Women's Tennis Hosts Gardner-Webb and Radford in Big South Conference Action This Week

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - UNC Asheville Women's Tennis hosts Gardner-Webb and Radford this week in Big South Conference action.

UNC Asheville vs. Gardner-Webb

Wednesday, Mar. 26, 2025 | 2 PM | Asheville, N.C. | Asheville Racquet Club Downtown

About Asheville - Asheville comes into the matchup at 9-5 overall and 1-0 in the Big South Conference after a 6-1 win at Longwood on Saturday (Mar. 22). Asheville sports a 56-24 record in singles play along with a combined 23-14 doubles record. Angelina Joy Hug leads the Bulldogs in singles play with 10 wins, while Louise Booker has nine and Elizabeth Tinder has eight. Valeria Centeno and Keira Stewart each have seven wins, while Julia Caffarena has six and Alexis Nyborg has five. Avery Sager and Luise van Rensburg also each have two wins in singles play. Hug/Ari Siegel and Sager/Booker each have six wins in doubles play, while Tindera/Centeno have five wins in doubles play. Nyborg/Tindera and Siegel/van Rensburg each have two wins in doubles play, while Hug/Tindera and Nyborg/Centeno each have one win in doubles play.

About Gardner-Webb - Gardner-Webb comes into the matchup at 6-7 overall and 2-1 in the Big South after a 6-1 loss at Charleston Southern on Sunday (Mar. 23). Gardner-Webb sports a combined 48-51 singles record along with a 21-29 combined doubles record. Emilia Roslund leads the way in singles play with 10 wins, whiel Milica Prokic and Courtney Fyvie each have seven wins and Emma Shasteen also has six wins. Katie Watts also has five wins in singles play. Azilee Pulin and Fyvie lead the way in doubles play with seven wins, while Roslund/Shasteen and Watts/Prokic each have five wins in doubles play. Four other doubles tandems each have one win.

Series History - This will be the 18^th all-time meeting between Asheville and Gardner-Webb, with Gardner-Webb leading the all-time series 9-8. Asheville has won the last two meetings in the series, including a 6-1 win last season on Mar. 7, 2024 in Boiling Springs.

UNC Asheville vs. Radford

Saturday, Mar. 29, 2025 | 1 PM | Asheville, N.C. | Asheville Racquet Club Downtown

About Radford - Radford enters the matchup at 3-7 overall and 1-0 in the Big South after a 4-3 loss to North Carolina Central on Sunday (Mar. 23). Radford holds a combined 22-36 record in singles play along with an 8-19 combined doubles record. Julia Abrams, Michaela Stephens and Lexi Smolder each have five wins in singles play, while Rachel Ekanem has three wins and Brooke Murphy and Natalia Reimer each have two wins. Murphy/Stephens have four wins in doubles play, while Abrams and Smolder have three wins and Ekanem and Reimer also have one win.

Series History - This will be the 23^rd all-time matchup between Asheville and Radford, with Radford leading the all-time series 12-10. Asheville has won the last three meetings in the series, including a 4-0 win last season in Asheville on Apr. 19, 2024.

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Women's Tennis Hosts Gardner-Webb and Radford in Big South Conference Action This Week

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Players Mentioned

Louise Booker

Julia Caffarena

Valeria Centeno

Angelina Joy Hug

Alexis Nyborg

Avery Sager

Ari Siegel

Keira Stewart

Luise van Rensburg

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