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Men's Tennis Begins Fall Season

9/25/2016 | Men's Tennis

Sept. 25, 2016

OXFORD, Miss. - Freshman Tim Sandkaulen highlighted the Ole Miss men's tennis team's first weekend of fall play, which included some players competing at the Cajun Classic in Lafayette, Louisiana and others at the Southern Intercollegiate in Athens, Georgia.

Cajun Classic
Sandkaulen opened the tournament with a three-set loss to Southern California's Laurens Verboven, but rebounded to post straight set wins against Coleman Wahlborg of Louisiana and R. Saborio of LSU to reach the semifinals, where he beat Henry Ji of USC 1-6, 6-0, 6-4. He lost in the final to Connor Curray of Texas Tech 7-6(3), 6-2.

Results

Singles

First Round
Fabian Fallert (OM) def. Connor Curray (TT) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
Laurens Verboven (USC) def. Tim Sandkaulen (OM) 6-3, 2-6, 6-0
Bjorn Thomson (TT) def. Grey Hamilton (OM) 6-1, 6-4

Second Round
Thibault Forget (USC) def. Fabian Fallert (OM) 6-3, 6-2

Consolation

First Round
Tim Sandkaulen (OM) def. Coleman Wahlborg (ULL) 6-1, 6-3

Second Round
Sandkaulen (OM) def. Julian Saborio (LSU) 6-1, 6-3

Third Round
Sandkaulen (OM) def. Henry Ji (USC) 1-6, 6-0, 6-4

Doubles

First Round
Bushamuka/Pennington (UK) def. Fallert/Hamilton (OM) 7-5, 6-2

Southern Intercollegiate
The rest of the team was in Athens, Georgia at the Southern Intercollegiate. In Division I singles, sophomore Filip Kraljevic won his first round in singles before falling to the top seed and finalist Michael Redlicki of Arkansas. In doubles, Kraljevic and Zvonimir Babic, ranked No. 6 in the nation, advanced to the third round before falling.

Results

Division I Singles

First Round
Filip Kraljevic (OM) def. Anton Waern (Ga. College) 6-1, 7-5
Piotr Lomacki (Miami) def. Ricardo Jorge (OM) 6-1, 6-2

Second Round
Michael Redlicki (AR) def. Filip Kraljevic (OM) 6-2, 6-3

Consolation

First Round
Ricardo Jorge (OM) def. Marino (AR) 6-7, 6-4, 10-7

Second Round
Diego Nunez (ETSU) def. Jorge (OM) 6-7, 6-3, 10-7

Division II Singles

First Round
Robert Mounger (OM) def. Sebastian Mueller (EKU) 7-6, 6-4
Joseph Guillin (UF) def. Zvonimir Babic (OM) 6-2, 7-6

Second Round
Marcos Bernardes (TT) def. Mounger (OM) 6-3, 6-1

Division I Doubles

Second Round
Kraljevic/Babic (OM) def. Klinger/Rowe (VU) 7-6

Third Round
Perez-Blanco/Ingildsen (UF) def. Kraljevic/Babic (OM) 6-3

Division II Doubles

First Round
Jorge/Mounger (OM) def. De Torres Carth/Bouchillion (KSU) 6-4

Second Round
Gonzalez/Albin (ETSU) def. Jorge/Mounger (OM) 7-6

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