Elon 5, Wofford 2

DURHAM, N.C. ? No. 56 Damon Gooch, Philip Nemec, Chase Helpingstine and Alberto Rojas all picked up singles victories as Elon upended Wofford for a 5-2 Southern Conference men’s tennis win ? the Phoenix’s fifth consecutive victory and seventh in eight matches ? Saturday afternoon at the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Facility on the Duke campus.

The Phoenix (8-4 overall, 3-0 SoCon) swept the three doubles tilts to open the day as the No. 40 tandem of Gooch and Nemec ousted Stuart Robertson and Danny Manlow 8-4 at No. 1, Helpingstine and Carlin Murray toppled Alan Donald and Paul Bartholomy 8-2 at No. 2 and Rojas and Cody Stauffer MacDowell beat Scott Collins and Tinus Van Wyk 8-3 at No. 3.

Manlow (over Oscar Podlewski 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (9-7) at No. 2) and Collins (over Murray 6-4, 6-3 at No. 3) achieved success in singles for the Terriers (6-8, 0-1 SoCon). Gooch (over Robertson 6-1, 6-3 at No. 1), Nemec (over Van Wyk 6-2, 6-2 at No. 4), Helpingstine (over Donald 6-4, 6-3 at No. 5) and Rojas (over Bartholomy 6-4, 7-5 at No. 6) all won for Elon.