| Box Score 2 ELON, N.C. – Highlighted by sophomore Sylvia Eklund going 4-2 between singles and doubles action, the Navy women's tennis team closed out its fall season on Saturday at the Jimmy Powell Invitational in Elon, N.C., with nine Midshipmen seeing action during the two-day event.
 
Playing at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center, the Mids and four other schools played a doubles round and two singles rounds on Friday before turning around for a pair of doubles rounds and one singles round on Saturday.
 
Friday opened with the first round of doubles matches between Navy and host Elon, as senior Casey Accola and sophomore Emily Tannenbaum lost in the top flight to Lizette Reding and Sibel Tanik, 6-2. Flight No. 2 featured Friday's lone doubles win for Navy, as freshman Sia Chaudry and senior Jillian Taggart picked up a 7-5 victory over Olivia Archer and Julie Ball. The third flight was Eklund and fellow sophomore Kate Lee being knocked off by Madison Cordisco and Helen Sarikulaya, 6-2, while the fourth flight saw Sarah Allen and Shauna Galvin defeat juniors Stella Ribaudo and Corinne Farid, 6-4.
 
The first singles round between Navy and Campbell followed, as Anna-Marie Kopecka beat Tannenbaum in the first flight, 6-7 (3-7), 7-5, 14-12, while the second draw had Eeva Ristola defeat Ribaudo, 7-6 (7-4), 7-5. The Mids won the third through seventh flights, as Accola claimed a 6-7 (7-9), 6-3, 10-7 victory over Abbie Tyler, Eklund knocked off Lena Karlovcan, 6-4, 6-4, Taggart beat Veronika Prospalova, 2-6, 6-2, 10-4, freshman Hanna Elks Smith edged Tamsin Hart by a score of 6-1, 2-6, 12-10, and Lee earned the 6-1, 6-4 win over Anna Head.
 
Friday closed with the Mids squaring off against players from Liberty and Wake Forest, as Tannenbaum got a 6-4, 6-3 win over Wake's Jingyi Li in the top draw but the Demon Deacons' Maddie Lynch beat Accola with a 6-2, 6-3 score in the No. 2 flight. Ribaudo won the third flight against Liberty's Micaela Ode Mitre, 6-4, 4-6, 11-9, Taggart dropped the fourth draw to Maretha Burger of Liberty at 6-2, 7-6 (7-1), Eklund grabbed a 7-6 (7-5), 6-1 victory in the No. 5 slot over Liberty's Elsa Kirch and Elks Smith won a 6-3, 4-6, 10-4 match against Bruna Sampaio of Liberty in the sixth flight.
 
Saturday opened with the Mids playing the second round of doubles, as Accola and Tannenbaum outlasted Li and Lynch of Wake Forest in the top flight, 6-3, while Liberty's Burger and Ode Mitre picked up a 6-4 win in the second draw against Chaudry and Taggart. Eklund and Lee salvaged the round by getting a 6-3 victory in the third flight against Liberty's duo of Sampaio and Kirch.
 
The final round of doubles play was next, as Chaudry and Taggart got a 6-1 win in the top spot over Campbell's Ristola and Karlovcan, while Eklund and Lee beat Hart and Prospalova with a 6-2 score in the second flight. Farid and Ribaudo also got a 6-2 win in the No. 3 flight over Tyler and Head.
 
Saturday wrapped with a singles round which had Elon's Tanik edge Tannenbaum in the first flight, 6-2, 6-2, and Cordisco defeat Accola in the No. 2 spot by a 6-2, 6-1 score. The third draw had Reding outlast Ribaudo at 5-7, 7-6 (7-4), 10-8, while Sarikulaya defeated Taggart at No. 4 with a 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) win, the fifth flight saw Ball hand Eklund her only singles loss of the weekend at 5-7, 6-3, 10-3, and Archer scored a 6-0, 6-0 victory in the sixth slot over Elks Smith.
 
"While today's last rotation didn't completely yield the results we were looking for, we finish the fall season very pleased with what we accomplished and optimistic for our prospects in the spring," said head coach Keith Puryear. "We've challenged the team this fall, and they've risen each time to meet that challenge. It's important that we use the short off-season as best we can to continue our focus on our team's goals and objectives for the spring."
 
"Emily's fall season has really stood out. Win or lose, her continued growth impresses the coaching staff. Stella and Sylvia have also shown substantial improvement this fall, along with Casey and one of our newcomers in Sia. We look forward to our off-season to continue to prep and prepare for the spring that is to come."

Navy returns to action on Jan. 14, 2023 in Birmingham, Ala., facing Samford for the spring opener.