Elon, S.C.– Radford's men's and women's tennis teams fell to the Elon Phoenix in Big South Conference action from . The women fell 5-2 and the men 6-1. With the losses, the women drop to 1-10 overall, 0-5 in the Big South, while the men fall to 2-17, 0-5.

On the women's side, the doubles tandem of Jihane Najdi (Casablanca, Morocco) and Laura Dickenson (Roanoke, Va.) picked up a 8-6 victory but it was not enough as Elon (4-7, 2-1) claimed the other two by scores of 8-3 and 8-4. Najdi and Dickenson also picked up singles victories for the Highlanders. In the #1 singles, Najdi cruised past Jennifer Fulmer, 6-0, 6-1. Dickenson picked up the come-from-behind win, defeating Lindsey Kinnaird, 2-6, 6-4, 10-7 (tiebreak) in the #4 singles. Elon won the other four in straight sets.

In men's action, Elon (8-5, 2-1) took all three doubles matches and five of six singles to claim the victory. RU's Dominic Soeur (Herndon, Va.) picked up the only win, also in come-from-behind fashion, defeating Richard Dutton, 3-6, 7-5, 10-8.

The teams will get right back on the courts tomorrow when they travel to Lynchburg to take on the Flames at 1:00 p.m.

Results

Women's Doubles
Fulmer/Cade (Elon) def. Lindsey/Stover, 8-3
Najdi/Dickenson def. Rhoads/Kinnaird (Elon), 8-6
Pulupa/Fisher (Elon) def. Wilson/Dooley, 8-4

Women’s Singles
#1 Jihane Najdi def. Jennifer Fulmer (Elon), 6-0, 6-1
#2 Diana Pulupa (Elon) def. Sidney Lindsey, 6-2, 6-2
#3 Aubrey Rhoads (Elon) def. Blaire Stover, 6-0, 6-0
#4 Laura Dickenson def. Lindsey Kinnaird (Elon), 2-6, 6-4, 10-7
#5 Molly Cade (Elon) def. Geneva Dooley, 6-0, 6-1
#6 Jessica Fisher (Elon) def. Geneva Dooley, 6-1, 6-4

Men's Doubles
Malasitt/Dutton (Elon) def. Oosthuizen/Menigsteab, 9-7
Lefevre/Houlst (Elon) def. Arhammar/Lhamidi, 8-2
Roberson/Nick Belutty (Elon) def. Harvey/Soeur, 8-1

Men’s Singles
#1 Pramote Malasitt (Elon) def. Bartlo Oosthuizen, 6-2, 6-2
#2 Nathan Lefevre (Elon) def. Robel Menigsteab, 6-3, 6-1
#3 Justin Roberson (Elon) def. Joakim Arhammar, 6-1, 6-3
#4 Mikael Houlst (Elon) def. Khalid Lhlamidi, 6-1, 6-2
#5 Dominic Soeur def. Richard Dutton (Elon), 3-6, 7-5, 10-8
#6 Mike Prelec (Elon) def. Ross Harvey, 6-1, 6-2