Men’s tennis set for a Sunday morning match with Duke

ELON, NC – Elon University men’s tennis will return to action on Sunday, Jan. 23 as it travels to Durham, NC at 11 a.m. for a match with Duke.

GAME DAY COVERAGE

– Sunday’s action begins with a doubles match at 11 a.m. at the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center.
– A live video of the action is provided and can be accessed via this link.
– Live statistics are also available and can be found here.

MATCH

– Sunday morning is 16^th Meeting between Elon and Duke.
– Phoenix is ​​currently 14-1 in the all-time series.
– In the last encounter between the two programs, Duke defeated Elon 6-1 on January 20, 2021.
– Elon’s only victory against Duke in the all-time series came in the opening match of the 2014 season when Phoenix won the 7th national finish at the Blue Devils home field 4-3 in Durham, NC.

SOUTING ELON

– Elon will compete in this race with a 0-1 overall record after falling to 10th place in the latest round of Wake Forest.
– Elon returned three All-CAA awards this season Kyle Frankel (1^st Team; 2^nd Team doubles), Camilo Ponce (2^nd Team; 2^nd Team doubles) and Chung-Han Tsai (2^nd Team doubles).
– Frankel has a strong season last year, as he set a 15-1 overall record and an 11-1 mark for number one. He was also merged Camilo Ponce wins an unbeatable 8-0 record in a doubles match.
– Camilo Ponce rounded out last season placed second in the team’s doubles (12) and placed 8-3 in 3rd place.
– Nicholas Campbell ended the team’s third-year two-game wins (10) in the 2020-21 season, adding 8-4 in the doubles.
– Chung-Han Tsai will be in this season after getting 8-7 in doubles and 10-5 in doubles in 2020-21.
– Nicholas Condos ended the 2020-21 season with a doubles record of 8-9 and 11-7 in doubles.
– Elonia is leading Michael Leonard, who starts 18^th at the helm of the program for the 2021-22 season.

patrol duke

– Duke is set to open his home in a double match against Elonia and North Carolina Central at the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center on Sunday. The Blue Devils are home to 11-2 head coach Ramsey Smith in home games.
– Ramsey Smith is 14 years old^th season at the helm of the Duke program. Smith has led the team to an overall record of 218-109 and has been selected as the ITA Carolina coach of the year twice (2010, 2012).
– Duke has two doubles players and two doubles pairs tomorrow – in doubles, as a second student Faris Khan and junior Garrett Johns come No. 38 and No. 76, respectively, while Johns and Sean Sculley as well as Michael Heller and Andrew Zhang are 37th and 39th in the doubles.

THE LAST TIME

– Elon dropped season opener No. 10 at Wake Forest 7-0 on Saturday, Jan. 15 at the Wake Forest tennis complex.
– Nicholas Condos fought 100th against Taha Baad, but ended up 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 in singles 3.
– Chung-Han Tsai took 75th against Filippo Moroni in No. 4 singles, but was 7-5, 6-1.
– Stephen Penagos also played ranked opponent No. 117 against Robert Maciag, but won 7 (7) -6 (2), 6-3 in singles 6.
– Nicholas Campbell won the second set against Rrezart Cungua in the doubles, but fell in three sets 6 (3) -7 (7), 6-3, 6-0.
– Wake Forest grabbed a double point when Elon’s top duo Campbell / Tsai dropped in a draw of 7 (7) -6 (3).
– Also in the duel, the Condos / Zipay combination led 6-5 before the Demon Deacons got a double point on the first field.

FACE 2021-22

– Phoenix wishes back seven returns from last year’s senior team Kyle Frankel, Camilo Ponce and Chung-Han Tsai, juniors Nicholas Campbell and Nicholas Condos, and sophomores Luke Queiroz and Ben Zipay.
– Elon introduces three newcomers to freshmen Stephen Penagos and Joseph Dougherty, as well as the Minnesota transfer Daniel Martin.
– Penagos joins Phoenix from Laurel Springs High School, where he earned an ITF ranking in the top 300.
– Dougherty comes to Elon from the North Carolina Cyber ​​Academy, where he collected the top 200 national rankings (18s) and was considered a 4-star player in Tennis Recruiting.
– Martin joins Elon from the University of Minnesota, where he won 8-8 in the singles last season.

COMING SOON

– Phoenix will stay on the road on Sunday, January 23 for a match with Duke.
– Elon will play his first home game of the spring season on Friday, February 4, when he will welcome Liberty to the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center at 2 p.m.
– After the game, Elon will compete in consecutive races against William & Mary (February 6) and Longwood (February 17).

–ELON–