Women’s Tennis Set For First Round of SEC Championships

			OLE MISS (9-12, 3-10 SEC) vs Missouri (11-15, 1-12 SEC) Wednesday April 19 • 12 p.m. CT • Fayetteville, Ark. George M. Billingsley Tennis Center
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Ole Miss women's tennis play Missouri in the first round of the SEC Championships. The match is set for Wednesday, April 19, at 12 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 fought in two losses to No. 14 Tennessee and No. 4 Georgia to wrap up the regular season. Ole Miss lost 4-3 to Tennessee and 4-1 to Georgia.
Ole Miss holds a six-match win streak against Missouri, outscoring the Tigers 27-5 and 13-3 in road matchups.
The team faced the Tigers in Columbia earlier in the year. Rebels came away with the 5-2 victory. It was one of two road wins.
Ole Miss has three players with 15 or more singles wins. All three also have 10-plus dual singles wins.
Two others have 10 or more singles wins.
The team also has three players with double-digit doubles victories.
The No. 6 singles position has been stellar, with a 15-4 record. Zadori helped with her 7-3 No. 6 singles record.
Kareisova keeps climbing the rankings, moving 12 more spots to No. 50.
In conference, Kareisova's taken down four ranked opponents, including her first top-25 opponent in No. 21 Elza Tomase. She is 7-3 in singles matches.
The winner of Wednesday's matchup will face Auburn for a chance at the SEC Quarterfinals.

OLE MISS REBELS
Lillian Gabrielsen (Sr.) – Oslo, Norway
- Compiled a 17-13 overall singles record and a 13-12 overall doubles record
- Grabbed a huge 7-5 No. 1 doubles win, giving the Rebels the doubles point against No. 4 Georgia
- 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 16-10 singles record and 12-12 doubles record
- She is also 7-5 against ranked opponents in singles
- Kareisova moved to the No. 1 singles position (2-3 at No. 1)
- ITA South Region Championships doubles runner-up, which earned a spot in the ITA National in 2021
Emma Kette (Fr.) – Rammelsbach, Germany
- Has an 11-10 singles record and a 9-8 doubles record
- First Rebel freshman since Alexa Bortles in 2016-17 to start her dual career 6-0
- Joined the squad this January
Rachel Krzyzak (So.) – Milton, Ontario, Canada
- Joined Leclercq-Ficher at No. 2 doubles for the last four matches. The first win against Tennessee was on Friday.
- 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 9-13 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 11-9 singles and 13-12 doubles record
- She and Lillian Gabrielsen are 9-6 in dual matches together. Gabrielsen moved to No. 1 doubles for the last four matches.
- The duo earned the team's first ranked win over No. 60 Carly Briggs and Rachel Gailis
- ITA South Region Championships doubles runner-up in 2021, advanced to ITA Fall Nationals
Reka Zadori (Jr.) – Szeged, Hungary
- Has a 20-13 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 fought in two losses to No. 14 Tennessee, 4-3, and No. 4 Georgia, 4-1
- Leclercq-Ficher and Krzyzak got it down on court two with a 6-4 win. Unfortunately, court three fell in a tiebreaker, 8-6
- In singles, Kette leveled the score with a 6-2, 6-0 win at No. 4 singles
- Volunteers rattled off three straight singles matches to seal the victory; however, the Rebels continue to work
- Kareisova took down No. 21 Elza Tomase and Zadori won two set tiebreakers to claim victory
- The Rebels managed to take the doubles point away from Georgia on Sunday despite losing the first match
- Kareisova/Kette won 6-3, and Gabrielsen/Mize won 7-5 at No. 1 doubles, giving Ole Miss the lead
- Georgia rebounded, taking four straight singles matches to secure the victory
- Kareisova and Gabrielsen forced third sets against top-five opponents before their matches were abandoned

