SMU MEN’S TENNIS 2018 MATCH NOTES

Media Contact: Riley Neuheardt MATCH # [email protected] • (214) 232-3557 SMU (1-0, 0-0 AMERICAN) 2018 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (1-0) 2 VS HARVARD (0-0) AND NO. 8 (0-0) DATE OPPONENT TIME (CT)/RESULT , TEXAS • SMU TENNIS COMPLEX • FRIDAY, JAN. 19 Jan. 12 ACU W, 4-0 SMU continues its spring season with a home match against Harvard on Friday, Jan. 19, at 5 p.m. and a road match Jan. 19 Harvard 5 pm Jan. 21 at Texas 2:30 pm against No. 8 Texas on Sunday, Jan. 21, at 2:30 p.m. The Mustangs return to the court after defeating Abilene Christian, ITA Kickoff Weekend (Los Angeles, Calif.) 7-0, in their season opener on Jan. 12. Jan. 26 vs. UC Santa Barbara TBD Jan. 27 vs. USC or Indiana TBD Feb. 4 UT Permian Basin 10 am SCOUTING HARVARD Midwestern State 4:30 pm Feb. 9 Arkansas 1 pm Harvard begins its season on Friday against SMU after competing in five fall tournaments, including the ITA Northeast Feb. 11 TCU 4:30 pm Regional. After a successful fall season, Harvard boasts a 66-40 (.623) singles record and a 35-21 (.625) record in Feb. 17 Incarnate Word 10 am Arkansas - Pine Bluff 5 pm doubles play. The Crimson are led by captains Jean Thirouin, who posted a mark of 22-10 in singles play lastseason, and Feb. 25 at Oklahoma State 1 pm Kenny Tao, who went 14-7 in singles last season. March 4 Memphis* 1 pm March 12 Prarie View A&M 11:30 am TBD 5 pm SCOUTING TEXAS March 14 Columbia 12 pm BNP Paribas Collegiate Challenge by Oracle (Indian Wells, Calif.) Texas enters this week as the No. 8 team in the nation after finishing 2017 ranked eleventh. The Longhorns are sitting March 16-18 TBD TBD dominant in the ITA Singles Rankings with four players in the top 125: Harrison Scott (27), Leonardo Telles (37), John March 24 UTSA 4:30 pm March 27 Tulane* 5 pm Mee (52) and Rodrigo Banzer (98). Texas will face UTSA and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at home on Friday before March 30 USF* 1:30 pm welcoming SMU on Sunday. April 6 Wichita State* 4:30 pm April 8 UTA 5 pm April 13 Tulsa* 4:30 pm SERIES INFO April 15 Rice 4:30 pm April 19-22 American Athletic Conference Tournament SMU and Harvard will meet for the fourth time when they go head-to-head Friday, dating back to their first matchup (Dallas, Texas) in 1998. The Mustangs lead the series 2-1, with a clean 0-0 record at home. The Mustangs picked up the most recent May 11-13 NCAA Regionals May 17-28 NCAA Championship (Winson-Salem, N.C.) victory, 4-3 on a neutral site, on March 31, 2001. All dates and times (CT) are subject to chance, home matches are bold, * denotes American Athletic Conference match SMU vs. Harvard (2-1) SMU TENNIS COMPLEX Home: 0-0, Away: 1-0, Neutral: 1-1 3/27/98...... N...... L ...... 4-2 To ensure the future success of SMU’s historic tennis 2/25/00...... A...... W...... 5-2 program, a new SMU Tennis Complex, Turpin Stadium & Brookshire Family Pavilion opened in 2015. The new com- 3/31/01...... N...... W...... 4-3 plex is a preeminent, top-tier facility located prominently on the south side of Mockingbird Lane at the corner of North The Mustangs are much more familiar with Texas as an opponent, having met the Longhorns 26 times since the first Central Expressway, formerly the site of Mrs. Baird’s Bakery. matchup in 1985. SMU holds only five victories against Texas and holds a 2-10 record in Austin. The two teams last The new complex provides both indoor and outdoor courts played on Jan. 31, 2015 at SMU, when the Mustangs were met with a 4-2 loss. as well as a training center for student athletes and coach- es, ensuring that Mustang players can train year-round on TAKING ON RANKED TEAMS campus. In addition, patron accommodations optimize com- For the fifth straight year in a row the Mustangs are scheduled to play at least six ITA Top-25 ranked teams. SMU fort and viewing and include special guest amenities and a club area, providing an enhanced spectator experience. welcomes three Top-25 ranked teams to the SMU Tennis Complex this season (No. 10 TCU, No. 22 Tulane, No. 23 Columbia). The Mustangs face No. 8 Texas and No. 15 Oklahoma State on the road, with the possibility of facing No. 5 Match-day parking for the SMU Tennis Complex is USC at the ITA Kick-Off Weekend on Jan. 26-27. available on campus in the Binkley and Moody Parking Centers. We ask that visitors not park in the residen- MUSTANGS ROSTER tial areas surrounding the facility or in Park Cities Plaza. Player Height Class Hometown FOLLOW THE MUSTANGS Eladio Fabregas 6-4 FR Galicia, Spain SMU Men’s Tennis Blaise Fagan 6-2 FR St. Louis, Missouri Facebook...... Facebook.com/MTennis Charles Nettlefold 6-0 RS SR Melbourne, Australia Twitter...... @SMUTennisM Gardiner Perotti 6-0 RS FR Dallas, Texas Instagram...... @SMUTennisM Roberto Rosales 6-3 FR Puebla, Mexico SMU Athletics Facebook...... Facebook.com/SMUMustangs Rory Samuels 6-0 RS JR Savannah, Texas Twitter...... @SMUMustangs Michael Smith 6-3 FR Houston, Texas Instagram...... @SMU.Mustangs Tomas Vaise 6-3 FR Telsiai, Lithuania Jan-Simon Vrbsky 6-2 FR Darmstadt, Germany CARL NEUFELD— WINNINGEST ACTIVE SMU HEAD COACH QUICK FACTS Head coach Carl Neufeld ranks second among all-time wins at SMU with 412, and is the winningest active head coach on the SMU campus. Head Coach...... Carl Neufeld (25th season) Overall Record...... 593-332 (.641) SMU Coaching All-Time Wins Record at SMU...... 412-228 (.664) Coach Sport SMU Career Assistant Coach...... Ben Johnson (1st season) 1. (1992-2016) Women’s Basketball 439 439 2018 Record...... 1-0 2. Carl Neufeld (1994 - present) Men’s Tennis 412 593 2018 Conference Record...... 0-0 3. Schellas Hyndman (1984-2007) Men’s Soccer 368 466 Team Conference Championships...... 9 4. Lisa Seifert (1996 - present) Volleyball 385 404 Under Neufeld...... 2 5. Doc Hayes (1947-1967) Men’s Basketball 299 299 All-America Honors...... 47 *As of Jan. 17, 2018 Under Neufeld...... 11 ITA RANKINGS 2017-18 SEASON STATSSeason statistics Oracle/ITA Men’s National Team Rankings

