ELON, N.C. – The Elon University men's tennis team could not complete a comeback against William & Mary on Saturday, as the Phoenix fell 4-2.
BOX SCORE (PDF)
Elon dropped the doubles point but won two of the first three completed singles matches to pull even at 2-2. William & Mary then went ahead 3-2 and Elon could not rally in the final set of the remaining two matches, as the Tribe clinched with a victory at No. 5 singles.
With the loss, Elon falls to 11-7 on the season. William & Mary improves to 7-9.
THE RUNDOWN
- Elon had its longest streak of successful doubles points this season snapped at seven, as William & Mary won Nos. 1 and 3 doubles to take a 1-0 lead in the match.
- Nicholas Condos and Ben Zipay posted Elon's lone doubles win on Court 3 with a 6-4 score. The duo is the first to reach 10 wins on the season for Elon.
- Freshman Veljko Krstic kept his recent hot streak going in singles, as he won 6-2, 7-5 against William & Mary's Andres Silva on Court 3 to tie the match at 1-1. Krstic now has a team-best 13 singles wins on the season and has won his last eight completed matches. All his victories this season have come at the No. 3 position.
- Zipay gave the Phoenix a short-lived 2-1 lead after a 6-0, 7-5 victory on Court 6 against Alexander Karman. The win was his ninth of the season as he improved his singles record to 9-2. The junior has 19 wins across doubles and singles this season, which is just one behind Daniel Martin for the most on the team.
- Less than a minute after Zipay's win, William & Mary won No. 2 singles to tie the match at 2-2.
- The Tribe won the final two completed singles matches at the Nos. 1 and 5 spots to clinch a 4-2 victory.
- The loss was Elon's first of the season at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center.
UP NEXT
Elon will look to rebound when it travels to face Charlotte on April 7 at 2 p.m.
RESULTS
Singles
1. George Davis (W&M) def.
Daniel Martin (Elon) 7-6 (10), 6-2
2. Joseph Brailovsky (W&M) def.
Nicholas Campbell (Elon) 7-6 (5), 6-1
3.
Veljko Krstic (Elon) def. Andres Silva (W&M) 6-2, 7-5
4. Sean Joseph (W&M) vs.
Nicholas Condos (Elon) 4-6, 7-5, 3-0, unfinished
5. Bill Duo (W&M) def.
Oskar Antinheimo (Elon) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
6.
Ben Zipay (Elon) def. Alexander Karman (W&M) 6-0, 7-5
Doubles
1. Bill Duo/George Davis (W&M) def.
Nicholas Campbell/
Daniel Martin (Elon) 6-4
2. Joseph Brailovsky/Alexander Karman (W&M) def.
Oskar Antinheimo/
Veljko Krstic (Elon) 6-4
3.
Nicholas Condos/
Ben Zipay (Elon) def. Daniel Pellerito/Andres Silva (W&M) 6-4
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