Mount Olive Tabbed Favorite in 2020-21 Women’s Tennis Preseason Poll
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Mount Olive has been chosen as the favorite in the 2020-21 Conference Carolinas Women’s Tennis Preseason Poll.
The conference office officially unveiled the preseason poll on Dec. 17, 2020. The preseason poll was voted on by the league’s head coaches.
Mount Olive received a total of 95 points (six first-place votes) to collect the top spot in the preseason poll. According to Conference Carolinas women’s tennis records, Mount Olive is looking for its first regular season title since sharing the crown in 2009. The Trojans also won the Conference Carolinas Women’s Tennis Tournament in 2017.
Erskine received the other five first-place votes and was voted second in the preseason tally with 82 points. Emmanuel (76) was third and they were followed in the preseason poll by Barton (71), Belmont Abbey (70), Chowan (49), Converse (40), North Greenville (39), Southern Wesleyan (36), Lees-McRae (35) and King (12).
The 2021 Conference Carolinas Men’s and Women’s Tennis Championships are scheduled for Friday, April 23-Sunday, April 25 at the Palmetto Tennis Center in Sumter, South Carolina.
2020-21 Conference Carolinas
Women’s Tennis Preseason Poll
| School |
First Place |
Total |
| Mount Olive |
6 |
95 |
| Erskine |
5 |
82 |
| Emmanuel |
|
76 |
| Barton |
|
71 |
| Belmont Abbey |
|
70 |
| Chowan |
|
49 |
| Converse |
|
40 |
| North Greenville |
|
39 |
| Southern Wesleyan |
|
36 |
| Lees-McRae |
|
35 |
| King |
|
12 |
2020-21 Conference Carolinas Women’s Tennis
Players to Watch
Barton
Marissa Stevenson, Sr., Kirk Michael, Isle of Man (2020 All-Conference Carolinas)
Eimear Maher, Sr., Newbridge, Ireland
Isabella Caballero, Jr., La Paz, Bolivia
Belmont Abbey
Kayla Vaughan, So., Jacksonville, Florida (2020 ITA Southeast Region Rookie of the Year)
Erica Dorn, Sr., Alpharetta, Georgia
Talia Semaan, Sr., Tampa, Florida
Chowan
Olivia Scattini, Fr., Santa Fe, Argentina
Arina Karbolina, Jr., Almaty, Kazakhstan
Converse
Tonya Glogowski-Watson, So., Perth, Western Australia
Anna Klasson, Fr., Sundsvall, Sweden
Marleen Prinz, Fr., Frankenau, Germany
Emmanuel
Maria Raich, Sr., Barcelona, Spain
Erskine
Emma Bentz, Fr., Suwanee, Georgia
Luize Valtere, So., Riga, Latvia
Faith Wright, Jr., Columbia, Missouri
King
Murphy Harr, Sr., Arvada, Colorado
Marilyn Roustand, Sr., Mexico City, Mexico
Lauren Smorgonsky, Jr., Worcester, Massachusetts
Lees-McRae
Sandy Allen, Sr., Saint Johns, Florida
Zeynep Cakirer, Jr., Izmir, Turkey
Tessa Wells, So., Burlington, North Carolina
Mount Olive
Liza Voloshyna, So., Kherson, Ukraine
Bipasha Mehn, Fr., India
Ece Yuksel, Jr., Zonguldak, Turkey
Ingrid Montserrat, So., Tarragona, Spain
North Greenville
Larissa Berger, So., Hartsville, South Carolina
Jhovana Brena, Sr., Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Mitzy Enderink, Fr., Netherlands
Southern Wesleyan
Noemi Aguirre, Sr., Mexico City, Mexico
