HOUSTON, TX – The Elon University men's tennis team (0-2) fell in a Friday afternoon matchup against Rice, 4-3. The Phoenix won three singles contests but fell short against the Owls.  
 
BOX SCORE (PDF)

HIGHLIGHTS

• Daniel Martin earned Elon's first singles victory of the season with a 6-3, 6-4 result on Court 1. The junior has a team-best 18 singles wins since the start of last season. This was his first win in the No. 1 position at Elon, as his previous 17 came in the Nos. 2, 3 and 5 spots. 
• Ahmed Hosni overcame a 4-0 deficit in the opening set to win 7-6, 6-3 on Court 5 for the first singles victory of his career.
• In the No. 6 position, Oskar Antinheimo battled to win in a match tiebreak for his first career dual singles victory. The freshman won the first set in a tiebreak but dropped the second 5-7. He raced out to an early lead in the match tiebreak and held on to win it, 10-8. 
• Freshman Veljko Krstic made his dual singles debut for the Phoenix, falling 6-0, 6-3 in the No. 3 position. 

UP NEXT
Elon faces Texas A&M-Corpus Christi tomorrow at noon. The match will be played at Rice University. 
 
RESULTS
Singles
1. Daniel Martin (Elon) def. Dylan Heap (Rice) 6-3, 6-4
2. Trinity Grear (Rice) def. Nicholas Campbell (Elon) 6-2, 6-3
3. Emir Sendogan (Rice) def. Veljko Krstic (Elon) 6-0, 6-3
4. Wes Barnett (Rice) def. Nicholas Condos (Elon) 6-1, 6-1
5. Ahmed Hosni (Elon) def. Kabeer Kapasi (Rice) 7-6, 6-3
6. Oskar Antinheimo (Elon) def. Campbell Salmon (Rice) 7-6, 5-7, 10-8
 
Doubles
1. Dylan Heap/Santiago Navarro (Rice) vs. Oskar Antinheimo/Daniel Martin (Elon) 5-4, unfinished 
2. Wes Barnett/Trinity Grear (Rice) def. Nicholas Campbell/Ahmed Hosni (Elon) 6-4
3. Kabeer Kapasi/Eduardo Morais (Rice) def. Nicholas Condos/Veljko Krstic (Elon) 6-2
 
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (4,3,2,1,5,6)