Women's Tennis Hits Road for Sunday League Tilt

CLINTON, S.C. – The Presbyterian College women's tennis team gets set for a sprint to the finish of the regular season with a road tilt on Sunday afternoon against Campbell set for 1 p.m… The Blue Hose are slated for five matches over the next week beginning on Sunday in Buies Creek.

MATCHDAY CENTRAL
MATCHUP: Presbyterian (5-9, 3-0 Big South) at Campbell (7-7, 2-1 Big South)
TIME: Sunday March 27, 1 pm
LOCATION: Nisbet Tennis Center (Buies Creek, N.C.)

COACH ROBERTS ON CAMPBELL MATCH
"We are excited to get back on the courts and compete this weekend against Campbell. We have had a good week of training and the team is ready for another tough conference match on Sunday."

SCOUTING CAMPBELL
- Campbell enters the weekend with a 7-7 mark as the Fighting Camels host Gardner-Webb on Saturday before welcoming in the Blue Hose on Sunday.
- The Fighting Camels have tallied league wins already over Hampton and N.C. A&T with their lone setback coming against Charleston Southern.
- Marissa Pennings leads the way for Campbell in singles play with a 10-4 record as the freshman has won seven straight playing at the top three spots in the lineup.
- Sandra Gines has nine singles wins on the year.
- Rhonda Cook and Mialy Ranaivo lead the doubles pairs for Campbell with six wins including five at the top doubles spot.
- Campbell holds an 8-1 all-time record against the Blue Hose including a 4-3 victory over PC in Clinton last season.

JAMAL EARNS BIG SOUTH HONORS
- Presbyterian College senior Zeba Jamal was named the Big South Women's Tennis Co-Player of the Week, for the week of March 14-20, the league announced on Wednesday.
- It's the first Player of the Week honor for Jamal in her Blue Hose career and the fourth award that PC has earned in the 2022 season. Senior Jessica Leeman earned a Player of Week earlier this season and freshman Claudia Sanchez netted two Freshman of the Week honors.
- The Bradenton, Fla. native paired with senior Beth Lacey earned a dominating 6-1 win at No. 2 doubles that propelled the Blue Hose to a 1-0 lead on Saturday against Radford. Jamal and Lacey improved to 3-0 in doubles action in conference play for the Blue Hose.
- Playing from the No. 1 singles position, Jamal battled back from a first set defeat to win in three sets with an 11-9 super tiebreak in the third set to defeat the reigning Big South Player and Freshman of the Year.

RECORD WATCH
- Senior Jessica Leeman has tallied 12 conference wins in her career at Presbyterian and needs just three more to set the program record held by Tracy Johnson and Katie Thompson with 14 apiece.
- Freshman Claudia Sanchez needs just three more wins at the No. 3 singles position to set the DI single-season record for wins at that spot with eight.

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.

UP NEXT
- The Blue Hose return home on Tuesday afternoon to open a busy stretch with a 1 p.m. match against Charleston Southern. It's the start of a four home match stretch in six days to wrap up the Blue Hose home schedule for the 2022 spring season.

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Players Mentioned

Beth Lacey: 5' 5"; Sophomore

Jessica Leeman: 5' 7"; Sophomore

Katie Thompson: 5' 7"; Senior

Zeba Jamal: 5' 8"; Sophomore

Claudia Sanchez: 5' 4"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Beth Lacey
: 5' 5"; Sophomore

Jessica Leeman
: 5' 7"; Sophomore

Katie Thompson
: 5' 7"; Senior

Zeba Jamal
: 5' 8"; Sophomore

Claudia Sanchez
: 5' 4"; Freshman