Women's Tennis Set to Host Belmont Abbey on Saturday

CLINTON, S.C. – Coming off of Monday's victory over Lander, the Presbyterian College women's tennis team returns to action on Saturday with a matchup against Belmont Abbey set for 1 p.m....

MATCHDAY CENTRAL
MATCHUP: Belmont Abbey (0-0) vs Presbyterian (1-2)
TIME: Saturday, January 29, 1 pm
LOCATION: Templeton Tennis Courts (Clinton, S.C.)

COACH ROBERTS ON SATURDAY'S MATCH
"Excited to host Belmont Abbey in a match on Saturday. Really good opportunity for the team to continue to build confidence on court in singles and doubles."

SCOUTING THE CRUSADERS
- Belmont Abbey is set to open its 2022 spring season on Saturday with the doubleheader on tap from Clinton.
- The Crusaders finished last spring with an 8-12 mark including a 6-4 mark in Conference Carolinas.
- Belmont Abbey was picked fourth in the Conference Carolinas preseason poll earning a first place vote among the league's 12 schools.
- Kayla Vaughan, Elliott Peterson and Frankee Hendricks were all listed as Players to Watch by the league this season.

PRESEASON POLL
- The Presbyterian College women's tennis team was selected fourth by the league's coaches in the Big South Preseason Poll, as was announced earlier this week.
- The fourth-place selection marks the highest ever preseason ranking the Blue Hose have earned in their time in the Big South surpassing the fifth-place selection during the 2019 preseason.
- Charleston Southern received eight first-place votes and 80 total points as the Buccaneers were tabbed to win the league. Radford earned a first-place vote and earned 62 points. Campbell totaled 57 points and finished in third place with PC earning 56 points and finishing in fourth in the preseason poll. UNC Asheville was selected fifth with 49 points, while Gardner-Webb slid in sixth place with 47 points. Longwood was chosen seventh in the preseason poll with 27 points, with N.C. A&T (15 points) in eighth and Hampton rounded out the field with 12 points in ninth place.

LAST TIME OUT
- The Presbyterian College women's tennis team recorded its first victory of the 2022 spring season on Monday with a dominating 7-0 result over Lander at the Templeton Tennis Courts.
- Freshman Valentina De Sousa earned her first collegiate win in her first match of her career on Monday.

UP NEXT
- PC hits the road next Saturday for a 1 p.m. matchup in Wilmington against UNC Wilmington.

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Players Mentioned

Valentina De Sousa: 5' 6"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Valentina De Sousa
: 5' 6"; Freshman