WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – Sophomore Lisa Kranec clinched a second straight CAA title for the Elon women's tennis team (16-4) on Sunday, winning the final singles match in a third-set tiebreak to lift the Phoenix in a thrilling 4-3 decision over host William & Mary in the conference's championship match (14-7) at the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center.

The top-seeded Phoenix took the doubles point over the No. 2 seeded Tribe with wins on Courts 1 and 3. Simone Bergeron and Mariana Reding won at the top spot to set up the clinching victory by Kranec and Cornelia Kack on Court 3. Elon then then won three singles matches, with victories from Kack, Reding and Kranec, who clinched at the No. 5 spot. 

Elon has won back-to-back CAA championships, with both championship match victories coming against William & Mary. With the win, Elon secured the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tennis Championship.
 

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The Rundown

• Elon won a crucial doubles point with victories at the Nos. 1 and 3 spots. 
• On Court 1, Bergeron and Reding went down an early break but stormed back for a 6-2 triumph against the Tribe's top tandem of Sia Chaudry and Francesca Davis. It was their fifth straight win together and their 13th of the season. The duo improved to 4-0 together in the last two CAA Tournaments. 
• Kack and Kranec seized early control of their match on Court 3 on the way to a decisive 6-2 win that clinched the opening point for the Phoenix. The pairing is 14-5 together this spring and won matches in both of Elon's CAA Tournament victories. 
• This was the second time Kack and Kranec clinched the doubles point for Elon against William & Mary this season, as they also did so on April 3 in Williamsburg. 
• Madison Cordisco and Alexis Nyborg trailed 5-3 on Court 2 when the doubles point was clinched.
• The Tribe evened the score with a win at the No. 4 spot. 
• Kack nudged the Phoenix back in front with a convincing 6-1, 6-1 result over Chaudry on Court 1. It was Kack's 13th win of the spring, 10 of which have come in straight sets. Kack is 6-1 since moving to the No. 1 singles position and went 4-0 against conference opponents this spring. 
• William & Mary again pulled even with a victory on Court 6.
• In a back-and-forth battle on Court 3, Reding won the final four games in a final set to deliver a crucial point for the Phoenix. Reding came from an early break down to win the opening set against Tilda Larsson but found herself in a deciding frame. Reding fell behind 4-2 in the final set but broke back for 4-3 in the next game. Looking to consolidate the break, Reding fell behind 0-40 in her next service game. However, she dug her way out of the hole and won a deuce point to hold for 4-4.
• Reding broke in the next game to go ahead 5-4 and successfully served out a 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 victory in the ensuing service game. The win extended Reding's winning streak to 12 matches as her 15 singles victories lead the Phoenix this season. This was just Reding's second completed match to reach a third set this season and was the second three-set victory of her CAA Tournament career.
• Bergeron fought back to force a deciding set after dropping the first on Court 2 against Davis, breaking serve in the final game of the second set to push the match into a third. The match stayed on serve with Bergeron missing on a break point chance at 4-4. With Bergeron serving to stay in the contest in the next game, Davis won another deuce point to close out a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 for the Tribe that leveled the match at 3-3.
• While Bergeron's match was finishing, Kranec was engaged in a dramatic tussle on Court 5 that proved to be the final match on court. Kranec dropped the opening set against Rebeka Svabikova but held serve four times in the second to get the score to 4-4. In the ninth game, Kranec won a deuce point to break Svabikova's serve and then served out the set to sent the tilt into a third. 
• Kranec took early control in the decider, going ahead 3-0 after a hold, break and another hold. However, Svabikova got the break back and pushed the match set to 5-5. In the 11th game, Kranec manufactured a crucial hold of serve to go ahead 6-5 and force Svabikova to serve for a tiebreak. Svabikova successfully held to force the contest into a championship-deciding tiebreak. 
• In the tiebreak, Kranec sprinted out of the gates, winning the first point on her own serve before winning the next two points on Svabikova's serve. Kranec then won both of her next two service points and took a 6-0 lead into the change of ends. Svabikova saved the first of six championship points but missed wide on a ground stroke on the second as Kranec secured the clinching 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (1) win for the Phoenix.
• The win was Kranec's second of the spring to come in a third set and the first of her career in a third-set tiebreak. The sophomore improved to 3-0 in completed CAA Tournament matches with the triumph.
• It was Kranec's 10th victory of the spring and the eighth to come at the No. 5 spot. She has now won two dual singles matches in her career after dropping the opening set, both coming in CAA championship matches against William & Mary. 

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• This was Elon's second 4-3 victory over the Tribe in Williamsburg this season, as the Phoenix also defeated William & Mary by that scoreline on April 3.
• The Phoenix has now won four straight matches against the Tribe, a streak that started in the 2025 regular season. Elon won both matches against the Tribe in Williamsburg this season after losing its first five road matches in the sereis. 
• The victory was Elon's first to come by a 4-3 score in a CAA Tournament match since 2022 in the semifinals against College of Charleston. 
• Elon has now won back-to-back conference championships for the first time as a Division I program. The title was the Elon's third under head coach Elizabeth Anderson, who also guided the Phoenix to the 2014 SoCon championship. 
• The match was played indoors due to afternoon rain in Williamsburg. 

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Up Next
Elon will return to the NCAA Tournament for a second straight season and for the third time as a Division I program. The NCAA Selection Show is set for April 27. 

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Results
Singles
1. Cornelia Kack (Elon) def. Sia Chaudry (W&M) 6-1, 6-1
2. Francesca Davis (W&M) def. Simone Bergeron (Elon) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
3. Mariana Reding (Elon) def. Tilda Larsson (W&M) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
4. Mira Kernagis (W&M) def. Alexis Nyborg (Elon) 6-1, 6-0
5. Lisa Kranec (Elon) def, Rebeka Svabikova (W&M) 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (1)
6. Ale Gonzalez-Galino (W&M) def. Madison Cordisco (Elon) 6-0, 6-2

Doubles
1. Simone Bergeron/Mariana Reding (Elon) def. Sia Chaudry/Francesca Davis (W&M) 6-2
2. Ale Gonzalez-Galino/Mira Kernagis (W&M) vs. Madison Cordisco/Alexis Nyborg (Elon) 5-3, unfinished
3. Cornelia Kack/Lisa Kranec (Elon) def. Emma Pell/Yaelle Vaissaud (W&M) 6-2

Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (4,1,6,3,2,5)