ELON, NC – The North Carolina A&T women's tennis team saw its three-match winning streak ended on Wednesday with a 6-1 loss to Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) opponent Elon at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center.

The Aggies dropped to 8-7 this season. They fell to 0-2 against CAA opponents after an earlier loss to Campbell this season. Elon's matchup is the first of three straight matches against CAA schools.

Elon won the doubles point by winning all three matches, including a forfeit at No. 3 doubles. Elon's No. 1 Miray Konar and Helen Sarikulaya team defeated the A&T combination of junior Hana El Sherif and Randy Rakotoarilala 6-2. The El Shreif/Rakotoarilala combo dropped to 8-6 on the season.

With the doubles point in hand, the Phoenix completed the doubles sweep with a hard-fought win at No. 2 doubles. Heidi Bulgar and Madison Cordisco beat A&T freshmen Flavia Villegas and Juana Gomez Weiss 7-6, 7-2 in the tiebreaker. Wednesday marked the first time the Villegas/Gomez Weiss team has lost a doubles match, falling to 3-1 this season.

The match turned to singles, with Elon taking a 2-0 lead. Bulgar defeated El Sherif 6-0, 6-1 at No. 4 singles to open singles play. Mariana Reding followed that, earning a 6-2, 6-3 win over Gomez Weiss 6-2, 6-3  at No. 2 singles. Gomez Weiss still leads the team in singles wins with 10. Wednesday's match clincher came at No. 5 singles. Cordisco beat Villegas 6-0, 6-3 as Villegas dropped to 9-4 this season.

A&T secured its only win at No. 1 singles. Rakotoarilala improved to 8-6 overall and 3-3 as the Aggies No. 1 singles player with her 3-6, 6-4, 1-0, 10-4 in the tiebreaker win over Simone Bergeron. The Aggies nearly had another win at No. 3 singles. A&T freshman Dorsa Cheraghi lost a tough three-setter to Sarikulaya.

Cheraghi beat Sarikulaya 7-5 in the first before Sarikulaya survived a tough second set by beating Cheraghi 6-4 before Sarikulaya won the tiebreaker 1-0 (10-4).

A&T returns to action at 2 p.m. on Friday at the Piedmont Indoor Tennis Center, where the Aggies will host CAA foe College of Charleston. A day later, the Hampton Pirates of the CAA come to Greensboro for a 2 p.m. matchup against A&T at the Piedmont Indoor Tennis Center.