ELON, N.C. – Currently on a three-match winning streak, the Elon University women's tennis team (8-3) will look to stay undefeated at home on Saturday when it faces Davidson (4-7) at 1 p.m. at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center. 
 
COVERAGE

• The match will begin with doubles at 1 p.m. and will conclude with singles shortly after.
• Live scoring for Saturday's match can be found here.
• Admission to the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center is free.
• Other updates during the match will be provided by the program's Twitter account, @ElonWTennis.

 
SERIES HISTORY VS. DAVIDSON

• The all-time series between Elon and Davidson is currently tied at 10-10. 
• The Phoenix lost the most recent matchup between the teams 5-2 on March 6, 2022. The match was played at Davidson. 

 
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 Colonial Athletic Association 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 in her 19th season at the helm.

 
LAST TIME OUT

• Elon picked up a pair of victories on March 4, defeating Hampton 5-2 and Methodist 7-0. 
• The Phoenix finished the day with a 10-2 mark in singles and a 5-0 record in completed doubles matches.
• Julie Ball and Olivia Archer both went 2-0 in singles against Hampton and Methodist, while the team of Tanik and Reding posted a 2-0 mark in doubles. 
• All eight Elon players made appearances across the two matches. All of them won at least one match in either singles or doubles. 
• Shauna Galvin made her season debut in both doubles and singles against Methodist, as the senior won 6-0 at No. 3 doubles with partner Olivia Archer and 6-0, 6-0 at No. 6 singles. 

 
ARCHER'S ASCENT 

• Olivia Archer's singles victory against Methodist on March 4 was the 63rd of her career. Archer, who is in her fifth season, has the second-most career singles wins in Elon's Division I history. 
• Archer needs five more singles wins to tie Frida Jansaker's (2011-14) all-time Division I Elon record with 68. 
• After posting 19 singles wins in 2022, tied for the third most in a single season in Elon's Division I history, Archer is off to an 8-2 start in 2023. The eight wins are the most on the team. 

 
TANIK ON A TEAR

• Senior Sibel Tanik holds a 21-9 record in the last two seasons at the No. 1 singles position. Tanik's seven singles wins this season are tied for the second on the team behind Olivia Archer.
• Dating back to last season, the senior has won 17 of her last 22 completed singles matches, all in the No. 1 spot. 
• Of Tanik's 21 singles victories the last two seasons, 16 have come in straight sets. 
• All of Tanik's 30 singles appearances the last two seasons have come in the No. 1 position. 
• Tanik has been named CAA Player of the Week twice this season. The first was on Feb. 1 and the most recent on Feb. 14. 

 
WRECKING BALL

• Julie Ball holds a 7-3 record in singles this season, with all seven victories coming in straight sets. 
• Ball has won nine singles sets this season by a 6-0 or 6-1 score, the most on the team. 
• In four of Elon's 11 contests this season, Ball has been the first player to complete her singles match.
• Since joining Elon last season, Ball holds a 19-8 record in singles and has won 13 of her last 17 completed matches. 
• The senior has also won four of her last six completed matches in doubles. Two of the wins came with Olivia Archer and the other two came with Madison Cordisco. 

 
SARIKULAYA STARRING

• In Elon's last 10 contests, freshman Helen Sarikulaya has seven victories in singles and six in doubles. 
• Three of Sarikulaya's doubles victories this season have come with fellow freshman Madison Cordisco. The other three have been with Miray Konar.
• Sarikulaya is 4-0 this season at No. 3 singles. The freshman clinched wins for the Phoenix against Campbell and UNC Greensboro with a victory in the No. 3 position.   
• Three of Sarikulaya's six singles victories have come in a deciding set. The freshman is 3-1 in final sets this season. 

 
KONAR CONTRIBUTING

• Sophomore Miray Konar is off to a 6-0 start in singles this season for the Phoenix. Two of the wins have come at the No. 5 spot and the other four were at No. 6. 
• After winning her first two matches of the season in a final set, Konar has reeled off eight consecutive set wins without losing more than three games in any of them. 
• Konar is also 3-1 playing No. 3 doubles this season with partner Helen Sarikulaya. 

 
CAA WEEKLY HONOR

• For the second time this season, Sibel Tanik and Lizette Reding were tabbed as the CAA Doubles Team of the Week on Tuesday.
• Elon's No. 1 pair went 3-0 last week with winning scores of 6-0, 6-0 and 6-1. 
• The tandem is 6-3 at the No. 1 position this season and has won six of its last seven completed matches. 
• Tanik and Reding previously won CAA Doubles Team of the Week on Feb. 8. 

 
HOME SWEET HOME

• The Phoenix is 5-0 in home matches this season, which includes a 4-0 mark at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center. 
• This is the second time in the last three seasons that Elon has started 5-0 at home. 
• Elon has won 20 of its 22 completed singles matches in its four contests at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center this season. 
• The Phoenix is 9-0 in completed doubles matches at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center this season. 

 
SCOUTING DAVIDSON

• Davidson enters Saturday's match with a 4-7 record on the season. The Wildcats are 1-4 in road contests. 
• The Wildcats lost their most recent match to North Florida on March 7, falling 7-0. 
• Daniela Porges and Kavya Patel are tied for a team-high five singles victories this season. The two are also 5-2 as a doubles team. 
• Davidson is led by head coach Susanne Depka, who began with the program in 2017. 

 
UP NEXT
Elon concludes a season-long six-match homestand on Tuesday. The Phoenix will face Morgan State at 10 a.m. and Shaw at 2 p.m.