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Women’s Tennis: Through the Years at NCAA’s
11/17/2024 | Women's Tennis
OXFORD, Miss. – Ole Miss women's tennis' will make its 31st appearance at the NCAA Individual tournament this week in Waco, Tx., and the Rebels third appearance in four years.
The Rebels have sent a range from one to four individuals to compete dating back to 1985, with Jane Young being the first in program history. This is the first time since 2017 Ole Miss has sent more than one Rebel to NCAA's, and three is the most since 2000. Ludmila Kareisová, Anaëlle Leclercq-Ficher and Lucie Petruzelova all qualified and will represent Ole Miss in Waco.
Dating back to 1999, Agnes Muzamel qualified all four years of her collegiate career to the individual championships, all for singles and three years dedicated to doubles. Muzamel made consistent runs but failed to make it past the second round.
A few more Rebels made leaps in the tournament, advancing to the top 32 or quarterfinal round. In 2003, Mira Radu advanced to the quarterfinal round in her second year in the tournament. Ole Miss icon Kristi Boxx earned a spot in the tournament in three of her four colligate years, reaching round three in 2010. Boxx dominated in both singles and doubles during her time as a Rebel. She still holds the program record for most career wins in doubles with 103.
Boxx qualified for both events in all of her appearances. The pairing of Boxx and Karen Nijssen made it to the round of 32 in 2010.
In recent years, Netherlands native Arianne Hartono achieved a remarkable run at the NCAA individual tournament. Hartono qualified from 2016 to 2018 and proved to be a capable competitor in her first two attempts. When she competed in 2016, Hartono advanced all the way to the Sweet 16 in singles, and to the top 32 in doubles alongside Mai El Kamash. The following year the Rebel had a shorter run, and only made it through to the second round in singles.
With a vendetta, Hartono gave the championship her best effort in 2018, as the only Rebel to attend the tournament. Seeded sixth, Hartono cruised through the first three rounds of play, taking them in straight sets, before needing three sets in the quarter and semifinals. She downed Pepperdine's Ashley Lahey in the final, 6-4, 6-2, to win the program's first NCAA title. She joined Devin Britton as the only players from Ole Miss to win an NCAA singles title.
She finished the year on a 17-match win streak, and defeated 23 total ranked opponents. Hartono took down five ranked players in postseason play.
This season, one Rebel is looking to make a comeback after her appearance in 2023. Kareisová will compete in singles as well as doubles with Leclercq-Ficher in the tournament. Kareisová was the lone Rebel to participate at the individual championship and fell short in round one.
This is the first time the NCAA Championships are being played in the fall, as opposed to the spring alongside the team championships. Singles and doubles participants qualified for the NCAA Division I singles and doubles championships via competition in approved qualifying pathway events - ITA All-American Championships, ITA Regional Championships, ITA Conference Masters Championships and ITA Sectional Championships.
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. Also follow Coach Beyers on Twitter, @MarkBeyers.
The Rebels have sent a range from one to four individuals to compete dating back to 1985, with Jane Young being the first in program history. This is the first time since 2017 Ole Miss has sent more than one Rebel to NCAA's, and three is the most since 2000. Ludmila Kareisová, Anaëlle Leclercq-Ficher and Lucie Petruzelova all qualified and will represent Ole Miss in Waco.
Dating back to 1999, Agnes Muzamel qualified all four years of her collegiate career to the individual championships, all for singles and three years dedicated to doubles. Muzamel made consistent runs but failed to make it past the second round.
A few more Rebels made leaps in the tournament, advancing to the top 32 or quarterfinal round. In 2003, Mira Radu advanced to the quarterfinal round in her second year in the tournament. Ole Miss icon Kristi Boxx earned a spot in the tournament in three of her four colligate years, reaching round three in 2010. Boxx dominated in both singles and doubles during her time as a Rebel. She still holds the program record for most career wins in doubles with 103.
Boxx qualified for both events in all of her appearances. The pairing of Boxx and Karen Nijssen made it to the round of 32 in 2010.
In recent years, Netherlands native Arianne Hartono achieved a remarkable run at the NCAA individual tournament. Hartono qualified from 2016 to 2018 and proved to be a capable competitor in her first two attempts. When she competed in 2016, Hartono advanced all the way to the Sweet 16 in singles, and to the top 32 in doubles alongside Mai El Kamash. The following year the Rebel had a shorter run, and only made it through to the second round in singles.
With a vendetta, Hartono gave the championship her best effort in 2018, as the only Rebel to attend the tournament. Seeded sixth, Hartono cruised through the first three rounds of play, taking them in straight sets, before needing three sets in the quarter and semifinals. She downed Pepperdine's Ashley Lahey in the final, 6-4, 6-2, to win the program's first NCAA title. She joined Devin Britton as the only players from Ole Miss to win an NCAA singles title.
She finished the year on a 17-match win streak, and defeated 23 total ranked opponents. Hartono took down five ranked players in postseason play.
This season, one Rebel is looking to make a comeback after her appearance in 2023. Kareisová will compete in singles as well as doubles with Leclercq-Ficher in the tournament. Kareisová was the lone Rebel to participate at the individual championship and fell short in round one.
This is the first time the NCAA Championships are being played in the fall, as opposed to the spring alongside the team championships. Singles and doubles participants qualified for the NCAA Division I singles and doubles championships via competition in approved qualifying pathway events - ITA All-American Championships, ITA Regional Championships, ITA Conference Masters Championships and ITA Sectional Championships.
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. Also follow Coach Beyers on Twitter, @MarkBeyers.
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