Story Links
ORLANDO, Fla. (SMU) – SMU Men’s Tennis junior Trevor Svajda advanced to the NCAA Singles Championship match on Saturday.
Svajda defeated NC State’s Martin Borisiouk 6-2, 6-0 in the semifinal round of the tournament to become the first Mustang to reach the NCAA Championship match since Richey Reneberg in 1986.
The junior defeated Mississippi State’s Petar Johanovic 6-3, 6-2 in the quarterfinals to reach the semifinals—also the first Mustang since Reneberg in 1986.
The California native pulled an upset in the round of 16, defeating No. 6 seed Kenta Miyoshi from Illinois in straight sets (6-2, 6-4) on Thursday. He defeated Auburn’s Amirkhamza Nasridinov 6-3, 2-6, 6-0 in the round of 32 to earn his first-career All-America honor.
Thursday’s win was Svajda’s second upset win in the tournament. He defeated Florida’s Jeremy Jin (6-1, 4-6, 6-4) in the first round on Tuesday.
Svajda became the first Mustang to advance to the NCAA Championships quarterfinals since Ignacio Hirigoyen in 1999. He is the first Mustang to earn All-America honors and reach the round of 16 in the tournament in 21 years — Johan Brunstrom was the last Mustang to achieve this in 2004.
The junior will face defending champion Michael Zheng from Columbia for the national championship at 10 am CT on Sunday.