Women's Tennis 1/20/2015 6:35:00 PM

Elon Defeats South Carolina State 6-1

ELON, N.C. – The 75th-ranked Elon University women's tennis team finished up its first home match of the spring season with a 6-1 win over South Carolina State University on Tuesday, Jan. 20, at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center.

Elon improves to 1-1 on the season with the win.

"I am very happy with how the team performed as a whole at home," said Elon head coach Elizabeth Anderson. "It was good to see the team play well, and working through some nerves in this match will help us out for our following matches this weekend."

Elon started off with winning a point in doubles play with two matches. On court two, Elon's Taylor Casey and Olivia Lucas defeated Claudia Roca and Marketa Marcanikova (6-3), before Kamilla Beisenova and Erica Braschi came out with a win over Andjela Vasic and Oleksandra Filippova (6-0) at court three.

The Phoenix continued its strong play into singles action, winning five of six matches. Barbora Lazarova took the first win for the Phoenix defeating Andjela Vasic, 6-2, 6-2. Following Lazarova's win, Erica Braschi posted a solid win against Oleksandra Filippova (6-1, 6-4).

Maria Camara Ruiz helped Elon clinch the win over South Carolina State with a decisive win against Claudia Roca (6-3, 6-0). Kamilla Beisenova, the recently added freshman, defeated Marketa Marcanikova in a tiebreaker going, 2-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-1) improving her record to 2-0 in the season. Taylor Casey finished off with the fifth singles win with a 6-4, 6-2, decision over Dakota Brown.

Elon travels to Gainesville, Fla., to play against the third-ranked Florida Gators in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Kickoff Weekend Jan. 24-25. They will face the Gators on Saturday, Jan. 24, and finish off the weekend facing against either Maryland or Georgia State on Jan. 25.

"This tournament is surrounded by a good environment, and is full of great competition," added Anderson. "It will be good for us to start up against Florida and finish off against one of the other two great teams."

--ELON--

RESULTS

#75 Elon 6, South Carolina State 1

Doubles (Order of finish: 3,1,2)

1. Intissar Rassif/Dakota Brown (SCSU) def. Maria Camara Ruiz/Barbora Lazarova (ELON) 6-3
2. Taylor Casey/Olivia Lucas (ELON) def. Claudia Roca/Marketa Marcanikova (SCSU) 6-3
3. Kamilla Beisenova/Erica Braschi (ELON) def. Andjela Vasic/O. Filippova (SCSU) 6-0

Singles (Order of finish: 2,4,3,6,5,1)

1. Intissar Rassif (SCSU) def. Olivia Lucas (ELON) 7-5, 7-6 (7-3)

2. Barbora Lazarova (ELON) def. Andjela Vasic (SCSU) 6-2, 6-2

3. Erica Braschi (ELON) def. O. Filippova (SCSU) 6-1, 6-4

4. Maria Camara Ruiz (ELON) def. Claudia Roca (SCSU) 6-3, 6-0

5. Kamilla Beisenova (ELON) def. Marketa Marcanikova (SCSU) 2-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-1)

6. Taylor Casey (ELON) def. Dakota Brown (SCSU) 6-4, 6-2

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Players Mentioned

Maria Camara Ruiz: 5' 4"; Senior

Taylor Casey: 5' 10"; Junior

Barbora Lazarova: 5' 6"; Senior

Erica Braschi: 5' 5"; Freshman

Olivia Lucas: 5' 7"; Freshman

Kamilla Beisenova: 5' 4"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Maria Camara Ruiz
: 5' 4"; Senior

Taylor Casey
: 5' 10"; Junior

Barbora Lazarova
: 5' 6"; Senior

Erica Braschi
: 5' 5"; Freshman

Olivia Lucas
: 5' 7"; Freshman

Kamilla Beisenova
: 5' 4"; Freshman