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Women’s Tennis Gets Ready to Host Memphis
1/23/2023 | Women's Tennis
The Rebels Take on the Tigers at 5 p.m. CT at Galtney Tennis Center
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OLE MISS (2-0, 0-0 SEC) vs. Memphis (0-2, 0-0 AAC) Tuesday, Jan. 24 • 5 p.m. CT • Oxford, Miss. William F. Galtney Indoor Tennis Center |
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OXFORD, Miss – Ole Miss women's tennis are right back at William F. Galtney Indoor Tennis Center for a match against Memphis.
The Rebels are coming off a two-win doubleheader weekend and look to extend their winning streak. Ole Miss faces the Tigers on Tuesday, starting at 5 p.m. CT.
Live scoring and live video for both matches will be available to the public. Links to both can be found above as well as on the Ole Miss women's tennis schedule page.
THE REBELS
Lillian Gabrielsen (Sr.) – Oslo, Norway
- Compiled a 8-7 overall singles record and a 4-6 overall doubles record
- Made into the ITA Fall National Championships in singles as the South Region runner-up
- Reached the round of 16 in doubles at the ITA South Region Championships in 2021
- Has a 6-5 singles record and 5-4 doubles record
- She went 2-0 in both singles and doubles during the opening weekend. She played at No. 1 doubles and No. 2 singles
- ITA South Region Championships doubles runner-up which earned her a spot in the ITA National Championship in 2021
- Earned her first career doubles win and singles win against ETSU
- Joined the squad this January
- Coming in with an overall singles record of 12-9
- Has a 1-5 singles and doubles record
- Compiled an 18-11 singles record and 15-15 doubles record during the 2021-22 season
- Has a 2-5 singles record and a 3-3 doubles record
- Joined Kareisova during opening weekend for two doubles wins
- Reached doubles quarterfinals of ITA South Region Championships in 2021
- Voted SEC Freshman of the Year on march 2, 2021
- Has an 9-6 singles record and a 5-6 doubles record
- ITA South Region Championships doubles runner-up in 2021, advanced to ITA Fall Nationals Championships
- Has a 8-8 singles record and a 4-5 doubles record
- Made it to the singles quarterfinals of the ITA South Region Championships in 2021
- Also reached doubles quarterfinals of ITA South Region Championships in 2021
OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE NET
Memphis
The Tigers brought back a majority of their starting lineup from last season. The team has gotten younger after losing two fifth-year seniors in Alisha Reayer and Camila Romero. Reayer compiled a 13-8 singles record and a 9-11 doubles record. Romero also saw success with a 12-7 singles record and a 10-9 doubles record. However, Memphis will see Emily Meyers, Camila Soares Aran Teixido Garcia and Monique Wong back on the court this year. All four ended last season with double-digit singles wins and three had more than 10 doubles victories.
Memphis is also adding two freshmen to the squad this season. Carlota Farres Carreter and Micah Pierce have seen wins in the first two dual matches to start the season. Pierce grabbed a singles win against Purdue and Carreter earned a doubles win against Alabama.
The Tigers started the season with a difficult schedule already losing to Purdue and Alabama, both by a score of 4-3. Their non-conference schedule doesn't get any easier as they face Ole Miss and Columbia this week.
RANKED PLAYERS
Singles
No. 73 – Ludmila Kareisova (Ole Miss)
No. 89 – Lillian Gabrielsen (Ole Miss)
LAST TIME OUT
OXFORD, Miss. – The Ole Miss women's tennis team grabbed two wins against two different schools on Sunday. The Rebels first defeated ETSU, 5-2, and then swept North Alabama, 4-0.
The Rebels (2-0, 0-0 SEC) got the day started by winning all three doubles matches against ETSU (2-2, 0-0 SoCon). Reka Zadori and Emma Kette worked a 6-2 victory at No 3 doubles. The win marks Kette's first doubles win in her first doubles appearance. The senior duo, Lillian Gabrielsen and Kelsey Mize, gave Ole Miss the doubles point, winning their No. 2 doubles match, 6-4.
Anaelle Leclercq-Ficher and Ludmila Kareisova finished doubles action with a 6-3 win at No. 1 doubles. It is the first time the two played doubles together this year.
In singles play, the Rebels extended their lead with a quick win at No. 6 singles. The freshman, Kette, rolled through her opponent for her first career singles win, 6-1, 6-2. The Buccaneers fought back by taking No. 3 singles. However, Ole Miss won the next to singles match at No. 5 singles and No. 2 singles to secure the Rebels victory.
Zadori and Kareisova won their matches in straight sets. Zadori won her third straight singles match by scores of 6-3 and 6-4. Kareisova battled to a 7-5 first set win and cruised to a 6-0 second set win. Leclercq-Ficher put the cherry on top with a third set tiebreaker win at No. 1 singles, 6-3, 5-7 [10-4].
The Rebels' day did not end there as the team went on to sweep North Alabama, 4-0, later in the afternoon. The team's first sweep since its 4-0 victory over No. 58 Kentucky last April.
