ELON, North Carolina - The University of Mount Olive women's tennis team fell to Division I Elon University 7-0 in a spring exhibition matchup Saturday in Elon, N.C.
MATCH INFORMATION
The Phoenix held the early lead after the doubles round winning doubles 2 and 3. Elon then swept the singles matches with Mount Olive taking a 7-0 victory.
INSIDE THE RESULTS
Elon in the No. 2 doubles match took down the Trojans duo of Ece Yuksel and Ariana Orozco winning 6-0 for the first doubles point. Ingrid Montero and Deike Schipper fought hard in the No. 3 match, but fell 6-4 surrendering the second doubles point.
Mount Olive did not go down without challenging the Phoenix as in the No. 2 singles match Liza Voloshyna took down Victoria Saldh 6-2 in the opening set before falling 6-0 and 6-1 in the only singles match to go three.
| Doubles |
|
|
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| Koniaev/Nayar |
vs. |
Romero/Voloshyna |
4-4 unfinished |
| Saldh/Edo |
def. |
Yuksel/Orozco |
6-0 |
| Archer/Rizzolo |
def. |
Montero/Schipper |
6-4 |
| Singles |
|
|
|
| Alex Koniaev |
def. |
Lina Romero |
6-1, 6-3 |
| Victoria Saldh |
def. |
Liza Voloshyna |
2-6, 6-0, 6-1 |
| Olivia Archer |
def. |
Ece Yuksel |
6-2, 6-1 |
| Uma Nayar |
def. |
Ingrid Montero |
6-2, 6-3 |
| Kianna Rizzolo |
def. |
Arianna Orozco |
6-0, 6-1 |
| Sofia Edo |
def. |
Deike Schipper |
6-0, 6-0 |
COACHES COMMENTS
"I was excited about our experience playing D1 Elon on Saturday. We learned a lot and will go into this week with great enthusiasm in practice," said head coach Kevin Coghill.
UP NEXT
The Trojans fall season concluded with the match against Catawba. They will return to action in February 2020.
