ROCK HILL, S.C. – Charleston Southern Women's Tennis claimed both the singles and doubles titles at the inaugural Big South Fall Tennis Individual Championships on Sunday at the Rock Hill Tennis Center in Rock Hill, S.C. The top-ranked doubles pair in the draw of Noa Boyd and Amila Jusufbegovic won the doubles bracket while the third-seeded Marina Skegro claimed the singles crown. With the victories, they receive automatic entry into the ITA Conference Masters Championship which will be held from Thursday, November 7 through Sunday, November 10 in Rome, Georgia with a chance to advance to the NCAA Individual Championships.
 
Boyd and Jusufbegovic claimed the title on Sunday over teammates #3 Kassandra Di Staulo and Skegro by a score of 8-5. Charleston Southern placed a pair of teams in the draw and they combined to go 4-0 against the other competition in the field. They all breezed through the field winning all the matches by 8-1 or 8-2 scorelines to face each other in the finals.
 
For singles, Charleston Southern also dominated the field, with the three entrees from the Bucs having their only losses come against each other as well. In total, the group of #2 Boyd, #3 Skegro and #10 Jusufbegovic compiled a record of 5-0 against opposition from other schools in the league with only two of these requiring a third set.
 
All three advanced through the first round to set up for the first CSU v CSU matchup of the weekend as Boyd defeated Jusufbegovic while Skegro defeated Michaela Stephens of Radford 6-3, 1-6, 6-1. In the semifinals, Skegro eliminated Boyd 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 for her spot in Sunday's championship match. In the finals, Skegro took the first set by a score of 7-6 (4) and won the second set 6-3 to clinch the victory over UNC Asheville's Alexis Nyborg.
 
Charleston Southern has one more fall tournament remaining for the season as they will be taking part in the College of Charleston Invitational from November 1-3. Following this, they will be heading to the ITA Masters Tournament with these players who clinched their automatic bids to the event with their victories this weekend. At that event, the top four singles players and top three doubles players will advance from their draws of 32 entrees.
 
A full listing of the schedule and the results can be found below as well as information on the 2024 ITA Conference Masters Championships.
 
The 2024 ITA Conference Masters Championship will have a draw size of the following, (Singles: 32) (Doubles: 32). From this, four players will qualify for the NCAA Singles Championship (semifinalists). Meanwhile, three doubles teams will qualify for the NCAA Doubles Championship through the Conference Masters (champion, finalist, third place).  Each NCAA AQ-eligible, Division I conference will designate one singles player and one doubles team from each gender to participate in the event.  Those players can be designated through the use of a conference tournament to be completed no later than October 27, 2024, or through an alternate selection process determined by the conference office and its members.
 
FRIDAY, OCT. 25
DOUBLES MAIN DRAW
(1) Noa Boyd & Amila Jusufbegovic, CSU defeat (8) Karina Rizvanova & Alexandra Magia, LWU – 8-1
(4) Emma Shasteen & Emilia Roslund, GWU defeat (5) Louise Booker & Ari Siegel, AVL – 8-3
(7) McKenzie Davis & Madison Dennett, PC defeat (2) Angelina Joy Hug & Elizabeth Tindera, AVL – 8-5
(3) Kassandra Di Staulo & Marina Skegro, CSU defeat (6) Julia Abrams & Lexi Smolder, RAD – 8-2
 
SINGLES MAIN DRAW
(1) Emma Shasteen, Gardner-Webb defeats (16) Karina Rizvanova, Longwood – 6-1, 6-0
(8) Claudia Sanchez, Presbyterian defeats (9) Elizabeth Tindera, UNC Asheville – 6-1, 6-4
(12) Louise Booker, UNC Asheville defeats (6) Alizée Poulin, Gardner-Webb – 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
(4) Alexis Nyborg, UNC Asheville defeats (13) Julia Abrams, Radford – 6-1, 6-2
 
(2) Noa Boyd, Charleston Southern defeats (15) Elizaveta Gnilozubova, Longwood – 6-2, 6-2
(10) Amila Jusufbegovic, Charleston Southern defeats (7) Emilia Roslund, Gardner-Webb – 7-6, 3-6, 6-4
(3) Marina Skegro, Charleston Southern defeats (14) McKenzie Davis, Presbyterian – 6-4, 6-4
(11) Michaela Stephens, Radford defeats (5) Angelina Joy Hug, UNC Asheville – 6-2, 7-5
 
SATURDAY, OCT. 26
DOUBLES MAIN DRAW – SEMIFINALS
(1) Noa Boyd & Amila Jusufbegovic, CSU defeat (4) Emma Shasteen & Emilia Roslund, GWU – 8-1
(3) Kassandra Di Staulo & Marina Skegro, CSU defeat (7) McKenzie Davis & Madison Dennett, PC – 8-1
 
DOUBLES – CONSOLATION
Louise Booker & Ari Siegel, AVL defeat Karina Rizvanova & Alexandra Magia, LWU – 8-5
Angelina Joy Hug & Elizabeth Tindera, AVL defeat Julia Abrams & Lexi Smolder, RAD – 8-2
 
SINGLES MAIN DRAW - QUARTERFINALS
(8) Claudia Sanchez, Presbyterian defeats (1) Emma Shasteen, Gardner-Webb – 6-2, 5-7, 6-4
(4) Alexis Nyborg, UNC Asheville defeats (12) Louise Booker, UNC Asheville – 6-2, 6-2
(2) Noa Boyd, Charleston Southern defeats (10) Amila Jusufbegovic, Charleston Southern – 6-3, 6-1
(3) Marina Skegro, Charleston Southern defeats (11) Michaela Stephens, Radford – 6-3, 1-6, 6-1
 
SINGLES – CONSOLATION
Elizabeth Tindera, UNC Asheville defeats Karina Rizvanova, Longwood – 6-2, 6-2
Alizée Poulin, Gardner-Webb defeats Julia Abrams, Radford – 6-2, 7-5
Elizaveta Gnilozubova, Longwood defeats Emilia Roslund, Gardner-Webb – via forfeit
Ari Siegel, UNC Asheville defeats McKenzie Davis, Presbyterian – 3-6, 6-4, 10-8
 
SINGLES MAIN DRAW - SEMIFINALS
(4) Alexis Nyborg, UNC Asheville defeats (8) Claudia Sanchez, Presbyterian – 7-5, 6-1
(3) Marina Skegro, Charleston Southern vs. (2) Noa Boyd, Charleston Southern – 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
 
SUNDAY, OCT. 27
DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP
(1) Noa Boyd & Amila Jusufbegovic, CSU defeats (3) Kassandra Di Staulo & Marina Skegro, CSU – 8-5
 
SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP
(3) Marina Skegro, Charleston Southern defeats (4) Alexis Nyborg, UNC Asheville – 7-6 (4), 6-3.