ELON, N.C. – Winners of its last four matches, the Elon University women's tennis team (9-3) wraps up its season-long six-match homestand on Tuesday when it faces Morgan State (2-5) and Shaw (2-1) in Greensboro. The matches will be played at the Simkins Indoor Tennis Center. 
 
COVERAGE

• The match against Morgan State will begin at 10 a.m. with doubles and will conclude with singles shortly after. 
• The match against Shaw will begin at 1:30 p.m. with doubles and will conclude with singles shortly after.
• Live stats will not be available for either match.
• Other updates during the matches will be provided by the program's Twitter account, @ElonWTennis.

 
 SERIES HISTORY VS. MORGAN STATE, SHAW

• Elon leads the all-time ledger against Morgan State 2-0. The Phoenix defeated the Bears 6-1 in their last meeting on March 13, 2022. 
• Tuesday will be the first ever match between Elon and Shaw.

 
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 head coach Elizabeth Anderson, who is in her 19th season at the helm.

LAST TIME OUT

• Elon defeated Davidson 6-1 on March 11 for its fourth consecutive win, which improved the team's home record to 6-0 on the season. 
• Reigning Colonial Athletic Association Doubles Team of the Week Sibel Tanik and Lizette Reding posted Elon's first win of the day with a 6-0 result at No. 1 doubles.
• After Davidson won No. 3 doubles, Julie Ball and Madison Cordisco clinched the doubles point for the Phoenix with a comeback 6-3 win on Court 2. The pair is 3-1 on the season at the No. 2 spot. 
• Olivia Archer extended her singles winning streak to six straight matches, as she won 6-3, 6-1 at the No. 6 spot against Davidson's Franny Shea.
• Madison Cordisco delivered her third career singles win on Court 2 with a 6-1, 6-4 result against Emma Heiderscheit to make it 3-0 Elon. All of Cordisco's wins this season have come at the No. 2 spot. 
• With a 6-3, 6-3 win against Josie Schaffer on Court 1, Sibel Tanik clinched the match for Elon.
• Lizette Reding and Helen Sarikulaya tacked on match tiebreak victories to bring the final score to 6-1. 
• The win extended Elon's home-winning streak to six matches. Five of the wins have come at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center. 
• Elon is 48-18 in singles matches this season and holds a winning record at all six singles spots. 
• The Phoenix has won the doubles point in four consecutive matches, its longest streak of the season. 

 
ARCHER'S ASCENT 

• Olivia Archer's singles victory against Davidson on Saturday was the 64th 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 four 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 a 9-2 start in 2023 and leads the team in victories. 

 
TANIK ON A TEAR

• Senior Sibel Tanik holds a 22-9 record in the last two seasons at the No. 1 singles position. Tanik's eight singles wins this season are tied for the second on the team behind Olivia Archer.
• Dating back to last season, the senior has won 18 of her last 23 completed singles matches, all in the No. 1 spot. 
• Of Tanik's 22 singles victories the last two seasons, 17 have come in straight sets. 
• All of Tanik's 31 singles appearances the last two seasons have come in the No. 1 position. 
• Tanik's has been named CAA Player of the Week twice this season. The first was on Feb. 1 and the most recent on Feb. 14. 

 
SARIKULAYA STARRING

• In Elon's last 11 contests, freshman Helen Sarikulaya has eight 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.   
• Four of Sarikulaya's eight singles victories have come in a deciding set. The freshman is 4-2 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 3-2 playing No. 3 doubles this season with partner Helen Sarikulaya. The tandem won CAA Doubles Team of the Week on Jan. 25.

 
DYNAMIC DUO

• During Elon's four-match winning streak, Sibel Tanik and Lizette Reding are 4-0 playing No. 1 doubles. The pair has won 24 of 25 games in those victories. 
• For the second time this season, Tanik and Reding were tabbed as the CAA Doubles Team of the Week on March 7.
• Tanik and Reding previously won CAA Doubles Team of the Week on Feb. 8. 
• The tandem is 7-3 at the No. 1 position this season and has won seven of its eight seven completed matches. 

 
SCOUTING MORGAN STATE

• The Bears are currently 2-5 on the season and 0-5 away from home. 
• Morgan State defeated Le Moyne College 4-0 in its most recent contest on March 4. 
• The Bears are led by head coach Matthew Townes. 

 
SCOUTING SHAW

• Shaw enters with a 2-1 record on the season and a 1-1 record in road contests. 
• The Bears won their most recent match 4-0 against Johnson C. Smith on March 11. 

 
UP NEXT
Elon plays its first road match since Feb. 25 when it travels to take on UNCW on March 16 at 2 p.m.