SMU Falls To Cal In ACC Championships Second Round

Thursday, April 16

Cary, N.C.

11:30am CT

SMU

California

SMU Falls To Cal In ACC Championships Second Round

Apr 16 | Men's Tennis

Box Score

Box Score

CARY, N.C. (SMU) – SMU Men's Tennis fell 5-0 to California in the second round of the ACC Championships at Cary Tennis Park in Cary, N.C., on Thursday.

The Mustangs dropped the doubles point and lost four singles matches. Cal won its two final points simultaneously.

Trevor Svajda and Jerry Barton grabbed their first ranked win as a doubles pair by defeating No. 33 Timofey Stepanov / Alexander Aney (6-4) on court one. The pair is 13-5 overall this season.

SMU was eliminated in the second round of the ACC tournament for the second consecutive season.

How it Went
Jerry Barton and Trevor Svajda came back after trailing 2-4 to win their singles match against No. 33 Timofey Stepanov / Alexander Aney (6-4) on court one, but Cal won courts two and three to win the doubles point.

Cal's Bernardo Munk Mesa defeated Krish Arora (6-4, 6-4) on court four to extend the Bears' lead to 2-0. Paris Pouatcha then made it 3-0 for Cal by defeating Jerry Barton on court five (7-5, 6-2).

The Bears won courts two and three simultaneously to clinch the 5-0 win.

Doubles Scores
1. Trevor Svajda / Jerry Barton def. No. 33 Timofey Stepanov / Alexander Aney (6-4)
2. Bernardo Munk Mesa / Paris Pouatcha def. Alex Finkelstein / Meethre Barot (6-3)
3. Fryderyk Lechno Wasiutynski / Tiago Silva def. Vikas Deo / Georgi Georgiev (6-4)
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3

Singles Scores
1. No. 2 Trevor Svajda vs. No. 64 Fryderyk Lechno Wasiutynski (6-3, 3-6, 4-2 UF)
2. Timofey Stepanov def. Georgi Georgiev (7-5, 6-3)
3. Tiago Silva def. Alex Finkelstein(4-6, 6-2, 6-2)
4. Bernardo Munk Mesa def. Krish Arora (6-2, 6-4)
5. Paris Pouatcha def. Jerry Barton (7-5, 6-2)
6. Noah McDonald vs. Lenn Luemkemann (6-3, 2-6, 3-3 UF)
Order of Finish: 4, 5, 2, 3