The University of Mississippi Athletics
William Kallberg Named SEC Freshman Of The Week
4/3/2012 | Men's Tennis
April 3, 2012
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Ole Miss men's tennis player William Kallberg has been named the SEC Freshman of the Week as announced by the league office Tuesday.
The Stockholm, Sweden native went 3-0 in singles and doubles to help lead the Rebels to wins over Arkansas and LSU. The wins kept the Rebels in the race for the SEC Western Division. Kallberg teamed with Johan Backstrom to clinch the doubles point in both matches. He and Backstrom broke the Arkansas duo at 6-6 and served it out. They won 8-5 to clinch the point vs. LSU. Kallberg won in straight sets at No. 4 singles to set up Backstrom's match-clinching win at No. 5 against LSU.
With his singles win last weekend, Kallberg improved to 8-5 at No. 4 singles, 5-2 in the SEC. He has won six of his last seven.
Kallberg becomes the second Rebel to earn SEC Freshman of the Week honors, joining Nik Scholtz, who earned the distinction on March 14.
The Rebels are on the road this weekend at Vanderbilt and Kentucky.
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