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FSU tennis to play in Athens Regional

Bob Ferrante

Ultimate Seminole Insider
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May 10, 2022
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The No. 20 Florida State women’s tennis team (16-8, 9-4 ACC) travels to Athens, Georgia, to face UNC Asheville (16-3, 5-0 Big South) in the NCAA Tournament on Friday.

Florida State finished the regular season with a 16-8 record and reached the semifinals of the ACC tournament.

Graduate Senior Vic Allen has been dominant this season, as she has earned 14 victories in both singles and doubles. Allen is ranked 21st in the singles and 19th in the doubles with sophomore Millie Bissett. Bissett also enters this weekend with 13 singles victories.

Ellie Schoppe comes into this weekend with 15 wins in singles and 11 in doubles. Schoppe is the 36th-ranked national singles player.

Sophomore Kristyna Lavickova has earned 11 victories and is currently on a nine-game win streak.

Anna Arkadianou leads the team with 16 singles wins and 10 doubles victories. Arkadianou is ranked No. 70 in doubles with Allen.

Florida State has 19 program victories in the NCAA Tournament dating back to 2000, including 17 from head coach Jen Hyde. Hyde has led the Seminoles to two quarterfinals in two of the previous five seasons.

UNC Asheville comes into this weekend's matchup having won the Big South Conference Championship. Senior Linge Steenkamp leads the team with 15 singles victories and has totaled 13 wins in doubles.

Friday’s match begins at 10 a.m. at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex. No. 4 Georgia and Alabama State follow with a match at 1 p.m. The winner of each match will meet in the second round on May 4 at 1 p.m. Live stats and video will be available on Seminoles.com.
 
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