CLINTON, S.C. – The Presbyterian College Blue Hose women's basketball team tips off the 2025-26 season at home on Monday, November 3 at 4:30 p.m. against the Warren Wilson Owls.
Head coach Tiffany Sardin begins her second season at the helm for the Blue Hose. Coach Sardin's team includes four returners from last year's team and a total of nine newcomers to this year's roster. Guards Shelby Fiddler and Daniella Velez highlight the returners for Coach Sardin's squad.
GAME INFO
Date: Monday, November 3, 2025 at 4:30 p.m.
Site: Clinton, S.C. (Templeton Center)
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats: GoBlueHose.com
PRESBYTERIAN
Record: 0-0
Last Game: March 5, 2025 in Big South Tournament, Quarterfinals – No. 9 Seed UNC Asheville 69, No. 8 Seed Presbyterian 63
Head Coach: Tiffany Sardin (Virginia, 2006)
Record at PC: 6-24 (2nd Season)
WARREN WILSON
Record: 0-0
Last Game: February 18, 2025 – Toccoa Falls College 79, Warren Wilson 56
Head Coach: Robin Martin (10th Season)
NEWCOMERS FOR THE BLUE HOSE
Joining the Blue Hose this season are nine newcomers (four transfers and five freshmen). The transfers for Coach Sardin are Ore Ogunwolere, Ja'Cia Cunningham, Krystal Haddock, and Laetitia Kamdoum. Junior guard Ogunwolere comes to the Blue Hose from Union County College, where she led her team to a conference championship and a spot at JUCO Nationals. Cunningham, a senior guard, transfers over from Chicago State, where she averaged 14 points per game in the 2023-24 season, leading the team in scoring. Haddock, a sophomore guard, transfers to PC after spending one season at Tennessee State, while Kamdoum, a junior forward, comes from Cochise College after two seasons.
Freshmen Aretha Linger, Yolanda Floyd, Allie Sykes, Samantha Mullock, and Amani Williams also join the Blue Hose. This is the most freshmen the Blue Hose have had on the roster since the 2022-23 season (also five).
RETURNERS
The Blue Hose return four from last year's roster. Seniors Shelby Fiddler (6.6 ppg, 2.1 rpg) and Aminata Tal (6.7 ppg, 2.1 rpg) lead the returners for PC. Fiddler and Tal were the third and fourth leading scorers on the team a year ago. Fiddler led the team in three pointers made last season, knocking down 50 for the Blue Hose. She also led the team in minutes played and starts for PC. She started in all 30 games for the Blue Hose, playing in 31.3 minutes per game.
Sophomores Morgan Boyd (2.4 ppg, 2.1 rpg), and Daniella Velez (2.8 ppg, 2.6 rpg) also are back for the Blue Hose this season. Velez led the team in assists last season with 57 on the year. She was also second on the team in made three pointers for PC, sinking 16 total. She appeared in 28 games for Presbyterian, starting in 20 of them. Last season, Boyd was second on the team in free throw shooting, making 73.3 percent of her attempts.
LAST SEASON
The Blue Hose finished with a 6-24 record and a 4-12 mark in the Big South in the first season of head coach Tiffany Sardin. In league play, the Blue Hose picked up back-to-back wins against USC Upstate on Jan. 8 and UNC Asheville on Jan. 11. Later in the season, the Blue Hose delivered a road win at Radford, taking down the Highlanders 78-71. In non-conference action, Presbyterian picked up wins against NC Central and Newberry.
Coach Sardin comes to the Blue Hose with coaching experience from her roles at Saint Louis, Chicago State, Longwood, Boston U, Clemson, Illinois-Chicago, and Mount Olive.
SCOUTING THE OWLS
This is also the first game of the season for Warren Wilson. The Owls finished last season with a 5-19 record. Head coach Robin Martin enters her tenth season at the helm. The Owls also return their top two leading scorers from a year ago: Moosie Lewis (15.6 ppg) and Ellie Martin (8.9 ppg). Lewis led the Owls in assists and finished second in rebounding.
PRESBYTERIAN – WARREN WILSON ALL-TIME SERIES
This will be the second ever meeting between the two teams. The Blue Hose defeated the Owls on Nov. 11, 2015 in Clinton 95-56.
THE 2025-26 NON-CONFERENCE SLATE
Presbyterian's non-conference lineup includes five home contests and six road games, featuring notable road matchups against ACC opponents Wake Forest on Nov. 6 and Virginia Tech on Dec. 10. The Blue Hose will also travel to face Elon on Nov. 10, UNC Wilmington on Nov. 24, and Furman on Dec. 3.
At home, PC will square off against opponents that include UNC Greensboro on Nov. 14, Erskine on Nov. 17, Eastern Kentucky on Dec. 19, and Jacksonville State on Dec. 21.
The Blue Hose will also compete in the FIU Holiday Tournament, facing Seattle on Nov. 28 and then either FIU or UMBC on Nov. 30.
BIG SOUTH SCHEDULE
Conference play begins December 31 for the Blue Hose, with PC set to take on each of its eight Big South opponents twice in a balanced home-and-away schedule.
At Templeton, PC will face Radford on Dec. 31, High Point on Jan. 7, UNC Asheville on Jan. 17, Charleston Southern on Jan. 24, USC Upstate on Feb. 4, Gardner-Webb on Feb. 14, Winthrop on Feb. 18, and Longwood on Feb. 28.
On the road, the Blue Hose will take on Longwood on Jan. 3, USC Upstate on Jan. 14, Gardner-Webb on Jan. 21, Winthrop on Jan. 28, High Point on Jan. 31, Charleston Southern on Feb. 7, UNC Asheville on Feb. 21, and Radford on Feb. 25.
TICKETS AND SOCIAL MEDIA
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UP NEXT
The Blue Hose will travel to Winston-Salem to take on Wake Forest on Thursday, Nov. 6. Tipoff is set for 6:00 pm on ACCNX.
