ELON, N.C. – The Elon University women's tennis team (14-6) will finish its regular season on Wednesday when it hosts North Carolina Central (10-8) for its Senior Day match at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center. The contest will start at 2 p.m. 
 
COVERAGE

• Elon will celebrate seniors Olivia Archer, Julie Ball and Shauna Galvin in a ceremony at approximately 1:30 p.m. 
• Wednesday's match will begin with doubles at 2 p.m. and conclude with singles shortly after. 
• Live scoring for the match will be available and can be found here.
• Admission to the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center is free. 
• Updates during the match will be provided by the program's Twitter account, @ElonWTennis.

 
SERIES HISTORY VS. NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL

• Elon is 10-0 all-time against North Carolina Central, with all 10 matches coming at home. 
• The Phoenix defeated the Eagles 4-0 in their most recent meeting on March 11, 2022.
• Elon has never lost more than one point in any of its 10 matchups against North Carolina Central. 

 
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

• The Phoenix was defeated 6-1 by William & Mary on April 8 at the Piedmont Indoor Tennis Center in Greensboro. 
• William & Mary won two of three doubles matches to take the doubles point. 
• Julie Ball and Madison Cordisco picked up Elon's lone doubles win with a 6-1 result on Court 2. The duo is now 8-3 on the season and is one victory behind Sibel Tanik and Lizette Reding for the most on the team. 
• The Tribe took a 4-0 lead with wins at Nos. 1, 3 and 4 singles. 
• Olivia Archer extended her singles winning streak to 12 with a 3-6, 7-5, 6-0 victory on Court 6. The win was her fourth of the season in a final set. 
• William & Mary won the final two matches in final sets to make the final score 6-1.
• Four of six singles matches went to final sets. The Tribe won three of them. Tanik lost her third set 6-1 on Court 1, Reding 6-4 on Court 2 and Ball 7-6 (5) on Court 4.
• The loss was Elon's first of the season at the Piedmont Indoor Tennis Center. The Phoenix had won its previous two matches there. 
• This was the first time this season Elon lost Nos. 1-5 singles. 

ARCHER STANDS ALONE

• With a win at No. 6 singles against Radford on March 31, Olivia Archer became Elon's all-time Division I leader in career singles victories. 
• The win was the 69th of her career, which broke Frida Jansaker's (2011-14) previous record of 68. 
• Archer added another victory against William & Mary on April 8 to reach 70 career wins. 
• 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 15-2 start in 2023 and has won her last 12 matches. 
• Archer has lost just four sets in completed matches during her 12-match winning streak. 

 
DYNAMIC DUO

• Sibel Tanik and Lizette Reding are 9-6 playing at No. 1 doubles this season.
• The pair has won six of its last nine completed matches. Four of the victories over that stretch have come by either 6-0 or 6-1 scores. 
• For the third time this season and second consecutive week, Tanik and Reding were tabbed as the CAA Doubles Team of the Week on March 14.
• Tanik and Reding previously won CAA Doubles Team of the Week on March 7 and Feb. 8. 

 
TANIK ON A TEAR

• Senior Sibel Tanik holds a 26-12 record in the last two seasons at the No. 1 singles position. Tanik's 12 singles victories this season are the second most on the team behind Olivia Archer.
• Tanik has won five of her last eight completed matches. She is 3-1 on the season in full third sets. 
• Dating back to last season, the senior has won 22 of her last 30 completed singles matches, all in the No. 1 spot. 
• Of Tanik's 26 singles victories the last two seasons, 19 have come in straight sets. 
• All of Tanik's 38 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 11-6 record in singles this season, with all 11 victories coming in straight sets. 
• Ball has won 13 singles sets this season by a 6-0 or 6-1 score, the most on the team. 
• In six of Elon's 20 contests this season, Ball has been the first player to complete her singles match. She has finished first more than any other Elon player. 
• Since joining Elon last season, Ball holds a 23-11 record in singles and has won 17 of her last 24 completed matches. 
• The senior's 10 doubles victories are also the third most on the team behind freshmen Madison Cordisco and Helen Sarikulaya. Eight of the wins came with Cordisco while the other two came with Olivia Archer. 

