BLACKSBURG, Va. (SMU) – SMU Men's Tennis is set to visit Virginia Tech to open its 2026 Atlantic Coast Conference campaign on Friday before traveling to No. 2 Virginia on Sunday.

Friday's match will begin at 1 pm CT and Sunday's match will start at 11 am CT.

The Mustangs are coming off a 3-0 weekend when they hosted Abilene Christian, Oral Roberts and UTSA on Saturday and Sunday.

SMU's match against Virginia sets up a potential singles matchup between No. 1 Trevor Svajda and UVA's No. 2-ranked Dylan Dietrich.

SMU At The ITA Indoors

• The Mustangs came out of their 2026 ITA National Team Indoor Championship campaign with a 1-2 record.
• SMU earned a win over No. 22 Arizona State last weekend. The win was SMU's first ITA National Team Indoor Championship match win since 2000 and its highest ranked win since 2023.
• They fell short to No. 2 Ohio State 4-3 in a tiebreaker on the deciding singles match.
• Trevor Svajda was 3-0 in singles play during the tournament without dropping a single set. He defeated two ranked opponents.
• Svajda and Alex Finkelstein earned their first ranked win as a doubles pair.

Matchup and Scout

• SMU leads its series against Virginia Tech 6-2.
• The Mustangs defeated the Hokies twice last season. They defeated VT 4-0 in the regular season and then in the ACC Championship 4-1.
• UVA leads 2-1 in its all-time series against SMU. The Cavaliers won two matches against the Mustangs last season.
• Virginia has four Cavaliers ranked in the ITA singles rankings. Dylan Dietrich is ranked No. 2, Keegan is ranked No. 13, Andres Roig is No. 24 and Jangjun Kim is No. 80.
• In doubles, UVA has three doubles pairs ranked in the ITA rankings.

Servin' Svajda

• Trevor Svajda is ranked No. 1 in the ITA singles rankings as of Feb. 19.
• He is undefeated in singles play this spring with an 9-0 record, not dropping a single set through all nine matches.
• He has four singles wins against ranked opponents. He defeated Ohio State's No. 13 Aidan Kim and Florida's No. 54 Adhitya Ganesan this past weekend.
• Svajda has been named Player of the Week twice this season (Feb. 3 and Feb. 17).

• In the fall, Svajda defeated seven players ranked players ranked in the final ITA Fall Singles rankings.
• He has wins over Texas A&M's No. 112 Khololwam Montsi, Baylor's No. 17 Connor Henry Van Scharlkwyk, Florida's No. 31 Jeremy Jin, Auburn's No. 40 Amirkhamza Nasridinov, Illlinois's No. 10 Kenta Miyoshi, Mississippi State's No. 13 Petar Jovanovic and NC State's No. 9 Martin Borisiouk.
• Became the first Mustang to reach the championship match since Richey Reneberg in 1986. He fell in the final match 4-6, 6-1, 2-6 to defending champion Michael Zheng after defeating NC State's Martin Borisiouk 6-2, 6-0 in the semifinal round of the tournament. Svajda defeated Mississippi State's Petar Johanovic 6-3, 6-2 in the quarterfinals to become the first Mustang to reach the semifinals—also the first Mustang since Reneberg in 1986.

Numbers To Their Names

• Trevor Svajda remains the No. 1 singles player in the nation in the latest ITA ranking that was announced on Feb. 19.
• Alex Finkelstein earns his first spring ranking as the No. 96 singles player in the nation.
• In doubles, Svajda and Finkelstein were ranked No. 46 after a 2-1 weekend by the pair in the ITA Indoors. The doubles pair earned its first ranked win against No. 7 Alex Okonkwo and Alexander Bernard from Ohio State this past weekend.

New Faces

• SMU welcomed three transfers prior to the fall season.
• Krish Arora came to the Hilltop after spending two years at Georgia Tech. The incoming junior posted a 29-24 singles record as a Yellow Jacket. Arora was ranked as high as No. 19 in the ITA doubles rankings with Clement. Notably, he competed in the 2024 US Junior US Open.
• Matthew Faraci hails from Manakin Sabot, Virginia. Faraci is a two-time VISAA Player of the Year and was named All-Metro Richmond Player of the Year this past season. He was undefeated in his two final high school seasons.
• Alex Finkelstein joined the Mustangs after three years at Brown. Prior to Brown, the Raynham, Massachusetts, native played his freshman year at Columbia. Played as Brown's No. 1 singles player, posting an overall record of 17-10 and a 15-8 record in dual match play. He is ranked No. 123 in the final ITA singles rankings and was ranked as high as No. 115 on April 15. Ended the season as the No. 6 Singles performer in the New England Region by the ITA.

First Wins At Smu

• Krish Arora won his first doubles match for SMU over Mississippi State's Niccolo Baroni / Ma Martinez Serran (6-3). Arora was paired with Georgi Georgiev for the first time.
• Arora won his first dual match singles match with SMU against Lamar (7(8)-6, 2-6, 10-3).
• Alex Finkelstein won his first singles match in a dual setting against Lamar's Fabian Anthin.
• Meethre Barot grabbed his first win in doubles play against Lamar (6-3).