Women’s Tennis Selected to Gainesville Regional

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Seminoles.com) – The Florida State Women’s Tennis team has earned a bid to the 2022 NCAA Tournament, earning a selection to the Gainesville Regional Hosted by No. 16 seed Florida on May 7-8.

The Seminoles (14-10) open the postseason Slate against FIU (17-4) on Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex in Gainesville. The Gators are the No. 1 seed in the regional and will host South Alabama in the first round on Saturday at 2 p.m.

We’re dancing for the 𝑺𝑻𝑹𝑨𝑰𝑮𝑯𝑻 𝑺𝑻𝑹𝑨𝑰𝑮𝑯𝑻 year! 💃

The #Noles head to Gainesville and will face FIU in the @NCAATennis First Round.

➡️ No. 16 UF (19-6)
➡️ FIU (17-4)
➡️ #Noles (14-10)
South Alabama (22-4)#OneTribe pic.twitter.com/5IUrqG39JT

– FSU Women’s Tennis (@FSU_WTennis) May 2, 2022

The winners of the two first-round matches will play on Sunday at 1 p.m. in the NCAA Second Round.

“We are thrilled to be selected as an at-large to yet another NCAA Championship,” Head Coach Jen Hyde said. “The road to today’s selection has not been an easy one for this Squad. At one point in the season we were playing with four players in the lineup and yet Somehow found our way as the semester lengthened and as the season lengthened, and created opportunities to advance. I’m abundantly proud of our squad and staff for taking things to this point – this year perhaps more than any other in recent history. We’ll fine-tune a few things in the next couple of days and get ourselves ready for a weekend in Gainesville. ”

FSU has now made the NCAA Tournament in each of the last five seasons, which excludes the 2019-20 season when the tournament was canceled. The Seminoles have also reached the NCAA Elite Eight in two of the last three tournaments (2018 and 2021). The NCAA postseason bid is also the 13th in the program’s last 15 years.

Senior Petra Hule has been Florida State’s Guiding force throughout the year, owning a 21-1 record this spring season in the No. 1 singles position. Combined with the fall season, her 27 victories this year are tied for the 15th- most by a Seminole and just one win off her career best 28 victories in 2017-18. Hule is also 12-1 in ACC play.

The Seminoles head into the NCAA Tournament ranked 35th in the latest ITA Rankings. Hule is rated fourth nationally in the singles rankings while she forms with teammate Anna Arkadianou for the nation’s 17th-rated doubles combination. Hule and fellow senior Lesedi Jacobs are also ranked 68th.

Florida State owns a signature Victory against 10th-ranked and ACC Champion Duke, 4-2, to highlight its accomplishments thus far during the season. Since March 20, FSU made a strong push as it went 7-3 through the ACC Tournament, where it reached the ACC Semifinals after defeating No. 9 seed Notre Dame, 4-0.

Based on the current ITA Rankings, the Seminoles own five Top 75 wins over No. 48 Illinois, No. 61 Clemson, no. 5 Duke and twice vs. No. 44 Notre Dame.

2022 Gainesville Regional
Saturday, May 7: FIU vs. Florida State (11 am ET)
Saturday, May 7: South Alabama vs. No. 16 Florida (2 pm ET)
Sunday, May 8: Match 1 Winner vs. Match 2 Winner (1 pm ET)