ELON, N.C. – Longwood men's and women's tennis traveled south to take on the Elon University Phoenix, with both teams putting up good fights but falling 7-0.
 
Singles
Men's Tennis
No. 1 ELON Daniel Martin over LWU Guillermo Cagigas 6-2, 6-3
No. 2 ELON Nicholas Campbell over LWU Timeo Puech 6-3, 6-3
No. 3 ELON Veljko Krstic over LWU Luis Reis 6-3, 6-4
No. 4 ELON Ahmed Hosni over LWU Lukas Krause 6-1, 6-0
No. 5 ELON Oskar Antinheimo over LWU Alejandro Uribe 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 ELON Ben Zipay over Gary Huang 6-2, 6-0
 
Women's Tennis
No. 1 ELON Sibel Tanik over LWU Emma Nurgazieva 6-4, 6-2
No. 2 ELON Lizette Reding over LWU Sophia Marchetta 6-3, 6-2
No. 3 ELON Helen Sarikulaya over LWU Maria Saez 6-4, 4-6, 10-2
No. 4 ELON Julie Ball over LWU Karina Rizvanova 6-3, 6-3
No. 5 ELON Olivia Archer over LWU Wiktoria Czerny 6-3, 1-6, 10-4
No. 6 ELON Miray Konar over LWU Nina Hederich 6-0, 6-3
 
Doubles
Men's Tennis
No. 1 ELON Antinheimo/Martin over LWU Cagigas/Reis 6-1
No. 2 ELON Hosni/Campbell vs. Huang/Krause UNFINISHED
No. 3 ELON Zipay/Condos over Puech/Uribe 6-1
 
Women's Tennis
No. 1 ELON Tanik/Reding vs. LWU Nurgazieva/Rizvanova UNFINISHED
No. 2 ELON Cordisco/Ball over LWU Saez/Hederich 6-1
No. 3 ELON Konar/Sarikulaya over LWU Czerny/Marchetta 6-1
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
Elon's men clinched the doubles point with wins at Nos. 1 and 3 doubles, but Longwood battled in singles. Luis Reis dueled Veljko Krstic before falling 6-3, 6-4 at No. 3 singles in the longest match on the men's side.
 
Timeo Puech also put together a solid outing before falling to Nicholas Campbell 6-3, 6-3 at No. 2 singles.
 
On the women's side, the Phoenix claimed the early doubles point, but the Lancers again rallied with strong efforts in singles play. Both Maria Saez and Wiktoria Czerny forced a third set. Saez rallied from a first set loss to take the second set 6-4 at No. 3 singles, but Helen Sarikulaya won the tiebreak 10-2 for the third set.
 
Czerny rebounded from a 6-3 loss in her opening set to take the second set 6-1 at No. 5 singles, but Olivia Archer answered with a 10-4 win in the tiebreak on the third set.
 
 WHAT THEY SAID:
 
"Both teams came in and represented Longwood well against very strong Elon teams," said Longwood Director of Tennis Adam Jackson. "We competed on every court and will learn from these tough matches."
 
UP NEXT:
 
The Lancers men's head to Barton College this weekend for a matchup on Saturday. The two sides both will host Hampton on Wednesday, Feb. 22 for their home opener.
 
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