Women's Tennis Concludes Road Schedule

			OLE MISS (9-8, 3-6 SEC) at Texas A&M (21-1, 9-0 SEC) Friday, April 7 • 5 p.m. CT • College Station, TX Mitchell Tennis Center at LSU (9-8, 2-7 SEC) Sunday, April 9 • 12 p.m. CT • Baton Rouge, La. LSU Tennis Complex
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Ole Miss women's tennis finishes their road regular season schedule at Texas A&M on Friday, April 7, and at LSU on Sunday, April 9.

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

On Friday, the Rebels swept in-state rival Mississippi State 4-0. It extended their win streak against the Bulldogs to five.
Ole Miss last defeated Texas A&M in 2019 by a score of 4-2 when the Aggies were ranked No. 16. The last Rebel road victory was the year before, also a 4-2 win.
Ole Miss won four of the last five match-ups against LSU, including two road victories. The last time in Baton Rouge, the Rebels swept the No. 19 Tigers.
The Rebels are 30-35 in conference matches the last five seasons.
The program has compiled a 66-52 record on Friday matches and 52-51 on Sunday in the last 15 seasons. The Rebels are 1-4 on Friday this season and 4-2 on Sunday.
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.
Ludmila Kareisova is the first Rebels with 10-plus doubles victories.
Overall, the bottom of the singles lineup has been stellar, with a 21-8 record at the No. 5 and No. 6 positions.
After moving up 31 spots to No. 62, Kareisova dropped seven spots to No. 69 in the ITA Singles Rankings announced on April 4.
Ole Miss is currently ranked No. 74 in the latest ITA Team Rankings.
In nine conference matches, Kareisova's taken down three ranked opponents and is 6-1 in singles matches.

OLE MISS REBELS
Lillian Gabrielsen (Sr.) – Oslo, Norway
- Compiled a 16-11 overall singles record and a 12-9 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 15-8 singles record and 10-11 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 10-8 singles record and a 7-7 doubles record (9-3 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 4-2 in dual 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 an 8-10 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 12-9 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 an 18-12 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 swept Mississippi State, 4-0, on Friday, March 31.
- The Rebels started strong by winning the doubles point for the first time since sweeping Kentucky, 4-0.
- Gabrielsen and Mize finished first, winning their 10th doubles match as a team, 7-5, at No. 2 doubles.
- The No. 1 doubles dropped their match; however, Kette and Zadori secured the advantage with a 7-6 (6) win at No. 3 doubles.
- Kette and Zadori kept it going in singles play with straight-set victories at the fifth and sixth positions.
- The freshman won the first singles match in a decisive, 6-2, 6-1 fashion.
- Zadori followed closely behind with a 6-2, 6-4 victory at No. 6 singles.
- Gabrielsen secured the Rebel sweep by winning 7-6 (2), 6-4 in the third spot.
- The rest of the singles matches were in the third set after bouncing back from a first-set loss.
- Those three Rebels led in the final set before the matches went unfinished.

MILESTONE MARKERS
- Gabrielsen is four doubles wins away from 50 in her career, and a dual doubles win from 30.
- Gabrielsen needs two singles wins for 40 in her career.
- Kareisova needs three more singles, and four more doubles wins to reach 30 in her young career.
- Kette earned her 10th career overall, and dual singles win by defeating No. 117 Maria Rizzolo.
- Kette also needs three 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 broke a career season high in doubles wins with her 12th in a win on Friday against Mississippi State.
- Mize is also three overall doubles wins away from 40 in her career.
- Zadori is six overall singles wins away from 50, and three 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 279-238 record with Ole Miss and a 329-246 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
Texas A&M
The Aggies are 21-1 overall and 13-1 against ranked opponents, with their lone loss being against No. 1 North Carolina, which is why they are ranked the second-best team in the nation. Texas A&M's roster comprises seven ranked singles players and four ranked doubles pairings. However, the team is led by two underclassmen, Mary Stoiana and Mia Kupres. Stoiana has not lost a step since her stellar freshman campaign. The sophomore is ranked second in singles because of her 29-4 record and ranked three times in doubles with a 19-2 record. Carson Branstine joins Stoiana as the third-ranked doubles pairing in the nation, going 9-0. Branstine is also ranked No. 55 in singles. In her first season, Kupres has compiled a 16-1 singles record which has her ranked No. 50, and a 10-3 doubles record. The team looks to continue its 13-match win streak as the regular season is nearing its end.

LSU
The Tigers have gone through the gauntlet of the SEC with a 2-7 record to show for it and a 9-8 overall record, currently on a four-match losing streak, mainly due to playing three top-15 teams in No. 12 Auburn, No. 5 Georgia, and No. 15 Tennessee. The record doesn't show how competitive LSU has been in every match.
A young redshirt freshman and key transfer are significant reasons for the Tigers' success and close matches against some of the country's best teams. The 22nd-ranked Anastasiya Komar has exploded onto the scene with a 19-4 singles record, including a 12-2 record at No. 1 singles. Komar is also ranked twice in doubles. She is a part of the seventh-best doubles pairing with Kylie Collins, a transfer from Texas. As a doubles team, Komar and Collins are 6-0. Collins in singles is 10-11, which has her ranked No. 31 in the nation. LSU also sports the 43rd-best doubles team with Komar and Nikita Vishwase, who are 19-4 this season, and the 72nd-best doubles team with Safiya and Noor Carrington. Having gone through the most challenging part of their schedule, the Tigers look to end strong, playing three teams in the bottom half of the SEC standings.

REBS IN THE RANKINGS
After climbing up 31 spots to No. 62, Kareisova dropped seven spots to No. 69 in the ITA Singles Rankings, announced on April 4. The Czechia native lost her first SEC singles match but is still 6-1 during conference action. Kareisova is 15-8 overall in singles and has a 6-3 record against ranked opponents. Ole Miss as a team also remains in the rankings at No. 74.

END OF THE ROAD
The Rebels are coming two-straight road victories after a tough start. Ole Miss got the monkey off their backs, defeating Missouri, 5-2, for its first away win. The team backed it up with another win away from home two weeks later, sweeping Mississippi State 4-0. The Rebels looked to keep the momentum going as they finish their road regular season schedule with matches at Texas A&M and LSU on Friday and Sunday.

LIL AND KELS
The senior duo of Lillian Gabrielsen and Kelsey Mize is a strong No. 2 doubles pairing. Together, they are 10-6 overall, 8-3 in dual doubles, and 4-3 in the conference. On March 26 against Florida, the pairing took down the 60th-ranked doubles team in the nation, Carly Briggs and Rachel Gailis, by a score of 6-4. It marked the Rebels first ranked doubles win of the season. The doubles team also holds a three-match win streak and set to play at No. 1 singles against Texas A&M and LSU.

KETTE MAKES RANK
Kette grabbed her first career ranked singles win in the sweep over Mississippi State on March 31. The freshman defeated No. 117 Maria Rizzolo, 6-2, 6-1, at No. 5 singles. The win also marked the first-year player's 10th singles win as a Rebel. She also started Ole Miss off strong with a 7-6(6) doubles victory, making her 7-7 on the year.

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 is off to a 10-5 start and looks to continue the trend.

WEEKLY HONORS
Player of the Week:
Mary Stoiana - Texas A&M

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

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