NORFOLK, Va., — South Carolina State women's head coach Hardeep Judge was named MEAC Women's Coach of the Year, while senior Soyfa Chursina was named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's (MEAC) 2025 Women's Tennis Player of the Year as voted on by the conference's head coaches and sports information directors. 

Chursina capped off an impressive season, earning MEAC Player of the Year honors for the third consecutive season after leading the Bulldogs to a third consecutive regular-season title and an undefeated 6-0 conference record. She posted a strong 11-4 mark at No. 1 singles, including a 5-1 record against MEAC opponents. Teaming up with Hind Semlali, she went 12-4 at No. 1 doubles, highlighted by an undefeated run through league play. Chursina joins Bethune-Cookman's Mina Matsuba as the only other player in MEAC women's tennis history to have won the honor three times. 
 
Judge finished an outstanding 2024-25 season by earning MEAC Women's Coach of the Year and Co-Men's Coach of the Year honors. Under his leadership, South Carolina State tennis posted a combined 26-7 record, with the men finishing 13-3 and the women 13-4. The Bulldogs were dominant in conference play combining for a perfect 11-0 mark (Men - 5-0; Women - 6-0). They secured nonconference wins over Georgia State, Tennessee – Chattanooga, Wofford, George Mason, Furman, Presbyterian and Campbell. They will enter the tournament as the no. 1 seed. Now in his 23rd season at the helm, Coach Judge's Bulldogs set their sights on capturing a sixth consecutive Women's Championship and a fifth consecutive championship for the Men. 

Others earning honors were, along with Chursina were Hind Semlali and  Nalanda Teixeira de Silva all earned All-MEAC First Team honors respectively.
  
The 2025 MEAC Tennis Championship semifinal and championship matches will be streamed on ESPN+ at 9:00 a.m. for the women's and 12:00 p.m. for the men's.   
 
All matches will be held at the Cary Tennis Park in Cary, N.C.  
 
2025 Women's Tennis All-MEAC Teams  
As voted on by the conference's head tennis coaches and sports information directors.  
 
Player of the Year: Sofya Chursina, South Carolina State  
Rookie of the Year: Victoria Linkovski, Delaware State 
Coach of the Year: Hardeep Judge, South Carolina State  
 
1st Team 
Kit Yi Kaye Au-Yeung, Delaware State  
Yuliya Yurkova, Norfolk State  
Alejandra Hidalgo Vega, N.C. Central  
Sofya Chursina, S.C. State  
Hind Semlali, S.C. State  
Nalanda Teixeira de Silva, S.C. State  
 
2nd Team  
Lucia Casas Blas, Delaware State  
Camilla Mitolo, Delaware State  
Ava Chambers, Howard  
Jordan Grayson, Howard  
Nadia Pegram, Howard  
Sofiya Tsitavets, Norfolk State