GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- The Tusculum University women's tennis team will open their 2026 schedule on Friday, Jan. 30 when the Pioneers visit Tuskegee for the first of 22 regular-season matches this spring.

Ffirst-year head coach Wyatt Pauley welcomes two returning players and four freshmen as part of his first roster at Tusculum. Pauley comes to Tusculum after coaching at his alma mater Quincy and Kutztown over the past four seasons.

The Pioneer women have four NCAA teams on their 2026 schedule, following a 2025 season in which Tusculum's women were 4-14 overall and 3-9 in conference competition.

Senior Ylva Frafjord Landa (Sandnes, Norway) is a four-year starter for the Pioneers, coming off a 3-8 singles season last year at flights one and two. Landa is 38-27 in her career in singles and 40-28 in doubles, which included a 9-7 record last season.

Sophomore Jimena Rivera Camacho (Manzanillo, Mexico) was 0-13 in singles for the Pioneers last season, and joins Landa as the only upperclassmen on the Tusculum squad.

Four freshmen will round out the lineup for the Pioneers: Sophia Amyes (Christchurch, New Zealand), Carla Guasch (Saint-Cyprien, France), Emma Kotzmannova (Sumperk, Czechia) and Ginevra Moreno Villa (Castelldefels,Spain).

Tusculum will play nine non-conference matches through the end of February before opening its 11-match SAC schedule on Wednesday, March 4 against Anderson. The regular season will conclude on Saturday, April 11 at home against Catawba, with the SAC Championship Tournament being held April 16-18 at the Palmetto Tennis Center in Sumter, South Carolina.