ROCK HILL, S.C. – The Presbyterian College women's tennis team continues its fall schedule this weekend, playing in the Big South Individual Championships on Friday-Sunday, Oct. 23-25.
MATCH DAY CENTRAL
MATCHUP: Big South Fall Individual Championships
DATE: Friday-Sunday, October 23-25
LOCATION: Rock Hill Tennis Center (Rock Hill, S.C.)
Four Blue Hose players will be competing in the singles and doubles main draws in Rock Hill. In singles, Keira Stewart, Roxy Valdes, and Paulina Villegas will be in action for Presbyterian.
Villegas is the No. 11 seed and will face the No. 6 seed Anna Frost of NJIT in the round of 16 at 12:30 p.m. on Friday. Valdes is the No. 7 seed, taking on 10-seed Farah Asaad of Longwood at 2:00 p.m. on Friday. Finally, Keira Sewart is the No. 12 seed and will see 5-seed Feline van Eijkelenburg of Longwood in the opening round at 2:00 p.m. on Friday.
In doubles, PC has two teams competing this weekend in the eight-team field. Valdes and Villegas are the No. 2 seed and will partner together to face 7-seed van Eijkelenburg and Alexandra Magia of Longwood to begin the day at 11:00 a.m. Mary Ellen Longmire and Stewart will also play together as the No. 4 seed, taking on Brenda Yoris and Natsuki Yamagami of Charleston Southern on Friday at 11:00 a.m.
The singles and doubles main draw can be found here.
ITA CONFERENCE MASTERS
The individual singles and doubles champion will receive automatic entry into the ITA Conference Masters Championships, held Nov. 5-8, 2026 at the Rome Tennis Center in Rome, Ga.
BIG SOUTH DOUBLES CHAMPIONS
The Blue Hose are the defending champions in doubles, sweeping both the men's and women's tournaments last year.
LAST TIME OUT
Eight Blue Hose players competed in its second tournament of the fall at the Lander Invite this past weekend in Greenwood, S.C.
Paulina Villegas and Roxy Valdes played singles for the Blue Hose. Valdes competed in the main draw for PC, falling in the round of 64. Villegas picked up a three-set victory in the first round of qualifying on Thursday, defeating Zelie Bretin of East Carolina 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4. She fell in the second of qualifying later in the day.
Grace Katzman, Sofia Rodrigo Hidalgo, Valdes, Villegas, Elle Sceney, Odyssee Bellet, Keira Stewart, and Mary Ellen Longmire all played doubles for the Blue Hose in Columbia.
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 conclude their fall schedule on Oct. 30-Nov. 1, competing in the Wofford Invite in Spartanburg, S.C.
