Svajda Earns Third ACC Player Of The Week Honors, Reclaims No. 1 Singles Ranking
Mar 17 | Men's Tennis
DALLAS (SMU) — SMU Men's Tennis junior Trevor Svajda has been named Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Week and was ranked the No. 1 singles player in the nation by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, as announced by the ACC and ITA on Tuesday.
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The award is Svajda's third ACC Player of the Week honor this season. He was named ACC Player of the Week on Feb. 3 and Feb. 17.
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The junior also reclaimed the top-ranked ITA singles spot today after dropping to No. 2 on March 3. He was ranked No. 1 in the ITA singles ranking on Feb. 4 and Feb. 19.
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Svajda went 3-0 in singles play last week. He clinched SMU's win at No. 8 Baylor by defeating No. 12 Devin Badenhost (3-6, 6-3, 7-6(6)) before claiming wins over Samir Banerjee of Stanford (6-4, 2-6, 6-3) and Cal's Fryderyk Lechno-Wasuitynski (6-1, 3-6, 6-3) on the weekend.
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The California native is 15-1 in singles play with six ranked wins. He has dropped only five sets out of 40 played this season.
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With Svajda at its core, SMU went 2-1 last week after playing two top-25 teams at No. 8 Baylor and No. 24 Stanford. The team improved its ACC record to 4-2 and its overall record to 14-7.
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Svajda and the No. 29 Mustangs will return home to face No. 54 Miami at Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex at 2 pm CT on Friday.
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The award is Svajda's third ACC Player of the Week honor this season. He was named ACC Player of the Week on Feb. 3 and Feb. 17.
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The junior also reclaimed the top-ranked ITA singles spot today after dropping to No. 2 on March 3. He was ranked No. 1 in the ITA singles ranking on Feb. 4 and Feb. 19.
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Svajda went 3-0 in singles play last week. He clinched SMU's win at No. 8 Baylor by defeating No. 12 Devin Badenhost (3-6, 6-3, 7-6(6)) before claiming wins over Samir Banerjee of Stanford (6-4, 2-6, 6-3) and Cal's Fryderyk Lechno-Wasuitynski (6-1, 3-6, 6-3) on the weekend.
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The California native is 15-1 in singles play with six ranked wins. He has dropped only five sets out of 40 played this season.
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With Svajda at its core, SMU went 2-1 last week after playing two top-25 teams at No. 8 Baylor and No. 24 Stanford. The team improved its ACC record to 4-2 and its overall record to 14-7.
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Svajda and the No. 29 Mustangs will return home to face No. 54 Miami at Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex at 2 pm CT on Friday.
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