKED MUSTANGS

Two Mustangs were ranked in the ITA's Singles Ranking on March 4.
Trevor Svajda remained on the rankings at No. 94 and Jerry Barton was ranked at No. 115.

SERVIN' SVAJDA

Svajda was ranked No. 94 in the current ITA singles rankings.
He has four wins over ranked opponents this season and grabbed his third consecutive ranked singles win over No.100 Tiago Torres from UTSA.
He made the quarterfinal round of the San Diego Open last weekend to earn a qualifier wild card to the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells. He fell in the first round of the Indian Wells Open.
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).

GEORGI "6-0, 6-0" GEORGIEV

Georgiev earned his first collegiate ranking at No. 117 on Feb.25 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).
He has won two matches without dropping a game (6-0, 6-0).

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Players Mentioned

Jerry Barton

Xavier Calvelo

Louis Cloud

Vikas Deo

Noah McDonald

Maks Silagy

Trevor Svajda

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