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2022 FAU Women’s Tennis vs Florida Gulf Coast Millie-Mae Matthews

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2021-22 FAU Women’s Tennis Photo Day Millie-Mae Matthews

Photo by: ©JC Ridley/Florida Atlantic

Millie-Mae Matthews

Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Nottingham, England
High School:
Guide Tuition
Major:
Psychology
Birthday:
4/8/03

Career Record

Year	Overall Singles	Dual Singles	Overall Doubles	Dual Doubles
2021-22	15-8	13-7	9-5	8-11
2022-23	14-10	12-6	12-13	10-10
2023-24	16-5	13-4	17-8	12-6
2024-25	10-8	10-3	17-7	10-4
Total	55-31	48-20	55-33	40-31

Senior (2024-25)

Picked up five matches of singles play before the dual match season began
Earned a 6-3, 6-2 victory over #26 Miami to help the Owls secure the 4-1 upset while her doubles match was not needed to secure the point
Fell in doubles play but out lasted her Minnesota foe with a 2-6, 6-1, 6-3 win
She and doubles partner Victoria Gomez O'Hayon blanked their FGCU opponent while her single's match was abandoned following an Owls' win
Captured her doubles match versus North Florida and she won 6-2, 6-1
Fell in doubles play at Stetson and her singles match was not finished prior to the Owls' clinching
She and Victoria Gomez O'Hayon captured their UCF match 7-6(7-4) to help the Owls secure the first point of the match and then clinched the match for the Owls at 7-6(7-5), 7-6(7-4)
Narrowly edged on doubles court two and won her court six singles contest in straight sets over Boston University
Captured her Charlotte contest in straight sets while her doubles match was abandoned
Victorious in doubles play versus USF but her doubles match was abandoned
Teamed with Victoria Gomez O'Hayon for doubles wins over ETSU and Delaware while her ETSU singles match was abandoned and she fell versus Delaware
Match at Memphis was moved indoors due to terrible weather. Matthews won her singles match by a 6-2, 6-2 score, but her doubles match did not finish before the point was clinched
She and Victoria Gomez O'Hayon were victorious versus host Tulane on doubles court two and she was part of the match victory with a 6-1, 7-6(7-5) win on court six
Playing in a neutral site match versus Tulsa, she and Gomez O'Hayon fell on court two versus a ranked doubles pair while her singles match was not completed with the match already secured
She and Victoria Gomez O'Hayon captured doubles court two by a 6-3 score over FIU en route to defeating FIU for the first time since 2003 and enabling FAU to post the athletic program's first undefeated regular season while her singles match moved to a third set but was abandoned
Captured her singles match in straight sets versus UTSA following a doubles match that was called before completion
Semifinal doubles match was called before completion while she was on the singles court for nearly four hours before falling to Tulsa 5-7, 7-6(7-1), 7-6(7-5)
Clinched the program's first NCAA Tournament win with a straight set victory over ODU and contributed to FAU winning the doubles point
She and Victoria Gomez O'Hayon captured court one to help the Owls clinch the doubles point over ODU and then clinched the match with a court six win
Dropped both matches to Duke facing a singles ranked player at No. 98
Earned ITA Scholar Athlete Honors

Junior (2023-24)

Completed the fall with a 3-1 tournament record
Contributed to the doubles point as part of a court two win and on court five singles to Northwestern
Helped secure the doubles point over Stetson and then recorded a shutout 6-0, 6-0 in singles play
Was a winner in both doubles and singles play in the Owls win over FGCU
She and Victoria Gomez O'Hayon captured court #1 doubles versus Georgia State and she powered to a 6-1, 6-2 win on singles court #5
Neither match was completed versus DePaul
She and Gomez O'Hayon helped to secure the doubles point versus host USF while she fell 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 in singles play
Captured singles court #5 6-3, 6-4 versus North Texas and her doubles match was on serve when FAU secured the point
She and Victoria Gomez O'Hayon fell for the first time in 2024 (5-1), but she prevailed in singles play winning court #5 versus South Alabama 6-2, 7-5
Worked with Victoria Gomez O'Hayon to capture court #1 over UNF and help to secure the doubles point then saw her singles match move into a third set and end unfinished
Was victorious on court #5 with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Tulane; however, she and Victoria Gomez O'Hayon fell 6-4 on court #1
She and Victoria Gomez O'Hayon's doubles match versus Furman was not completed due to the point already awarded to FAU. Matthews then captured her singles match 7-5, 4-6, 1-0 (10-3)
Versus Penn, she and Gomez O'Hayon captured court #1 with a 6-0 shutout and she was then the first FAU player to record a singles win with a 6-3, 6-2 victory and ultimately putting the Owls in position for the highly contested 4-3 team win, which extended the winning streak to a program record 11
She and Victoria Gomez O'Hayon picked up a doubles win over Yale and she cruised to a 6-0, 6-3 singles victory
Had a three-set win over fellow AAC member UTSA 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, but fell in doubles play
Won on doubles court #1 and on singles court #6 versus Boston University
Became a double-digit doubles winner with a court #1 victory over Memphis and then won in straight sets on singles court #6
VCU proved the victor in both doubles and singles play
She and Victoria Gomez O'Hayon ran the table on court #1 doubles with a 6-1 win over Rice, her singles match that followed was ot finished with a Ric win in hand
Duo did it again with a 7-6 court #1 doubles win over FIU, ranked No. 23 as a team and d
Despite being close to a victory in singles play her match was called after FIU clinched
Up when doubles point was earned over WKU and then she easily won singles play 6-2, 6-1
Singles play at the AAC championship versus UAB was in the third set when match was clinched by FAU while she and Victory Gomez O'Hayon fell in doubles action
Dropped her quarterfinal AAC singles match and was forced to withdraw from doubles play versus Memphis

