ELON, N.C. – The Elon University women's tennis team fought for over three hours but saw its eight-match winning streak end on Wednesday with a 4-2 loss against Delaware at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center. 

BOX SCORE (PDF)
 
The Phoenix falls to 13-4 with the loss while Delaware improves to 13-3 with the victory. 
 
THE RUNDOWN

• For the first time in its last nine matches, the Phoenix did not win the doubles point. 
• Julie Ball and Madison Cordisco won their match 6-3 on Court 2 to start doubles. The duo has now won five of its last six completed contests.
• After the Blue Hens won on Court 3, Delaware's No. 1 pair of Adel Abidullina and Eliza Askarova defeated Sibel Tanik and Lizette Reding 6-2 to clinch doubles. Abidullina and Askarova are the No. 7 ranked team in the ITA's Doubles Rankings. The result snapped Tanik and Reding's six-match winning streak at No. 1 doubles.
• Julie Ball finished first for the Phoenix for the sixth time this season, as the senior won 6-1, 6-1 against Delaware's Juleta Honrubia on Court 5 to tie the score at 1-1. With the result, Ball became the third Elon player to reach double-digit singles wins on the season. Her 10 victories are the third most on the team. 
• Delaware won the next two completed singles matches to take a 3-1 lead.
• Olivia Archer came from a set down against Isabella Montana on Court 6 to earn her 68th career singles win, tying her with Frida Jansaker (2011-14) for the most victories in Elon's Division I history. The win was Archer's 10th in a row and brought her record to 13-2 on the season. It made the score 3-2 in favor of the Blue Hens. 
• Reding won the first set of her singles match in the No. 3 spot and led 5-4 in the second before Delaware's Eliza Askarova won nine of the last 11 games to complete a comeback victory and clinch the match for the Blue Hens.
• Helen Sarikulaya won the first set of her match on Court 4 against Maryia Hrynashka but lost a back-and-forth tiebreak that saw both players save multiple set points, 13-11. The match went unfinished after six completed games in the final set. 
• The loss was Elon's first of the season at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center.
• This was the first time the Phoenix has lost Nos. 1, 2 and 3 singles since its opening match of the season against North Carolina. 

 
UP NEXT
The Phoenix will look to bounce back when it faces Radford on Saturday. The match at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center is slated for a 1 p.m. start.
 
RESULTS
Singles
1. Adel Abidullina (Delaware) def. Sibel Tanik (Elon) 6-3, 6-0
2. Alina Vasilenko (Delaware) def. Madison Cordisco (Elon) 6-3, 6-1
3. Eliza Askarova (Delaware) def. Lizette Reding (Elon) 1-6, 7-5, 6-2
4. Maryia Hrynashka (Delaware) vs. Helen Sarikulaya (Elon) 2-6, 7-6 (11), 4-2, unfinished 
5. Julie Ball (Elon) def. Juleta Honrubia (Delaware) 6-1, 6-1
6. Olivia Archer (Elon) def. Isabella Montana (Delaware) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
 
Doubles
1. No. 7 Adel Abidullina/Eliza Askarova (Delaware) def. Sibel Tanik/Lizette Reding (Elon) 6-2
2. Julie Ball/Madison Cordisco (Elon) def. Alina Vasilenko/Isabella Montana (Delaware) 6-3
3. Julieta Honrubia/Maryia Hrynashka (Delaware) def. Miray Konar/Helen Sarikulaya (Elon) 6-1
 
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (5,1,2,6,3)