Men's tennis falls, 5-2, at No. 23 Florida

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From SMUMustangs.com:

Mustangs Fall 5-2 At No. 23 Florida

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (SMU) – The SMU men's tennis team fell 5-2 to No. 23 Florida on Sunday at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex.

"We handled the elements and competed hard," said Head Coach Grant Chen. "Credit to Florida on a great match. We had a lot of positives with Trevor and Maks both getting huge singles wins. It was a really good test for us and we will be better because of it."

SMU moves to 4-1 on the season, including a 3-1 mark against non-conference opponents.

The Gators opened the dual match taking the doubles point and the first two singles matches.

Freshman Trevor Svajda responded by earning the Mustangs' first point of the day, defeating Aidan Kim in straight sets on line one (6-3, 6-3). With the win, Svajda moves to 4-0 in singles play.

Maks Silagy picked up another singles point for SMU with his 6-4, 7-5 victory over JanMagnus Johnson on line six. Silagy's win marked a 5-0 start to the season for the Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, native.

Svajda and Silagy's wins mark a total of 24 Mustang singles matches won in straight sets on the season.

SMU will head to Los Angeles for the ITA Kickoff Weekend hosted by USC at the David X. Marks Tennis Complex (Sat.-Sun.). The Mustangs will open the weekend's tournament with No. 7 USC on Saturday at 4 p.m. (CT).

Singles Scores:
Trevor Svajda def. Aidan Kim (6-3, 6-3)
Jeremy Jin def. Adam Neff (6-4, 6-2)
Adhithya Ganesan def. Liam Krall (6-3, 6-3)
Nate Bonetto def. Jerry Barton (6-3, 6-7, 13-11)
Tanapatt Nirudorn def. Eric Hadigian (6-0, 6-0)
Maks Silagy def. JanMagnus Johnson (6-4, 7-5)
Order of Finish: 5, 3, 1, 2, 6, 4

Doubles Scores:
Adam Neff/Trevor Svajda vs. Aidan Kim/Jeremy Jin (5-4 (DNF))
Adhithya Ganesan/Tanapatt Nirudorn def. Maks Silagy/Jerry Barton (6-2)
Nate Bonetto/JanMagnus Johnson def. Julian Steinhausen/Huntley Allen (6-2)
Order of Finish: 2, 3