Sophomore (2022-23)

Saw her first tournament play of the 2022-23 season at the ITA Regionals hosted by Georgia Tech, where she was 1-2 in singles play, earning a win over Stetson, and 1-1 in doubles competition
In the FIU Hidden Dual, when split matches,, defeating USF and falling to FIU while going 1-2 in doubles play, with two different partners
Worked with Katerina Filip versus Miami (Ohio), but the duo's match was left unfinished after the Owls had captured the doubles point
Captured a two-set win over Miami (Ohio) playing on court six
Was the first to capture a singles court versus UNF, tying the match at 1-1, she and Katerina Filip fell in doubles play
Versus Kansas State, she teamed with Filip in doubles and then put FAU up 2-1 with a straight-set singles win on court six
At the 2023 ITA Kickoff Weekend event, host by Texas A&M, she worked with Katerina Filip and the duo fell to the Aggies 6-1, then she fell in straight sets to the nation's No. 105 ranked individual
Continued her winning ways with a three-set court six victory over Northern Arizona helping FAU to a 4-3 win, but fell in doubles action
Versus host Arizona, she and Katerina Filip's doubles match was ot completed, with the point secured
Pulled out a 1-6, 6-1, 6-1 win over Fresno State after she and Katerina Filip fell in doubles play 6-4
Worked with Carla Galmiche to capture their USF doubles court and then outlasted her singles opponent to pick up a three-set win
Fell in both doubles and singles action versus FGCU, but she and Galmiche downed their Furman foe 6-2 and she won 6-3, 6-1 in singles play
While battling the flu she fell in Rice doubles play and saw her singles match go to a tiebreak set
She and Victoria Gomez O'Hayon captured court three versus South Alabama and her singles match was not needed
Worked with Gomez O'Hayon for a court three win over LIU and she captured a two set win
Versus Kennesaw State, captured a doubles court two win and her singles match on court five was not completed
Was a winner in both doubles and singles versus Colorado State and repeated versus VCU
Captured her sixth win in six contests with two wins over Wichita State
For the first time, she and Gomez O'Hayon were defeated in doubles play and Matthews then fell to Columbia in singles play
Worked with Victoria Gomez O'Hayon at the 2023 C-USA Championship with the duo holding a 5-4 lead when the point was clinched and was up 6-4, 0-4 when her singles match fell unfinished
One of two Owls to end the 2022-23 season with double digit wins in both singles and doubles and she led the squad with a 12-6 singles mark

Freshman (2022)

Joined the squad in the summer of 2021
Worked with fellow freshman Amber McGinnis to win her first collegiate dual doubles match with a court three 6-3 win and then won her court six singles match, versus Middle Tennessee 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-0)
Versus Georgia State, her doubles team captured court three, 7-5, and then she won court six in straight sets 6-2, 6-3
Closed out the FGCU Invite with losses at both doubles and singles to Minnesota
Fell at both Miami and versus the nation's No. 1 team Texas but captured her singles match versus Rice in straight sets
Was instrumental in helping the Owls win the doubles point with a win on court three, but fell 6-3, 6-1 in singles
Captured her singles match versus Wichita State, but dropped both matches at Kansas State
Dropped her doubles match versus UNF, on court three, but tied the match with a 6-2, 6-2 win on court six
Versus Missouri, her doubles match was not completed, but she was instrumental in the team's 4-3 win with a 6-1, 6-4 victory on court six
She and Amber McGinnis made quick work of their South Alabama opponent and were instrumental in the Owls clinching the doubles point. She then moved to singles where she won court five 6-2, 6-1
Temple doubles match was not completed, but she captured, in quick fashion, court six 6-4, 6-2
The doubles point was secured, therefore no need for her match to continue versus Butler, a 7-0 team win
Doubles team dropped their VCU match, but she contributed with a 6-3, 6-0 win on singles court six
Fell in both doubles and singles play to Houston
She and McGinnis were defeated in doubles play, but she picked up the hard-fought singles match by the score of 7-6 (7-4), 7-5 over Boston
Pulled out another tough singles match with a 7-6, 6-3 win over Yale after dropping her doubles match
Singles match, on court five, versus UCF was not completed and she also played up in doubles with a new partner and they were defeated
She and Greta Schieroni defeated Brown on court two and she won court five to help FAU defeat Brown 4-3
Fell on doubles court two and her FIU singles match was not completed
She and Schieroni was victorious 7-6 (7-3) over USF and she won her singles court six match 6-0, 6-3
At the 2022 C-USA Championship, she and Schieroni won on doubles court two and she helped FAU take the match over Middle Tennessee, 4-0, with a 6-3, 7-5 singles court five win. On the second day, she fell on court two double and the match was clinched in favor of Rice prior to the completion of her court six match
In the gauntlet stretch, she was 8-2 between Feb. 2 and March 20 with wins over Rice, Wichita State, Missouri, South Alabama, Temple, VCU, Boston and Yale…only losses in that stretch were to Kansas and Houston
Just one of her 20 decisions was a three-set match
Was 1-1 in C-USA Championship doubles play and 1-0 in singles play

Competitive Tennis

Took a G5 ITF singles title in Algeria, and G5 ITF doubles runner-up finish in Belfast
Was part of a winning pair in U14 national doubles
Represented Great Britain in U14, ranked in top five U12 and U14, and in the U18 top 20 in the UK

Personal

Plans to major in psychology
Daughter of Karenina Matthews and Stuart Matthews
Born April 8, 2003
Hobbies include baking, watching Nottingham Forest football, and going to the golf range
Goal is to play professional tennis in singles or doubles