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Men’s Tennis Travels to Georgia Tech Invitational for Fall Season Finale

Men’s Tennis Travels to Georgia Tech Invitational for Fall Season Finale


ATLANTA, Ga. – Ole Miss men’s tennis will be sending four Rebels to Atlanta for the team’s fall season finale, with the Rebels set to compete in the Georgia Tech Invitational set to run Nov. 4-6.

A total of seven teams will be in attendance at the Ken Byers Tennis Complex, including the Ole Miss quartet of Nikola Slavic, Lukas Engelhardt, Walker Stearns and Gordon Whitwell.

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

Friday, November 4 – One Round of Singles and Doubles (Beginning at 9 a.m. CT)

Saturday, November 5 – One Round of Singles and Doubles (Beginning at 9 a.m. CT)

Sunday, November 6 – One Round of Singles and Doubles (Beginning at 8 a.m. CT)

THE REBELS

Nikola Slavic (Sr.*) – Stockholm, Sweden

– Finished 2021-22 with a singles record of 22-13 and doubles record of 18-8

– Entered the 2022 fall season ranked a career-high No. 6 in the country in singles

– Received an ITA preseason doubles ranking of No. 46 overall

– Named 2022 ITA All-American in singles play

– 2021 ITA Southern Regional Singles Champion

– Reached Doubles Round of 16 and Singles Quarterfinals at 2022 ITA Southern Championships



Lukas Engelhardt (Sr.*)
– Augsburg, Germany

– Earned first ranked win of 2022-23 season against No. 89 Jan Galka (Florida) at Commodore Invite

– 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

– Reached Doubles Round of 16 and Singles Round of 64 at 2022 ITA Southern Championships

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

– Competed in the qualifying draw for singles at the 2022 ITA Southern Regional Championships



Gordon Whitwell (Fr.)
– Oxford, Miss.

– Earned his first collegiate singles win at Commodore Invitational with 6-1, 6-3 win over Paul Wang (Vanderbilt)

– Four-star recruit by Tennis Recruiting coming out of high school

– Two-time team state champion with Oxford High School

– No. 1 recruit from Mississippi and No. 115 recruit in the U.S. for 2022

– Strung together three singles wins at the…

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