The USA South Athletic Conference's women's tennis coaches have released their 2025 preseason poll. Head coaches do not vote for their own teams in the balloting.
N.C. Wesleyan, the two-time defending USA South regular season and tournament champions, was placed atop the rankings thanks to receiving 56 total points and seven of the possible eight first place votes. The Battling Bishops will look to capture their fifth regular season and tournament titles in the past six seasons. Southern Virginia grabbed 47 total points and the remaining first place vote to place second in this season's poll while Methodist rounded out the top-three with 44 points.
Since the first Conference women's tennis preseason poll in 2003, the N.C. Wesleyan program has been picked to capture the title five times, succeeding on four occasions. The team picked first in the history of the preseason poll has played for the Conference tournament championship all 21 times, winning 16 League titles. Conversely, the team picked second in the preseason poll has won the Conference championship four times. N.C. Wesleyan, in 2015, is the only team to be picked lower than second (third) in the preseason poll to win a tournament championship.
The 2025 USA South Women's Tennis Tournament will once again be conducted exclusively on campus sites and begin with first round action on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday, April 21, 22, or 23. The semifinals and finals will take place on the campus of N.C. Wesleyan on Friday-Saturday, April 25-26.
| 2025 USA South Coaches Preseason Women's Tennis Poll |
| Rank |
Institution (1st Place Votes) |
Points |
| 1. |
N.C. Wesleyan* (7) |
56 |
| 2. |
Southern Virginia (1) |
47 |
| 3. |
Methodist |
44 |
| 4. |
Pfeiffer |
41 |
| 5. |
Brevard |
32 |
| 6. |
Salem |
22 |
| 7. |
Meredith |
19 |
| 8. |
Mary Baldwin |
9 |
| *Defending Regular Season & Tournament Champion |
All-Time Women's Tennis Conference Records
(listed by wins of current Conference members...records since 2004-05 when a regular season and a tournament champion were included...not counting 2020 COVID season) |
| Team |
Seasons |
Record |
Pct. |
Conference Championships
(Reg. Season / Tournament) |
| Methodist |
19 |
158-9 |
.946 |
21 / 10 |
| Meredith |
16 |
103-42 |
.710 |
1 / 1 |
| N.C. Wesleyan |
19 |
96-69 |
.582 |
6 / 6 |
| William Peace |
18 |
45-120 |
.273 |
0 / 0 |
| Greensboro |
19 |
44-107 |
.291 |
0 / 0 |
| Mary Baldwin |
16 |
25-118 |
.175 |
0 / 0 |
| Brevard |
5 |
23-14 |
.622 |
0 / 0 |
| Pfeiffer |
5 |
23-17 |
.575 |
0 / 0 |
| Southern Virginia |
3 |
21-5 |
.808 |
0 / 0 |
| Salem |
6 |
16-33 |
.327 |
0 / 0 |