Blue Hose Set for Pair of Home League Matches

CLINTON, S.C. – The Presbyterian College women's tennis team begins a busy week with a pair of league matches starting on Tuesday at 1 p.m. against Charleston Southern. The week continues on Thursday for PC when Gardner-Webb visits Clinton for a 1 p.m. match at the Templeton Tennis Courts. Both matches are rescheduled matches from earlier this season due to weather postponing them.

MATCHDAY CENTRAL
MATCHUP:  Charleston Southern (10-4, 4-0 Big South) vs. Presbyterian (5-10, 3-1 Big South)
TIME: Tuesday March 29, 1 pm
LOCATION: Templeton Tennis Courts (Clinton, S.C.)

MATCHUP:  Gardner-Webb (6-7, 4-1 Big South) vs. Presbyterian
TIME: Thursday March 31, 1 pm
LOCATION: Templeton Tennis Courts (Clinton, S.C.)

COACH ROBERTS ON MIDWEEK LEAGUE MATCHES
"It is a quick turnaround and a big week ahead for us. We will get some great rest and recovery and be ready for two more tough conference matches."

SCOUTING CHARLESTON SOUTHERN
- Charleston Southern comes into Tuesday's match with a 10-4 record following a 4-0 defeat on Saturday afternoon.
- The Bucs are a perfect 4-0 in league play so far in 2022 with wins over N.C. A&T, Longwood, Hampton and Campbell.
- Amila Jusufbegovic and Tiffany Pyritz lead CSU with eight singles wins so far in 2022. Zoe Cauthen and Noa Boyd each have seven wins.
- The Buccaneers top doubles pair is Khyanna Singh and Madalina Man with seven wins on the year.
- CSU leads the all-time series over the Blue Hose winning 13 of the 15 all-time meetings with PC winning two of the last three meetings from the Bucs.

SCOUTING GARDNER-WEBB
- Gardner-Webb enters with a 6-7 record following a 5-2 setback on Saturday against Campbell. It was the first setback in league play after wins over Hampton, UNC Asheville, Longwood and Radford to begin conference action.
- Tedora Ristic leads the Runnin' Bulldogs with nine singles wins all coming from the top spot including wins in each of her last eight matches.
- Manon Delsol has earned eight wins at the No. 2 position for Gardner-Webb.
- Ristic paired with Maria Jardim have won eight doubles matches for Gardner-Webb all eight wins coming from the No. 2 spot.
- Gardner-Webb has a 12-2 lead over Presbyterian in the all-time series with the Blue Hose winning the most recent meeting in March of 2021 by the score of 4-3.

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 remain at home to close out the home slate on Saturday at 9 a.m. against Longwood before facing Chattanooga on Sunday at 10 for the final home match in Clinton for PC for the 2022 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