CHARLESTON, S.C. – Lizette Reding became the 12th player in the Elon University women's tennis team's Division I history to reach 50 career singles victories Tuesday as the Phoenix fell 4-3 in a tight battle against CAA rival College of Charleston. 

BOX SCORE (PDF)

Elon won a thrilling doubles point but came up just short in singles as the Cougars won four matches to defend their home courts at Patriots Point. 
 
With the loss, Elon fell to 11-7 on the season. The Cougars improved to 13-4 with the victory. 
 

Milestone unlocked! ??

With a 6-1, 1-6, 6-2 victory at the No. 1 spot against College of Charleston on Tuesday, Lizette Reding has become the 12th player in Elon's Division I history to reach 50 career singles wins! ??#PhoenixRising #EUWT pic.twitter.com/UwtFqW6CZ4

— Elon Women's Tennis (@ElonWTennis) March 26, 2024

 
THE RUNDOWN

• Elon won Nos. 1 and 2 doubles to take its 13^th doubles point in the last 14 matches. 
• After College of Charleston won at the No. 3 spot, Sibel Tanik and Lizette Reding answered with a 6-3 victory at the No. 1 position. It was their 10^th win of the season and 34^th overall as a duo. The tandem was named CAA Doubles Team of the Week for the second time this season during the match. 
• In a back-and-forth affair on Court 2, Madison Cordisco and Mariana Reding prevailed in a tiebreak to clinch doubles for the Phoenix. The duo won a deuce point while trailing 6-5 in the match to force a tiebreak. After falling behind 4-2 in the breaker, Elon's No. 2 tandem won five points in a row to win 7-4. It was also their 10^th victory as they became Elon's third doubles pairing to reach double-digit wins this season. 
• Simone Bergeron swiftly made it 2-0 for Elon with a 6-2, 6-0 win on Court 6 against Charleston's Anna Neyestani. The freshman improved to 8-1 on the season with the victory and is now 17-3 in sets in her nine completed contests. 
• The Cougars responded with a pair of wins on Courts 2 and 3 to level the match at 2-2. The win on Court 2 came in a decisive set. 
• Playing the No. 1 singles spot for the sixth time this season and the fifth time in the last seven matches, Lizette Reding notched the 50^th singles win of her Elon career. The senior topped Maja Jekauc 6-1, 1-6, 6-2 to earn the milestone victory. It was her second win of the season in a final set and the sixth such victory of her career. She became the 12^th player in Elon's Division I history to reach 50 wins and is now tied for 10^th all time in singles victories with the program alongside Olivia Lucas (2014-18) and Suzanne Zenoni (2015-19). 
• Charleston again tied the match at 3-3 with a three-set win at the No. 5 position.
• With the match depending on the outcome on Court 4, the Cougars won in dramatic fashion to clinch a 4-3 victory. The marathon match went back-and-forth, with Charleston's Peyton Brotzman winning the first set from a break down. In the second, Brotzman fought from 4-1 down to take a 5-4 lead. However, Suk won the next two games and had a set point at deuce in the set's 12^th game. Brotzman saved the set point and carried the momentum through the ensuing tiebreak, which she won 7-3 to secure the victory.
• This was the ninth straight match between Elon and College of Charleston to end with either a 4-3 or 5-2 score. Seven of those matches have ended with a 4-3 final score. 
• The loss was Elon's first against a CAA opponent this season, as the Phoenix had won its previous two against conference foes. 
• Two of Elon's three consecutive losses have come by 4-3 scores. The Phoenix has dropped three 4-3 decisions on the season. 

 
UP NEXT
Elon returns home to the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center for the first time in nearly a month on April 6 to face another CAA rival in UNCW. The contest will begin at 1 p.m.
 
RESULTS
Singles
1. Lizette Reding (Elon) def. Maja Jekauc (Charleston) 6-1, 1-6, 6-2
2. Halli Trinkle (Charleston) def. Sibel Tanik (Elon) 6-1, 3-6, 6-2
3. Oziera Ahmad (Charleston) def. Mariana Reding (Elon) 6-3, 6-1
4. Peyton Brotzman (Charleston) def. Ella Suk (Elon) 7-5, 7-6 (3)
5. Francesca Salvato (Charleston) def. Helen Sarikulaya (Elon) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
6. Simone Bergeron (Elon) def. Anna Neyestani (Charleston) 6-2, 6-0
 
Doubles
1. Sibel Tanik/Lizette Reding (Elon) def. Francesca Salvato/Halli Trinkle (Charleston) 6-4
2. Madison Cordisco/Mariana Reding (Elon) def. Peyton Brotzman/Jaiden McKee (Charleston) 7-6 (4)
3. Anna Neyestani/Oziera Ahmad (Charleston) def. Simone Bergeron/Ella Suk (Elon) 6-1
 
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (6,3,2,1,5,4)