SMU Set To Make ACC Championship Debut

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#13 SMU (14-18, 2-11 ACC) vs #12 Virginia Tech (10-14, 2-11 ACC)
ACC Championship First Round
Cary, N.C. | Cary Tennis Park
Wednesday, April 16 – 2:30 p.m. CT
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CARY, N.C. (SMU) – SMU Men's Tennis is set to make its ACC Championship debut at Cary Tennis Park in Cary, North Carolina, on Wednesday.

The Mustangs will enter the tournament as the No. 13 seed and face the 12^th-seeded Virginia Tech in the first round.

MUSTANGS IN THE RANKINGS (APRIL 8)

SMU was ranked No. 66 in the latest ITA Team Rankings.
Trevor Svajda moved up to No. 45 in the singles rankings.
Svajda and Cloud were ranked No. 52 as a doubles pair, while Georgi Georgiev and Ofek Shimanov were ranked No. 68.
The pre-conference championship ITA rankings are scheduled to be announced today.

SERVIN' SVAJDA

Svajda was ranked No. 45 in the current ITA singles rankings.
He has six wins over ranked opponents this season.
His highest-ranked win was against the No. 9-ranked Carl Emil Overbeck from California.
He made the quarterfinal round of the San Diego Open 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.
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).

SMU vs VA TECH

SMU leads the series against Virginia Tech 5-2.
This will be the second meeting between the Mustangs and the Hokies this season. SMU won 4-0 at home on March 14.
The Hokies ended the regular season with a 10-14 overall and 2-11 conference record.
This will be the first time SMU and Virginia Tech meet in a postseason tournament.

SMU vs BOSTON COLLEGE

SMU capitalized on a fast start in doubles play. No. 68-ranked SMU pair Georgiev and Shimanov took the first win of the day on court one against Liam O'Leary and Caleb Saltz (6-3).
Vikas Deo and Noah McDonald fell in a tiebreaker against Aidan Pack and Matthew Overvelde (7-6(7)) as the Eagles evened the doubles standings.
No. 52 Cloud and Svajda clinched the doubles point in another tiebreaker battle against Andrew Ilie and Jake Vassel (7-6(7)).
The Mustangs ran with the momentum in singles play. No. 45 Svajda won against Saltz (6-0, 6-2) on court one to extend the lead for the Mustangs. His first set win was his fourth 6-0 set win of the season.
Noah McDonald made it 3-0 for SMU with a win against Pack on court six (6-3, 6-2).
SMU clinched the sweep as Georgiev defeated Mai Gao (6-0, 6-1) in court four. The freshman won his eighth 6-0 set of the season in the first set.

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Players Mentioned

Vikas Deo

Georgi Georgiev

Noah McDonald

Ofek Shimanov

Trevor Svajda

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