Pelle Strandberg

2022-23 Men's Tennis Roster

Steve Woltmann

2022-23 (Graduate Student):

Mostly appeared at the No. 1 position in singles.
Played the two and three positions consistently for doubles play.
Moved to the ninth spot in Flames history for all-time singles wins (47).
Won two doubles contests in a row at the end of the season, against DePaul and Xavier.
Beat opponent from UIW in opening round of Southland Conference Championship.
Named to Southland Conference 2023 Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Named a 2023 ITA Scholar-Athlete.

2021-22 (Senior):

All-Horizon League Second Team.
Horizon League All-Academic Team.
Earned two singles wins, over St. Louis and Xavier, at the River Forest Invitational.
Won all three of his singles matches at the Redbird Invite.
Was UIC's #1 singles player for most of the season.
Had a streak of seven straight singles wins into the beginning of dual match play.
Defeated Marquette and Eastern Illinois on the #1 court…picked up a singles win over Creighton.
Defeated Northern Kentucky in both regular season matches, and in the Horizon League quarterfinals.
Split time between the #1 and #2 doubles flights, playing most frequently with Artem Iermolov and Francesco Tacconi.
Won five straight doubles matches in Horizon League play.
Defeated Youngstown State in doubles action in the Horizon League semifinals.
UIC's leader in doubles wins, and second on the team in singles victories.
Moved into a tie for 10th place on the Flames' all-time singles wins list.

2020-21 (Junior):

Named to the All-Horizon League Second Team.
UIC's #1 singles player in every match.
Won two doubles matches in a three-match span while playing with Artem Iermolov.
Played the remainder of the season with Luiz Dos Santos, primarily as the #1 doubles team.

2019-20 (Sophomore):

Advanced to the championship match in singles play at the River Forest Collegiate Invitational.
Went 3-1 in singles play and 3-0 on the doubles courts at the WMU Vredevelt Invite.
Qualified for ITA Regionals in singles and in doubles.
Started the season at #5 singles, where he won three of four matches and was promoted to #3.
Won his first two matches in the #3 flight for an overall three-match winning streak.
Began the season at #3 doubles, but was paired with Kasper Parlklo in the #1 slot for the last four matches before the season was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Won two of three finished matches alongside Parlklo.
Led the team in singles and doubles wins.

2018-19 (Freshman):

Qualified for ITA Regionals in both singles and doubles, won a match in both singles and doubles play at regionals.
Advanced to the championship of the #3 singles draw at the River Forest Collegiate Invitational.
Started the season as UIC's #4 singles player, but moved to #6 for the final two months.
Went 6-3 at #6 singles...had a four-match winning streak, and won his first four Horizon League matches.
Earned important points in singles play in UIC's Horizon League quarterfinal and semifinal victories.
Re-entered the Flames' doubles lineup at the start of April...went 4-2 in doubles action down the stretch, playing primarily with Marcelo Dib.
Came through with doubles wins that helped the Flames take the doubles point in their first two Horizon League tournament matches.

High School / Personal:

The winner of many Swedish tournaments, Strandberg won the Stockholm Junior Tour in 2017.
He advanced to the quarterfinals of the regional tournament in 2016 and 2017.
Played for the Tsk Malmens team in Stockholm for two years and led them to the highest junior conference in the city.
Played for Nasby Park twice in the Swedish national championship…best showing was a quarterfinal appearance.
Son of Ann-Sofie Strandberg and Dan Utterstrom.
Majoring in Economics.

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