NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Ole Miss men’s tennis is set to kick off their fall season with the playing of the Commodore Invitational hosted by Vanderbilt University September 23-25.
Lukas Engelhardt, John Hallquist Lithén, Walker Stearns and Gordon Whitwell are all set to make the trip up to Nashville for the Rebels, marking the team’s first trip to Vanderbilt for a fall tournament since 2019.
Hosted at Currey Tennis Center, the three-day event will consist of three rounds of doubles play, as well as four rounds of singles play spread across the facility’s 15 courts. The tournament’s field features a total of ten teams, eight of which concluded the 2021-22 season ranked within ITA’s Top 50 Team Rankings.
Friday, September 23 – One round of doubles, one round of singles (9 a.m. CT start)
Saturday, September 24 – One round of doubles, two rounds of singles (9 a.m. CT start)
Sunday, September 25 – One round of doubles, one round of singles (8 a.m. CT start)
Lukas Engelhardt (Sr.*) – Augsburg, Germany
– Finished 2021-22 with 19-12 singles record and 19-13 doubles record
– Enters 2022 fall season ranked No. 46 in doubles by the ITA
– Reached peak doubles ranking of No. 2 overall in spring of 2022
– Advanced to the 2022 NCAA Doubles Round of 32 alongside Finn Reynolds
John Hallquist Lithén (Jr.) – Gothenburg, Sweden
– Concluded 2021-22 with record of 18-16 in singles and 20-9 in doubles
– Earned career-high doubles ranking of No. 24 overall at conclusion of 2021 fall season
– Saw a peak ITA singles ranking of No. 98 in spring of 2022
– 2021 SEC All-Freshman Team selection
Walker Stearns (So.) – Germantown, Tenn.
– Ended his freshman campaign with singles record of 7-6 and doubles record of 1-2
– TSSAA Div. II-A Singles Champion in 2021 and 2019
– TSSAA Div. II-A Doubles Champion in 2018
– Former four-star recruit by Tennis Recruiting coming out of high school
Gordon Whitwell (Fr.) – Oxford, Miss.
– Four-star recruit by Tennis Recruiting coming out of high school
– 2021 Mississippi Dorothy Vest Jr Tennis Player of the Year
– Two-time team state champion with Oxford High School
– No. 1 recruit from Mississippi and No. 115 recruit in the U.S. for 2022
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