SMU Defeats Virginia Tech, Advances To ACC Championship Second Round

Wednesday, April 16

Cary, N.C.

2:30pm CT

SMU

Virginia Tech

SMU Defeats Virginia Tech, Advances To ACC Championship Second Round

Apr 16 | Men's Tennis

Box Score

Box Score

CARY, N.C. (SMU) – SMU Men's Tennis won 4-1 against Virginia Tech in the first round of the ACC Championship at Cary Tennis Center in Cary, N.C., on Wednesday.

The Mustangs won their first ACC Championship match with a dominant doubles and singles performance.

SMU won the doubles point with wins on courts one and two before winning three singles matches while only dropping one match.

The Mustangs have two wins over Virginia Tech this season. They won 4-0 at home on March 14 and now lead the series 6-2.

The 13^th-seeded Mustangs advance to the second round of the tournament and will face the No. 5 seed Virginia.

How it Went
SMU won two consecutive doubles matches within 30 minutes.

No. 75 Georgi Georgiev and Ofek Shimanov won their match against No. 48 Matt Harper and Alberto Orso (6-3) on court one. The win was Georgiev and Shimanov's third ranked doubles win of the season.

No. 43 Trevor Svajda and Louis Cloud clinched the doubles point with a 6-3 win over Scott Sculley and Ilyas Milad Fahim on court two.

The Mustangs rode the momentum to singles play as No. 44 Svajda won his match against Maxime St-Hilaire (6-1, 6-3) on court one to extend the Mustangs' lead to 2-0.

Cloud won the Mustangs' third point by defeating Victor Kimpel (6-2, 6-2) on court five.

Jerry Barton fell to Virginia Tech's Fahim on court two (7-5, 6-4) as the Hokies cut their deficit to 3-1.

Senior Mustang Maks Silagy clinched the match for the Mustangs in a three-set battle against Eyal Shimulov (6-4, 0-6, 6-2) on court six.

SMU advanced to the second round with a 4-1 win over the Hokies.

Doubles Scores
1. No. 75 Georgi Georgiev / Ofek Shimanov def. No. 48 Matt Harper / Alberto Orso (6-3)
2. No. 43 Louis Cloud / Trevor Svajda def. Scott Sculley / Ilyas Milad Fahim (6-3)
3. Vikas Deo / Noah McDonald vs. Maxime St-Hilaire / Frank Thompson (3-5 UF)
Order of Finish: 1, 2

Singles Scores
1. No. 44 Trevor Svajda def. Maxime St-Hilaire (6-1, 6-3)
2. Ilyas Milad Fahim def. Jerry Barton (7-5, 6-4)
3. Ofek Shimanov vs. Scott Sculley (6-3, 2-6, 3-4 UF)
4. Georgi Georgiev vs. Alberto Orso (4-6, 7-6(1), UF)
5. Louis Cloud def. Victor Kimpel (6-2, 6-2)
6. Maks Silagy def. Eyal Shimulov (6-4, 0-6, 6-2)
Order of Finish: 1, 5, 2, 6

What's Next?
The Mustangs will face No. 5 seed Virginia in the second round of the ACC Championship at 2:30 p.m. CT on Thursday.

UVA is currently ranked No. 6 in the ITA rankings and will be the Mustangs' 11^th top-10 opponent this season.