Box Score Elon, N.C. -- The Gardner-Webb women's tennis team traveled to the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center on Friday afternoon and fell to host Elon, 6-1.

Gardner-Webb now stands at 1-3 while Elon, which competes in the Colonial Athletic Conference, improves to 3-4.

Starting the afternoon in the double's competition, Gardner-Webb's No.1 tandem of junior Emilia Roslund and sophomore Emma Shasteen lost (6-1) to the Phoenix No.1 duo of Sibel Tanik and Lizette Reding.

In doubles No.2, senior Katie Watts (Haslet, Texas) and freshman Milica Prokic (Belgrade, Serbia) lost in a hard-fought battle 5-7 to Elon's Madison Cordisco and Mariana Reding.

The Runnin' Bulldogs No.3 doubles of freshman Aliz'ee Poulin (Beauceville, Quebec, Canada) and graduate senior Courtney Fyvie (Durbam, South Africa) battled Ella Suk and Simone Bergeron before falling, 3-6.

The Phoenix took a 1-0 lead into the singles matches.

In the singles competition, Roslund, a Lund, Sweden native, lost the No.1 singles match, 4-6, 3-6, to Tanik of Elon.

Sophomore Emma Shasteen - who hails from Floda, Sweeden – lost (3-6, 3-6) in the singles No.2 match.

Once again, Poulin was a Gardner-Webb bright spot as she bested Suk (6-1, 6-0) for her second victory of the week in the No. 3 singles match.

The Runnin' Bulldogs Prokic lost the No.4 singles spot (0-6, 4-6) to Miray Konar.

Fyvie (3-6, 2-6) lost the singles No.5 spot to Mariana Reding of the Phoenix.

Watts (2-6, 1-6) closed out the competition for the Dawgs with a loss in the sixth and final singles spot.
 
"Elon is a very good team," said Gardner-Webb women's tennis coach Jim Corn. "Coach (Elon Head Coach) Anderson has done a great coaching job for years. We had our chances in the No.2 and No.3 doubles matches, which would have given is the doubles point. We have been playing very good teams which will pay off as the season progresses. This kind of experience always helps you."

Up Next— Gardner-Webb will be in action at the Webb Tennis Center on Sunday when they take on Appalachian State at 1PM.