Krissy Hall begins her 14th year as the Wofford women’s head tennis coach in the 2025-26 season. Over her tenure she has built a well-respected program that has won ten or more matches in four of the last five seasons. She was named the Southern Conference Coach of the Year in 2019 and 2025.
In 2024-25, the Terriers set a new school record for wins with a 17-4 overall mark. They were 5-2 in Southern Conference matches to earn the #3 seed in the SoCon Tournament. After a quarterfinal win over Chattanooga, they reached the semifinals for just the fourth time in school history. Breda Brennan was selected to the All-Southern Conference first team. Lily Woods earned All-SoCon second team honors at #3 singles, while Chloe Elliott was named All-SoCon at #6 singles. The doubles pair of Brennan and Woods was named second team #1 doubles.
The 2023-24 season saw the Terriers win a school-record 14 matches as they posted a 14-7 overall record. The 4-3 mark in Southern Conference matches was just the fifth time the team had a winning record in league play. They entered the SoCon Tournament as the #4 seed, but were defeated by #5 seed Mercer in the first round. Breda Brennan earned All-Southern Conference first team honors in singles, while Grace Agster and Lily Woods were named to the second team in doubles. Agster also earned a spot on the SoCon All-Freshman Team. Breda Brennan and Emely Kahrs earned SoCon Player of the Week honors, the first for the team since the 2019 season.
During the 2022-23 season, the team was 12-11 overall with a 2-5 mark in the Southern Conference. In the SoCon Tournament, the Terriers were the #6 seed and defeated the #3 seed Samford in the opening round. Breda Brennan and Brianna Wilbur earned All-Southern Conference second team honors. The team was named an ITA All-Academic Team, with six individuals also honored. Four players were named CSC Academic All-District.
The Terriers were 9-10 overall and 3-4 in Southern Conference action in the 2021-22 season. The team was fifth in the league standings. Lily Woods was named second team All-SoCon at #1 singles and she earned a spot on the All-Freshman Team. The double pair of Liz Massie and Lilie Steryous was 10-6 on the season to be named All-SoCon second team. All nine players earned spots on the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll, while five were named to the SoCon Spring All-Academic Team. The team was named an ITA All-Academic Team, while eight of the nine players were named ITA Scholar-Athletes.
In the 2020-21 season, the team was 12-6 overall and 5-2 in Southern Conference play. The five SoCon wins were the most since the 2005-06 season (six) and the Terriers finished third in the league standings to qualify for the tournament. The third place was tied for the highest since joining the SoCon. In the semifinals for just the second time in school history, the team was defeated by #2 seed East Tennessee State. Lilie Steryous was named to the All-SoCon First Team for singles and Vroman was named to the All-SoCon Second Team for singles at the No. 1 position. Vroman was also given the Sportsmanship Award, the third Terrier to receive this honor. Following the season, nine players were named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll, seven earned ITA Scholar-Athlete recognition and the team was named an ITA All-Academic Team.
During the 2019-20 campaign the team was 8-4 overall, which was highlighted by wins over Stetson and UNC Wilmington, before the season was cut short.
Hall led Wofford to one of the top finishes during the 2018-19 season, guiding the Terriers to a 13-8 overall record and 4-3 SoCon record, while advancing to their first ever semifinals appearance in the SoCon tournament as a #3 seed- Wofford’s highest seeding earned ever. Hall claimed SoCon Coach of the Year honors for the season, being the first Wofford women’s tennis coach to do so, as she helped land sophomore Jenna Vroman and senior Cassidy Hicks First Team All-SoCon recognition for doubles play, while Vroman was also named First Team All-SoCon for singles. The season featured several milestones, as Hicks and Vroman earned the program’s first ITA national doubles ranking at #52, while leading the SoCon with a 6-1 mark in-conference and compiling the most doubles wins in a season (16). Vroman received Wofford’s first player of the week honor since 2013 (Julia Paulson) and was also named Player of the Month for the Month of March. Additionally, the Terriers picked up the program’s first quarterfinal win in the SoCon Tournament, 4-0, over Mercer, while three Terriers finished with double-digit singles wins for the season: Jenna Vroman (15), Cassidy Hicks and Lilie Steryous (11).
The Terriers finished the 2017-18 with a record of 9-10 including eight non-conference victories. Hall guided Cassidy Hicks and freshman Jenna Vroman to all conference selections for doubles play . Vroman was also named to the All-Freshman team and named as the conference’s freshman of the year. This marked the third All-Freshman selection in four seasons and was the first time a wofford women’s tennis player was named Freshman of the Year.
The 2016-17 campaign saw the Terriers match the win total from the previous season with 11. Despite a tough conference schedule the Terriers excelled in non-conference matches picking up 10 wins on the season.
In her fourth season, the team continued its steady improvement, finishing with an 11-9 record and 3-4 in the SoCon. Hall coached freshman Cassidy Hicks to a solid freshman season resulting in a All-Freshman selection by the SoCon.
