Men's tennis falls to Tulane, 4-2, in AAC quarterfinals

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From SMUMustangs.com:

Mustangs Fall 4-2 To Tulane In AAC Quarterfinals

TULSA, Okla. (SMU) – The No. 2 seed SMU men's tennis team fell 4-2 to No. 7 seed Tulane in the quarterfinal round of the American Athletic Conference Championships on Friday at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center.

SMU moves to 17-10 on the season, including a 1-1 split with Tulane. Tulane improves to 9-14 with the quarterfinal win.

No. 34 Trevor Svajda earned his first AAC Tournament win with a defeat in straight sets of Tulane's Billy Suarez (6-2, 6-3). Svajda's victory marked his 16th of the season and second against Suarez.

Eric Hadigian tied the score at two by winning his singles match in straight sets versus Alex Bancila (6-2, 6-2), improving the graduate student to a 10-5 spring record.

Tulane would go on to win three singles matches after taking the doubles point to clinch the match.

Singles Scores:
1. No. 34 Trevor Svajda def. Billy Suarez (6-2, 6-3)
2. Luka Petrovic def. No. 107 Adam Neff (6-2, 6-3)
3. Eric Hadigian def. Alex Bancila (6-2, 6-2)
4. Luc Hoejmans def. Maks Silagy (6-4, 4-6, 7-5)
5. Fynn Kuenkler def. Louis Cloud (6-4, 7-5)
6. Jerry Barton vs. Sam Scherer (2-6, 6-3, 6(6)-6(7) – UNF)
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3, 5, 4


Doubles Scores:
1. Trevor Svajda/Louis Cloud vs. Alex Bancila/Luc Hoejmans (6(3)-6(1) – UNF)
2. Benji Jacobson/Billy Suarez def. Maks Silagy/Julian Steinhausen (6-2)
3. Luka Petrovic/Sam Scherer def. Callaway Clark/Adam Neff (7-5)
Order of Finish: 2, 3