AUBURN, Ala. – Ole Miss men’s tennis is set to head east for the annual ITA Southern Championships, set to run Oct. 12-16 at Auburn University.
The five-day tournament will pit the best players in the ITA’s Southern Region against one another in both singles and doubles play, with a total of 17 teams being represented at the Yarbrough Tennis Center. All seven Rebels will make the trip to Auburn, with Walker Stearns and Gordon Whitwell kicking off play for the Rebels in the qualifying singles draw.
Qualifying singles is set to take place Thursday and Friday with the main draw of singles and doubles both set to follow beginning Saturday morning.
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Thursday, October 12 – Qualifying Draw Singles
Friday, October 13 – Qualifying Draw Singles
Saturday, October 14 – Main Draw Singles and Doubles
Sunday, October 15 – Main Draw Singles and Doubles
Monday, October 16 – Main Draw Singles and Doubles
THE REBELS
Nikola Slavic (Sr.) – Stockholm, Sweden
- No. 1 overall seed in Southern Regional singles draw, has a bye in first round
- No. 1 overall seed in Southern Regional doubles draw with Lukas Engelhardt
- Enters 2023 fall season ranked No. 34 in singles by the ITA
- Enters 2023 fall season ranked No. 8 in doubles by the ITA alongside Engelhardt
- Defeated Ohio State’s 10th-ranked Alexander Bernard at ITA All-Americans
Lukas Engelhardt (Sr.) – Augsburg, Germany
- Set to compete in Southern Regional singles draw
- No. 1 overall seed in Southern Regional doubles draw with Nikola Slavic
- Enters 2023 fall season ranked No. 8 in doubles by the ITA alongside Slavic
- Concluded the 2022-23 season with a 17-19 singles record and 18-8 doubles record
- NCAA Double Championships alternate with partner Slavic
John Hallquist Lithén (Sr.) – Gothenburg, Sweden
- Set to compete in Southern Regional singles draw, has a bye in first round
- Set to compete in Southern Regional doubles draw with Walker Stearns
- 2022 ITA Southern Regional Doubles Runner-Up
- Enters 2023 fall season ranked No. 77 in singles by the ITA
- Finished 2022-23 with a record of 22-9 in singles and 15-20 in doubles
Noah Schlagenhauf (So.) – Buertingen, Germany
- Set to compete in Southern Regional singles qualifying draw, has a bye in first round
- No. 8 overall…
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