Women's Tennis Finish Road Stretch at Arkansas and Missouri

			OLE MISS (7-5, 1-3 SEC) at Arkansas (6-7, 0-4 SEC) Friday, March 17 • 4 p.m. CT • Fayetteville, Ark. Billingsley Tennis Center at Missouri (9-7, 0-4 SEC) Sunday, March 19 • 11 a.m. CT • Columbia, MO Mizzou Tennis Complex
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Ole Miss women's tennis remain on the road for matches against Arkansas on Friday and against Missouri on Sunday. The first match starts at 4 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.

SERVICE LINE

The Rebels lost two tough SEC matches to No. 7 Auburn and Alabama by scores of 4-3.
The win over No. 58 Kentucky was also the team's first ranked win and conference win of the season.
Ole Miss last defeated Arkansas in 2018. The Rebels won 4-1 in Fayetteville. The last three meeting have ended with a score of 4-3.
Ole Miss holds a five-match win streak against Missouri, outscoring the Tigers 22-3 and 8-1 in road match-ups.
Ole Miss is looking for their first road win of the season.
The Rebels are 28-32 in conference matches the last five seasons.
The program has compiled a 65-50 record on Friday matches and a 51-50 record on Sunday matches in the last 15 seasons. The Rebels are 0-3 on Friday this season and 3-2 on Sunday
Ole Miss has four players with double-digit singles wins on the young season.
The team also has three players one doubles win away from 10.
The bottom of the lineup overall has been stellar with a 15-4 record at the No. 5 and No. 6 positions.
Ludmila Kareisova ranked both in singles and doubles by the ITA announced on March 17. In singles, she is ranked No. 93 and in doubles she is ranked No. 59 with Leclercq-Ficher.
In four conference matches, Kareisova took down two ranked opponents and is 4-0 in singles matches. She has won her last six singles matches.
Ole Miss is ranked No. 66 in the last ITA Team Ranking announced on March 7

OLE MISS REBELS
Lillian Gabrielsen (Sr.) – Oslo, Norway
- Compiled a 13-10 overall singles record and a 9-8 overall doubles record
- Made 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
Ludmila Kareisova (So.) – Liberec, Czechia
- Has an 13-7 singles record and 9-7 doubles record
- She is also 5-2 against ranked opponents in singles. She recently defeated Vanderbilt's No. 41 Carolyn Ansari
- ITA South Region Championships doubles runner-up which earned a spot in the ITA National in 2021
Emma Kette (Fr.) – Rammelsbach, Germany
- Has an 8-5 singles record and a 6-4 doubles record (8-2 in dual singles)
- First Rebel freshman since Alexa Bortles in 2016-17 to start her dual career 6-0
- Joined the squad this January
- Coming in with an overall singles record of 12-9
Rachel Krzyzak (So.) – Milton, Ontario, Canada
- She is 3-1 in dual singles wins at No. 6 singles since returning
- Earned her first conference doubles win against Auburn with Emma Kette
- Compiled an 18-11 singles record and 15-15 doubles record during the 2021-22 season
Anaelle Leclercq-Ficher (So.) – La Perche, France
- Has a 4-10 singles record and a 7-6 doubles record
- Reached doubles quarterfinals of ITA South Region Championships in 2021
- Voted SEC Freshman of the Year on March 2, 2021
Kelsey Mize (Sr.*) – Tulsa, Okla.
- Has an 11-9 singles record and a 9-8 doubles record
- Her and Lillian Gabrielsen are 5-1 in dual matches together to start the season
- ITA South Region Championships doubles runner-up in 2021, advanced to ITA Fall Nationals
Reka Zadori (Jr.) – Szeged, Hungary
- Has a 14-11 singles record and a 8-9 doubles record. Leads team in singles wins
- 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

LAST TIME ON THE COURT
- Ole Miss women's tennis dropped two close matches to Auburn and Alabama by scores of 4-3.
- The Rebels were down 3-0 to Auburn before winning three straight singles wins from No. 2, No. 3 and No. 6.
- One of those wins was Kareisova defeating No. 41 Carolyn Ansari in straight sets, 7-6(4), 6-1.
- Zadori for the win battled in the third set after losing the first, 6-4, then winning the second, 7-5. Unfortunately, Zadori did not win the tiebreaker
- Against Alabama, the Rebels got down again this 2-0 but bounced back to tie the match with wins at No. 6 and No.2 singls
- Kareisova's win makes her 4-0 in SEC singles play and she holds a six singles matches win streak.
- Alabama took the lead back with a win at No. 5 singles. Ole Miss needed to win its next two singles matches, and Kette delivered with a three-set win at No. 4 singles
- The freshman won her second set 6-3, forcing a third set after losing her opening set. Kette wasted no time in the third, taking down her opponent 6-1.
- Gabrielsen was also able to prompt a third set, however, she was unable to win the match.

MILESTONE MARKER
- Gabrielsen is seven doubles wins away from 50 in her career and four dual doubles wins from 40.
- Gabrielsen needs two singles wins to break a new career season-high.
- Gabrielsen's singles win against Auburn gave her 20 dual singles wins in her career.
- After going 2-0 in singles, Kareisova has more overall singles wins than her freshman season and it's early March. She also earned her 25th career singles win.
- Kareisova is set to also break career season-highs in dual singles and doubles wins.
- Kette just two overall and dual singles wins from 10 in both categories. She is also four doubles wins from 10.
- Krzyzak is four dual singles wins and two overall doubles wins away from 20.
- Leclercq-Ficher is three overall singles wins from 20 in her career.
- Mize is two overall doubles wins away from a career season-high.
- Zadori's 14 singles wins this season are a new career season-high.
- Zadori is two dual doubles wins from 10 in her career.

