ELON, N.C. – For the first time since last season's Colonial Athletic Association championship match, the Elon University women's tennis team (14-5) will square off against William & Mary (11-4) on Saturday. The contest is scheduled for a 1 p.m. start at the Piedmont Indoor Tennis Center in Greensboro. 
 
COVERAGE

• Saturday's match will begin with doubles at 1 p.m. and conclude with singles shortly after. 
• Live scoring for the match will not be available.
• Admission to the Piedmont Indoor Tennis Center is free.
• Updates during the match will be provided by the program's Twitter account, @ElonWTennis.

 
SERIES HISTORY VS. WILLIAM & MARY

• Saturday will be the ninth all-time meeting between Elon and William & Mary. The Phoenix is 1-7 against the Tribe.
• In the most recent matchup between the teams, William & Mary defeated Elon 4-1 in the CAA championship match on May 1, 2022. Olivia Archer scored the lone point for Elon with a singles victory at the No. 4 position. The contest was played as the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center. 
• The Tribe won the last regular season meeting between the teams 5-2 on April 23, 2022, in Williamsburg. 
• Elon's only victory against William & Mary came on April 3, 2021, when the Phoenix won a tight 4-3 battle at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center. 

 
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 CAA 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 lost 4-0 on the road against No. 27 Wake Forest in its most recent match on April 2. 
• The Phoenix lost a pair of competitive doubles decisions to lose the doubles point. 
• Wake Forest's No. 1 team of Anna Brylin and Brooke Killingsworth, the No. 26 ranked doubles pairing in the ITA Doubles Rankings, defeated Sibel Tanik and Lizette Reding 6-3 in the No. 1 position. 
• Julie Ball and Madison Cordisco fought from a break behind on Court 2 but fell 6-4. The Demon Deacons clinched doubles with the victory.
• Playing No. 3 doubles, Olivia Archer and Miray Konar raced out to an early break lead. However, the first-time pairing did not get the chance finish their match, as Wake clinched doubles with the score at 5-5 on Court 3. 
• Wake won on Nos. 1, 2 and 4 singles in straight sets to clinch the match.
• On Court 5, Archer won the first set of her singles match 7-5 and led 3-1 in the second set when the match was stopped. 
• Konar was a game away from winning the second set of her singles match on Court 6 when the match was stopped. The sophomore lost the first set 6-2 but led 5-4 in the second. 
• Three of Elon's five losses this season have come against Atlantic Coast Conference opponents. 
• This was just the second match this season Elon did not win a point and the first since the Phoenix also lost 4-0 against No. 34 Charlotte on Feb. 25. 

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. 
• 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 14-2 start in 2023 and has won her last 12 matches. 
• Archer has lost just three sets in completed matches during her 12-match winning streak. 

 
DYNAMIC DUO

• Sibel Tanik and Lizette Reding are 9-5 playing at No. 1 doubles this season.
• The pair has won six of its last eight 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 26-11 record in the last two seasons at the No. 1 singles position. Tanik's 12 singles victories this season are the second on the team behind Olivia Archer.
• Tanik has won five of her last seven completed matches. She is 3-0 on the season in full third sets. 
• Dating back to last season, the senior has won 22 of her last 29 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 37 singles appearances the last two seasons have come in the No. 1 position. 
• Tanik's 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 11-5 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 19 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 23-10 record in singles and has won 17 of her last 23 completed matches. 
• The senior is also tied with Sibel Tanik and Lizette Reding with a team-best nine doubles wins. Two of the victories came with Olivia Archer and the other seven were with Madison Cordisco. 

 
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 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 7-3 playing No. 3 doubles this season with partners Olivia Archer and Helen Sarikulaya. Konar and Sarikulaya won CAA Doubles Team of the Week twice this season, most recently on March 21. 

 
REDING ROLLING

• Lizette Reding has seven of her last nine completed singles and six of her last eight completed doubles matches. 
• All six of Reding's doubles victories over that stretch have come with Sibel Tanik. The duo is 9-5 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.

 
HOME SWEET HOME

• The Phoenix is 10-1 in home matches this season, which includes a 6-1 mark at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center. 
• Elon is also 2-0 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 69-28 in singles this season, which amounts to a 71% winning percentage.
• The Phoenix holds a winning record at all six singles positions and has double digit victories in five of the six spots.
• In five 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 (14), 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 WILLIAM & MARY

• William & Mary is 11-4 on the season. The Tribe is a perfect 11-0 at home but 0-3 on the road. 
• The Tribe enters Saturday on a five-match winning streak. Three of the victories have come against Colonial Athletic Association opponents. 
• In its most recent match on April 1, William & Mary defeated UNCW 6-1 at home. 
• Hedda Gurholt has a team-high 11 victories this season. All of them have come at the No. 1 spot. 
• Emma Pell (9) and Emma Fernald (8) are second and third on the team in singles victories, respectively. 
• The Tribe is 58-32 on the season in completed singles contests and have a winning record at five of six singles positions.  
• The tandem of Ine Stange and Sofiya Kuzina lead the Tribe with eight wins on the season. 
• William & Mary is led by second-year head coach Jessica Giuggioli. She is the reigning CAA Coach of the Year. 

 
UP NEXT
Elon will conclude its regular season on Senior Day when it hosts North Carolina Central on April 12 at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center at 2 p.m. The Phoenix will honor Julie Ball and Shauna Galvin in a ceremony prior to the start of the match.