ELON, N.C. – The Elon University women's tennis team (11-6) finishes a stretch of three straight road matches Tuesday with a battle against CAA opponent College of Charleston. The contest at Patriots Point in Charleston will begin at 1:30 p.m. 
 
HOW TO FOLLOW

• The match will start at 1:30 p.m. with doubles. Singles will follow shortly after.
• Live scoring is available and can be accessed by clicking here.  
• Updates throughout the match will be provided by the program's Twitter and Instagram accounts, @ElonWTennis.

 
THE MATCHUP

• The Cougars lead the all-time series between the teams 17-6. 
• Elon has won five of its last seven matches against College of Charleston.
• In their most recent meeting in the semifinals of 2022 CAA Tournament at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center, Elon the top-seeded Cougars 4-3 to advance to the championship match. Shauna Galvin and Olivia Archer both held on for dramatic final-set victories to propel Elon to a comeback win. 
• The Phoenix fell in its most recent trip to Charleston but won the three before that in 2018, 2016 and 2013. 
• The last eight contests between the teams have been decided by either 4-3 or 5-2 scores, including six by a 4-3 scoreline. 

 
ABOUT THE PHOENIX

• Elon is coming off a 16-7 season that included a trip to the semifinals of the CAA Tournament. 
• The Phoenix returns five players from last year's squad, headlined by Sibel Tanik and Lizette Reding, who both earned All-CAA honors in singles and doubles last season. Tanik and Reding formed a dynamic doubles duo, going 12-6 in the No. 1 position, and combined for 24 singles victories in the top three spots. 
• Also returning for the Phoenix are sophomores Helen Sarikulaya and Madison Cordisco. Sarikulaya won 12 doubles and 11 singles matches last season and earned two CAA Doubles Team of the Week honors. Cordisco also reached double-digit wins in doubles, earning 11 victories playing the Nos. 2 and 3 spots. 
• Miray Konar is also back for her second season with the Phoenix. Konar went 8-1 in 2022 playing Nos. 5 and 6 singles and added nine doubles victories. 
• New to the Phoenix this season are freshmen Simone Bergeron, Ella Suk and Mariana Reding, the younger sister of Lizette Reding. 
• Elon is led by head coach Elizabeth Anderson, who is in her 20th season at the helm of the program.

 
LAST TIME OUT

• Elon won the doubles point against No. 31 Wake Forest on March 22 but fell 6-1 in a valiant effort in a match played indoors in Winston-Salem.
• Playing on Court 1, Sibel Tanik and Lizette Reding won 6-3 for their ninth win of the season and 33rd together overall. The duo broke early to take a 3-1 lead but were broken back in the next game. However, Elon's No. 1 pairing responded by breaking again in the sixth game and this time consolidated the break to take a 5-2 lead. After Wake held serve, Tanik served out the match and the victory. 
• After Wake Forest evened doubles with a win on Court 2, the freshman duo of Simone Bergeron and Ella Suk clinched the point with a dramatic 6-4 victory, their team-best 10th of the season. Like Tanik and Reding, the freshmen raced out to a 5-2 lead before the Demon Deacons got the match back on serve at 5-4. Bergeron and Suk went ahead 0-30 in Wake Forest's next service game before the Demon Deacons won three straight points. However, Elon's freshmen won the next point to force a deuce point, which they converted to secure doubles for the Phoenix. 
• The victorious doubles point was Elon's first in nine tries against Wake Forest. 
• This was the first time Elon has won the doubles point against a team positioned in the ITA team rankings since the Phoenix took doubles against No. 41 William & Mary in the semifinals of the 2018 CAA Tournament. 
• Wake Forest responded in singles, winning the first four matches to finish in straight sets to go ahead 4-1. 
• The Phoenix forced decisive match tiebreaks at both Nos. 5 and 6 singles. Helen Sarikulaya won her second set 6-1 against Wake Forest's Mia Ahmad before falling in her match tiebreak. Bergeron overcame a mini-break deficit in a second set tiebreak to force a match tiebreak on Court 6. Wake's Jingyi Li ultimately won the match tiebreak 10-7 to wrap up a 6-1 Demon Deacons victory.  

