Elon Men’s Tennis Earns Two Victories on Opening Day

ELON, N.C. – Elon University men’s tennis picked up a pair of convincing victories on opening day of the 2018 spring eason, topping North Carolina A&T 7-0 and NC Wesleyan 6-1 at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center on Saturday, Jan. 13.

Results (NC A&T) | Results (NC Wesleyan)

MATCH 1 RUNDOWN: Elon 7, North Carolina A&T 0
The Phoenix cruised through doubles with a pair of 6-4 wins at Nos. 1 and 2 and a 6-0 sweep at No. 3. Leading 1-0 heading to singles, Jacob Bicknell breezed to a 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 4 to make it 2-0 and Neal Port made it 3-0 with a 6-1, 6-1 victory at No. 3. After Taylor Foote clinched the win with a 6-3, 6-4 at No. 6, freshman Camilo Ponce earned a 6-1, 6-4 win at No. 2. Salvador Mijares and Louis Rico then finished off the sweep with Mijares taking a 7-5, 6-0 win at No. 1 and Rico a 7-6 (6), 6-3 triumph at No. 5.

MATCH 2 RUNDOWN: Elon 6, NC Wesleyan 1
In the second match of the day against a Division III team that went 20-5 in 2017 and reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament, the Phoenix earned a 6-1 victory behind a pair of singles wins from Ponce and Kyle Frankel and a strong doubles win by the two at No. 2. While Nos. 1 and 3 doubles went to tiebreakers, Ponce and Frankel eased to a 6-2 win to pace the Phoenix in doubles action. Once in singles, Frankel made it 3-0 with a 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 3 before Felipe Osses-Konig clinched the win with a 6-1, 6-1 win at No. 4. Felipe Sarrasague at No. 1, Mario Paccini at No. 2 and Ponce at No. 4 also picked up victories in the match with Sarrasague and Paccini both winning 6-1, 6-2 and Ponce winning 6-3, 6-3.

UP NEXT
The Phoenix will start a six-match stretch away from the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center with a Saturday, Jan. 20, neutral-site match against No. 20 South Carolina at Davidson. First serve against the Gamecocks is set for 11 a.m.

Elon 7, North Carolina A&T 0
Singles
1. Salvador Mijares (ELON) def. Adair Bartra (NCAT) 7-5, 6-0
2. Camilo Ponce (ELON) def. Nicholas Ardur (NCAT) 6-1, 6-4
3. Neal Port (ELON) def. Hayden Faulkenbury (NCAT) 6-1, 6-1
4. Jacob Bicknell (ELON) def. John Wilson IV (NCAT) 6-0, 6-1
5. Louis Rico (ELON) def. Jorge Goenaga (NCAT) 7-6 (8-6), 6-3
6. Taylor Foote (ELON) def. Dreshaun Jarmon (NCAT) 6-3, 6-4

Doubles
1. Felipe Sarrasague/Salvador Mijares (ELON) def. Hayden Faulkenbury/Nicholas Ardur (NCAT) 6-4
2. Taylor Foote/Kyle Frankel (ELON) def. Adair Bartra/Jorge Goenaga (NCAT) 6-4
3. Felipe Osses-Konig/Neal Port (ELON) def. John Wilson IV/Dreshaun Jarmon (NCAT) 6-0

Elon 6, NC Wesleyan 1
Singles
1. Felipe Sarrasague (ELON) def. Sebastian Sikh (NCWM) 6-1, 6-2
2. Mario Paccini (ELON) def. Ioannis Brokakis (NCWM) 6-1, 6-2
3. Kyle Frankel (ELON) def. J.D. Telles (NCWM) 6-0, 6-1
4. Camilo Ponce (ELON) def. Aditya Iyer (NCWM) 6-3, 6-3
5. Felipe Osses-Konig (ELON) def. Richard Gende (NCWM) 6-1, 6-1
6. Roberto Puig (NCWM) def. Jacob Bicknell (ELON) 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (10-8)

Doubles
1. Neal Port/Mario Paccini (ELON) def. Sebastian Sikh/Ioannis Brokakis (NCWM) 7-6 (7-1)
2. Kyle Frankel/Camilo Ponce (ELON) def. Roberto Puig/Mark Sokolov (NCWM) 6-2
3. Louis Rico/Salvador Mijares (ELON) def. Aditya Iyer/J.D. Telles (NCWM) 7-6 (7-4)