Coach Hall helped the team improve to a 9-11 overall record in her third season at the helm. Samantha Russell made the SoCon All-Freshman Team under Hall’s watch and junior Mareli Sanchez earned the ITA Regional Cissie Leary Sportsmanship Award. She had two players in Kalli Karas and Sanchez named to the Southern Conference Academic All-Conference Spring Team and eight players named to the Southern Conference Honor Roll.
In her second year with the team, Hall led the Terriers to a 6-16 season record. She had four tennis players named to the Southern Conference Honor Roll and two in Audrey Coventry and Mareli Sanchez named to the Spring All-Academic Team. Hall’s leadership also led Coventry to be recognized for her sportsmanship, earning the Southern Conference Sportsmanship Award and the ITA Regional Cissie Leary Sportsmanship Award.
In her first season at Wofford, Hall finished the season with a 5-17 overall record. She had five tennis players named to the 2013 Southern Conference Spring All-Academic Team and 10 total players named to the 2013 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
Prior to Wofford, Hall completed four years at the helm of the UAB women’s tennis program in 2011-12. She was named the Blazers’ head coach on Aug. 22, 2008.
Hall’s teams – in addition to their play on the court – have attained a high level of success academically, highlighted by the 2011 season in which her squad earned the Conference USA Sport Academic Award as the women’s tennis program with the highest GPA in the league. It was the first time any team other than Rice won the award since its inception with the 2006 season.
She also coached Jenny Cape, who became the first Academic All-American in UAB women’s tennis history when she earned second-team honors in 2011. Cape was also a two-time Academic All-District performer and a three-time selection to the C-USA All-Academic Team.
Hall’s teams received the NCAA Public Recognition Award in both 2010 and 2011 for being among the top 10 percent of women’s tennis programs in the country in terms of multi-year APR scores. The Blazers were named an ITA All-Academic Team in each of her three seasons and had a total of 13 ITA Scholar-Athlete selections in that time. Hall also coached 24 C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll selections and five C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal recipients at UAB.
On the court, Hall coached the Blazers to a record of 29-45 in her four years with the program. After a 6-9 mark in her first season in 2009, Hall guided the team to 10 wins in her second season as the Blazers finished 10-11 in 2010. UAB posted a 7-13 record in 2011 and a 6-12 mark in 2012.
Hall coached four players who finished their careers among the top 20 on UAB’s all-time dual-match singles wins list. Cape (39 wins) is 11th on the list, followed by Evelien Strijker (37) in 12th, Paula Alvarez (32) in 17th and Giorgia Romeo (27) in 20th. Strijker finished her career as a two-time All-Conference USA selection, including the 2009 season when she was a third-team honoree under Hall.
Hall came to UAB in the fall of 2008 from the University of Wyoming, where she led the women’s tennis program for the previous three seasons. In her final season at Wyoming, Hall guided her team to 11 wins and a first-round victory in the 2008 Mountain West Conference Tournament. The 11 wins matched the most in school history.
The 2008 tournament win was also just the second for the Cowgirl program. Hall guided Wyoming to its first MWC Tournament victory just two seasons earlier in her first year with the team. She followed that up in 2007 by coaching Sarah Summerfield to All-MWC First Team honors. Summerfield was just the second Cowgirl ever to earn that distinction.
Prior to her appointment at Wyoming, Hall served as an assistant coach at both Virginia Tech, her alma mater, and Washington State.
She was at Virginia Tech for the 2003-04 season, including a short stint as the program’s interim head coach. Her responsibilities with the Hokies included coordinating recruiting efforts, organizing practices and assisting with the day-to-day activities of the program.Hall then went to Washington State as an assistant for the 2004-05 campaign. In addition to the responsibilities she held at Virginia Tech, she also handled scheduling and budgeting for the Cougars.
Before beginning her coaching career, Hall was a standout as a four-year letterwinner on the women’s tennis team at Virginia Tech from 1999-2003. She was a three-year captain and a nationally ranked singles player during her senior campaign. For her career, she posted a school-record 81 doubles victories while posting 160 total wins to rank second all-time in school history.
During her senior season in 2003, Hall was honored with the National Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award. As a player, she was also named Atlantic 10 Co-Rookie of the Year (2000), Atlantic 10 All-Conference (2000) and Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete (2003). During her junior season in 2002, Hall won the ITA Cissie Leary Sportsmanship Award for the East Region.
Hall earned a bachelor’s degree from Virginia Tech in 2003 and completed her master’s degree at the school in 2004.
She married Matt Hall in 2005 and they have a son, Caleb. Hall’s brother, Andrew Stubbs, played tennis for four years at Wofford College. Stubbs earned All-Southern Conference honors all four seasons with the Terriers at number one singles and doubles and was named to the Wofford College Hall of Fame as a member of the 2014 class.