 
TERRIFIC TANIK

• In her fifth year of college tennis and fourth at Elon, Sibel Tanik is up to 51 career singles victories, 47 of which have come with the maroon and gold. 
• Tanik has eight singles wins this season and has won six of her last nine appearances.
• In Elon's win over Campbell on March 13, Tanik came from a set down for the ninth time in her Elon career to secure the winning point for the Phoenix.  
• Tanik has played the No. 1 spot in 12 of the 15 matches she has competed in this season. 
• The senior has been clutch in match tiebreaks this season, tallying two wins in decisive breakers. 
• All of Tanik's victories at Elon have come at either the No. 1 or No. 2 position, including 33 at the top spot. 
• Tanik has also registered 44 doubles wins since joining the Phoenix, tied for the 11^th most in Elon's Division I history. In the last two seasons, Tanik has paired with Lizette Reding for 33 victories at the No. 1 position. 
• Additionally, Tanik is moving up Elon's all-time singles ranks, as her eight wins this season have moved her into a tie for 13th place in the program's Division I history. 
• Alongside Reding, Tanik earned CAA Doubles Team of the Week honors on Jan. 23 after the pair won at the No. 1 spot on Jan. 19 against Longwood. 
• Last season, Tanik earned two CAA Player of the Week awards and was named to the All-CAA Second Team for doubles and Third Team for singles. 
• In all three of her years at Elon, Tanik has registered double-digit victories in both singles and doubles. She has also been All-CAA in both singles and doubles each of the last two seasons.

 
BIG SISTER

• Freshman Mariana Reding joins her older sister Lizette, a senior, on the Phoenix roster this season. 
• With a win at the No. 1 position against Campbell on March 13, Lizette secured her fourth straight season with double-digit singles victories.
• With 10 wins this season, Lizette has moved into 12th place on Elon's all-time Division I singles wins list, as the senior is up to 49 with the maroon and gold. She needs just one more victory to become the 12^th player to reach 50 singles victories in Elon's Division I history. 
• Lizette has won seven of her last 10 completed singles matches and has the second most wins on the team, trailing only her sister Mariana. 
• Lizette has also moved up to a tie for ninth all-time on Elon's Division I doubles wins list, as she currently sits at 45 career wins. Of those, 33 have come with partner Sibel Tanik. 
• Lizette is the only Elon player to play singles in every match this season. 
• In all three of her seasons with the Phoenix, Lizette has been an All-CAA performer in both singles and doubles. She was also selected as the 2020-21 CAA Rookie of the Year and was Elon's MVP for the 2020-21 campaign. 
• This fall, Lizette became Elon's first ever player to reach the quarterfinals of the main singles draw at ITA Carolina Regionals. She also made it to the quarterfinals of the event in doubles with partner Sibel Tanik, as the duo became Elon's first to advance that far in the main draw. 
• Lizette was tabbed as the CAA Player of the Week for the first time in her career on Jan. 23 after dropping just one game in a win at No. 2 singles against Longwood on Jan. 19. Lizette also won CAA Doubles Team of the Week that week with partner Sibel Tanik. 
• Read more about the Redings' journey from Leon, Mexico, to Elon and their relationship by clicking here.

 
LITTLE SISTER

• Mariana Reding has not been overshadowed by her older sister this season, as the freshman has been a star in both doubles and singles for the Phoenix. 
• The freshman has played both doubles and singles in 16 of Elon's 17 matches this season. 
• The younger Reding sister leads the Phoenix in singles victories with 11. She has won nine of her last 11 completed contests. 
• Over the last 11 matches, Mariana has won 18 of 24 completed sets. Of the 18 winning sets, 11 have come by 6-0, 6-1, 6-2 or 6-3 scores. 
• Reding has been versatile in singles this season, winning matches at the Nos. 2, 3 and 5 spots.
• Mariana is also fourth on the team in doubles victories. She has won nine this season alongside partner Madison Cordisco. The duo has primarily played the No. 2 position but made its debut appearance at the No. 1 spot against Salem on March 8. 
• On Feb. 20, Reding and Cordisco were tabbed as the CAA's Doubles Team of the Week after posting wins against Gardner-Webb and Shaw. It was the first CAA weekly award for both players. 
• To read more about Mariana's strong start to her freshman campaign courtesy of Rising Phoenix, by clicking here. 

 
BERGERON BRINGING THE NOISE

• Since making her Elon debut on Feb. 9 against South Carolina State, freshman Simone Bergeron has made noise on the court for the maroon and gold. 
• The freshman has teamed up with fellow freshman Ella Suk for 10 victories at No. 3 doubles, tied for the most wins by an Elon doubles team this season. 
• The duo of Bergeron and Suk clinched doubles for the Phoenix against No. 31 Wake Forest on March 22 with a 6-4 victory at the No. 3 spot. 
• In their 10 victories together, Bergeron and Suk have combined to go 60-20 in total games. They have helped the Phoenix win 12 of its last 13 doubles points, a stretch that started in Bergeron's first match against South Carolina State.
• On March 5, Bergeron and Suk became the third Elon doubles team this season to take home CAA Doubles Team of the Week. 
• Bergeron made her singles debut on Feb. 17 against Shaw as part of a 7-0 Elon win. The freshman did not drop a game in a 6-0, 6-0 victory at the No. 6 spot. 
• Since making her first singles appearance, Bergeron has played the Nos. 4-6 spots in Elon's last eight matches. She has gone 7-1 in completed contests this season and is 15-3 in total sets. In her other singles match that went unfinished, she led 6-3, 5-2 when the contest was halted. 
• In total, Bergeron is 17-3 across doubles and singles this season in completed matches. 

