ELON, N.C. - North Carolina Central sophomore Rebecca Wood and freshman Aissa Muamba posted 2-1 records in singles competition and enjoyed doubles victories during the three-day women's tennis Elon Phoenix Fall Invitational, which concluded  in cloudy conditions Sunday.

Wood, a native of Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom, defeated Amy Ellis of UNC Greensboro, 6-0, 4-6, 6-2, on Friday, then knocked off Puja Patel of Meredith, 6-1, 6-2, on Saturday, before ending her run with a loss to Taylor Cohen of USC Upstate (6-3, 6-1) on Saturday afternoon.

In doubles play, Wood teamed up with sophomore Ekaterina Nekrasova to upset ACC opponents Emily Lauten and Isel Martinez-Marcos, 8-6, on Friday. The Lady Eagles duo then lost to a doubles team from Campbell in a heart-breaking tiebreaker, 9-8 (4).

Muamba, a native of Laval, Canada, started her weekend run by blanking Kendra Harris of North Carolina A&T, 6-0, 6-0. She then defeated Erin Maguire of Western Carolina, 6-1, 6-3, to advance to the championship match of the B-2 singles flight. The start of Sunday's match was delayed due to inclement weather, but that did not cool down the level of competition. Muamba won the first set against Kirsten Renz of Campbell, 2-6, dropped the second set in a tiebreaker, 7-6 (2), and lost the deciding set in a 10-point tiebreaker, 10-7.

Muamba and doubles partner Julia Aguilar enjoyed an 8-4 doubles victory over Meredith on Friday, before bowing out in an 8-4 doubles setback versus Western Carolina on Saturday.

Another highlight for NCCU was the doubles play of senior Olesya Palko and freshman Mia Ramic. After losing their first match to USC Upstate (8-3) on Friday, the duo won matches against UNC Greensboro (8-5) and Virginia Tech (8-6) in the consolation finals.

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Bethune-Cookman Begins Fall Tennis

Injuries kept Juan Varon and Seve Day at home and winless in individual competition this weekend.

But neither Varon's leg or Day's arm troubles kept the Bethune-Cookman duo from winning a flight as team Sunday as they combined to beat Florida Southern's Nathan Leavitt and Jorge Guiterrez 8-4 in the Gold Flight final of the Embry Riddle Open.

B-CU's Chinatsu Kajiwara also competed in a flight final, falling 6-3, 6-4 to Florida Southern's Sabine Goge in the Women's Gold Flight.

In individual play, Varon and Day were a combined 0-6 in the three-day tournament. When teamed, the pair that's looking to be the Wildcats' number one duo in the spring dropped just 11 games in their three matches.

The rest of the men's team was in Gainesville competing in the Bedford Cup at the University of Florida. Between rehabbing their injuries and developing the teamwork, Varon and Day didn't mind missing out on a road trip.

 The Varon/Day victory along with a strong showing by Santiago Lobelo and Diego Garavito at Gainesville - that duo won a first-round match and battled with fourth-seeded Andres Bucaro and Benjamin Lock of Florida State in the second - gave Head Coach Tim Pleasant some optimism with his doubles squads.

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