LYNCHBURG, Va. – Seven players on the Elon University women's tennis team combined for 11 singles victories on Saturday as the Phoenix completed the opening day of the Liberty Invitational. 
 
Freshman Mariana Reding won the first two singles matches of her Elon career while fellow freshman Ella Suk also won a pair of matches to improve to 5-0 this fall. Miray Konar and Helen Sarikulaya also picked up a pair of victories. 
 
Sibel Tanik and Lizette Reding both added a straight-set singles victory while freshman Simone Bergeron won her second singles contest of the day 6-0, 6-0. 
 
The Phoenix also picked up four doubles victories Saturday. Tanik and Reding teamed up for two of the wins. 
 
The tournament will conclude tomorrow with a round of doubles at 9 a.m. followed by a round of singles. 
 
RESULTS
Singles
Sibel Tanik (Elon) def. Martina Muzzolon (East Carolina) 6-3, 6-3
Tiffany Nguyen (Liberty) def. Sibel Tanik (Elon) 6-4, 4-6, 11-9
Lizette Reding (Elon) def. Kim Auerswald (East Carolina) 6-2, 6-3
Marina Davtyan (Liberty) def. Lizette Reding (Elon) 6-2, 6-2
Ella Suk (Elon) def. Kexuan Zhou (East Carolina) 0-6, 6-3, 11-9
Ella Suk (Elon) def. Elsa Kirch (Liberty) 6-1, 6-0
Helen Sarikulaya (Elon) def. Anne Lou Champion (East Carolina) 3-6, 7-6 (5), 10-4
Helen Sarikulaya (Elon) def. Bruna Sampaio (Liberty) 6-2, 6-3
Miray Konar (Elon) def. Isabella Ortiz (East Carolina) 6-2, 6-0
Miray Konar (Elon) def. Maria Turchetto (Liberty) 6-4, 7-5
Mariana Reding (Elon) def. Noelle Talarek (East Carolina) 6-3, 7-6
Mariana Reding (Elon) def. Brooke LaFrenz (East Carolina) 6-1, 6-1
Simone Bergeron (Elon) def. Brooke LaFrenz (East Carolina) 6-0, 6-0
Daniella O'Neill (Liberty) def. Simone Bergeron (Elon) 5-7, 6-4, 10-6
 
Doubles
Sibel Tanik/Lizette Reding (Elon) def. Ines Bachir el Bouhali/Alisha Hussain (East Carolina) 6-3
Sibel Tanik/Lizette Reding (Elon) def. Tiffany Nguyen/Marina Davtyan (Liberty) 6-3
Ella Suk/Helen Sarikulaya (Elon) def. Kexuan Zhou/Isabella Ortiz (East Carolina) 6-2
Simone Bergeron/Mariana Reding (Elon) def. Joan Madi/Martina Muzzolon (East Carolina)
Maria Turchetto/Bruna Sampaio (Liberty) def. Simone Bergeron/Ella Suk (Elon) 6-4
Esther Lovato/Sadie Daavettila (Liberty) def. Miray Konar/Mariana Reding (Elon) 6-3