 
SURGING SUK

• Ella Suk is also having a stellar freshman campaign with the Phoenix and has played in every match this season in either doubles or singles. 
• Suk has combined for 20 victories across doubles and singles this season, as leads the team with 12 in doubles to go along with eight in singles. 
• The freshman has won matches at three singles positions this season, with three each coming at the Nos. 4 and 6 spots. In her last 12 appearances, Suk has collected seven wins, with all of those coming in straight sets.
• Suk's 12 doubles wins are the most on the team this season, 10 of which have come alongside fellow freshman Simone Bergeron. Her other victories came with Madison Cordisco and Miray Konar. 
• On March 5, Suk and Bergeron became the third Elon doubles team this season to take home CAA Doubles Team of the Week.

 
STANDOUT SOPHOMORES

• Back for their sophomore seasons with the Phoenix are Madison Cordisco and Helen Sarikulaya, both of whom were key contributors last year. 
• Sarikulaya has won nine of her last 10 completed singles matches, with the victories coming at the Nos. 4, 5 and 6 spots.
• The sophomore has three wins by a 6-0, 6-0 score this season, and has won five sets without dropping a game.
• Over her last 10 matches, Sarikulaya has gone 19-4 in sets in completed matches, with 14 of those coming by 6-0, 6-1 or 6-2 scores.  
• In her debut season with the maroon and gold a year ago, Sarikulaya won 12 doubles matches and was part of two CAA Doubles Team of the Week selections. She also won 11 singles contests playing the Nos. 2-4 spots.
• Sarikulaya was one of two Elon players to qualify for the main singles draw at October's ITA Carolina Regionals. She won a pair of matches in the qualifying draw to advance into the main draw. 
• Through Elon's first 17 matches this season, Cordisco is tied for second on the team in doubles victories with 10, nine of which have come at the No. 2 position alongside partner Mariana Reding. The tandem won CAA Doubles Team of the Week on Feb. 20. 
• Cordisco made her first singles appearance in nearly 10 months on Feb. 17 against Shaw, winning in straight sets at the No. 5 spot. Read more about her singles return courtesy of Rising Phoenix by clicking here.
• In Elon's match against Methodist on March 8, Cordisco again played singles and did not drop a game in a 6-0, 6-0 win at the No. 6 spot. 
• Cordisco was selected to the All-CAA Second Team for doubles after going 11-5 on the season with Julie Ball and Sarikulaya as partners. She added four singles victories at the No. 2 position in 11 appearances.  

 
KONAR RETURNS

• Miray Konar is in her second year with the Phoenix after transferring to the program from Western Carolina.  
• Konar is Elon's only player to win at four singles positions this season, as she has at least one victory at each of the Nos. 3-6 spots. She has won four of her last five singles appearances. 
• Konar has been victorious in four of her last five singles appearances. 
• She also picked up a pair of doubles wins with partner Helen Sarikulaya against Methodist and Salem, helping the Phoenix clinch both doubles points. 
• The junior from Izmir, Turkey, was tabbed as Elon's Most Improved Player for the 2022-23 campaign after playing an important role in Elon's singles and doubles lineups.
• Konar won eight of her nine completed singles contests last season, with the lone loss coming in Elon's final match of the season. 
• In doubles, Konar posted nine wins and earned CAA Doubles Team of the Week on two occasions, both with Sarikulaya.

 
PUTTING THE DUB IN DOUBLES

• Elon has successfully converted the doubles point in 12 of the last 13 matches, a streak that began with the team's home opener against South Carolina State on Feb. 9.
• In that stretch, the Phoenix has gone 29-7 in completed doubles matches and led by a break in two contests that went unfinished.
• Over the last 13 matches, three Elon teams have tallied at least eight wins in doubles. Simone Bergeron and Ella Suk both have 10 wins at the No. 3 spot, Mariana Reding and Madison Cordisco have nine primarily playing the No. 2 position and Sibel Tanik and Lizette Reding have won eight contests at No. 1 doubles. 
• In the last 13 matches, Elon's doubles pairings have combined to go 209-110 in total games. 
• Elon won its first doubles point against a ranked opponent since 2018 on March 22 against No. 31 Wake Forest. It was Elon's first against a ranked team in its last 12 tries. 
• Three Elon tandems have won CAA Doubles Team of the Week this season. Sibel Tanik and Lizette Reding won the honor on Jan. 23, followed by Madison Cordisco and Mariana Reding on Feb. 20. Bergeron and Suk most recently took home the honor on Tuesday. 
• This is the first season since joining the CAA that Elon has had three different doubles teams take home the honor. In the last two seasons, the Phoenix has had eight CAA Doubles Team of the Week winners after amassing six in its first eight seasons in the conference. 

