SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Wofford women's tennis team won a close 4-3 match over Elon University on a cool Friday afternoon at the Reeves Tennis Center. The Terriers won the doubles point in a tiebreaker at the #1 position and then won three of the six singles matches for the victory.
 
The Terriers won the first game in all three doubles matches. Chloe Elliott and Brianna Wilbur earned a 6-2 win at the #3 position. The Phoenix claimed a 6-4 win at the #2 position. The #1 doubles pair of Breda Brennan and Lily Woods jumped out to a 3-0 lead before the Phoenix took a 5-4 advantage. Wofford tied it at 5-5 and broke serve for a 6-5 lead. Elon then broke serve for a 6-6 tie. In the tiebreaker, Brennan and Woods won 7-3 to earn the doubles point for the Terriers.
 
Singles play began with the Terriers winning the first set in four of the six matches. Catherine Blouin posted a 6-1, 6-1 win at the #4 position, and then the Phoenix earned a win at the #6 position. At the #2 position, Brianna Wilbur won 6-3, 6-3 to take a 3-1 lead in the match.
 
At the #5 position, Grace Agster won the first set 6-1 and lost the second set 0-6. She answered with a 6-1 win in the third set which clinched the match for the Terriers. The Phoenix picked up the #1 singles position, by a 7-6. The final match to conclude was at #2 singles. Lily Woods won the first set 6-4 and lost the second set 4-6. In the third set, she trailed 4-5 before taking a 6-5 lead. After Elon broke serve to tie things at 6-6, they won the tiebreaker 10-8 for the final overall match score of 4-3.
 
"That was a hard-fought victory today," said head coach Krissy Hall. "I am so proud of how the team played from the start of doubles all the way through to the end of the singles matches. It was a total team win."
 
The Terriers (8-1) will visit Radford on Saturday, March 8, at noon. Elon is now 8-4 on the season.    
  
Doubles Results
1. Breda Brennan/Lily Woods (WOF) def. Miray Konar/Helen Sarikulaya (EU) 7-6 (7-3)
2. Mariana Reding/Simone Bergeron (EU) def. Grace Agster/Catherine Blouin (WOF) 6-4
3. Chloe Elliott/Brianna Wilbur (WOF) def. Lisa Kranec/Heidi Bulger (EU) 6-2
 
Singles Results
1. Simone Bergeron (EU) def. Breda Brennan (WOF) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4
2. Brianna Wilbur (WOF) def. Helen Sarikulaya (EU) 6-3, 6-3
3. Mariana Reding (EU) def. Lily Woods (WOF) 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (10-8)
4. Catherine Blouin (WOF) def. Heidi Bulger (EU) 6-1, 6-1
5. Grace Agster (WOF) def. Madison Cordisco (EU) 6-1, 0-6, 6-1
6. Lisa Kranec (EU) def. Chloe Elliott (WOF) 6-1, 6-3