Women’s Tennis Take on Florida in SEC Quarterfinals

			OLE MISS (11-12, 3-10 SEC) vs Florida (15-6, 9-4 SEC) Friday, April 21 • 9 a.m. CT • Fayetteville, Ark. George M. Billingsley Tennis Center
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Ole Miss women's tennis moved ahead to face off against Florida in the SEC Quarterfinals on Friday, April 21, at 9 a.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 swept Missouri, 4-0, and won a tight 4-3 match over Auburn in the first two rounds of the SEC Championships.
Ole Miss last defeated Florida during the 2008-09 season at home by a score of 4-3.
The team faced the Gators in Oxford in late March. The Rebels fell 4-1. Zadori won her singles match at No. 6 singles.
Ole Miss and Florida have met in the SEC Championships five times.
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 two players with 15-plus doubles victories and two other players with double-digit wins.
The No. 6 singles position has been stellar, with a 17-4 record. Zadori helped with her 9-3 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 Friday's matchup will take on the winner of Texas A&M and Vanderbilt in the SEC Semifinals.

OLE MISS REBELS
Lillian Gabrielsen (Sr.) – Oslo, Norway
- Compiled an 18-14 overall singles record and a 15-12 overall doubles record
- She and Mize grabbed theirs and the team's third ranked doubles victory over No. 30 Arsenault/Ansari
- 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 16-11 singles record and 13-13 doubles record
- She is also 7-6 against ranked opponents in singles
- Kareisova moved to the No. 1 singles position (2-4 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 a 12-10 singles record and a 10-9 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 six matches. The first win against Tennessee.
- 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 10-13 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 15-12 doubles record
- She and Lillian Gabrielsen are 11-6 in dual matches together. Gabrielsen moved to No. 1 doubles for the last six matches.
- ITA South Region Championships doubles runner-up in 2021, advanced to ITA Fall Nationals
Reka Zadori (Jr.) – Szeged, Hungary
- Has a 22-13 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 got back at Auburn with a 4-3 win in the second round of the SEC Championships
- Despite losing the first doubles match, the Rebels won the other two and took the doubles point
- Leclercq and Krzyzak won on court two, 6-3, which gave Ole Miss a chance at the point
- Gabrielsen and Mize wrapped up doubles, taking down another ranked doubles pairing in back-to-back days
- Ole Miss brought the momentum into singles, seizing two straight matches at the bottom of the lineup
- Zadori won at No. 6 singles in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, and Krzyzak won at No. 5 singles, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
- Auburn did not let up down 3-0, winning three straight singles matches to tie the overall match
- The deciding match landed at No. 4 singles, and Emma Kette
- Kette dropped the first set but handled the pressure winning the following two sets by scores of 7-5

MILESTONE MARKERS
- Gabrielsen is one doubles wins away from 50 in her career
- Kareisova needs one more doubles win for 30 in her career
- Kareisova needs two more singles for 30 in her career
- Krzyzak is a dual singles wins away from 20 in her career
- Krzyzak needs one overall doubles win for 20 in her career
- Leclercq-Ficher is two overall singles, and two dual doubles wins from 20 in her career.
- Mize's win over No. 30 Arsenault/Ansari was her 40th career doubles victory
- Zadori is two overall singles wins away from 50
- 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 281-242 record with Ole Miss and a 328-250 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
Florida
Florida finished the regular season 15-6 and 9-4 in the SEC, which made them the fourth seed in the SEC Championships. The team is ranked No. 17 in the country, with three ranked individuals in singles and two ranked doubles pairings. Upperclassmen lead Florida in senior Carly Briggs and junior Sara Dahlstrom. Briggs has excelled in both singles and doubles. She is the 45th-best singles player in the nation with a 17-11 singles record and ranked 74th in doubles with Rachel Gailis. Dahlstrom is ranked No. 25 with a 15-5 singles record. Freshmen Gailis, along with her and Briggs going 9-6 in doubles, is 19-7 in singles. No. 100 Alicia Dudeney has compiled a 21-8 singles and 18-9 doubles records. Dudeney and Bente Spee are 10-3 in doubles and ranked No. 21 in the nation. Emily De Oliveira is not ranked but leads the team with 23 wins with just seven losses.

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.

BACK-2-BACK
The senior doubles pairing of Gabrielsen and Mize dominated the first two rounds of the SEC Championships. In two days, the duo doubled the number of ranked doubles victories. Gabrielsen and Mize defeated No. 83 Mae and Inah Canete on Wednesday and No. 30 Ariana Arsenault and Carolyn Ansari on Thursday. They are now 3-3 against ranked opponents with the first being against the Gators' Briggs and Gailis. This time, the seniors will likely go up against No. 21 Alicia Dudeney and Bente Spee.

RACHEL AND REKA
Krzyzak and Zadori are holding down the bottom of the lineup. The two are a combined 4-0 in singles, and Krzyzak has a doubles win. In both SEC Tournament matches, Zadori has finished first at No. 6 singles, giving the Rebels a 2-0 lead over their opponents. Krzyzak clinched the Missouri sweep and gave Ole Miss a 3-0 against Auburn at No. 5 singles.

FAMILIAR FOE
Ole Miss faced the Florida Gators back in late March. The Rebels fell 4-1, with Zadori grabbing the lone singles point. Gabrielsen and Mize earned their first ranked doubles win, but Ole Miss dropped the other two. Florida won the first two singles match before Zadori got the Rebels on the board. Gabrielsen and Kareisova's matches were abandoned due to the Gators clinching the match. Gabrielsen was on the brink of a straight-set victory, and Kareisova was in a tight match.

In 22 SEC Tournaments, Ole Miss and Florida have played each other five times, including three in the SEC Quarterfinals. The two teams last faced in 2019 in the second round.

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 16-22 record, advancing as far as the semifinals three times. The Rebels look to make it to their program's fourth semifinals. Ole Miss is 3-8 in the SEC Quarterfinals, winning its last appearance in 2018 against Georgia, 4-1. 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. The senior took home eight wins in her first time playing at No. 3 singles.

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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