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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Men's Tennis To Begin Fall Season
9/21/2016 | Men's Tennis
Cajun Classic Central
OXFORD, Miss. - On the calendar, Thursday is the first official day of fall, and several members of the Ole Miss men's tennis team will kick off the fall season at the Cajun Classic in Lafayette, Louisiana, while other members of the team will participate in the Southern Intercollegiate in Athens, Georgia this weekend.
Cajun Classic
Junior Grey Hamilton, sophomore Fabian Fallert and freshman Tim Sandkaulen will play at the Cajun Classic in Louisiana against players from Louisiana, Southern California, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Texas, Kentucky and LSU. The tournament will run Thursday through Sunday. Action begins at 9 a.m. Thursday with championship singles. Fallert is scheduled to play Connor Curray from Texas Tech in his opening match at 9 a.m. Sandkaulen will play Laurens Verboven from USC at 11 a.m. Hamilton is set to play Bjorn Thomson from Texas Tech, also at 11 a.m.
Southern Intercollegiate
Senior Ricardo Jorge, junior Zvonimir Babic, sophomore Filip Kraljevic and sophomore Robert Mounger will head to Athens, Georgia to participate in the 49th annual Southern Intercollegiate. The tournament, features players from many of the top programs, including Arkansas, Baylor, UCF, Clemson, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Louisville, Miami, Mississippi State, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas Tech, Vanderbilt and Virginia Tech. Play begins Friday at 7 a.m. CT with singles at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex and concludes Monday with the finals. The field will be divided into three singles divisions and two doubles divisions.
Rebels to Watch
Filip Kraljevic and Zvonimir Babic begin the year at No. 6 in the nation in doubles. Last year they had 11 doubles wins, including three against top-10 opponents. Grey Hamilton and Fabian Fallert posted 27 wins in singles victories last year and went 14-7 in doubles, including 7-2 in the SEC. Tim Sandkaulen achieved a career-high ITF World Junior Ranking of No. 33 prior to Ole Miss. The former European Doubles Champion participated in all four junior grand slams and reached the doubles semifinals and the second round of singles at the 2015 French Open.
Quoting Head Coach Toby Hansson
"We have two challenging tournaments this weekend and we're looking forward to playing a lot of competitive matches. Last year we did really well at the tournament in Louisiana, taking the doubles title. The guys have been getting after it in practice, and they're very motivated and hungry; they are excited to play this weekend and show what they can do."
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