TALLAHASSEE – The Florida State women’s tennis team is playing the ITA Kickoff Weekend hosted by Stanford University, facing Arkansas on Friday and either host Stanford or Kansas State on Saturday. The Seminoles are 3-0 in 2023 after a perfect opening weekend at home. FSU defeated FGCU 6-1 on Friday before sweeping a Sunday doubleheader over Mercer and FAMU by scores of 7-0 and 4-0, respectively. Senior Vic Allen and junior Ellie Schoppe lead the Seminoles with three singles wins. Allen was dominant in the season’s first weekend, winning 37 of 43 games played and taking four of the six sets at love, including 6-0, 6-1 and 6-0, 6-0 final scores on Sunday at the No. 2 singles position. Schoppe displayed her mastery as well, winning 6-0, 6-4 at No. 5 Friday before a 6-2, 6-0 victory at No. 4 against Mercer and a 6-1, 6-1 win at No. 3 against FAMU. Junior Anna Arkadianou, the No. 52-ranked singles player nationally, is 1-0 this season after a 6-3, 7-5 win at No. 1 against FGCU. She
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