ELON, N.C. – The Elon University women's tennis team (11-3) will look to extend its winning streak to seven matches when it travels to take on UNCW (6-5) on Thursday at 2 p.m. 
 
COVERAGE

• The match will begin with doubles at 2 p.m. and will conclude with singles shortly after.
• Live stats for Thursday's match will not be available. 
• Updates during the match will be provided by the program's Twitter account, @ElonWTennis.

 
SERIES HISTORY VS. UNCW

• Thursday will mark the 23^rd all-time meeting between Elon and UNCW. 
• The Phoenix currently leads the head-to-head 14-8.
• Elon won its last match against UNCW by a 4-0 score in the quarterfinal round of the 2022 Colonial Athletic Association Tournament. 
• The Phoenix has won its last six matches against the Seahawks dating back to March 10, 2018. 

 
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 Morgan State 4-1 and Shaw 5-0 at the Simkins Indoor Tennis Center in Greensboro on Tuesday.
• The Phoenix won all five completed doubles contests across the two matches. The tandem of Miray Konar and Helen Sarikulaya won against both Morgan State and Shaw. 
• Elon won all but one completed singles match on the day. Olivia Archer and Lizette Reding won two matches, while Julie Ball, Sibel Tanik and Miray Konar contributed one singles victory each. 
• The win completed an undefeated six-match homestand. The four previous wins in the team's home winning streak came at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center. 

ARCHER'S ASCENT 

• Olivia Archer's two singles victories on Tuesday brought her career tally to 66. Archer, who is in her fifth season, has the second-most career singles wins in Elon's Division I history. 
• Archer needs two more singles wins to tie and three more to break 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 11-2 start in 2023 and has won her last eight matches. 

 
TANIK ON A TEAR

• Senior Sibel Tanik holds a 23-9 record in the last two seasons at the No. 1 singles position. Tanik's nine singles wins this season are the second most on the team behind Olivia Archer.
• Dating back to last season, the senior has won 19 of her last 24 completed singles matches, all in the No. 1 spot. 
• Of Tanik's 23 singles victories the last two seasons, 18 have come in straight sets. 
• All of Tanik's 32 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. 

 
SARIKULAYA STARRING

• In Elon's last 13 contests, freshman Helen Sarikulaya has eight victories in singles and eight in doubles. 
• Five of Sarikulaya's doubles victories this season have come with Miray Konar. The other three came with fellow freshman Madison Cordisco. 
• 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 4-1 in final sets this season. 

 
KONAR'S CONTRIBUTIONS

• Sophomore Miray Konar is off to a 7-0 start in singles in her first season with the Phoenix. Two of the wins have come at the No. 5 spot and the other five were at No. 6. 
• After winning her first two matches of the season in a final set, Konar has reeled off 10 consecutive set wins without losing more than three games in any of them. 
• Konar is also 5-2 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 six-match winning streak, Sibel Tanik and Lizette Reding are 5-0 playing No. 1 doubles. The pair has won 30 of 35 games in those victories. 
• For the third time this season and second consecutive week, Tanik and Reding were tabbed as the CAA Doubles Team of the Week on Tuesday.
• Tanik and Reding previously won CAA Doubles Team of the Week on Feb. 8 and March 7. 
• The tandem is 8-3 at the No. 1 position this season and has won eight of its last nine completed matches. 

 
REDING ROLLING

• In addition to her five-match winning streak at No. 1 doubles with Sibel Tanik, Lizette Reding is also on a five-match winning streak in singles.
• In Reding's current winning streak, three of the victories have come at No. 3 singles while the other two came at No. 2.
• In her last four sets, Reding has a record of 24-2 in total games. 
• The junior's eight victories are tied with three others for the third most on the team. 

 
WRECKING BALL

• Julie Ball holds an 8-4 record in singles this season, with all eight victories coming in straight sets. 
• Ball has won 11 singles sets this season by a 6-0 or 6-1 score, the most on the team. 
• In four of Elon's 13 contests this season, Ball has been the first player to complete her singles match.
• Since joining Elon last season, Ball holds a 20-9 record in singles and has won 14 of her last 19 completed matches. 
• The senior has also won six of her last eight completed matches in doubles. Two of the wins came with Olivia Archer and the other four came with Madison Cordisco. 

 
HOME SWEET HOME

• The Phoenix is 8-0 in home matches this season, which includes a 5-0 mark at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center. 
• This is the first time since the 2017 season that Elon has started 8-0 in home matches. 
• Elon has won 25 of its 28 completed singles matches in its five contests at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center this season. 
• The Phoenix is 11-0 in completed doubles matches at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center this season. 

 
SINGLES SUCCESS

• Elon is 55-19 in completed singles matches this season, which equates to a 74% winning percentage.
• The Phoenix holds a winning record and winning percentage above 60% at all six singles positions. 
• In its current six-match winning streak, Elon is 26-4 in completed singles contests. 
• Elon has won at least four singles matches in 11 of its 14 contests this season. 

 
SCOUTING UNCW

• The Seahawks come into Thursday with a 6-5 record and a 5-1 mark at home. 
• UNCW Is currently on a three-match losing streak and lost its first home contest of the season in its last appearance on March 11 against Virginia Tech. 
• Zoe Huffman is 6-4 at No. 1 singles for the Seahawks while Lauren Gish has a team-high seven victories playing the Nos. 4 and 5 spots.
• The Seahawks are led by head coach Hans Olsen. 

 
UP NEXT
Elon returns home to kick off a four-match homestand on March 25 against College of Charleston. The contest at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center will begin at 10 a.m.