CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A comeback attempt fell just short for the Elon University men's tennis team on Friday, as the Phoenix fell 5-2 at Charlotte. The match was played indoors at Lifetime Fitness in Charlotte. 

BOX SCORE (PDF)
 
With the loss, Elon drops to 11-8 on the season. Charlotte is now 9-11. 
 
THE RUNDOWN

• Making his second career doubles appearance, freshman Jake Pettingell paired with Daniel Martin at the No. 3 spot. The first-time duo fell 6-4. 
• Nicholas Condos and Ben Zipay delivered a 6-3 victory on Court 2 to split the first two completed doubles contests. This was the pair's second victory of the season playing the No. 2 position and their team-best 11th win. 
• Charlotte clinched doubles with a 7-5 comeback win at the No. 1 spot. 
• The 49ers won the first two completed singles matches to go ahead 3-0. 
• Martin posted Elon's first victory of the day with a 6-4, 6-4 result on Court 1 against Charlotte's Abhi Vannemreddy. The win was Martin's 13th of the season at the No. 1 position, tying him with Veljko Krstic for the most singles wins on the team.
• Freshman Oskar Antinheimo snapped his three-match skid with a hard-fought 7-6 (7), 7-5 victory on Court 4. It was his first career victory at the No. 4 spot, as he had lost his first three matches playing No. 4. 
• After dropping the first set, Condos came from a break down in the second to win it 7-5 and keep Elon's hopes alive. With both Condos and Krstic in a final set, Elon needed both wins to complete the come-from-behind effort. However, Krstic lost a tight final set as Charlotte clinched the match, and Condos fell in a tiebreak shortly after.
• With the loss, the Phoenix is now 3-6 on the season away from home. Elon is also 0-4 in matches played indoors. 

 
UP NEXT
Elon will host UNC Greensboro for its Senior Day match on April 11 at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center. The Phoenix will honor Nicholas Campbell, Nicholas Condos and Luke Queiroz in a ceremony prior to the 6 p.m. start time.  
 
RESULTS
Singles
1. Daniel Martin (Elon) def. Abhi Vannemreddy (Charlotte) 6-4, 6-4
2. Coy Simon (Charlotte) def. Veljko Krstic (Elon) 3-6, 7-5, 7-5
3. Ivan Dreycopp (Charlotte) def. Nicholas Condos (Elon) 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (5)
4. Oskar Antinheimo (Elon) def. Matias Iturbe (Charlotte) 7-6 (7), 7-5
5. Aditya Narayanan (Charlotte) def. Ahmed Hosni (Elon) 6-2, 6-1
6. Brett Gloria (Charlotte) def. Ben Zipay (Elon) 6-0, 6-4
 
Doubles
1. Matias Iturbe/Coy Simon (Charlotte) def. Oskar Antinheimo/Veljko Krstic (Elon) 7-5
2. Nicholas Condos/Ben Zipay (Elon) def. Abhi Vannemreddy/Brett Gloria (Charlotte) 6-3
3. Ivan Dreycopp/Lance Cochran (Charlotte) def. Daniel Martin/Jake Pettingell (Elon) 6-4
 
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (5,6,1,4,2,3)