Overall record: 1-0 • Conference: 0-0 • Region: 1-0 • Home: 1-0 • Away: 0-0 • Neutral: 0-0 January 17, 2017 • vs National ranked: 0-0 • vs Regional ranked: 0-0

vs Ranked # School Previous Rank SINGLES Overall Dual Tour Conf 1 2 3 4 5 6 Nat'l Reg'l Streak Last10 1 Wake Forest (11) 1 Eladio 2-1 0-0 2-1 0-0 ------0-0 0-0 L 1 2-1 Fabregas 2 Ohio State 2 Altus 2-1 0-0 2-1 0-0 ------1-0 0-0 W 2 2-1 Karsten Charles 3 North Carolina (1) 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 ------0-0 0-0 0-0 Nettlefold Gardiner 4 Georgia 4 1-4 1-0 0-4 0-0 ------1-0 0-0 0-0 L 4 1-4 Perotti Roberto 5 USC 5 1-2 0-0 1-2 0-0 ------0-1 0-0 L 1 1-2 Rosales Tomas 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 ------1-0 ------0-0 0-0 W 1 1-0 6 UCLA 6 Vaise Jan-Simon 4-2 1-0 3-2 0-0 1-0 ------0-0 0-0 L 1 4-2 7 Texas A&M 7 Vrbsky Totals 11-10 3-0 8-10 0-0 1-0 --- 1-0 ------1-0 1-1 0-0 8 Texas 8 Percentage .524 1.000 .444 .000 1.000 --- 1.000 ------1.000 .500 .000 9 Florida 9

vs Ranked 10 TCU 10 DOUBLES Overall Dual Tour Conf 1 2 3 Nat'l Reg'l Streak Last10 Charles 11 Baylor 11 Nettlefold/Roberto 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 -- 1-0 --- 0-0 0-0 W 1 1-0 Rosales 12 Virginia 12 Eladio Fabregas/Gardiner 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 -- --- 1-0 0-0 0-0 W 1 1-0 13 Stanford 13 Perotti Altus Karsten/Jan- 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 ------0-0 0-0 L 1 0-1 Simon Vrbsky 14 Mississippi State 14 Totals 2-1 2-0 0-1 0-0 -- 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 15 Oklahoma State 15 Percentage .667 1.000 .000 .000 -- 1.000 1.000 .000 .000 16 Illinois 16 17 Michigan 17 18 Oklahoma 18 19 California 19 T20 South Carolina 20 T20 Florida State 21 22 Tulane 22 23 Columbia 23 24 Duke 25 25 Texas 24 Others Receiving Votes: Oregon, Kentucky