SUMTER, S.C. - Top seed Mount Olive defeated No. 3 Erskine, 4-3, in the 2022 Conference Carolinas Women's Tennis Championship Final on Sunday, May 1 at the Palmetto Tennis Center to claim the program's second tournament crown. 
 
Match Information
In doubles, Erskine won at No. 1 and Mount Olive won at No. 2 before the Flying Fleet took No. 3 doubles, 6-3, to earn the doubles team point. 
 
It was an intense singles session that saw Mount Olive tie the score early with a straight-sets win at No. 6. The Trojans then captured three-set wins at No. 2 and No. 4 singles for the 3-2 match advantage before Erskine won at No. 1 singles, also in three sets, to knot the match at three. All eyes were on the match at No. 5 singles which Deike Schipper, the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, won, 4-6, 6-1, 7-5, to give the Trojans the conference title. 
 
The Trojans were runner-up last season to the Flying Fleet by an identical 4-3 score.

Player & Coach Comments
"It is hard to put into words how proud I am of this group for what we have achieved this year. Through all of the adversity that some of our played faced individually in their personal lives, and what we faced as a team, we always found a way to get through it together. We would certainly not have been able to achieve such a historic season so far without the core leadership that we have. This showed up at the deciding match that Deike Schipper clinched for us. She has been a phenomenal leader on and off the court by not only going undefeated in conference play, but also leading by example every single day. As we set our sights now onto Nationals, we are looking forward to the next challenge ahead," said head coach Carlos Lora.
 
Mount Olive will make its fourth appearance in the NCAA tournament as they earned the automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Women's Tennis Regional. The complete championship field will be announced on Tuesday, May 3 at 8:30 p.m. at NCAA.com.