THE FLATS – The 12
th-ranked Georgia Tech women’s tennis team concludes this three-match homestand this weekend, opening Atlantic Coast Conference play welcoming Miami and No. 6 Florida State to the Ken Byers Tennis Complex on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. Both matches are slated for a noon first serve.
THE SCENE: Georgia Tech (7-4, 0-0 ACC) looks to return to winning ways coming off a 4-2 loss against No. 15 Vanderbilt. Senior Victoria Flores enters ACC play carrying an 8-0 dual singles mark to lead the Jackets in singles play. Classmate Kenya Jones boasts a 6-4 record from the top singles spot after defeating Emma Kurtz in three sets against Vanderbilt. Jones and Flores team together in doubles to lead the Jackets from the No. 1 spot, owning a 9-1 dual record.
No. 21 Gators suffer another road loss against No. 8 FSU
Gators start a two-game losing streak after losing to arch-rival.
Senior Ida Jarlskog (pictured) and freshman Sara Dahlstrom came narrowly close to upsetting FSU top-50 doubles pair.
Photo by Chris King | The Independent Florida Alligator
As the sun set over Tallahassee’s skyline, the sky turned pink. It was a picture-perfect setting for rivals Florida and Florida State during their only meeting of the season.
The setting might have been preferable for both teams, but No. 8 FSU came out with satisfaction after a decisive 4-1 victory over the No. 22 Gators. The Seminoles came out on top early with the doubles point advantage and easily handled what UF had to offer, cleaning up 3 matches to clinch the win.
Tallahassee, FL – The ninth-ranked FSU women’s tennis team opened its dual match season Tuesday night with an impressive 6-1 win over in-state foe USF. The Seminoles (1-0) clinched the win early by taking four singles points in straight sets. FSU’s only loss came in a third-set tiebreaker.
“It was awesome to get out there and compete again, this time as a team and for the first time since March of last year,” said FSU Head Coach Jen Hyde. “It was tons of fun to get a couple of our doubles teams back together against a really good USF team. It was their first match as well and it was good to see our girls get their teeth into their matches and stay there and do what they needed to do. It is just awesome to compete and see different jerseys on the other side of the net.”
January 24, 2021 Noles Win Three Flight Championships At Seminole Invitational
Tallahassee, FL – The final day of the Seminole Invitational wrapped up Sunday with just three matches and the Seminoles finishing the tournament with an 18-10 overall record and three flight championships. Giulia Pairone won the A flight singles championship, Nandini Das and Andrea Garcia won the A flight doubles championship and Victoria Allen and Anna Arkadianou won the B flight doubles championship.
Pairone finished the tournament at 2-0 in singles, including a win over the nation’s 31st-ranked player, and another two wins in doubles. Das and Garcia were a perfect 3-0 in doubles and secured the tournament’s biggest upset, taking down the nation’s No. 10 doubles team. Allen and Arkadianou posted a 3-0 mark in doubles as well.