2025-26 Carson-Newman Women's Tennis News
Hala Awad was named the conference’s Scholar Athlete of the Year, the conference announced today. The award honors the excellence a student athlete achieves in athletics, academics, leadership, and service.
Hala Awad, Kira Baacke, Leah McBride, Maria del Mar Sarda Marti, and Leonard Baecker were chosen to 2025-26 Academic All-District® teams.
As the 8th seed, the Eagles were tasked with taking on the first-seeded #6 Catawba. They fell 4-0 in the SAC Quarterfinals.
The conference office announced Wednesday afternoon that Hala Awad was voted by head coaches around the league to the South Atlantic Conference’s first team.
The Eagles challenged the ranked Wolves but couldn’t grab the win at their home court.
The loss snaps a three-match winning streak to send the Eagles into their final regular-season match.
With their third win in a row, women’s tennis will return home to face their final two conference opponents of the season with three sweeps in their pocket.
Carson-Newman Women’s Tennis took care of Pikeville in a 7-0 decision that saw first wins from seniors an well-earned celebrations.
Carson-Newman got two wins at doubles, coupled with dominance from the bottom of the lineup.
Carson-Newman Women’s Tennis will head to Greenville on Thursday to battle Tusculum before returning home on Saturday for their senior day.
The Eagles played without conference player of the week Hala Awad in singles and couldn’t step up to the plate against the Flames.
The conference office announced the senior as the WePlayed Tennis player of the week after an undefeated three-match stretch in both singles and doubles.
The Eagles pushed one of the top ten teams in the nation to three sets in multiple matches after nearly securing the doubles point to drop the match 4-2.
The Eagles took care of the doubles point before strong singles play elevated the Eagles to a 4-1 decision.
On their first win streak since the start of the season, Carson-Newman Women’s Tennis will try to defend their home court against two visiting SAC opponents.
The Eagles swept Emory & Henry 4-0 in a midweek conference match, stacking their first wins in a row since they began the season with wins against Montreat and King.
