ELON – The Elon University women's tennis team returns to compete at ITA Carolina Regionals this week after a historic run at last year's edition. The tournament will begin Thursday and run through Tuesday in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
ITA Carolina Regionals Briefing
Tournament Details: Oct. 16-21, 2025 | Chapel Hill, N.C. | Chewning Tennis Center
Admission: Free
Tournament Information
- The tournament will begin on Thursday with the qualifying singles draw. Main draw action in singles and doubles will begin Friday and continue through Tuesday.
- Simone Bergeron will compete in the main singles draw with Lisa Kranec, Cornelia Kack, Madison Cordisco, Alexis Nyborg, Mariana Reding and Helen Sarikulaya all in the qualifying singles bracket. Two wins are needed in qualifying to advance to the main singles draw.
- All eight Phoenix will compete in the doubles event. Bergeron and Reding will continue their partnership with Kranec and Kack reuniting for the second straight tournament. Nyborg will team up with Sarikulaya while Cordisco will partner freshman Nathalie Marinovitch.
- Live stats and live streams of each court will be provided for each day of competition. Results will also be provided at the conclusion of play each day.
Historic Regionals Run
- At last fall's ITA Carolina Regionals, Miray Konar and Sarikulaya made history, becoming the first Elon tandem to advance to the doubles semifinals in the event.
- The duo won four matches to advance to the bracket's final four. The duo defeated Wake Forest's Whitley Pate and Anna Zhang in a tiebreak in the quarterfinals to make it into the semis.
- By advancing to the semifinals, Konar and Sarikulaya secured a spot in ITA Sectionals.
Fall Recap
- The Phoenix has racked up 58 total victories across singles and doubles in two tournaments this fall.
- Elon was last on the courts for the Elon Fall Invitational from Oct. 3-4 at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center.
- The Phoenix compiled 27 wins in its second home event, with 18 in singles and nine in doubles.
- Nyborg won the singles competition at the Elon Fall Invitational with 16 points after a 3-0 weekend. She is a perfect 6-0 in singles this season.
- Alongside Nyborg with a 6-0 mark in singles this fall are Kack and Sarikulaya. Sarikulaya is yet to lose a singles set and has not lost more than four games in a set on the season.
- Kack teamed up with Kranec to win the doubles competition, as the duo engineered a a 3-0 weekend together.
- The Phoenix opened its fall season on Sept. 19-20 by hosting the Jimmy Powell Invitational.
- Elon totaled 31 victories across doubles and singles, with 19 on Friday and 12 on Saturday. The Phoenix went 10-2 in doubles and 21-3 in singles over the weekend, losing just nine sets in those 24 singles contests.
- Bergeron and Reding won the doubles competition with 12 points, going 3-0 over the weekend. Bergeron also shared the singles title with 12 points after posting a 2-1 mark.
- Kack, Nyborg, Kranec, Cordisco and Sarikulaya all finished the event with a perfect 3-0 record in singles. Cordisco and Kack also went 3-0 as a doubles pair to finish the weekend 6-0 overall.
About The Phoenix
- Elon won its first ever CAA championship in the spring, winning the CAA Tournament at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center with a victory over two-time defending champion William & Mary in the final.
- The Phoenix earned the CAA's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and faced No. 10 Tennessee in the opening round. Elon finished the season with a 19-6 overall record, which included a 15-2 mark at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center.
- Simone Bergeron returns for her junior season after a breakout campaign in the spring that saw her take home CAA Women's Tennis Player of the Year. Bergeron went 12-9 playing No. 1 singles and clinched Elon's CAA title with her three-set victory against William & Mary. She also went 20-4 in doubles and earned First Team All-CAA recognition in both doubles and singles.
- Bergeron's primary doubles partner last season was Mariana Reding, who also earned First Team All-CAA honors in doubles. Reding, who returns this season as a junior, went 16-6 playing Nos. 2-4 singles and won 18 doubles contests alongside Bergeron in the spring.
- Senior Helen Sarikulaya also received All-CAA recognition in both singles (Third Team) and doubles (Second Team). She won 12 singles matches, eight of which came at the No. 2 spot, to go along with 13 victories in doubles.
- Lisa Kranec earned All-CAA Second Team recognition in doubles alongside Sarikulaya after tallying 12 wins. She also posted 17 singles victories in her freshman campaign, with 13 coming at the No. 6 spot.
- Also back for the Phoenix is Madison Cordisco, who finished second on the team last season with 17 singles triumphs. She went 14-4 playing the No. 5 position.
- Elon welcomes three newcomers this season – Cornelia Kack, Alexis Nyborg and Nathalie Marinovitch.
- Kack joins the Phoenix after earning All-CAA Third Team honors in doubles last season as a freshman at Delaware. Nyborg comes to Elon following two successful seasons at UNC Asheville, where she earned All-Big South First Team honors in singles in 2025. Marinovitch, a native of Cochabama, Bolivia, is Elon's lone freshman.
- Elon is led by reigning CAA Coach of the Year Elizabeth Anderson, who is entering her 22nd season leading the Phoenix. She is joined by first-year assistant coach Allie Gretkowski, who played college tennis at South Carolina and Louisville.
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