GREENVILLE, S.C. – In the 2025 Conference Carolinas Women’s Tennis Preseason Poll, Erskine University is picked as champions by the league’s women’s tennis coaches, the conference office announced on Friday.
The Flying Fleet won a share of the 2024 Conference Carolinas regular season and won the tournament title as they are picked atop the poll with 132 points and seven first place votes. Co-champion Lees-McRae College is picked second with 122 points and five first place votes while Belmont Abbey College is third with 121 points.
2024 co-champion Barton College earned the final first place vote and is picked fourth with 115 points. Young Harris College rounds out the top five with 99 points as they are followed by the University of Mount Olive with 87 points.
Francis Marion University (76), Emmanuel University (67), Converse University (65), North Greenville (50), Shorter University (32), Chowan University (30) and King University (18) rounded out the poll.
The 2025 Conference Carolinas Women’s Tennis Championship is scheduled to take place from Thursday, April 24-Sunday, April 27 at the Palmetto Tennis Center in Sumter, South Carolina.
The preseason poll was voted on by the league's head coaches and they can't vote for their own school.
2025 Conference Carolinas
Women’s Tennis Preseason Poll
|
School |
Total (First Place) |
| 1 |
Erskine |
132 (7) |
| 2 |
Lees-McRae |
122 (5) |
| 3 |
Belmont Abbey |
121 |
| 4 |
Barton |
115 (1) |
| 5 |
Young Harris |
99 |
| 6 |
Mount Olive |
87 |
| 7 |
Francis Marion |
76 |
| 8 |
Emmanuel |
67 |
| 9 |
Converse |
65 |
| 10 |
North Greenville |
50 |
| 11 |
Shorter |
32 |
| 12 |
Chowan |
30 |
| 13 |
King |
18 |
2025 Conference Carolinas Women’s Tennis
Players to Watch
Barton
- Tilde Howeler, Sr., Stockholm, Sweden (2024 Conference Carolinas Player of the Year)
- Silvia Fernandez-Trabadelo, Sr., Mator, Spain (2024 second team All-Conference Carolinas)
- Ruya Mavi, So., Huddinge, Sweden
Belmont Abbey
- Frankee Hendricks, Sr., Seminole, Florida (2024 second team All-Conference Carolinas)
- Hanley Riner, Jr., Huntington, West Virginia
- Alexis Burkhalter, Jr., Columbus, Ohio (2024 third team All-Conference Carolinas)
Chowan
- Sreshta Puducheri, Sr., Hyderabad, India
- Feidi Abreu Rodriguez, Sr., Santo Domingo, Dominican-Republic
Converse
- Khushi Kharb, Jr., Sonipat, Haryana, India (2024 first team All-Conference Carolinas, 2023 second team All-Conference Carolinas Second Team All-Conference)
- Lais Martins, Jr., Florianopolis, Brazil
- Tamanna Panwar, Fr., New Delhi, India
Emmanuel
- Shatavisa Ghosh, Sr., Kolkata, India
- Sabina Roua, Sr., Ontario, Canada
Erskine
- Ariana Jativa, Jr., Guayaquil, Ecuador
- Teodora Stefanovic, Jr., Belgrade, Serbia
- Hanna Vasconez, Jr., Riobamba, Ecuador
Francis Marion
- Fátima Hernández, Fr., Morelia, Mexico
- Valery Gomez, Fr., Floridablanca, Colombia
- Sophia Hansen, Sr., London, England
King
- Deniz Aytun Sr. Talavera de la Reina, Spain
- Mireia Mas Ortega Jr. Torello, Spain
Lees-McRae
- Pati Sanchez, Jr., Madrid, Spain (2024 first team All-Conference Carolinas, 2023 third team All-Conference Carolinas)
- Rhidaim Yang, Sr., Lima, Peru (2024 first team All-Conference Carolinas, 2023 third team All-Conference Carolinas)
- Miranda Noor, So., Caracas, Venenzuela (2024 second team All-Conference Carolinas)
Mount Olive
- Lara Stamereilers, So., Wardenburg, Germany (2024 Conference Carolinas Freshman of the Year, 2024 first team All-Conference Carolinas)
- Nina Bernier, Fr., Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe
- Victoria Calle, So., Tarragona, Spain
North Greenville
- Lauren Chisholm, Sr., Laurel, Mississippi
- Daphney Koutsofta, So., Paralimni, Cyprus
Shorter
- Sharick Guiza, Jr., Bogota, Colombia
- Laura Martin, So., Granada, Spain
- Sydney Wright, Sr., Calhoun, Georgia
Young Harris
- Simone Mercier, Jr., Saint-Roch-Quest, Quebec, Canada
- Futaba Saito, So., Chita, Japan
- Viviana Gomez, So., Guadalajara, Mexico