Ole Miss instantly had the advantage in double since the Lions were unable to field three doubles teams. Leclercq-Ficher and Kareisova's 6-1 win was all the Rebels need to clinched the doubles point.
The Rebels gained another point and led 2-0 due to the Lions missing a sixth player. Mize made quick work of the Lions No. 4 singles player by not giving up a single game point, winning in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0. Followed closely behind, Kareisova won in dominant fashion, 6-0, 6-2. Every Rebel won their first set but the match ended once it was clinched.
Ole Miss women's tennis will be right back on the court on Tuesday, January 24 for a match against Memphis. The match will start at 5 p.m. at William F. Galtney Indoor Tennis Center.
Match 1: Ole Miss 5, ETSU 2
Doubles
1. Anaelle Leclercq-Ficher/Ludmila Kareisova (OM) def. Bakhodirova (ETSU) 6-3
2. Lillian Gabrielsen/Kelsey Mize (OM) def. Carvajal/Rivera (ETSU) 6-4
3. Emma Kette/Reka Zadori (OM) def. Alfaro/Alexandrova (ETSU) 6-2
Order of finish: 3, 2, 1
Singles
Anaelle Leclercq-Ficher def. Laylo Bakhodirova (ETSU) 6-3, 5-7 [10-4]
Ludmila Kareisova (OM) def. Emilia Alfaro (ETSU) 7-5, 6-0
Fernanda Carvajal (ETSU) 6-3, 6-1 def. Lillian Gabrielsen (OM) 6-4, 6-2
Daniela Rivera (ETSU) def. Kelsey Mize (OM) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (1)
Reka Zadori (OM) def. Ralitsa Alexandrova (ETSU) 6-3, 6-4
Emma Kette (OM) def. Yunuen Elizarraras (ETSU) 6-1, 6-2
Order of finish: 6, 3, 5, 2, 1, 4
Match 2: Ole Miss 4, North Alabama 0
Doubles
Anaelle Leclercq-Ficher/Ludmila Kareisova (OM) def. Paladini-Jennings/San Miquel (UNA) 6-1
Emma Kette/Reka Zadori (OM) vs. Going/Josic (UNA) 4-2 uf
Lillian Gabrielsen/Kelsey Mize (OM) def. Nicole Reilly/No Player (UNA) wd
Order of finish: 3, 1
Singles
Anaelle Leclercq-Ficher (OM) vs. Martina Paladini-Jennings (UNA) 6-4, uf
Ludmila Kareisova (OM) def. Valeria San Miquel (UNA) 6-0, 6-2
Lillian Gabrielsen (OM) vs. Kalais Going (UNA) 6-4, 2-0 uf
Kelsey Mize (OM) def. Nicole Reilly (UNA) 6-0, 6-0
Emma Kette (OM) vs. Ana Josic (UNA) 6-2, 5-0 uf
Reka Zadori (OM) def. No player (UNA) wd
Order of finish: 6, 4, 2
DOUBLE TROUBLE
The Rebels won all four doubles matches that were fully complete during the opening weekend doubleheader. The duo of Leclercq-Ficher and Kareisova finished and won both of their matches at the No.1 position.
Leclercq-Ficher and Kareisova defeated ETSU's No. 1 doubles pairing, 6-3. Later in the day the doubles team took down North Alabama's No. 1 doubles, 6-1.
CLINCHING KAREISOVA
Not only did the sophomore win both doubles matches, she clinched the doubles point for the Rebels against both ETSU and North Alabama.
Kareisova also clinched the victory over those two teams with her two straight-set wins. In the win over ETSU, Kareisova defeated her opponent, 7-5, 6-0, at No. 2 singles. Later the Czechia native defeated North Alabama's No. 2 singles player 6-0, 6-2.
SENIOR STANDOUTS
The two seniors on the roster, Lillian Gabrielsen and Kelsey Mize, excelled in tournament play. Gabrielsen went 8-6 in singles, including two wins against nationally ranked opponents and was runner-up at the ITA South Region Championships. She earned a bid to the ITA Fall National Championships and ranks 89th in the latest ITA Singles Ranking. Mize currently holds a 9-6 singles record this season
Together as a doubles pair they have compiled a 3-3 doubles record. Gabrielsen was 4-6 overall in doubles and Mize was 5-6 overall in doubles.
NEW ADDITION
The Rebels added Emma Kette from Rammelsbach, Germany to the spring roster. Kette signed with Ole Miss back in November with the intention of playing in the spring. She compiled a overall singles record of 12-9 prior to joining Ole Miss.
In her first action with the Rebels, Kette earned her first career doubles win with Zadori and singles win. Kette won in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2.
TEAM PROMOTION: T-SHIRT GIVEAWAY
Fans who attend Tuesday's match between the Rebels and Memphis will receive a free women's tennis t-shirt.
FOLLOW THE REBELS ON SOCIAL
For more information on Ole Miss Women's Tennis, follow the Rebels on Twitter at @OleMissWTennis, on Facebook at OleMissWTennis and on Instagram at OleMissWTennis. Also follow Coach Beyers on Twitter, @MarkBeyers.
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