ELON, N.C. – The Elon University men's tennis team kicks off its fall season this weekend as it hosts the Elon Invitational on Friday-Sunday at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center. 
 
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

• The Invitational will begin on Friday at 11 a.m. Play on Saturday will begin at 9:30 a.m. and Sunday will feature a 9 a.m. start. 
• Friday will feature one round of singles and two rounds of doubles. There will be two rounds of singles on Saturday and Sunday will consist of singles and doubles finals for both main and consolation draws. 
• Live scoring will not be available, but results will be provided at the conclusion of play each day. 
• Admission to the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center is free. 
• Other teams participating in the tournament include Charlotte, College of Charleston, East Tennessee State, North Carolina A&T, Norfolk State, Radford, South Carolina State and Wofford. 
• A full list of doubles and singles draws with approximate start times can be found by clicking here. 

ABOUT THE PHOENIX

• Elon is coming off a 15-9 season and its second consecutive appearance in the CAA championship match. 
• Headlining Elon's returners from last season is Daniel Martin, who earned CAA Player of The Year and CAA Tournament MVP honors in the spring. Martin posted an 18-6 singles record in 2023 with all 18 wins coming at the No. 1 spot. 
• Elon also returns reigning CAA Rookie of the Year Veljko Krstic, who racked up 16 singles victories in his freshman season. 
• Back for his senior season is Ben Zipay, who took home Third Team All-CAA Doubles honors in 2023. Zipay also won 12 singles contests.
• The other returners for the Phoenix are sophomores Oskar Antinheimo, who took home a CAA Player of the Week and two CAA Doubles Team of the Week honors as a freshman, and Jake Pettingell.
• Elon welcomes three newcomers in 2023 – Dylan Heap, Juan Sengariz and Alonso Roca. Heap is a graduate student who played last season at Rice and Sengariz joins the Phoenix after spending the last two seasons at Anderson. Roca is Elon's lone freshman this season. 
• Elon is led by head coach Michael Leonard, who is entering his 20^th season with the program. 

 
UP NEXT
Elon travels to Charlotte next weekend to compete in the Charlotte Invitational.