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1/10/2020 10:35:00 AM | Women's Tennis
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Charleston Southern tennis gets back to the court after a strong finish to the fall schedule as they take on North Carolina and Elon to begin their spring 2020 trek.
Second-year head coach Anca Dumitrescu returns six student-athletes from last season's squad that collected eight wins, five coming in Big South play, as well as four newcomers. Those six athletes – Tyler Kirk, Madalina Man, Tiffany Pyritz, Michelle Schmitz, Femcke van Rensburg and Liz Williams – accounted for 34 of the Bucs' 52 singles wins last season as well as 24 of their 32 Big South victories.
Pyritz, now a sophomore, led the returners with nine singles wins while Man and Schmitz each collected eight and Williams finished with seven. Man also earned All-Big South First Team Singles finishing with a 5-2 record at the No. 2 singles slot and played all 17 of her matches at the top-two flights.
Saturday's opener at North Carolina begins a 19-match slate that sees 12 take place in Charleston including an eight-match stretching across the end of January through March 12 versus Toledo of the Mid-American Conference. The Bucs' 2020 Big South opener also falls in the eight-match homestand as USC Upstate comes calling Feb. 29, the first of four home conference matches.
CSU and UNC square-off at 4 p.m. Saturday before the Bucs end their stay in the Tar Heel state Sunday at 10 a.m. taking on Elon.
Second-year head coach Anca Dumitrescu returns six student-athletes from last season's squad that collected eight wins, five coming in Big South play, as well as four newcomers. Those six athletes – Tyler Kirk, Madalina Man, Tiffany Pyritz, Michelle Schmitz, Femcke van Rensburg and Liz Williams – accounted for 34 of the Bucs' 52 singles wins last season as well as 24 of their 32 Big South victories.
Pyritz, now a sophomore, led the returners with nine singles wins while Man and Schmitz each collected eight and Williams finished with seven. Man also earned All-Big South First Team Singles finishing with a 5-2 record at the No. 2 singles slot and played all 17 of her matches at the top-two flights.
Saturday's opener at North Carolina begins a 19-match slate that sees 12 take place in Charleston including an eight-match stretching across the end of January through March 12 versus Toledo of the Mid-American Conference. The Bucs' 2020 Big South opener also falls in the eight-match homestand as USC Upstate comes calling Feb. 29, the first of four home conference matches.
CSU and UNC square-off at 4 p.m. Saturday before the Bucs end their stay in the Tar Heel state Sunday at 10 a.m. taking on Elon.
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