ELON – The Elon men's tennis team (4-10) dropped a heartbreaker to Georgia Southern (9-6) on Friday at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center, dropping the final two singles courts in a 4-3 loss.

After losing the doubles point, the Phoenix won three of the first four singles matches to take a 3-2 lead. However, the Eagles won the final two singles matches in final sets to eke out a one-point win.

The Rundown

• Georgia Southern took the doubles point with wins on Courts 2 and 3. The Eagles won on Court 2 in the first match to finish.
• Making their first appearance since being named CAA Doubles Team of the Week on Tuesday, Veljko Krstic and Nikola Parichkov delivered a 6-4 win on Court 1 over Gregoire Delattre and Davis Taylor. The Elon tandem trailed by an early break but erased its deficit and broke in the final game of the match to win. It was the team-best fifth win of the spring for Elon's top pair.
• Georgia Southern overcame a 5-0 deficit to win in a tiebreak at No. 3 doubles and take the opening point.
• The Eagles stretched their lead to 2-0 with a win at No. 4 singles.
• Krstic cut Elon's deficit in half with a 6-1, 6-4 triumph over Albert Saar at No. 1 singles. It was Krstic's third straight singles victory, all coming in straight sets, as the senior is on his longest winning streak of the spring. He is now alone in second on the Phoenix with five dual singles wins this season.
• Rafael Ymer tied the contest with a 7-5, 6-1 victory against Delattre. It was also Ymer's third straight win in singles and his team-best 10th of the spring. The victory was Ymer's first to come in straight sets since March 7 after each of his previous three wins came in deciding sets.
• Elon completed a sweep of Nos. 1-3 singles with a 7-5, 6-1 win by Jack Curtis over Taylor on Court 3. It was the fourth victory of the spring for Curtis and the first to come at No. 3 singles. Curtis has won three of his last four singles outings.
• The final two singles matches on Courts 5 and 6 went to third sets. Albert Widell came from 2-0 down in the third at the No. 5 spot against Oskar Antinheimo to win 7-5, 2-6, 6-2, with Matthrew Mitchell rallying from a set down to defeat Alonso Roca 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 and clinch the match for the Eagles.
• The loss was Elon's fourth to come by a 4-3 score this spring. The Phoenix has now dropped consecutive 4-3 decisions.

 
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Elon returns to the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center on Sunday to face No. 56 Old Dominion. First serve is slated for noon.
 
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Results
Singles
1. No. 116 Veljko Krstic (Elon) def. Albert Saar (GASO) 6-1, 6-4
2. Rafael Ymer (Elon) def. Gregoire Delattre (GASO) 7-5, 6-1
3. Jack Curtis (Elon) def. Davis Taylor (GASO) 7-5, 6-1
4. Willy Mirarchi (GASO) def. Nikola Parichkov (Elon) 6-3, 6-2
5. Albert Widell (GASO) def. Oskar Antinheimo (Elon) 7-5, 2-6, 6-2
6. Matthew Mitchell (GASO) def. Alonso Roca (Elon) 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
 
Doubles
1. Veljko Krstic/Nikola Parichkov (Elon) def. Gregoire Delattre/Davis Taylor (GASO) 6-4
2. Albert Saar/Albert Widell (GASO) def. Nick Fisk/Charles Pilet (Elon) 6-1
3. Willy Mirarchi/Matthew Mitchell (GASO) def. Oskar Antinheimo/Rafael Ymer (Elon) 7-6 (3)
 
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (4,1,2,3,5,6)