ELON, N.C. – The Elon University women's tennis team kicked off its CAA Tournament campaign with a 4-0 sweep over No. 12 seeded Monmouth on Thursday at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center.

BOX SCORE (PDF)
 
The Phoenix won the doubles point and then got victories from its three freshmen in singles to secure the shutout win. With the victory, Elon improved to 14-9 on the season and will advance to play No. 4 Drexel in Friday's quarterfinals. Monmouth finishes its season 3-15 with the defeat. 
 
THE RUNDOWN

• Elon won at the Nos. 2 and 3 spots to take the doubles point. 
• Madison Cordisco and Mariana Reding kicked off the day for the Phoenix with a 6-0 win on Court 2. It was their 13^th of the season together and their second to come by a 6-0 score. The win was their fifth against a conference opponent.
• Making their CAA Tournament debuts together on Court 3, freshmen Simone Bergeron and Ella Suk won 6-3 to secure the doubles point for the maroon and gold. It was also their 13^th win of the season, tied with Elon's No. 2 tandem for the most on the team. 
• On Court 1, Sibel Tanik and Lizette Reding led 4-2 when their match was halted. 
• The successful doubles point was Elon's 16^th out of its last 19. 
• Suk continued her strong play in singles, sweeping Monmouth's Lauren Landstrom 6-0, 6-0 to move the Phoenix ahead 2-0. The freshman reached double-digit victories on the season with the result. This was her second win of the season at the No. 5 spot and her second time winning a match without dropping a game. The other came against Fairield on March 5. 
• Suk's doubles partner Bergeron wasted little time matching her teammate's result, as the freshman cruised to a 6-0, 6-0 victory against Madison Mills on Court 6. The win has her 11^th of the season, nine of which have come at the No. 6 position. This was also her third time winning a match 6-0, 6-0 and her fifth victory against a conference opponent this season. 
• Elon was within two games of victory on the four remaining courts but Mariana Reding took the honor of clinching the win with a 6-2, 6-1 triumph at the No. 3 spot against Hana McKinney. It was her 14^th victory of the season and eighth at the No. 3 position. Of her 14 wins this season, 11 have come in straight sets.
• On Court 2, Tanik led 6-0, 5-3 over Nitika Girish when her match was halted. Lizette Reding was up 6-3, 4-0 against Lana Brezanin on Court 1 and Helen Sarikulaya was ahead 6-1, 4-2 when those contests were halted.
• This is Elon's ninth consecutive season winning at least one CAA Tournament match. It was also the program's 10^th overall victory at the event. 

 
UP NEXT

• Elon will return to the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center on Friday to face No. 4 seeded Drexel in the quarterfinals. The contest at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center is scheduled for a 10 a.m. start. 
• The Phoenix is 4-0 all-time against Drexel. All four of the previous meetings between the teams have been in the CAA Tournament, the most recent of which was a 4-1 Elon victory in the quarterfinals on April 23, 2021. 
• The Dragons enter the tournament with an 11-7 record this season. They are 4-5 in true road matches. 
• Drexel went 4-2 against CAA opponents this season, with victories against Towson, Monmouth, UNCW and Hofstra. 
• In their most recent match on April 19, the Dragons swept Towson 7-0 at home. 
• Elisa Rigazio leads the Dragons with 15 singles wins this season and enters the CAA Tournament on an eight-match winning streak. Ten of her wins have come at the No. 2 spot. 
• Isabel Cabrerizo and Lorie Lemongo also have double-digit singles wins this season with 13 and 12, respectively. 
• Overall, the Dragons are 69-33 in finished singles matches this season. 
• Drexel is 31-20 in completed doubles contests this season. Rigazio and Maddie Ricardo have 13 of those victories to lead the team. 
• The Dragons enter the tournament having won three of their last four doubles points. 
• Drexel is led by second-year head coach Eric Biscoveanu. 

 
RESULTS
Singles
1. Lizette Reding (Elon) vs. Lana Brezanin (Monmouth) 6-3, 4-0, unfinished
2. Sibel Tanik (Elon) vs. Nitika Girish (Monmouth) 6-0, 5-3, unfinished
3. Mariana Reding (Elon) def. Hana McKinney (Monmouth) 6-2, 6-1
4. Helen Sarikulaya (Elon) vs. Lenien Jamir (Monmouth) 6-1, 4-2, unfinished
5. Ella Suk (Elon) def. Lauren Landstrom (Monmouth) 6-0, 6-0
6. Simone Bergeron (Elon) def. Madison Mills (Monmouth) 6-0, 6-0
 
Doubles
1. Sibel Tanik/Lizette Reding (Elon) vs. Natika Girish/Madison Mills (Monmouth) 4-2, unfinished
2. Madison Cordisco/Mariana Reding (Elon) def. Lana Brezanin/Hana McKinney (Monmouth) 6-0
3. Simone Bergeron/Ella Suk (Elon) def. Lenien Jamir/Lauren Landstrom (Monmouth) 6-3
 
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (5,6,3)