 
SINGLES SUCCESS

• In the last 12 matches, the Phoenix is 52-15 in completed singles contests. Of those wins, 43 have come in straight sets. 
• All eight of Elon's players have won at least two singles matches during the nine-match winning streak. Six of Elon's players have won at least four matches in this stretch. 
• Elon holds a winning record at all six singles positions this season. 
• The maroon and gold is a combined 23-8 this season at Nos. 5 and 6 singles. 
• The Phoenix has utilized eight different singles lineups over the last 12 matches. 

 
MEET THE CAPTAINS: ELON'S DYNAMIC DUO

• Elon's two seniors – Lizette Reding and Sibel Tanik – were selected as team captains for the 2023-24 season. 
• Reding and Tanik have been Elon's signature doubles tandem the last three seasons, as they have paired up for 28 victories at the No. 1 position. 
• In each of the last two seasons, Reding and Tanik have earned All-CAA honors in doubles while playing together. Both players have also been All-CAA in singles each of the last two years. 
• To learn more about Elon's captains courtesy of Rising Phoenix, click here. 

 
THE ANDERSON ERA

• Head coach Elizabeth Anderson is in her 20th season leading the maroon and gold. 
• Anderson has turned Elon into a consistent winner. Under her guidance, the Phoenix has posted 17 consecutive winning seasons, all of which have included double-digit victories. 
• In Elon's final season in the Southern Conference, Anderson led the maroon and gold to the program's first NCAA Tournament berth in 2013. The Phoenix won its first Southern Conference championship that season to qualify.
• Since joining the CAA in 2014-15 season, Elon has won at least one match in all eight of its CAA Tournament appearances. Anderson led the program to the CAA championship match for the first time in 2022. 
• Since taking over as head coach in 2005, Anderson has tallied 286 victories at Elon.
• During Anderson's time at Elon, she has had a total of 51 all-conference selections, four freshmen of the year award winners, one conference player of the year and a conference tournament most outstanding performer.
• Anderson was named CAA Coach of the Year in 2016 after leading Elon to a 14-win season and a berth in the CAA semifinals. 
• Elon has also been a strong performer in the classroom during Anderson's tenure. The program has earned All-ITA Academic Team honors in 18 consecutive seasons. 

 
ELON TO HOST THE 2024 CAA TOURNAMENT 

• For the sixth time, Elon will host the CAA Tournament from April 24-28 at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center.
• With the addition of Campbell to the conference this season, this will be the first CAA Tournament to feature 13 teams. 
• Elon last hosted the tournament in 2022 when it reached the league's championship match for the first time. 
• Five of the last seven CAA Tournaments have been hosted by Elon. William & Mary won four of those while James Madison took the other. 

 
SCOUTING COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON

• College of Charleston enters Tuesday with a 12-4 record on the season.
• The Cougars are 8-2 on their home courts and are currently amid an 11-match homestand. 
• In four matches against CAA competition this season, the Cougars are 3-1. Charleston has defeated Campbell, Towson and UNCW but lost to William & Mary. 
• On Sunday, College of Charleston defeated UNCW 5-2 at Patriots Point in their most recent outing. The Cougars dropped the doubles point but responded by winning five of six singles contests. 
• The Cougars have won three straight matches since a 6-1 loss against William & Mary on March 16. 
• Oziera Ahmad leads the Cougars with 12 singles wins this season, including 10 at the No. 3 spot. Maja Jekuac also has double-digit victories (11), with six coming at the No. 1 position. 
• Playing primarily the No. 2 spot, Halli Trinkle has won nine matches in singles. 
• The Cougars are 59-29 in completed singles contests this season and hold a winning record at five of six singles positions. 
• Charleston is a combined 25-3 in finished matches at Nos. 2 and 3 singles. 
• In doubles, the Cougars are 17-25 in completed contests. Their best duo this season has been Trinkle and Maggie Cubitt, who have gone 4-1 at the No. 1 position. 
• The Cougars have lost the doubles point in six of their last seven matches. 
• In its four CAA matches, the Cougars have won just one doubles point. However, Charleston defeated UNCW and Campbell despite losing doubles. 
• Angelo Anastopoulo is in his 33^rd season leading College of Charleston. 

 
UP NEXT
Elon returns home for the first time since March 13 with a contest against CAA foe UNCW on April 6. The contest at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center will start at 1 p.m.