TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida State graduate student Mila Saric (No. 75, singles) and the Seminoles’ doubles team of Vic Allen and Anna Arkadianou (No. 49, doubles) are featured players as the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) released its 2022-23 preseason rankings.
Saric begins her career at Florida State after being named the Player of the Year in the Colonial Athletic Association in 2021 and 2022. She became the first player to earn back-to-back CAA Player of the year honors since the 2015 and 2016 seasons. Saric was a nine-time CAA Singles Player of the Week and a six-time CAA Doubles team Player of the Week.
Saric was ranked throughout the spring of her finals season at W&M, and gained a national ranking of 100th following her play in the NCAA single competition. She was ranked No. 7 in the ITA’s Atlantic Region rankings.
Allen and Arkadianou begin the season ranked among the top 50 doubles team in the nation as two of the Seminoles’ most successful players. Allen, a senior, and Arkadianou, a junior, both helped lead the Seminoles to the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament in 2022. Both players have played as members of two NCAA Tournament teams, including Florida State’s Elite 8 team in 2021.
Allen helped the Seminoles advance to the Elite 8 of the NCAA Championships in 2021 and the NCAA Championships round of 32 in and 2022. She was as an ITA Doubles All-American with former Florida State great Petra Hule in 2020.
Arkadianou played in the doubles competition of the 2022 NCAA Tournament Hule. Following her first appearance in the NCAA Doubles competition, Arkadianou and Hule finished the spring 2022 season as the No. 25 ranked doubles pair in the ITA rankings.