The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss
UVA Tournament
Rebels Take Doubles At Ranked+1 Invitational
9/22/2012 | Men's Tennis
Sept. 22, 2012
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Ole Miss men's tennis players Jonas Lutjen and Johan Backstrom teamed up to post an 8-3 win over the George Washington duo of Danil Zelenkov and Nikita Fomin in the Black Doubles of the Virginia Ranked+1 Invitational Saturday.
In singles, Lutjen, ranked No. 21 in the nation, lost his first match of the year, falling to Virginia's Ryan Shane in the quarterfinals of the White Singles, 6-1, 6-4. Lutjen is now 7-1 on the year. Fellow senior Adrian Forberg Skogeng defeated UVA's Mitchell Polnet 6-3, 603 in the quarterfinals of the Gold Singles before falling to Fomin (GW) in the semifinals, 6-4, 6-4.
Sophomore William Kallberg dropped a three-setter to Penn State's Thomas Hanzlik in the quarterfinals of Blue Singles and then defeated Alex Van Gils of GW 6-4, 6-4 in consolation.
Play concludes Sunday with Lutjen, Kallberg and Forberg Skogeng all playing matches in consolation singles.
Follow the Rebels on twitter at @OleMissMTennis and on facebook at www.facebook.com/OleMissMTennis.
UVA RANKED+1 INIVTATIONAL
BLUE SINGLES
Quarterfinals -- Thomas Hanzlik (PSU) def. William Kallberg (OM) 0-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Consolation - Kallberg (OM) def. Alex Van Gils (GW) 6-4, 6-4.
WHITE SINGLES
Quarterfinals - Ryan Shane (UVA) def. Jonas Lutjen (OM) 6-1, 6-4.
ORANGE SINGLES
Consolation -- Jaime Vazquez (VCU) def. Johan Backstrom (OM) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.
GOLD SINGLES
Quarterfinals - Adrian Forberg Skogeng (OM) def. Mitchell Polnet (UVA) 6-3, 6-3. Semifinals - Nikita Fomin (GW) def. Forberg Skogeng (OM) 6-4, 6-4.
BLACK DOUBLES
Final -- Lutjen/Backstrom (OM) def. Zelenkov/Fomin (GW) 8-3.
SILVER DOUBLES
Consolation -- Kallberg/Forberg Skogeng (OM) def. Vazquez/Argente (VCU) 8-5.
