10/24/2026 6:57:00 PM | Women's Tennis
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Charleston Southern women's tennis secured two championship-match appearances Saturday at the 2026 Big South Fall Tennis Individual Championships presented by Visit York County. Carlota Farrés Carreter, Amike Botha and Carlé Botha will all appear in championship matches on Sunday, October 25th.
Farrés Carreter advanced to the women's singles championship after collecting two victories in the main draw. As the No. 2 seed, she opened the day with a 6-4, 6-4 quarterfinal win over Longwood's Farah Asaad before defeating teammate and No. 3 seed Natsuki Yamagami by the same score in the semifinals. Farrés Carreter will face top-seeded Hima Fernando of Longwood at 11:30 a.m. Sunday for the championship.
Yamagami earned a quarterfinal victory, defeating Longwood's Feline van Eijkelenburg, 7-5, 6-4, before meeting Farrés Carreter in the semifinals.
In women's doubles, the sister duo of Amike and Carlé Botha earned a championship berth with an impressive 8-2 semifinal victory over Presbyterian's No. 2-seeded Roxy Valdés and Paulina Villegas. The No. 6-seeded Buccaneers will face Presbyterian's No. 4-seeded Keira Stewart and Mary Ellen Longmire at 10 a.m. Sunday for the doubles title.
Charleston Southern also picked up a doubles consolation victory, as No. 5-seeded Brenda Yoris and Natsuki Yamagami defeated NJIT's Diana Fernandes and Feyza Aydin, 8-4. In singles consolation play, Carlé Botha added a 6-1, 6-2 victory over NJIT's Diana Fernandes. Amike Botha fell to NJIT's Anna Frost, 6-2, 6-2, while Martina Vazquez dropped a three-set quarterfinal decision to Presbyterian's Paulina Villegas, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. In women's doubles semifinal action, Vazquez and Farrés Carreter fell to Presbyterian's Stewart and Longmire, 8-4.
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