Mount Olive Wins Thrilling Conference Carolinas Women’s Tennis Tournament Championship
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SUMTER, S.C. - Top seed Mount Olive defeated No. 3 Erskine, 4-3, in the 2022 Conference Carolinas Women’s Tennis Championship Final on Sunday, May 1 at the Palmetto Tennis Center to claim the program's second tournament crown.
In doubles, Erskine won at No. 1 and Mount Olive won at No. 2 before the Flying Fleet took No. 3 doubles, 6-3, to earn the doubles team point.
It was an intense singles session that saw Mount Olive tie the score early with a straight-sets win at No. 6. The Trojans then captured three-set wins at No. 2 and No. 4 singles for the 3-2 match advantage before Erskine won at No. 1 singles, also in three sets, to knot the match at three. All eyes were on the match at No. 5 singles which Deike Schipper, the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, won, 4-6, 6-1, 7-5, to give the Trojans the conference title.
The Trojans were runner-up last season to the Flying Fleet by an identical 4-3 score.
Mount Olive will make its second appearance in the NCAA tournament (2017) as they earned the automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Women’s Tennis Regional. The complete championship field will be announced on Tuesday, May 3 at 8:30 p.m. at NCAA.com.
2022 Conference Carolinas Women’s Tennis Championship All-Tournament Team
Most Outstanding Player - Deike Schipper, Mount Olive
Nele Weber, Mount Olive
Ece Yuksel, Mount Olive
Emma Bentz, Erskine
Czarina Aguirre, Erskine
Soleny Gonzalez, Emmanuel
Camryn Cassetori, Francis Marion
2022 Conference Carolinas Women’s Tennis Championship
Palmetto Tennis Center - Sumter, S.C.
Friday, April 29
11:00 a.m. - Round One
#5 Barton def. #8 Converse, 4-2 (Box Score)
#7 Belmont Abbey def. #6 Lees-McRae, 4-3 (Box Score)
4:00 p.m. - Quarterfinals
#3 Erskine def. #7 Belmont Abbey, 4-3 (Box Score)
#4 Emmanuel def. #5 Barton, 4-3 (Box Score)
Saturday, April 30
2:00 p.m. - Semifinals
Semifinal 1 - #1 Mount Olive def. #4 Emmanuel, 4-2 (Box Score)
Semifinal 2 - #3 Erskine def. #2 Francis Marion, 4-3 (Box Score)
Sunday, May 1
1:00 p.m. - Championship
#1 Mount Olive def. #3 Erskine, 4-3 (Box Score)