Mount Olive Voted to Repeat as Women’s Tennis Champion

Mount Olive Voted to Repeat as Women’s Tennis Champion

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GREENVILLE, S.C. – The Conference Carolinas women’s tennis head coaches voted on the 2023 Conference Carolinas Women’s Tennis Preseason Poll and Mount Olive was selected to repeat as conference champion. 

The Trojans, who were a perfect 11-0 in Conference Carolinas play last season en route to a regular season and tournament championship, received 97 points and eight-of-11 first-place votes. Emmanuel and Erskine tied for second with 80 points with the Flying Fleet collecting two first-place votes while the Lions captured the final first-place nod. Belmont Abbey was picked fourth with 71 points while Francis Marion came in at No. 5 with 68 points.

Barton was chosen sixth with 59 points followed by Lees-McRae (51), Converse (41), North Greenville (26), Chowan (20) and King (12). 

The women’s spring season is already underway with conference play set to begin on Wednesday, March 8 with the conference championship set for April 21-23 at the Dr. Eddie Floyd Florence Tennis Center in Florence, South Carolina.
 
2023 Conference Carolinas
Women’s Tennis Preseason Poll
 
School Total (First Place)
Mount Olive 97 (8)
Erskine 80 (2)
Emmanuel 80 (1)
Belmont Abbey 71
Francis Marion 68
Barton 59
Lees-McRae 51
Converse 41
North Greenville 26
Chowan 20
King 12

2023 Conference Carolinas Women’s Tennis
Players to Watch
Barton
  • Tilde Howeler, So., Stockholm, Sweden (2022 Second Team All-Conference Carolinas)
  • Alexandre Saez Lozano, Fr., Begur, Spain
  • Irma Granstam, Fr., Linkoping, Sweden
Belmont Abbey
  • Kayla Vaughan, Sr., Jacksonville, Florida (2022 First Team All-Conference Carolinas; 2021 Second Team All-Conference Carolinas)
  • Elliott Peterson, Sr., Tampa, Florida (2022 Third Team All-Conference Carolinas; 2021 Third Team All-Conference Carolinas) 
  • Frankee Hendricks, So., Largo, Florida (2022 Second Team All-Conference Carolinas)
Chowan
  • Sreshta Puducheri, So., Hyderabad, India
Converse
  • Khushi Kharb, Fr., Sonipat, Haryana, India
  • Tonya Glogowski-Watson, Sr., Perth, Western Australia
Erskine
  • Emma Bentz, Jr., Suwanee, Georgia (2022 First Team All-Conference Carolinas, Conference Carolinas All-Tournament Team; 2021 Conference Carolinas Player of the Year, First Team All-Conference Carolinas, Conference Carolinas All-Tournament Team) 
  • Ariana Jativa, Fr., Guayaquil, Ecuador 
  • Luize Valtere, Sr., Riga, Latvia (2022 Third Team All-Conference Carolinas; 2021 Second Team All-Conference Carolinas, Conference Carolinas All-Tournament Team)
Francis Marion
  • Gabriel Karatantcheva, Sr., Sofia, Bulgaria (2022 Third Team All-Conference Carolinas) 
  • Sophia Hansen, So., London, England 
  • Julie Martincova, Jr., Liberec, Czech Republic
King
  • Deniz Aytun, So., Talavera de la Reina, Spain 
  • Mishka Koricinova, So., Bratislava, Slovakia 
  • Neem Shamsuddin, Sr., Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
Lees-McRae
  • Pati Vedia Sanchez, Fr., Arganda del Rey, Madrid, Spain 
  • Anita Ivanova, So., Nova Zagora, Bulgaria 
  • Rhidaim Yang, So., Lima, Peru 
North Greenville
  • Dora Kos, Fr., Zagreb, Croatia
  • Riley Gunter, So., Florence, South Carolina
Mount Olive
  • Ingrid Montserrat, Sr., Tarragona, Spain (2022 Second Team All-Conference Carolinas; 2021 First Team All-Conference Carolinas, Conference Carolinas All-Tournament Team)
  • Liza Voloshyna, Sr., Kherson, Ukraine (2022 Third Team All-Conference Carolinas; 2021 First Team All-Conference Carolinas)
  • Oriana Izarra, Fr., Valencia, Venezuela