ELON, N.C. – The Elon University women's tennis team continues its four-match road stand to begin the season Friday when It travels to face Campbell. The match at the Nisbet Tennis Center in Buies Creek, N.C., will start at 1 p.m.
 
COVERAGE

• Play will begin with doubles at 1 p.m. The singles session will begin shortly after the conclusion of doubles.
• Live stats and video will not be available. Results will be provided after the match concludes.  

THE MATCHUP

• Friday will mark the ninth meeting between Elon and Campbell.
• The Phoenix trails the all-time series 6-2 but won the last meeting between the teams 4-3 on Feb. 12, 2022. 
• Elon has won its last two meetings against Campbell after losing the first six matchups in the series. 
• This will be the last meeting between the teams before Campbell joins the Colonial Athletic Association prior to the 2023-24 season. 

ABOUT THE PHOENIX

• Elon is coming off a strong season in 2022 in which it went 17-9 and finished as the runner-up at the CAA Championship.
• The returnees include graduate Olivia Archer (All-CAA third team in singles); seniors Julie Ball, Shauna Galvin and Sibel Tanik (All-CAA first team in singles and second team in doubles) and junior Lizette Reding (All-CAA second team in singles and doubles). 
• The Phoenix also welcomes three newcomers in sophomore Miray Konar — a transfer from Western Carolina — and freshmen Madison Cordisco and Helen Sarikulaya. Konar, from Izmir, Turkey, went 7-5 in singles and 10-6 in doubles while playing primarily in the No. 2 spot for the Catamounts last season. A Pittsburgh native, Cordisco was considered a five-star recruit by tennisrecruiting.net. Sarikulaya, from Rockville, Md., was also a five-star recruit and reached as high as No. 7 in the USTA Girls' 18 national standings.
• Elon is led by Elizabeth Anderson, who is beginning her 19th season at the helm.

LAST TIME OUT

• Elon kicked off its spring season on Jan. 13 against No. 2 North Carolina, falling 5-2 at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center in Chapel Hill. 
• The Tar Heels won Nos. 1 and 2 doubles to clinch the doubles point.
• Ball clinched Elon's first singles victory of the season with a 6-1, 6-1 decision against North Carolina's Lindsay Zink in the No. 5 spot. 
• Archer rallied to win a back-and-forth third set of her singles match on Court 6, earning a 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 victory. The win was the 56th of Archer's career, moving her into a tie for fourth in Division I singles wins at Elon with Bryn Khoury (2011-2014). 
• Tanik battled to win the opening set of her singles match 7-5 against North Carolina's Fiona Crawley, who is currently the No. 1 ranked player in the ITA singles rankings. Up 6-5 in the set, Tanik trailed 15-40 but won the next three points to secure a first-set victory. Crawley forced a third set with a 6-3 win in the second and won the match with a 10-5 victory in a deciding tiebreaker. 
• Cordisco and Sarikulaya both made their dual match debut for the Phoenix. The two freshmen paired up in the No. 3 doubles spot and competed in singles. 

SCOUTING CAMPBELL

• Campbell enters Friday's match with an 0-1 record, having also lost its season opener in a road match against No. 2 North Carolina on Jan. 16, 7-0. 
• The Camels were picked to finish third in the 2023 Big South Conference preseason poll. 
• Junior Mariana Ossa and sophomore Mialy Ranaivo are Campbell's top returning singles winners from last season, as both players posted 12 victories in the team's 2022 spring campaign. 
• The Camels are led by head coach Mike Stevens, who is in his fourth year leading the program.  

COMING UP

• The Phoenix wraps up its season-opening road trip with matches against Houston on Jan. 27 and Rice on Jan. 28.
• Elon faces UNCG in its home opener at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center on Feb. 3.