MILESTONE MARKERS
- Gabrielsen is three doubles wins away from 50 in her career
- Gabrielsen earned her 30th doubles win, defeating Georgia's No. 1 doubles team, 7-5, and securing the doubles point
- Gabrielsen needs a singles win for 40 in her career.
- Kareisova needs two more singles and doubles wins to reach 30 in her young career.
- Kareisova's win over No. 21 Elza Tomase was her first top-25-ranked win and her 10 overall ranked win.
- Kette is a doubles wins from 10 this season
- Krzyzak is three dual singles wins, and one overall doubles wins away from 20.
- Leclercq-Ficher is two overall singles and three dual doubles wins from 20 in her career.
- Mize is also two overall doubles wins away from 40 in her career.
- Zadori is four overall singles wins away from 50, and one dual singles wins for 30 in her career.
- Zadori is also 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 279-242 record with Ole Miss and a 326-250 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
Missouri
The Tigers began their season winning nine of their first ten matches, all being either 7-0 or 4-0 sweeps. However, Missouri went on a six-match losing streak before defeating Mississippi State. Missouri finished the season losing eight of their last nine, with their lone win being the season's final match. The Tigers head into the SEC Championships with an 11-15 overall record and a 1-12 SEC record. The Missouri roster has done almost a complete makeover with three freshmen, 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 14-9 in dual singles on the season, including a win over No. 17 Kylie Collins and No. 77 Kelly Keller. No. 94 Canete also leads the team with four SEC singles wins and is the only ranked Tiger. The junior is 14-7 in dual doubles and 6-3 with her sister Inah Canete, who joined her in transferring to Missouri. Inah is 11-12 in dual singles and 13-8 in dual doubles. The Canete sisters are ranked No. 83 in the latest ITA Doubles Rankings and are the only players with double-digit singles and doubles victories. Gabriela Martinez is 9-7 in dual singles and 10-7 in dual doubles.

REBS IN THE RANKINGS
Kareisova continues to climb the ITA Singles Rankings, moving up 12 more spots to No. 50. The sophomore took down her highest ranked singles opponent of her career against Tennessee. Kareisova defeated No. 21 Elza Tomase in three sets, 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (7). She also went toe-to-toe with the No. 3 ranked Lea Ma, forcing a third set before the match was abandoned.

FAMILIAR FOE
Ole Miss faced the Missouri Tigers back in mid-March. The Rebels grabbed their second road victory against Missouri with a 5-2 score. Despite losing the doubles point, Ole Miss took three straight singles matches and five of the six. The bottom of the singles lineup came up huge with wins at No. 5 and No. 6 singles from Krzyzak and Zadori. It was Kette who clinched the match with her 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 victory at No. 4 singles.

Since Missouri joined the SEC in 2012, the Rebels are 10-1 against the Tigers. Ole Miss defeated Missouri in the first round of the SEC Championships once back in 2017 by a score of 4-2.

SEC TOURNAMENT HISTORY
The SEC began determining an SEC Tournament Champion in 2000, and five teams have won the SEC tournament title. In 22 SEC Championships, Ole Miss has compiled a 14-22 record, advancing as far as the semifinals three times. The Rebels are 3-3 in the first round; however, the team has won their last three appearances. Ole Miss has appeared in the second round or farther of the tournament in 10 straight seasons. The team sets its eyes on earning the program's first SEC tournament title.

CAREER YEARS
Several Rebels have topped career-high marks this year in multiple categories. Four Rebels won their most singles matches, and two won their most dual singles matches. Ole Miss also had three players surpass their most dual doubles victories. Kelsey Mize passed her dual doubles wins, and overall doubles wins in a season, helped by her most wins at No. 2 doubles with eight. With nine, Gabrielsen also won more matches at No.2 doubles than ever. In her first time playing at No. 3 singles, the senior took home eight wins.

Kareisova had a breakout sophomore campaign, taking down seven ranked opponents and earning her most victories at No. 2 singles with 10. The Czechia native also got more No. 1 doubles wins compared to her first year at Ole Miss.

WEEKLY HONORS
Player of the Week:
Carolyn Ansari - Auburn/Mary Stoiana - Texas A&M

Freshman of the Week:
Rachel Gailis – Florida

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