Mississippi State
Ole Miss
State Returns Home For Three Matches
March 06, 2025 | Women's Tennis
STARKVILLE - Mississippi State women's tennis returns home for what will be a busy weekend for the Bulldogs. State will host three matches on the weekend, highlighted by a pair of SEC contests against Ole Miss and LSU.
The 57th ranked Bulldogs will host No. 54 Ole Miss (8-4, 1-2 SEC) on Friday at 4 p.m. before a doubleheader on Sunday that will see State battle No. 8 LSU (12-1, 3-0 SEC) at noon and Eastern Kentucky (6-9) at 4 p.m.
Rankings:
LSU
Singles – Cadence Brace (54), Kayla Cross (63), Tilwith Di Girolami (65)
Doubles – Cadence Brace/Kayla Cross (11), Tilwith Di Girolami/Anita Sahdiieva (25)
Ole Miss
Singles – n/a
Doubles – Ludmila Kareisová/Anaëlla Leclercq-Ficher (50)
Series History vs. Ole Miss
Overall: Ole Miss leads 58-7
In Starkville: Ole Miss leads 25-3
Last Meeting: Ole Miss won in Oxford, 4-0 (2024)
Series History vs. LSU
Overall: LSU leads 40-13
In Starkville: LSU leads 16-7
Last Meeting: LSU won in Starkville, 4-0 (2024)
Series History vs. Eastern Kentucky
Overall: Series tied 1-1
In Starkville: First Meeting
Last Meeting: MSU won at a neutral site, 5-4 (1982)
State Wins leaders:
Overall singles: Jayna Clemens and Alessia Tagliente (13)
Matches clinched: Clemens and Carolina Troiano (3)
Overall doubles: Gianna Oboniye/Athina Pitta (8)
vs. ranked opponents: Chiara Di Genova/Tagliente (1)
Double clinches: Oboniye/Pitta (4)
Notes to know:
• This year marks the 51st season of women's tennis at Mississippi State after playing its inaugural season in 1975. The Bulldogs have won 498 matches all-time.
• State's 9-0 record was the best start in program history.
• The Bulldogs have outscored their opponents 47-20 to begin dual-match play.
• The Bulldogs are 9-0 in home matches this season.
• MSU has won 82 of its last 84 non-conference home matches since Feb. 27, 2013.
• The Bulldogs are 18-1 in non-conference home matches under Chris Hooshyar.
• Women's tennis posted a 3.58 grade point average as a team during the fall semester. It was the second-highest GPA of any women's team at MSU during the fall.
• Gianna Oboniye, Jayna Clemens and Alessia Tagliente each earned their first SEC singles victories of the season against Missouri
• Oboniye picked up her first SEC singles and doubles victories of her career against Missouri and improved to 6-1 in singles dual match play.
• Clemens boasts a 9-1 mark in singles dual match play.
• Tagliente has posted a 7-2 record in singles dual match play.
• Oboniye and Athina Pitta have won seven of their eight matches to begin dual match play.
• The Bulldogs signed five-star prospect Mia Robinson out of Spartanburg, South Carolina. Robinson is the top-ranked recruit in the state of South Carolina and the No. 14 prospect in the country. She is set to join the team in the fall.
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