RESULTS (PDF)

ELON, N.C. – After dropping the doubles point, Elon University women's tennis battled back to earn a 5-2 victory over UNCW on Saturday, March 10, at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center.
 
Suzanne Zenoni highlighted Elon's (8-7) performance going a perfect 2-0 overall after earning wins in both singles and doubles. The Phoenix battled back from a 1-0 deficit winning four straight matches to open singles play to claim the win. UNCW falls to 1-8 overall with the loss to Elon.
 
"I thought we competed hard against a good UNCW team," said head coach Elizabeth Anderson. "They're a great rival in our conference and we had to battle through some adversity in the very beginning during doubles and at the start of singles. But, the team really showed a lot of grit and fought hard to pull out the win in the end. We'd also like to thank our marketing department for having brunch at today's match. It really helped created a good home-court atmosphere at today's match."
 
HIGHLIGHTS
UNCW took the doubles point and the 1-0 lead in the match. Suzanne Zenoni and Kirsten Ward claimed Elon's lone doubles win, 6-1, at the No. 3 position. Celeste Matute and Sarah Horn clinched the point for the Seahawks with a 6-3 victory on court two.
 
The Phoenix began its comeback in singles play as Maria Paraja got things rolling with a 6-3, 6-2 win at the No. 5 position to level the match. Zenoni completed her perfect day with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over UNCW's Sabrina Barisano to give Elon a 2-1 advantage.
 
Olivia Lucas would extend Elon's lead 3-1 with a win on the top court before Erica Braschi's 6-4, 6-2 victory over Xandra Fougner of the Seahawks clinched the win for the Phoenix, giving the team a 4-1 lead.
 
After Maddy Muller-Hughes earned UNCW's second point of the match at the No. 4 singles position, Montana Moore completed the Phoenix win, battling for a three-set victory over Lea Dubois-Rebiere.

NOTES
- Elizabeth Anderson picked up her 193rd win as a head coach against the Seahawks. She is now just seven wins away from reaching 200 wins for her coaching career, which has been entirely with the Elon women's tennis program.
- Erica Braschi now has 55 singles wins in her dual match career, which ranks fourth in the program's Division I history. One more win would move her into a tie for third all-time.
 
UP NEXT
The Phoenix returns to the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center on Wednesday, March 14, to host reigning Atlantic 10 conference champion UMass at 2 p.m.