ATLANTA, Ga. – Florida State’s Mila Saric will play in the Main Draw Round of 16 in singles play, and three of Florida State’s double’s teams advanced to the Main Draw Round of 16 in doubles play as the ITA Southeast Regional Championship wrapped up its second day of action at the Ken Byers Tennis Complex at Georgia Tech. Play for the Seminoles is set to begin with doubles action at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday.
Results for the entire tournament can be found on the ITA website.
Saric won two singles matches on Friday with victories over Taylor Dean (Kennesaw State) 6-4, 6-1, and Katerina Filip (Florida Atlantic) 6-3, 6-3. Saric is currently ranked No. 75 nationally by the ITA. Saric was 2-1 in the day as she fell in doubles action to Marie Mattel and Nandini Sharma (UCF), 8-1, while playing with teammate Vic Allen.
Saric faces Mahak Jain of Georgia Tech on Saturday at 2:00 with the winner advancing to the quarterfinals of the Main Draw.
Sophomore Alice Amendola and Allen also earned singles victories on Friday. Amendola defeated Rebekkah Gaines (FAMU) 6-0, 6-2 while Allen topped Laura Pellicer Perello (USF) 6-1, 6-0.
Florida State’s doubles teams of Millie Bissett and Kristyna Lavickova defeated Kamila Umarova and Ekaterina Khairutdinova (FAU), 8-7 (1); Amendola and Kianah Motosono defeated Sara Rakim and Genesis Whitelock (FAMU), 8-6 While Ellie Schoppe and Anna Arkadianou defeated Noa Cohen and Nadedja Maslova (Stetson), 8-2.
In a rivalry packed Saturday, Bissett and Kristyna Lavickova will face Florida’s Rachel Gailis and Bente Spee,
Amendola and Motosono will play Miami’s Maya Tahan and Isabella Pfenning and Schoppe and Arkadianou are matched against Georgia Tech’s Kylie Bilchev and Alejandra Cruz. Each of those three matches are scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m.
October 13, 2022
Qualifying Singles
Round of 32
Mille-Mae Matthews (FAU) def. Cade Cricchio (FSU) 6-2, 6-3
Olympe Lancelot (FSU) def. Sophia Unger (KSU) 6-2, 6-2
Qualifying Singles
Round of 16
Kianah Motosono (FSU) def. Sofia Pinedo (KSU) 6-7 (3), 7-6 (4), 10-7
Olympe Lancelot (FSU) def. Amber McGinnis (FAU) 7-5, 6-1
Doubles
Cade Cricchio/Olympe Lancelot (FSU) def. Jordana Ossa/Fanny Norin (FGCU) 8-6
Cade Cricchio/Olympe Lancelot (FSU) def. Sofia Pinedo/Sophia Unger (KSU) 8-6
October 14, 2022
Main Draw Singles Round of 64
Alexa Noel (UM) def. Olympe Lancelot (FSU) 7-5, 7-6 (3)
Sierra Berry (USF) def. Ellie Schoppe (FSU) 6-3, 6-1
Kit Gulihur (UNF) def. Anna Arkadianou…