Ole Miss Sends Trio to San Diego for ITA National Fall Championships

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 career-high doubles ranking of No. 24 overall at conclusion of 2021 fall season
- Saw a peak ITA singles ranking of No. 98 in spring of 2022

Simon Junk (Sr.) – Marpingen, Germany
- 2022 ITA Southern Regional Doubles Runner-Up alongside John Hallquist Lithén
- Finished with a singles record of 21-9 and a doubles record of 14-14 in the 2021-22 season
- Ended the 2021-22 dual season winning his last seven singles matches on the year
- Reached the singles and doubles quarterfinals at the 2021 ITA Southern Regional Championships
- Currently ranks No. 19 all-time in program history in career doubles wins with 54

GABRIELSEN THE UNDERDOG
Gabrielsen was the last remaining unranked competitor to reach the ITA Southern Regional semifinals in singles. The senior defeated No. 94 Safiya Carrington of LSU and No. 54 Petra Sedlackova of Alabama to reach the championship and qualify for the ITA Fall National Championship.

LITHEN AND JUNK RIDE HOT STREAK INTO SAN DIEGO
The upperclassmen duo of Lithén and Junk blazed their way through the ITA Southern Championship field earlier in the fall season, stringing together five wins in the tournament's doubles bracket to reach the regional finals after entering as the No. 6 seed. With the crop of doubles victories, Junk catapulted himself up into 19th all-time in program history in career doubles wins with 54.

NEW TOURNAMENT, SAME MISSION FOR GABRIELSEN
Although this is Gabrielsen's first time qualifying for the ITA Fall National Championship, her mission stays the same. The Oslo, Norway, native is prepared and ready for whatever comes her way in San Diego.

BUSY WEEKEND AHEAD FOR MEN'S TENNIS SQUAD
Lithén and Junk won't be the only ones competing this week to close out the fall season for Ole Miss men's tennis, as the remainder of the Rebel squad travels to Atlanta, Georgia, for the Georgia Tech Invitational. The tournament is set to run Nov. 4-6 taking place at the Yellow Jackets' home courts at the Ken Byers Tennis Complex.

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