Women’s Tennis Concludes Regular Season at Home

			OLE MISS (9-10, 3-8 SEC) vs Tennessee (16-4, 9-2 SEC) Friday, April 14 • 3 p.m. CT • Oxford, Miss. Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center vs Georgia (17-4, 10-1 SEC) Sunday, April 9 • 1 p.m. CT • Oxford, Miss. Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center
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OXFORD, Miss. – Ole Miss women's tennis ends their regular season with matches against No. 14 Tennessee on Friday, April 14, and No. 4 Georgia on Sunday, April 16.

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 dropped two matches last week to Texas A&M and LSU.
Ole Miss will recognize senior Lillian Gabrielsen on Sunday before the match for her three seasons with the Rebels.
Ole Miss last defeated Tennessee during the 2017-18 campaign, sweeping the Volunteers at home 4-0.
Despite losing, the Rebels play the Volunteers close, losing two of the last three by a 4-3 score.
The very same year, 2018-19 season, Ole Miss also swept Georgia at home, 4-0.
Ole Miss has three players with 15 or more singles wins, which includes three with 10-plus dual singles wins. Two more have 10-plus singles wins.
The team also has three players with double-digit doubles victories.
Ole Miss also has three players with more than 10 doubles wins.
Overall, the bottom of the singles lineup has been stellar, with a 22-9 record at the No. 5 and No. 6 positions.
Kareisova moved up back to No. 62 in the latest ITA Singles Rankings.
Zadori was placed on the SEC Community Team for her time helping the community.
In nine conference matches, Kareisova's taken down three ranked opponents and is 6-3 in singles matches.

OLE MISS REBELS
Lillian Gabrielsen (Sr.) – Oslo, Norway
- Compiled a 17-12 overall singles record and a 12-11 overall doubles record
- Moved into the Rebels' top-25 career doubles wins
- 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 a 15-10 singles record and 11-11 doubles record
- She is also 6-3 against ranked opponents in singles
- She is 6-1 in SEC singles play
- ITA South Region Championships doubles runner-up, which earned a spot in the ITA National in 2021
Emma Kette (Fr.) – Rammelsbach, Germany
- Has a 10-9 singles record and an 8-7 doubles record (10-6 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
- 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 an 8-12 doubles record
- Reached doubles quarterfinals of ITA South Region Championships in 2021
- Voted SEC Freshman of the Week on March 2, 2021
Kelsey Mize (Sr.*) – Tulsa, Okla.
- Has an 11-9 singles record and a 12-11 doubles record
- She and Lillian Gabrielsen is 10-6 overall and 8-3 in dual matches together
- ITA South Region Championships doubles runner-up in 2021, advanced to ITA Fall Nationals
Reka Zadori (Jr.) – Szeged, Hungary
- Has a 19-12 singles record and a 9-10 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 matches on the road against Texas A&M and LSU.
- The Rebels had it tough against the No. 2 Aggies, losing the doubles point and three singles matches.
- However, in their first time as a doubles team, Kareisova and Kette performed well, leading 5-1 and ahead in the game 40-15 before the match was abandoned.
- The duo earned their first win together on Sunday by a score of 6-2 at No. 3 doubles. However, Ole Miss fell behind 1-0 heading into singles.
- Zadori quickly tied up the score with a 6-0, 6-1 victory at the sixth position, marking her team-leading 19th win.
- LSU rolled off three singles wins to secure the victory.
- Kette and Gabrielsen lost their first sets but won their second sets, 7-5 and 6-3, to force a third
- Kette fell short in a 10-4 third-set super tiebreaker
- Gabrielsen notched the Rebels' second point, winning her third set 6-4

MILESTONE MARKERS
- Gabrielsen is four doubles wins away from 50 in her career, and a dual doubles win from 30.
- Gabrielsen needs a singles win for 40 in her career.
- Kareisova needs three more singles and three more doubles wins to reach 30 in her young career.
- Kette is two doubles wins for 10.
- Krzyzak is three dual singles wins and two overall doubles wins away from 20.
- Leclercq-Ficher is two overall singles, and four dual doubles wins from 20 in her career.
- Mize is also three overall doubles wins away from 40 in her career.
- Zadori is five overall singles wins away from 50 and two dual singles wins for 30 in her career.
- Zadori is a dual doubles win 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 279-240 record with Ole Miss and a 329-248 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
Tennessee
The Volunteers rank No. 14 in the nation with a 16-4 overall record and a 9-2 SEC record. After suffering its two SEC losses against No. 4 Georgia and No. 2 Texas A&M, the team holds a three-match win streak, taking down No. 43 LSU, No. 17 Florida, and No. 25 South Carolina. Tennessee's roster is comprised of four players with 20-plus singles wins. The Volunteers are led by No. 21 Elza Tomase and No. 26 Rebeka Mertena, playing at the No. 1 and No. 2 singles positions. Tomase, a sophomore, is 20-15 overall, and Mertena, a fifth-year senior, is 21-13 overall. Daria Kuczer, a fifth-year senior, is ranked No. 39 in singles with a 20-6 record. Although not ranked, Lauren Anzalotta was a huge transfer pickup from Tyler JC, compiling a 21-12 singles record. The team has struggled in doubles with no pairings with an above .500 SEC record. However, Mertena and Estehr Adesha are ranked No. 40 with a 9-9 overall record and a 4-4 SEC record. Tennessee finishes its regular season in Mississippi against Ole Miss and Mississippi State.

