GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Elon University women's tennis team won the first five points Friday on its way to a 5-2 victory over Longwood in its home opener. The match was played indoors at Piedmont Indoor Tennis. 

BOX SCORE (PDF)
 
The win is Elon's first of the season, as the Phoenix improves to 1-1. Longwood drops to 0-1 with the loss. 
 
THE RUNDOWN

• Elon delivered three strong doubles performances to clinch its first point of the season. 
• Playing on her birthday, Sibel Tanik paired with Lizette Reding on Court 1. The duo picked up a 6-1 win in the first match to finish for their 25^th victory together over the last three seasons. 
• Ella Suk and Miray Konar clinched the doubles point for the Phoenix with a 6-1 victory of their own at the No. 3 spot. It was Suk's first career dual doubles victory, and the third different partner Konar has won with since joining the team last season. 
• With the doubles point already secured, Madison Cordisco and Mariana Reding finished their match on Court 2, winning it 6-4. It was Reding's first dual doubles win and Cordisco's third different winning doubles combination with the Phoenix. 
• Coming off her first career doubles victory earlier in the match, Mariana Reding rolled to the first singles win of her career at No. 5 singles, losing just four games in a 6-3, 6-1 decision against Longwood's Karina Rizvanova.
• Shortly after Mariana's win, her older sister Lizette put the Phoenix up 3-0 with a 6-1, 6-0 victory at No. 2 singles against Oriana Izarra. The win was the 40^th of Lizette's singles career and was the sixth time she has dropped one or fewer games in a victory. 
• Suk joined Mariana Reding by adding her first career singles win to go along with her first career doubles victory, as the freshman won 6-3, 6-0 on Court 6 against Nina Hederich to move the Phoenix ahead 4-0. 
• After dropping the first set on Court 1, Tanik won the second 6-3 to send the contest into a match tiebreak. The birthday girl went on to win the breaker 10-7 for her first victory of the season and the 40^thof her Elon career. It was also Tanik's eighth win at Elon from a set down and her fourth in a match tiebreak. 
• After coming from a set down and saving a match point, Konar finally fell in a fierce three-set battle at No. 3 singles. The junior won her second set 7-5 to send the contest into a decisive match tiebreak, and after falling behind 4-0, Konar rallied to take a lead. Trailing 9-8, she saved a match point but lost the next two after the changeover as Longwood's Phoebe Mitchell completed a dramatic victory with an 11-9 win in the tiebreak. 
• With the victory, Elon has now won its last five meetings with the Lancers and leads the head-to-head series between the teams 6-1. 

 
UP NEXT

• Elon heads to Florida next weekend for a pair of matches. The Phoenix will face Georgia Southern on Jan. 27 in a neutral-site contest at North Florida's campus before taking on North Florida on Jan. 28. Both matches are slated to begin at 10 a.m. 
• The Phoenix returns home for its season debut at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center against South Carolina State on Feb. 9. 

 
RESULTS
Singles
1. Sibel Tanik (Elon) def. Feline van Eijkelenburg (Longwood) 4-6, 6-3, 10-7
2. Lizette Reding (Elon) def. Oriana Izzara (Longwood) 6-1, 6-0
3. Phoebe Mitchell (Longwood) def. Miray Konar (Elon) 6-3, 5-7, 11-9
4. Sophia Marchetta (Longwood) def. Helen Sarikulaya (Elon) 6-2, 6-4
5. Mariana Reding (Elon) def. Karina Rizvanova (Longwood) 6-3, 6-1
6. Ella Suk (Elon) def. Nina Hederich (Longwood) 6-3, 6-0
 
Doubles
1. Sibel Tanik/Lizette Reding (Elon) def. Phoebe Mitchell/Karina Rizvanova (Longwood) 6-1
2. Madison Cordisco/Mariana Reding (Elon) def. Feline van Eijkelenburg/Sophia Marchetta (Longwood) 6-4
3. Miray Konar/Ella Suk (Elon) def. Oriana Izarra/Kashmira Manohar (Longwood) 6-1
 
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (5,2,6,1,4,3)