TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Seminoles.com) – Florida State Women’s Tennis student-athletes Petra Hule and Anna Arkadianou shined on Sunday afternoon in the Seminoles’ 5-2 loss to top-ranked North Carolina at the Scott Speicher Memorial Tennis Center. Senior and 15th-ranked Hule continued her torrid play by defeating 12th-ranked Cameron Morra, 6-1, 6-4. In singles matches, the native of Adelaide, Australia, has won 11 of her 12 matches in the spring. After a dominant first set, Hule had to fend off Morra in the second set but was able to pull out another victory. The win comes on top of defeating 20th-ranked Georgia Drummy of Duke in straight sets on Friday, securing a strong weekend for Hule. Overall, Hule is now 15-1 in singles matches. Arkadianou played one of the best matches of her young career as she picked up a hard-fought victory over 10th-ranked Reilly Tran in three sets (7-5, 5-7, 14-12). Both players showed their durability and stamina in the tie-breaking third set. Arkadianou p
Coral Gables, FL – The FSU women’s tennis team continued its three-week road trip facing its fourth straight ranked opponent and third straight opponent ranked in the top 20. Friday afternoon the Noles were in Coral Gables where they came up short versus No. 12 Miami 6-1. Petra Hule, the nation’s 16th-ranked singles player, recorded her sixth-straight ranked victory in singles for the Noles. With injuries once again forcing the Seminoles to play short-handed, FSU was unable to upset either of the two ranked doubles teams they faced after starting out down 0-1 although Petra Hule and Anna Arkadianou came close. On court one, the FSU pair fell just shy of defeating the nation’s No. 16 pair falling 4-6. Facing a 0-2 deficit heading into singles, the Seminoles faced ranked opponents on courts 1-3. On court one, Hule continued her dominance. The Australian downed the nation’s No. 58 singles player 6-4, 7-5 recording her fourth top 60 win of the season. On court two, Vic Allen almo
Winston-Salem, NC –The 25th-ranked FSU women’s tennis team had to play short-handed once again Sunday due to injury while facing another ranked opponent on the road. With just two doubles teams and five singles players, the Seminoles (6-5, 1-3) were unable to upset the nation’s 20th-ranked team falling 6-1 at Wake Forest (9-4, 1-1). Petra Hule continued her strong play for the Seminoles winning her 10th straight singles match. The Australian is undefeated in singles dual matches this season all on court one. She is coming off a top 10 win Friday and now has three wins in 2022 versus ranked opponents. After dropping the doubles point, Florida State had no court six player in singles giving the Deacons a 2-0 lead. Wake went on to then win four of the five first sets with the lone exception being Hule on court one. Wake was able to build on those first set leads and take points on courts four and five to secure the victory. The Seminoles are back on the road next week to play a pair
Raleigh, NC – FSU’s Petra Hule pulled off a major upset Friday defeating the nation’s ninth-ranked singles player but the 25th-ranked FSU women’s tennis team had to play short-handed once again Friday due to injury. With just two doubles teams and five singles players, the Seminoles (6-4, 1-2) were unable to upset the nation’s second-ranked team falling 6-1 to NC State (12-1, 1-0). Despite starting 0-1 down in doubles, the Seminoles pushed two ranked doubles teams as they fought to take the match’s first point. Kianah Motosono and Olympe Lancelot faced off versus the No. 51 doubles pair dropping the match and the point with a 4-6 result. On court one, Petra Hule and Anna Arkadianou faced the nation’s No. 16 doubles pair and had them even at 5-5 when the point was decided. In singles, all eyes were on court one where Hule, ranked No. 33 in the nation, faced off against No. 10 Jaeda Daniel. Hule dropped the first set 0-6 before fighting back to take set two 6-3. Hule domina