The Elon men’s tennis team lost its second straight match falling to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro 5-2 on Tuesday, April 9 after winning it’s first seven matches in Southern Conference play. The Phoenix dropped the doubles point to start the match dropping two out of the three matches.
Freshman James Dougherty and sophomore Randy Phillips defeated junior Cameron Silverman and sophomore Stefan Fortmann 8-4 at No. 1 doubles.Sophomores Juan Madrid and Jordan Kaufman defeated sophomore Cameron Smith and freshman Gaston Murray 8-4 at No. 3 singles.
Daniel Mack and Ahmet Sariglu clinched the doubles point for UNCG with their 8-6 win over freshman Robert Lindgren and sophomore Brian Kowalski at No. 2 doubles.
UNCG extended the lead to 2-0 when Dougherty defeated Fortmann in straight sets 6-2, 6-1 at No. 2 singles.
Silverman then lost at No. 1 singles to Sarioglu 7-6 (7-3) 2-0. Still battling illness lingering from the weekend in which he could not play his No. 1 singles match, Silverman retired in the second set already trailing by a set.
Lindgren got Elon on the board with his straight sets win over Murray, 6-3, 6-3 at No. 3 singles
Madrid made the match 3-2 with his 6-0, 6-4 win over Smith at No. 6 singles.
Phillips clinched the win for UNCG with his 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 win over Kaufman at No. 4 singles
Mack extended the lead for UNCG with a straight sets win over Kowalski at No. 5 singles 7-5, 6-4.
The Phoenix have a quick turnaround as they now travel to Boone to take on Appalachian State University. The contest will be the last match in the regular season for the Phoenix before the SoCon tournament to be hosted at Elon on April 18-21.