SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Ole Miss men’s and women’s tennis teams will be sending three Rebels off to San Diego from Nov. 2-6, as Lillian Gabrielsen, John Hallquist Lithén and Simon Junk will be taking their talents out West after qualifying for the 2022 ITA National Fall Championships.
Gabrielsen had a fiery streak at the ITA Southern Regional Championships hosted in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The senior Rebel was the underdog in the competition, as she was the last remaining unranked competitor to reach the tournament semifinals in singles. Gabrielsen finished as runner-up in singles competition to qualify to the 32-player slate at the ITA Fall National Championships.
Finishing as runners-up in doubles at the ITA Southern Regional Championships two weeks ago, Lithén and Junk received automatic bids into the 32-team doubles field in San Diego. The Rebel pairing were one of 26 pairings to earn automatic bids into the bracket, with spots being given to the ITA Regional and ITA All-American champion and runner-up pairings.
Gabrielsen will face off against North Carolina’s Carson Tanguilig. Tanguilig received preseason honors with a ranking of No. 28 in the nation, and will enter the ITA National Fall Championships as the No. 5 seed.
Lithén and Junk’s first matchup will be against Daniel De Jonge and Tim Zeitvogel of Pepperdine, who enter the tournament as the No. 7 seed in the doubles bracket.
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Wednesday, November 2 – Singles/Doubles Round of 32
Thursday, November 3 – Singles/Doubles Round of 16
Friday, November 4 – Singles/Doubles Quarterfinals
Saturday, November 5 – Singles/Doubles Semifinals
Sunday, November 6 – Singles/Doubles Championships
THE REBELS
Lillian Gabrielsen (Sr.) – Oslo, Norway
– 2022 ITA Southern Regional Singles Runner-Up
– Defeated 2 ranked competitors in the ITA Southern Regional
– Earned an overall record of 14-10 in singles and 21-13 in doubles in the 2021-22 season
– Recorded a 2-1 record in singles at the Sea Pines College Tournament
John Hallquist Lithén (Jr.) – Gothenburg, Sweden
– 2022 ITA Southern Regional Doubles Runner-Up alongside Simon Junk
– Finished with 3-1 singles record at Commodore Invitational, earning two ranked singles wins
– Concluded 2021-22 with record of 18-16 in singles and 20-9 in doubles
– Earned…
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