Elon Women’s Tennis Defeats George Washington 6-1
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The Elon University women’s tennis team secured a decisive victory Sunday morning, defeating George Washington University 6-1 at the Wake Forest Tennis Center. The match was moved indoors due to anticipated rain in the Triad region.
The Phoenix (3-0) demonstrated strong performance across both doubles and singles play, continuing a three-match winning streak. Elon overcame early challenges in doubles, ultimately securing the opening point.
The doubles competition saw Simone Bergeron and Mariana Reding clinch a 6-4 win at the No. 1 position, overcoming an initial break against them. Earlier, Cornelia Kack and Lisa Kranec battled back from an early deficit to win 6-3 at No. 3 doubles. Victoria Sasinka and Solange Skeene of George Washington took the No. 2 doubles match with a score of 6-1.
Elon continued its momentum into singles play, winning five of the six matches. Cornelia Kack led the charge with a dominant 6-2, 6-3 victory over Madison Lee at the No. 2 spot. This marked Kack’s third consecutive straight-set singles win of the season.
Lisa Kranec followed suit with a 6-2, 6-0 win against Alexandra Lindqvist at No. 4 singles, achieving her 20th career dual singles victory. Mariana Reding secured a 6-2, 6-2 win over Victoria Sasinka at the No. 3 position, extending her own winning streak to three consecutive singles contests.
Madison Cordisco added to Elon’s lead with a 6-2, 6-0 victory against Devika Manu at No. 6 singles. Alexis Nyborg contributed a hard-fought 7-5, 7-5 win over Karen Verduzco at No. 5 singles, completing a comeback after trailing in both sets.
The lone match win for George Washington came from Solange Skeene, who defeated Simone Bergeron 6-4, 4-6, 10-5 in a closely contested No. 1 singles match. Bergeron had forced a match tiebreak after dropping the first set.
Elon’s head coach was not mentioned in the provided source material.
Up Next
The Elon women’s tennis team will travel to Chapel Hill to face No. 3 North Carolina on Tuesday, February 17, at 4 p.m. At the Chewning Tennis Center.
Results
Singles
1. Solange Skeene (George Washington) def. Simone Bergeron (Elon) 6-4, 4-6, 10-5
2. Cornelia Kack (Elon) def. Madison Lee (George Washington) 6-2, 6-3
3. Mariana Reding (Elon) def. Victoria Sasinka (George Washington) 6-2, 6-2
4. Lisa Kranec (Elon) def. Alexandra Lindqvist (George Washington) 6-2, 6-0
5. Alexis Nyborg (Elon) def. Karen Verduzco (George Washington) 7-5, 7-5
6. Madison Cordisco (Elon) def. Devika Manu (George Washington) 6-2, 6-0
Doubles
1. Simone Bergeron/Mariana Reding (Elon) def. Madison Lee/Karen Verduzco (George Washington) 6-4
2. Victoria Sasinka/Solange Skeene (George Washington) def. Madison Cordisco/Helen Sarikulaya (Elon) 6-1
3. Cornelia Kack/Lisa Kranec (Elon) def. Alexandra Lindqvist/Devika Manu (George Washington) 6-3
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (2,4,3,6,5,1)
