ELON, N.C. – Celine Schepers earned a match-clinching, straight-sets victory in the No. 4 seed to help the Mercer women's tennis team defeat Elon, 4-3, on Monday at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center.
 
The Bears improved to 10-7 overall with their eighth straight victory after a 2-7 start. Elon fell to 7-8.
 
Mercer took the doubles point as Katie Sidor and Schepers defeated Elon's Uma Nayar and Suzanne Zenoni, 6-0, in the No. 2 match and Marie Mottet and Anna Sovic defeated Olivia Archer and Montana Moore, 6-2, in the No. 3 match.
 
Sidor, Schepers and Sovic all earned straight-set wins in singles play, with Sovic and Schepers earning the final points of the day in the No. 6 and No. 4 matches, respectively.
 
Doubles Point

1. Alex Koniaev/Maria Paraja (ELON) vs. Alara Hollyfield/Maeva Roquebert (MER), 5-3, unfinished
2. Katie Sidor/Celine Schepers (MER) def. Uma Nayar/Suzanne Zenoni (ELON), 6-0
3. Marie Mottet/Anna Sovic (MER) def. Olivia Archer/Montana Moore (ELON), 6-2

Singles Matches

1. Katie Sidor (MER) def. Suzanne Zenoni (ELON), 6-3, 6-1
2. Maria Paraja (ELON) def. Maeva Roquebert (MER), 6-4, 6-3
3. Uma Nayar (ELON) def. Alara Hollyfield (MER), 6-2, 6-3
4. Celine Schepers (MER) def. Alex Koniaev (ELON), 7-5, 6-4
5. Olivia Archer (ELON) def. Marie Mottet (MER), 6-2, 6-2
6. Anna Sovic (MER) def. Sofia Edo (ELON), 6-1, 6-4

Up Next
Mercer will get back into Southern Conference action when it hosts Samford on Thursday, March 21 at the Leroy Peddy Tennis Center. The match is expected to start at 2:30 p.m.