Erskine Voted to Repeat as Women’s Tennis Champion
GREENVILLE, S.C. – The Conference Carolinas women’s tennis head coaches voted on the 2022 Conference Carolinas Women’s Tennis Preseason Poll and Erskine was selected to repeat as conference champion.
The Flying Fleet earned 115 points and seven of 12 first-place votes. Erskine shared the regular-season title in 2021 but won the conference tournament. Mount Olive and Emmanuel shared the regular-season crown last season and follow Erskine in the poll. The Trojans garnered 108 points and three first-place votes while Emmanuel collected 94 points, one better than Belmont Abbey’s 93. The Crusaders also collected a first-place nod.
Barton claimed the remaining first-place vote and was picked fifth with 81 points followed by Francis Marion (68), Converse (64), Lees-McRae (61), North Greenville (36), Southern Wesleyan (35), King (19) and Chowan (18).
The spring season gets underway on Saturday, Jan. 15 with the conference championship set for April 29-May 1 at the Palmetto Tennis Center in Sumter, South Carolina.
2022 Conference Carolinas
Women’s Tennis Preseason Poll
| School |
Total (First Place) |
| Erskine |
115 (7) |
| Mount Olive |
108 (3) |
| Emmanuel |
94 |
| Belmont Abbey |
93 (1) |
| Barton |
81 (1) |
| Francis Marion |
68 |
| Converse |
64 |
| Lees-McRae |
61 |
| North Greenville |
36 |
| Southern Wesleyan |
35 |
| King |
19 |
| Chowan |
18 |
2022 Conference Carolinas Women’s Tennis
Players to Watch
Barton
- Eimear Maher, Sr., Newbridge, Ireland (2021 Second Team All-Conference Carolinas)
- Maren Kronsbein, Fr., Ellarau, Germany
- Silvia Fernandez-Trabedelo, Fr., Barcelona, Spain
Belmont Abbey
- Kayla Vaughan, Jr., Jacksonville, Florida (2021 Second Team All-Conference Carolinas)
- Elliott Peterson, Jr., Tampa, Florida (2021 Third Team All-Conference Carolinas)
- Frankee Hendricks, Fr., Largo, Florida
Chowan
- Valentina Demoenicone, Soph., Santa Fe, Argentina
Converse
- Belen Vendrell, Sr., Buenos Aires, Argentina (2021 Third Team All-Conference Carolinas)
- Tonya Glogowski-Watson, Jr., Perth, Western Australia (2021 Second Team All-Conference Carolinas)
- Marleen Prinz, So., Frankenau, Germany (2021 Third Team All-Conference Carolinas)
Emmanuel
- Alejandra Guerrero, So., Cartagena, Colombia (2021 First Team All-Conference Carolinas)
Erskine
- Emma Bentz, So., Suwanee, Georgia (2021 Conference Carolinas Player of the Year, First Team All-Conference Carolinas, Conference Carolinas All-Tournament Team)
- Silvi Ferenczy, Fr., Budapest, Hungary
- Luize Valtere, Jr., Riga, Latvia (2021 Second Team All-Conference Carolinas, Conference Carolinas All-Tournament Team)
Francis Marion
- Gabriel Karatantcheva, Jr., Sofia, Bulgaria
- Hermon Mikael, Jr., Karlskrona, Sweden
- Paige Wise, Fr., Ballito, South Africa
King
- Deniz Aytun, Fr., Talavera de la Reina, Spain
- Mieria Mas Ortega, Fr., Torello, Spain
- Mishka Koricinova, Fr., Bratislava, Slovakia
Lees-McRae
- Anita Ivanova, Fr., Nova Zagoara, Bulgaria
- Rhidaim Yang, Fr., Lima, Peru
- Tessa Wells, Jr., Burlington, North Carolina
North Greenville
- Larissa Berger, Jr., Hartsville, S.C.
- Naomi Sakakibara, So., São Paulo, Brazil
Mount Olive
- Ingrid Montserrat, Jr., Tarragona, Spain (2021 First Team All-Conference Carolinas, Conference Carolinas All-Tournament Team)
- Nele Weber, So., Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany
- Liza Voloshyna, Jr., Kherson, Ukraine (2021 First Team All-Conference Carolinas)
Southern Wesleyan
- Anya King, Sr., El Dorado, Trinidad and Tobago
- Mariaspa Kotsiou, So., Athens, Greece