ELON – The Elon women's tennis team kicked off the Elon Fall Invitational with six wins Friday at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center.

Alexis Nyborg led the Phoenix with a pair of singles wins, including a 6-3, 6-2 decision against Appalachian State's Ruby Broadbent. The senior is now pacing the Phoenix this fall with eight victories.

Iga Piotrowska and Sonja Rooth added singles wins in the second round against Appalachian State opponents with both victories coming in straight sets.

In Friday's opening round of singles, Simone Bergeron and Alexandria Warsing both came through in match tiebreaks. Bergeron rebounded after losing her second set to defeat Marshall's Polina Gumeniuk 6-3, 1-6, 10-7, with Warsing also recovering from a second-set setback to beat Randy Rakotoarilala of NC Central, 6-2, 5-7, 10-6.

The Phoenix debuted three new doubles teams Friday. Rooth partnered Warsing, Nyborg played with Lisa Dierick and Piotrowska teamed up with Lisa Kranec.

Saturday's play will begin at 9 a.m. with the first of two morning rounds of doubles. Play will conclude with the final round of singles.

Results
Singles
Simone Bergeron (Elon) def. Polina Gumeniuk (Marshall) 6-3, 1-6, 10-7
Alexandria Warsing (Elon) def. Randy Rakotoarilala (NC Central) 6-2, 5-7, 10-6
Iga Piotrowska (Elon) def. Sreenidhi Balaji (App State) 6-2, 6-1
Sonja Rooth (Elon) def. Allegra Hodson (App State) 6-3, 6-4
Alexis Nyborg (Elon) def. Ruby Broadbent (App State) 6-3, 6-2
Alexis Nyborg (Elon) def. Sarah Copley (Marshall) 6-0, 2-0, retired
Isabella Walker (Marshall) def. Iga Piotrowska (Elon) 6-4, 2-6, 10-6
Alina Mokrynska (Marshall) def. Sonja Rooth (Elon) 1-6, 6-4, 10-5
Nour El Ouazzani (Marshall) def. Lisa Dierick (Elon) 6-4, 7-5
Taya Powell (App State) def. Lisa Dierick (Elon) 6-1, 6-4
Lily Bazemore (App State) def. Alexandria Warsing (Elon) 3-6, 6-4, 10-6
 
 
Doubles
Isabela Romanichen/Lily Bazemore (App State) def. Lisa Kranec/Iga Piotrowska (Elon) 6-3
Ruby Broadbent/Naledi Manyube (App State) def. Sonja Rooth/Alexandria Warsing (Elon) 6-2
Allegra Hodson/Taya Powell (App State) def. Lisa Dierick/Alexis Nyborg (Elon) 6-4