GREENSBORO, N.C. - UNCG men's tennis faces its last non-conference opponent of the season this Thursday, playing at Elon for a 6 p.m. evening matchup with the Phoenix. The Spartans will be looking to extend their current two-match win streak, as they prepare for their penultimate contest of the season, finishing their spring at home against Chattanooga the following Saturday.
Who: Elon
Where: Jim Powell Tennis Center | Elon, N.C.
When: Thursday, April 15 | 6 p.m.
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HOW'S THEIR FORM?
-- UNCG is coming off back-to-back wins after defeating Davidson and The Citadel, both by scores of 5-2.
Ollie Palmer,
Nico Grewe,
Alexander Zuckerman and
Roger Rogowski all went 2-0 in singles play over that span
-- Elon is an impressive 11-5 on the year, but is currently on a two-match losing streak, most recently falling to Southern Conference member ETSU
SCOUTING THE SPARTANS
-- Zuckerman and Grewe are both on three-match win streaks as individuals, leading the Spartans with seven and six singles wins respectively
-- Rogowski and
Cooper Wyett are currently on a three-match win streak when playing alongside one another in doubles play, leading the UNCG roster with five wins in 2021
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Nico Grewe is one of only three players in the Southern Conference that remains unbeaten while playing No. 2 singles, and is the only player in the SoCon to do so while playing multiple matches at that seed
SCOUTING ELON
-- Senior Kyle Frankel sits a team-best 11-1 in singles play this year, with his only loss coming to No. 11 Wake Forest's top-individual. He's gone 7-1 as the first seed this year, while posting 3-0 and 1-0 records at the No. 2 and No. 3 respectively
-- Senior Chung-Han Tsai and fifth-year senior Akram El Salally are on a three-match winning streak as doubles partners. The two have played solely as the Phoenix' top pairing when together this year, going a team-best 9-2 in that spot
SERIES HISTORY
-- Elon holds a 5-3 record against the Spartans since 2012, going 3-1 against UNCG when playing in Elon during that same span
-- The Spartans are looking to break a four-match losing streak they currently have going against the Phoenix, last defeating the side 4-3 in April of 2015
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