HEAD COACH MARK BEYERS
- Beyers is in his 22nd year coaching the Ole Miss women's tennis team.
- He has compiled a 277-235 record with Ole Miss and a 324-243 career record.
- Beyers earned ITA South Region Coach of the Year in 2010, 2012, and 2018.
- He has led the team to seven NCAA Second Round appearances and one Sweet 16 appearance.
- He coached the only Ole Miss NCAA Singles Champion, Arianne Hartono, in 2018, as well as four CoSIDA Academic All-Americans and 35 All-SEC honorees.
- Prior to Ole Miss, Beyers spent three seasons as the head coach of the women's tennis team at his alma mater Armstrong Atlantic State. The team captured the NCAA DII National Championship, posted a 50-8 record and won the Peach Belt Conference each year.

OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE NET
Arkansas
The Razorbacks were 6-3 heading into conference play. However, the SEC has not been kind to Arkansas as the team is 0-4 in conference matches, playing No. 2 Texas A&M, No. 6 Georgia, No. 20 Tennessee, and No. 34 LSU. The roster of 10 has a good mix of upper and underclassmen with senior Kelly Keller leading the charge in singles with a 7-5 record at No 1 singles. Keller is also 7-4 in doubles mostly with No. 68 freshman Carolina Gomez-Alonso, who is 5-3 in singles and won SEC Freshman of the Week on March 1. Junior Morgan Cross has also helped in singles with a 6-3 record. Cross has excelled with fellow junior Indianna Spink, compiling an 8-2 record. The duo is currently ranked No. 23 in the nation. The Razorbacks as a whole are dominant in doubles with a overall doubles record of 20-11 record and clinching the doubles point in nine of their 13 matches, including against Georgia and Tennessee. Grace O'Donnell and Lenka Stara are also ranked as the 73rd best doubles pairing.

Missouri
The Tigers' nine wins came in the first ten matches with all of them being either 7-0 or 4-0 sweeps. However, Missouri has lost its last six matches for a 9-7 record and 0-4 SEC record. The team has won two singles matches during the losing streak and both occurred against No. 38 LSU. The Missouri roster has done almost a complete makeover with three freshman, two transfers and five no longer on the roster from last season. The two transfers from Division II Central Oklahoma were the No. 1 doubles team and were No. 3 and No. 8 in singles last year. They have played well despite the move up to Division I. Mae Canete immediately was placed at No. 1 singles and is 10-4 in dual singles on the season, including a win over No. 17 Kylie Collins. She is also 9-5 in dual doubles and 6-3 with her sister Inah Canete, who joined her in transferring to Missouri. Inah is 8-6 in dual singles and 8-5 overall in dual doubles. Gabriela Martinez, a returner, is 8-4 in dual singles and 9-4 in dual doubles.

REBS IN THE RANKINGS
Two individuals moved up in the latest ITA rankings and the team remained in the top-75. Ole Miss went from No. 58 to No. 66 in the ITA Team Rankings, announced on March 14, Kareisova became the first Rebel to be ranked in singles and doubles. After taking down now No. 65 Anna Ross, Kareisova moved up eight spots to No. 93. The sophomore is also ranked No. 59 in doubles with fellow sophomore Leclercq-Ficher. As a duo, they have compiled a 6-3 doubles record.

CONFERENCE ACTION
The Rebels have played four of the 13 conference matches. The squad will now stay on the road for two more matches against Arkansas and Missouri. At the end of March, Ole Miss returns to Oxford for two matches, hosting South Carolina and Florida. From there, the Rebels have a three-match road stretch, starting with Mississippi State. Then to start April, the team heads to College Station and Baton Rouge for contests against Texas A&M and LSU. The Rebels will finish the regular season at home, hosting Tennessee on April 14 and Georgia on April 16.

TAKE KARE-ISOVA
Lida Kareisova is on a singles tear, winning her last six singles matches. The win streak includes a 4-0 SEC singles record and a 2-0 ranked singles record. The sophomore's streak began with wins against Belmont and Tennessee State. Then, she took down No. 65 Anna Ross and Kentucky's Elizaebeth Stevens. Finally, Kareisova defeated No. 41 Carolyn Ansari and Alabama's Petra Sedlackova. Not only has she won all six matches, but won them in straight sets. Kareisova will likely play another ranked opponent in Arkansas' No. 68 Carolina Gomez-Alonso and Missouri's Emelie Schwarte.

LINEUP SHAKEUP
At the start of conference, the singles and doubles lineups changed with Rachel Krzyzak back. She was instantly inserted into the No. 6 singles position and has gone 3-1. Krzyzak moved into No. 3 doubles, joining Emma Kette. The sophomore earned her first SEC doubles win by a score of 6-3 in the most recent match against Alabama.

FRESHMAN SINGLES SUCCESS
The Rebels have seen dual singles success come from their first-year players the last three seasons. Two years ago, Reka Zadori came onto the scene, with the now junior going 9-4 from either the No. 5 or No. 6 position.

Last season was no different with three freshmen in Ludmila Kareisova, Rachel Krzyzak and Anaelle Leclercq-Ficher. Kareisova started 0-2 before going 10-8. Krzyzak and Leclercq-Ficher started 3-1 in their first four finished matches. Leclercq-Ficher at one point was 6-2 then ended 8-5. Krzyzak finished the year with a team-leading 13-6 dual singles record.

Now in 2023, Emma Kette is off to an 8-2 start and looks to continue the trend.

WEEKLY HONORS
Player of the Week:
Elza Tomase - Tennessee

Freshman of the Week:
Mia Kupres - Texas A&M

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