ELON, N.C. – Elon University women's tennis continued its fall season this weekend, Oct. 21-24, at ITA Carolina Regionals in Winston-Salem, N.C.
 
THE RUNDOWN (SINGLES)
- Julie Ball continued her strong fall by winning four consecutive matches in the consolation bracket of the qualifying round. She opened with a over UNCW's Sasha Belaya before quickly defeating WCU's Ana Uljanov 6-4, 6-1 in straight sets. In the quarterfinals round, Ball took down SCSU's Lasya Patnaik 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the semifinals where she outlasted CSU's Laura Marti 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 in a three set battle to move on to the finals.
- Sibel Tanik defeated CCU's Megan Hopton 6-1, 6-1 in the first round of the A2 Main draw to pick up her lone singles win of the weekend.
- Lizette Reding earned two singles wins during qualifying at the tournament, defeating GWU's Maria Jardim (6-1, 7-6(4)) and UNC's Lucie Petruzelova (6-3, 6-3) respectively.
- Olivia Archer also added a singles win, outlasting GWU's Elise Semmartin 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the B1 draw.
- Alison O'Dea took down CSU's Amila Jusufbegovic 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 in three sets to advance to the round of 16 of the B1 draw.
 
THE RUNDOWN (DOUBLES)
- The combination of Julie Ball and Olivia Archer led the way for the Phoenix in doubles play, advancing to the finals of the A2 Main draw consolation bracket. The duo opened with an 8-4 win of Davidson's Patterson and Porges before following it up by defeating SCSU's Semlali and Patnaik. In the semifinals, Archer and Ball defeated FU's Dawson and Pate 8-3 to advance to the finals.
- Sibel Tanik and Lizette Reding outlasted WC's Steryous and Wilbur 8-7(5) to advance to the round of 16 in the A2 Main draw.
- Sarah Allen combined with Shauna Galvin to defeat GWU's Semmartin and Fyvie in an 8-7(5) tiebreak in the Main B doubles draw.
 
UP NEXT
The Phoenix will be back in action on Oct. 29-30, when it concludes its fall campaign with the Elon Invite at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center on Elon's campus.