{"id":16726,"date":"2012-10-22T10:12:20","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T15:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=16726"},"modified":"2014-09-23T08:31:21","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T13:31:21","slug":"scholtz-win-national-indoor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/scholtz-win-national-indoor\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholtz One Win Away From National Indoor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beat Teammate To Reach Southern Regional Final<\/p>\n<p><strong>AUBURN, Ala.<\/strong> \u2013 While the official \u201cEgg Bowl\u201d is a little more than a month away, the rivalry will play out on the tennis courts Monday morning at the Yarbrough Tennis Center on the campus of Auburn University as Ole Miss men\u2019s tennis sophomore <a href=\"http:\/\/www.olemisssports.com\/sports\/m-tennis\/mtt\/scholtz_nik00.html\">Nik Scholtz<\/a> meets Mississippi State freshman Romain Bogaerts for the USTA\/ITA Southern Regional Singles Championship. The two will face off at 10 a.m. with a berth in the USTA\/ITA National Indoor on the line.<\/p>\n<p>Scholtz, the No. 1 seed in the regional, had to beat his own teammate, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.olemisssports.com\/sports\/m-tennis\/mtt\/kallberg_william00.html\">William Kallberg<\/a>, Sunday morning, to reach the final.\u00a0 Kallberg, seeded sixth in the field, which included SEC teams State, LSU, Alabama and host Auburn, came into the match without dropping a set.<\/p>\n<p>In a tightly contested match, Scholtz won a first set tiebreaker, 7-6(6).\u00a0 He carried the momentum over to the second set taking it 6-3 to reach the final in his first ever Southern Regional.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s exciting to be in the finals, but never fun to beat your teammate, who is also a good friend,\u201d Scholtz tweeted moments after the win.<\/p>\n<p>Scholtz, the highest ranked player in the SEC at No. 5 in the nation, improved his fall record to 6-1, while Kallberg, ranked No. 56, moved his record to 9-3.<\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s not fun for teammates to play each other, it\u2019s fun for the coaches to just be able to sit back and enjoy the match without having to coach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was nice to be guaranteed a finalist for the third year in a row,\u201d head coach <a href=\"http:\/\/www.olemisssports.com\/sports\/m-tennis\/mtt\/chadwick_billy01.html\">Billy Chadwick<\/a> said.\u00a0 \u201cNik and William both played a good match.\u00a0 William played some great tennis this weekend, and we are really proud of him.\u00a0 We are looking forward to the final against Bogaerts, who will be one of the top newcomers in our conference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scholtz will be looking to join his teammate, senior <a href=\"http:\/\/www.olemisssports.com\/sports\/m-tennis\/mtt\/lutjen_jonas00.html\">Jonas Lutjen<\/a>, in the USTA\/ITA National Indoor, which takes place Nov. 8-11 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y.\u00a0 Lutjen earned a berth in the field by winning the consolation draw at the ITA All-American Championships.<\/p>\n<p>In the consolation singles final, junior <a href=\"http:\/\/www.olemisssports.com\/sports\/m-tennis\/mtt\/backstrom_johan00.html\">Johan Backstrom<\/a> won twice on Sunday to win the draw. 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