ELON, N.C. – The Elon University men's tennis team ended UNC Asheville's seven-match winning streak Sunday with a 6-1 victory over the Bulldogs at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center.

BOX SCORE (PDF)
 
The Phoenix has now won three matches in a row, all of which have come at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center. The win was Elon's second of the weekend by a 6-1 score after the maroon and gold's win over Campbell on Saturday. 
 
Elon is now 3-3 on the season with the victory, while UNC Asheville is 7-2 with the loss.
 
THE RUNDOWN

• Elon won its third straight doubles point to grab the early momentum. 
• A day after clinching a dramatic doubles point against Campbell, Elon's No. 1 duo of Daniel Martin and Dylan Heap picked up another victory against the Bulldogs. The pairing won 6-2 for a third consecutive win together. 
• Oskar Antinheimo and Jack Curtis teamed up to win 6-3 on Court 3 to clinch doubles. It was their team-best fourth win of the season together. 
• Ben Zipay and Juan Sengariz led 5-3 at the No. 2 spot when their match was halted. 
• Through the first three matches of Elon's five-match homestand, the Phoenix is 6-1 in completed doubles contests. 
• Playing the No. 5 spot for the first time in his freshman campaign, Jack Curtis rolled to a 6-1, 6-2 win over Rafa Serra to put the Phoenix up 2-0. Curtis is tied with his doubles partner Antinheimo for the most singles wins on the team this season (5). 
• Following a Bulldogs win on Court 1, Daniel Martin responded with a 6-1, 6-3 victory against UNC Asheville's Freddy Murray on Court 2. It was Martin's second win of the season and his first at the No. 2 spot. 
• For the second straight day, Antinheimo delivered the winning point for the Phoenix with a win on Court 3. The sophomore defeated Jon Brann Reid 6-3, 6-4 for his fifth singles win of the season, three of which have come at the No. 3 position. 
• On Court 6, Ben Zipay rallied in the final set for his first singles win of the season. Zipay won the first set but dropped the second and trailed 4-1 in the third. In his first outdoor singles match of the season, Zipay erased the deficit by winning six of the final seven games to beat Cian Ingles 6-2, 3-6, 7-5. It was the second win of his career in a full third set.
• Seconds after Zipay completed his comeback, his doubles partner Sengariz capped off a valiant comeback of his own on Court 4. After losing his opening set to Tarek Erlewein, Sengariz did not drop a game in the second to force a decisive match tiebreak. Sengariz fell behind 8-6 but stayed the course before eventually squeaking out a 14-12 victory. The junior has now won each of his last three singles matches.
• During its three-match winning streak, Elon is 16-2 in completed singles contests and 32-9 in total sets. The Phoenix has won 19 of the 21 points available over that span. 
• Elon is unbeaten at the Nos. 2-6 singles spots in its last three contests. 

 
UP NEXT
Elon continues its homestand on Feb. 22 with a 2 p.m. match against Gardner-Webb at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center.
 
RESULTS
Singles
1. Sam Nicholson (UNCA) def. Veljko Krstic (Elon) 6-4, 6-4
2. Daniel Martin (Elon) def. Freddy Murray (UNCA) 6-1, 6-3
3. Oskar Antinheimo (Elon) def. Jon Brann Reid (UNCA) 6-3, 6-4
4. Juan Sengariz (Elon) def. Tarek Erlewein (UNCA) 5-7, 6-0, 14-12
5. Jack Curtis (Elon) def. Rafa Serra (UNCA) 6-1, 6-2
6. Ben Zipay (Elon) def. Cian Ingles (UNCA) 6-2, 3-6, 7-5
 
Doubles
1. Dylan Heap/Daniel Martin (Elon) def. Jon Brann Reid/Rafa Serra (UNCA) 6-2
2. Juan Sengariz/Ben Zipay (Elon) vs. Sam Nicholson/Freddy Murray (UNCA) 5-3, unfinished
3. Oskar Antinheimo/Jack Curtis (Elon) def. Tarek Erlewein/Cian Ingles (UNCA) 6-3
 
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (5,1,2,3,6,4)