Box Score vs. Cal | Box Score vs. UT Dallas
 
DALLAS (SMU) – SMU Men's Tennis dropped a 4-2 battle against No. 10 California before grabbing a 7-0 victory over UT Dallas at Styslinger / Altec Tennis Complex on Sunday.
 
SMU took the early 2-0 lead after doubles and the first singles match against California, but the visitors came back and tied the match at 2-2 with wins on court six and court five. The Bears took the lead by winning court three before clinching the match in a three-set battle on court four.
 
Trevor Svajda earned his highest-ranked singles win in his collegiate career over California's No. 9 Carl Emil Overbeck (6-1, 6-1).
 
The Mustangs came back in the afternoon and won their match against UT Dallas 7-0. Seven senior Mustangs were honored during the senior day celebrations after doubles play of the match.
 
How it went vs. No. 10 Cal
SMU took the early lead in a close doubles battle. The no. 76-ranked SMU pair of Georgi Georgiev and Ofek Shimanov won a dominant 6-2 match against Cal's Carl Emil Overbeck and Alex Chang to grab the first win of the day.
 
Vikas Deo and Xavier Calvelo fell to the Bears' Mikey Wright and Lechno-Wasiutynski (6-3), but the Mustangs bounced back as Trevor Svajda and Louis Cloud (45) clinched the doubles point by defeating Cal's Theo Dean and Derrick Chen (6-3).
 
At the start of singles play, Svajda defeated No. 9-ranked Overbeck (6-1, 6-1) to make it 2-0 for the Mustangs. Svajda's win is his highest-ranked singles win in his collegiate career.
 
Calvelo dropped his match to Lechno-Wasiutynski (6-1, 6-3) on court six before Cal's Chen tied the match with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Cloud on court five.
 
The visitors took the 3-2 lead as No. 37-ranked Dean defeated Shimanov (7-6(5), 6-2) on court three.
 
Timofey Stepanov clinched the match for Cal with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Georgiev on court four.
 
How it went vs. UT Dallas
SMU took the doubles points as Barton and Maks Silagy won against Giritharan D and Eddy Shteyn (6-0) on court two of doubles, followed by No. 45-ranked Svajda and Cloud clinching the point with a 6-4 win against Benjamin Dubois / Travis Rafferty on court one.
 
In singles, Calvelo extended the lead for the Mustangs to 2-0 with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Shteyn. Deo grabbed another point for the Mustangs with a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Matheus Zanelloto on court six.
 
Georgiev clinched the match at 4-0 for SMU on court two with a 6-1, 6-2 win against Giritharan D.
 
SMU and UT Dallas played out the remaining singles matches, and the Mustangs won all three matches.
 
Doubles Scores vs. No. 10 Cal
1. No.76 Georgi Georgiev / Ofek Shimanov def. Carl Emil Overbeck / Alex Chang (6-2)
2. No. 45 Louis Cloud / Trevor Svajda def. Theo Dean / Derrick Chen (6-3)
3. Lechno-Wasiutynski / Mikey Wright def. Vikas Deo / Xavier Calvelo (6-3)
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2
 
Singles Scores vs. No. 10 Cal
1. No. 85 Trevor Svajda def. No. 9 Carl Emil Overbeck (6-1, 6-1)
2. Jerry Barton vs. No. 68 Alex Chang (6-4, 6(5)-7, 4-2 UF)
3. No. 37 Theo Dean def. Ofek Shimanov (7-6(5), 6-2)
4. Timofey Stepanov def. Georgi Georgiev (4-6, 6-3, 6-2)
5. Derrick Chen def. Louis Cloud (6-2, 6-4)
6. Lechno-Wasiutynski def. Xavier Calvelo (6-1, 6-3)
Order of Finish: 1, 6, 5, 3, 4
 
Doubles Scores vs. UT Dallas
1. No. 45 Louis Cloud / Trevor Svajda def. Benjamin Dubois / Travis Rafferty (6-4)
2. Jerry Barton / Maks Silagy def. Giritharan D / Eddy Shteyn (6-0)
3. Liam Sunkel / Hughes Peus vs. Snehin Yerragudin / Matheus Zanellato (4-4 UF)
Order of Finish: 2, 1
 
Singles Scores vs. UT Dallas
1. Ofek Shimanov def. Travis Rafferty (6-3, 6-4)
2. Georgi Georgiev def. Giritharan D (6-1,6-2)
3. Maks Silagy def. Snehin Yerragudi (6-2, 6-3)
4. Noah McDonald def. Benjamin Dubois (6-3, 6-3)
5. Xavier Calvelo def. Eddy Shteyn (6-1, 6-0)
6. Vikas Deo def. Matheus Zanelloto (6-0, 6-2)
Order of Finish: 5, 6, 2, 4, 3, 1
 
What's Next?
SMU will make another trip to North Carolina to face No. 1 Wake Forest and No. 6 NC State on April 4 and 6.
 
The Mustangs are 13-15 through the season and 1-9 in ACC play.