COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Presbyterian College women's tennis team makes the short trip to Columbia this week for the ITA Carolina Regionals, held at the Carolina Outdoor Tennis Center beginning on Thursday, Oct. 15.
MATCH DAY CENTRAL
MATCHUP: ITA Carolina Regionals
DATE: Thursday-Tuesday, October 15-20
LOCATION: Carolina Outdoor Tennis Center (Columbia, S.C.)
Eight Blue Hose players will be competing in the singles and doubles main draws this weekend. In singles, Paulina Villegas will begin play in the round of 64 against Zelie Bretin of East Carolina on Thursday at 12:30 p.m.
In doubles, PC has four teams pairing up in the main draw. In the round of 64, Grace Katzman and Mary Ellen Longmire will take the courts on Friday at 2:30 p.m. against Lillian Santos and Kady Tannenbaum of Wake Forest. Roxy Valdes is partnering with Villegas to take on Iga Piotrowska and Cornelia Kack of Elon at 3:15 on Friday.
Also in first round action, Elle Sceney and Odyssee Bellet will play Tatum Evans and Alanis Hamilton of North Carolina at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Finally, Keira Stewart and Mary Ellen Longmire will pair up to face Kim Auerswald and Reese Calvo on Friday at 4:30 p.m.
The singles and doubles main draw can be found here.
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
The two singles finalists from the Carolina Regional and doubles champion will automatically qualify for the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships, being held in Athens, Ga. on Nov. 17-23.
LAST TIME OUT
Presbyterian played its second tournament of the fall at the Lander Invite this past weekend in Greenwood, S.C.
Bellet, Katzman, Longmire, and Villegas all picked up three singles victories. Rodrigo Hidalgo recorded two singles wins. As a team, the Blue Hose were dominant on the doubles courts in the event, dropping just one match.
HEAD COACH ALLY HAYDUK
Ally Hayduk takes over as the new head coach of the Blue Hose women's tennis program. She comes to Presbyterian after spending the 2025-26 season as an assistant coach at Samford, her alma mater. She spent the previous year as an assistant at Georgia Southern, contributing to the Eagles' highest ITA national ranking in program history (No. 65) in the first season of her coaching career.
2026-27 ROSTER
Presbyterian has six returners to lead the team this season. Sofia Rodrigo Hidalgo, Mary Ellen Longmire, Grace Katzman, Katherine Bauer, Elle Sceney, and Roxy Valdes are all back for the Blue Hose. Valdes was named to the All-Big South Doubles Second Team, while Longmire earned spots on both the Big South All-Academic Team and the CSC Academic All-District Team.
A native of France, Odyssee Bellet is PC's lone freshman. Finally, Paulina Villegas and Keira Stewart join the squad as transfers.
UP NEXT
The Blue Hose will compete in the Big South Individual Championships on Oct. 23-25 in Rock Hill, S.C.
