ELON – The Elon women's tennis team hosts the Elon Fall Invitational on Oct. 30-31 at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center. It is the second home tournament for the Phoenix this fall.
 
Elon Fall Invitational Briefing 
Tournament Details: Oct. 30-31, 2026 | Elon, N.C. | Jimmy Powell Tennis Center
Admission: Free   
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Tournament Information 

• Play will begin at 9 a.m. on both Friday and Saturday.
• Friday will feature two rounds of singles and a round of doubles. Doubles will start at 9 a.m. with the two rounds of singles beginning at approximately 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
• Saturday will consist of two rounds of doubles and a round of singles. Doubles play will begin at 9 a.m. with singles to follow the two rounds of doubles at approximately 11:30 a.m.
• Live scoring will not be available, but results will be updated throughout the event on the tournament's ITA page.
• The tournament field includes Appalachian State, Charlotte, Elon, Marshall and NC Central.

 
About the Phoenix 

• Elon has won back-to-back CAA championships after defending its conference crown in the spring. 
• The Phoenix returns five players from last year's championship team – Simone Bergeron, Cornelia Kack, Lisa Kranec, Alexis Nyborg and Mariana Reding. 
• Kack was named CAA Player of the Year in the spring after winning 13 dual singles matches at the Nos. 1 and 2 spots. Kack won all four of her completed singles matches against conference opponents, including against William & Mary in the championship match.  
• Bergeron and Reding both return after winning 13 dual doubles matches together a season ago to earn First-Team All CAA honors. Bergeron added 11 wins in singles to earn all-conference recognition, while Reding led the Phoenix with 15 singles victories, including a 12-match winning streak, and earned CAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player honors after going 4-0 in the conference tournament across singles and doubles. 
• Bergeron represented the Phoenix last fall at ITA Conference Masters, becoming the first Elon player to compete in the event. She won a pair of consolation singles matches at the tournament.  
• Kranec is back for Elon after securing the clinching point in Elon's 4-3 CAA championship match victory against William & Mary. She won 10 dual singles contests and paced the Phoenix alongside Kack with 14 victories in doubles to earn All-CAA recognition. 
• Nyborg picked up 12 dual wins in the spring playing the Nos. 4 and 5 positions, the third most singles wins on the Phoenix. She earned CAA Player of the Week honors after securing Elon's regular season victory against William & Mary.  
• The Phoenix welcomes four newcomers to this year's roster. Iga Piotrowska and Alexandria Warsing come to Elon as freshmen, while Lisa Dierick (Rider) and Sonja Rooth (Stephen F. Austin) are transfer additions.  
• Elon is led by two-time reigning CAA Coach of the Year Elizabeth Anderson, who is in her 23rd season leading the Phoenix. She is joined by first-year assistant coach Carl Gedlitschka, who played college tennis at Cleveland State.  

 
Fall Recap

• Elon has racked up 41 singles wins and 25 doubles wins across four tournaments this fall.
• Elon opened its fall season Sept. 12-13 in Chapel Hill at the Kitty Harrison Invitational. 
• The Phoenix tallied 16 victories over the three-day tournament with eight wins apiece in doubles and singles. Seven of the 16 wins came against Power Four opponents. 
• Kack and Piotrowska won the Navy Doubles draw, defeating the top-seeded pairing from Virginia in the semifinals, 7-6 (3).  
• Elon also defeated opponents from Charlotte, Duke, James Madison and Kansas State during the tournament.  
• Four Phoenix competed at the ITA All-American Championships in Cary from Sept. 19-22.
• Bergeron and Reding advanced to the qualifying draw at ITA All-Americans after defeating seeded pairs from Illinois and SMU. Kack and Kranec added another Power Four doubles victory, defeating Oklahoma in the prequalifying consolation draw.
• Kack earned entry into the prequalifying singles draw at the ITA All-Americans, playing a hard-fought main draw singles match against Tulsa.
• Kack then won the Jimmy Powell Invitational singles title, finishing Elon's first home tournament (Oct. 2-3) with 17 points.
• Elon ended the Jimmy Powell Invitational 23-2 in singles, with all 23 singles wins coming in straight sets. All nine Phoenix contributed at least two victories.
• Rooth and Kranec highlighted the doubles section of the Jimmy Powell Invitational, finishing 3-0 for the weekend.
• Elon last competed at ITA Carolina Regionals from Oct. 15-19.
• The Phoenix finished the tournament with eight main draw victories across singles and doubles.
• Elon had three doubles pairings reach the round of 16 for the first time ever, with Kack and Piotrowska making it to the quarterfinals.

 
Conference Masters Bound

• Three Phoenix will represent the CAA at ITA Conference Masters next week. The tournament will be contested Nov. 5-8 at the Rome Tennis Center in Rome, Ga.
• Kack will play singles in the event while Bergeron and Reding will team up in doubles.
• It is the second straight season Elon will represent the CAA at the event. Bergeron played singles in the tournament last fall.
• The tournament serves as a qualifier for the NCAA Individual Championships, with the four singles semifinalists and final two doubles teams from Conference Masters qualifying for NCAAs.

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