 
SARIKULAYA STARRING

• Freshman Helen Sarikulaya has 11 doubles and 10 singles victories this season. 
• Seven of Sarikulaya's doubles victories this season have come with Miray Konar. Three came with fellow freshman Madison Cordisco and the most recent was with Olivia Archer. 
• Sarikulaya is 4-0 this season at No. 3 singles, while her other six wins have come at the Nos. 2 and 4 spots. 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 AND CORDISCO CONTRIBUTING

• Sophomore Miray Konar is off to a 7-0 start in singles this season for 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 in her completed contests without losing more than three games in any of them. 
• Konar is also 7-4 playing No. 3 doubles this season with partners Olivia Archer and Helen Sarikulaya. Konar and Sarikulaya have won CAA Doubles Team of the Week twice this season, most recently on March 21. 
• Freshman Madison Cordisco is tied with fellow freshman Helen Sarikulaya for a team-best 11 doubles victories. Eight of the wins have come with Julie Ball while the other three came with Sarikulaya.
• Cordisco has also won four matches this season playing No. 2 singles. Nine of her 11 singles appearances this season have come at the No. 2 spot. 

 
REDING ROLLING

• Lizette Reding has won seven of her last 10 completed singles and six of her last nine completed doubles matches. 
• All six of Reding's doubles victories over that stretch have come with Sibel Tanik. The duo is 9-6 on the season at the No. 1 position. 
• Nine of Reding's 10 singles victories this season have come in straight sets.
• In her last four singles victories, Reding dropped just seven total games in eight sets. 
• The junior's 10 victories are tied with Helen Sarikulaya for the fourth most on the team.

 
SENIOR DAY SPOTLIGHT – SHAUNA GALVIN

• Senior Shauna Galvin is a perfect 3-0 across singles and doubles this season. She did not lose a game in her singles victory against Methodist on March 4 and has won two doubles contests with Olivia Archer. 
• Galvin holds a 28-8 career singles record. Her 78% winning percentage in singles is tied with Archer for the best in program history. 
• Galvin won a career-best 11 singles matches in 2022, which included a crucial win in a final-set tiebreak at the No. 6 spot in Elon's CAA Tournament semifinal victory against top-seeded College of Charleston. 
• The Fort Worth, Texas, native was named Elon's Most Improved Player in 2022. She has also been named an ITA Scholar Athlete in both 2020 and 2021. 

 
HOME SWEET HOME

• The Phoenix is 10-2 in home matches this season, which includes a 6-1 mark at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center. 
• Elon is also 2-1 this season at the Piedmont Indoor Tennis Center and 2-0 at the Simkins Indoor Tennis Center. 
• This is Elon's best start at home since the Phoenix won its first 11 home contests in 2010. 
• Elon has won 32 of its 40 completed singles matches in its seven contests at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center this season. 
• The Phoenix is 14-2 in completed doubles matches at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center this season. 

 
SINGLES DOMINANCE

• Elon is 70-33 in singles this season, which amounts to a 68% winning percentage.
• The Phoenix holds a winning record at all six singles positions and also has double digit victories at all six spots.
• In four of six singles positions this season, Elon has a winning percentage of at least 60%. 
• Five Elon players have accrued double digit victories in singles this season – Olivia Archer (15), Sibel Tanik (12), Julie Ball (11), Lizette Reding (10) and Helen Sarikulaya (10). 
• Elon has swept singles on six occasions this season and has won at least five singles contests 10 times. 

 
SCOUTING NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL

• The Eagles are 10-8 this season and 2-5 in road contests.
• North Carolina Central enters Wednesday on a six-match winning streak. The streak began with a victory against Howard on March 17. 
• In their most recent match on April 8, the Eagles swept Norfolk State 7-0. 
• Alejandra Hidalgo Vega leads the Eagles with 14 singles wins this season. Eight of the victories have come at the No. 1 position. 
• North Carolina Central has double-digit victories at five of six singles spots this season. 

 
UP NEXT
The Phoenix will compete in the CAA Tournament in Williamsburg, Va., on April 20-23.