ELON, N.C. – Elon University women's tennis returns to action tomorrow, March 27, when it hosts James Madison at 11 a.m. at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center on Elon's campus.
 
THE SERIES
- Elon and JMU will meet for the eighth time in program history on Saturday, with Elon leading the all-time series 4-3.
- The Phoenix defeated the Dukes, 4-3, in their most recent meeting on March 7, 2020.   
 
ABOUT THE PHOENIX
- Elon is off to an 11-3 start to the season after defeating Longwood, 6-1, in its most recent outing.
- The Phoenix is currently 7-1 in matches played at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center this season and 4-1 in road contests.
- Freshman Lizette Reding has started the season off hot, going 11-2 through the first 13 singles matches of her career. Reding also holds an 8-1 record in No. 3 singles so far this season.
- Junior Victoria Saldh is also off to an 11-2 start in singles play this season, while posting a 7-1 record in the No. 1 slot.
- Olivia Archer picked up her sixth win of the season against Longwood, moving to 6-2 in singles play overall this season.  
- Alison O'Dea moved to 7-2 in singles play with her win against Longwood, also improving to 5-1 in the No. 6 slot.
- The combination of Victoria Saldh and Sofia Edo lead the team with nine doubles wins on the year.
- Alison O'Dea and Lizette Reding have posted a 7-3 record in doubles play after winning their last three doubles matches against Towson, UNCW and Longwood respectively.
- Elon returns six athletes from last year's squad for the 2021 season in Sofia Edo, Olivia Archer, Victoria Saldh, Shauna Galvin, Kiana Rizzolo and Uma Nayar. Elon also added East Carolina transfer Sibel Tanik, as well as freshmen Alison O'Dea and Lizette Reding to the team.
- The Phoenix is led by seventeenth-year head coach Elizabeth Anderson.
 
SCOUTING JAMES MADISON
- JMU is led by head coach Shelley Jaudon, who is in her third season at the helm of the women's tennis program.
- The Dukes are off to a 6-2 start to the season after falling to VCU, 4-3, in its most recent contest.
- Kylie Moulin is leading the way for JMU, posting a 5-1 record in singles play, including a current three-match winning streak. Moulin also leads the team with a perfect 6-0 mark in doubles play so far this season.

UP NEXT
- Elon returns to action on Wednesday, March 31, to take on Methodist. That matchup is slated for 3 p.m. at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center in Elon, N.C.