Georgia
The Bulldogs are currently the fourth-best team in the nation because of their 17-4 overall record and 10-1 SEC record. Georgia's only SEC loss was to No. 2 Texas A&M on April 2. The team has won two straight against No. 27 South Carolina and No. 17 Florida. Georgia's success comes from both the veterans and underclassmen. The roster includes four players with 20-plus singles wins, five ranked singles players, and two ranked doubles pairings. Lea Ma has been locked down at the No. 1 singles position with an overall singles record of 27-4 and 9-1 in the SEC. The senior is ranked as the third-best singles player in the nation. Right behind Ma, ranked at No. 5, is Dasha Vidmanova, with a 28-5. No. 66 Mell Reasco is ranked in both singles and doubles. Reasco is 18-6 in singles and 19-6 in doubles. Senior No. 125 Meg Kowalski joins the sophomore in the 51st-ranked doubles team in the nation with a 17-6 record. Mai Nirundorn and Guillermina Grant are ranked higher at No. 38 with a 15-9 record. Georgia wraps up their regular season in Mississippi, first with Mississippi State and then Ole Miss for their final match.

REBS IN THE RANKINGS
Despite losing two matches in singles to No. 2 Mary Stoiana and No. 22 Anastasiya Komar, sophomore Kareisova moved back up to No. 62 in the latest ITA Singles Ranking. Kareisova is 11-5 in dual singles and 6-5 against ranked opponents. The Czechia native's 10-2 record at No. 2 singles moved her into the top singles position. She will likely face No. 3 Lea Ma on Friday and No. 21 Elsa Tomase on Sunday.

NO PLACE LIKE HOME
The Rebels are 7-3 at home this season and have a combined 153-88 record in the last 20 years. No matter what happens this weekend, Ole Miss will finish with a winning record at home for the 15th straight season. The regular season will conclude in Oxford against Tennessee on Friday and Georgia on Sunday.

SENIOR DAY
Ole Miss women's tennis will recognize Lillian Gabrielsen before the final home game of the season on Sunday against Georgia. Since transferring to Ole Miss in 2020, Lillian has made an impact in both singles and doubles in three years as a Rebel. She's compiled a 39-32 overall singles and 46-35 overall doubles record. Lillian has notched a career-high 17 singles wins this season and tallied a 12-11 doubles record. Lillian also excels in the classroom, making the Chancellor's Honor Roll list three times. She will graduate this spring with a Bachelor's in political science.

SEC COMMUNITY SERVICE TEAM
As a member of SAAC, Reka Zadori has spent numerous hours volunteering and lending a helping hand around the community and town of Oxford. In addition to visiting local elementary schools around the area and greeting children as they exited vehicles and bus rides, she also volunteered in Hygiene Hijack, assisting with the collection of over 500 hygiene products for the campus violence and prevention offices while traveling for road matches. She has also assisted in collecting 1,300 items to make 107 Holiday food baskets for Adopt-A-Basket, books and bears to the campus-wide Books and Bears, and 7,000 non-perishable food items for children in Tunica and Quitman County through the Feed the Sip Initiative. Zadori serves as a member of Rebels International, the Ole Miss international student-athlete committee.

FRESHMAN SINGLES SUCCESS
The Rebels have seen dual singles success from their first-year players over 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 the same, 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.

In 2023, Emma Kette started 6-3 and is 10-9 overall and 10-6 in dual singles play this season.

WEEKLY HONORS
Player of the Week:
Mary Stoiana - Texas A&M/Anastasiya Komar - LSU

Freshman of the Week:
Carolina Gomez Alonso – Arkansas

PROMOTIONAL SCHEDULE
Fans who attend Greek Night on Friday, featuring the Rebels and Tennessee, will receive a custom decal and a chance to win a yeti cooler while enjoying some crawfish. Fans who attend Sunday's Senior Day match between the Rebels and Georgia will have a chance to win team-issued gear.

FOLLOW 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. Al-so, follow Coach Beyers on Twitter, @MarkBeyers.

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