Men’s and Women's Tennis Fall to Elon

Radford, Va. -- Radford’s tennis teams were downed by Elon University this afternoon at the Dedmon Center Courts. The Phoenix women (3-6, 2-2 BSC) rallied after dropping the doubles point by sweeping the singles competition and earning the 6-1 victory. The men’s team (10-2, 3-1 BSC) swept through doubles and won four of six singles matches for the 5-2 win.

For the Highlander women (2-9, 1-4), the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles tandems of Laura Dickenson/Ashley Stevenson and Caroline Downs/Alison Lindsey picked up 9-7 and 8-6 victories. On the men’s side, Andre’ Cavaco and Robel Mengisteab pulled out three-set victories at No. 3 and No. 5 singles. The men fall to 8-11 overall and 0-5 in the Conference.

The Highlanders will close out Conference play this weekend when they host Charleston Southern and Coastal Carolina on April 5 and 6. Both matches begin at noon.

Women’s Results

Elon 6, Radford 1

Singles
1. Kelly Fleck (Elon) def. Jihane Najdi (RU), 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
2. Jennifer Fulmer (Elon) def. Caroline Downs (RU), 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
3. Elizabeth Kernodle (Elon) def. Ashley Stevenson (RU), 6-3, 6-1
4. Melissa Holland (Elon) def. Laura Dickinson (RU), 6-2, 6-1
5. Aubrey Rhoads (Elon) def. Amy Costello (RU), 3-6, 7-5, 6-0
6. Elizabeth Kristofak (Elon) def. Alison Lindsey (RU), 6-2, 6-1

Doubles
1. Fleck/Fulmer (Elon) def. Najdi/Costello (RU), 8-4
2. Dickenson/Stevenson (RU) def. Kernodle/Holland (Elon), 9-7
3. Downs/Lindsey (RU) def. Kristofak/Molly Cade (Elon), 8-6

Men’s Results
Elon 5, Radford 2

Singles
1. Pramote Malasitt (Elon) def. Brandon Johnson (RU), 7-6 (4), 6-1
2. Nathan Lefevre (Elon) def. Joakim Arhammar (RU), 6-3, 6-1
3. Andre’ Cavaco (RU) def. Mikael Houlst (Elon), 6-4, 5-7, 10-4
4. Thomas Rohof (Elon) def. Arthur Vasarevic (RU), 6-4, 6-1
5. Robel Mengisteab (RU) def. Justin Roberson (Elon), 1-6, 7-6, 6-1
6. Richard Dutton (Elon) def. Dominic Soeur (RU), 6-0, 6-1

Doubles
1. Malasitt/Dutton (Elon) def. Johnson/Soeur (RU), 8-5
2. Houlst/Lefevre (Elon) def. Cavaco/Vasarevic (RU), 8-2
3. Rohof/Roberson (Elon) def. Arhammar/Mengisteab (RU), 8-4