Elon University Women's Tennis

Andersons 12th at Elon, as the Phoenix enter its second season in the Colonial Athletic Association. Andersons teams have seen a steady and exciting rise in the conference standings during her tenure, which included the programs first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2014.  Just as impressive has been Elons accomplishments in the classroom. A total of 43 student-athletes have earned academic all-league honors under Anderson, while her teams have won the ITA Team Academic Award every year since 2006.  Anderson finished off the 2013-14 with a trip to the NCAA Tournament a program first for the Phoenix. Elon won the Southern Conference Tournament title, finishing with a 15-9 overall record, including an impressive 9-1 home record. Elon entered the SoCon Tournament as the No. 3 seed, defeating fifth-seeded UNCG and top-seeded Furman before taking the tournament with a championship win over second-seeded Samford. In addition to the teams success on the tennis courts,Elon also earned the ITA Team Academic Award and three student-athletes were named ITA Scholar Athletes. Anderson led the Phoenix to new heights in 2013, helping the team to a program-best 21 victories and the No. 2 seed in the SoCon Womens Tennis Championship. Elon earned its first ever victory over an Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) team in 2013, topping Wake Forest, 4-3, on Jan. 26. Elon ended the regular season on an eight-match winning streak and finished the season 8-2 against SoCon competition. Anderson had a total of five student-athletes earn all-league honors, including first-team accolades by Jordan Johnston and Frida Jansaker. Bryn Khoury, Briana Berne and Taylor Casey each earned All-SoCon honors as well.  Elon had an outstanding 2012 season under Anderson, finishing the year with a 16-9 mark in dual matches, including 10 wins at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center. Elon had three players earn All-Southern Conference honors, as Jordan Johnston and Frida Jansaker both picked up accolades in singles and doubles, while Barbora Lazarova was named the to the leagues all-freshman team. In singles, Elon had five players record 13 or more victories, as Jansaker led the team with 17, followed by Viviana Stavreva (16), Maria Camara Ruiz (14), Johnston (13) and Lazarova (12). Johnston and Jansaker earned a national doubles ranking of 43rd in 2012, the first time the program had a player/players earn a national ranking by the ITA. In 2011, Anderson led the Phoenix to 12 victories, including six wins at home on the courts at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center. For the third time in her career, Anderson helped one of her athletes to Southern Conference Freshman of the Year honors, as Jordan Johnston picked up the accolade for the maroon and gold. Johnston finished the season with 13 victories, including 11 in the No. 1 position, and went on to earn first-team all-league honors. Anderson also helped the Phoenix to a win over Davidson in the SoCon Tournament. In 2010, the Elon womens tennis program saw one of its most successful seasons in program history. The team compiled a total of 16 wins, breaking the school record for victories during the Division I era. At the end of the season, Anna Milian was selected as the 2010 Southern Conference Womens Tennis Player of the Year, marking the first time an Elon womens tennis player had received the award. Anderson coached Milian to an 18-4 mark that season, including a 9-1 conference record. Milian was also selected to the All-SoCon first team in both singles and doubles. Two other of Andersons players, Elisa Simonetti and Paige Kensrue, also garnered all-conference honors. Simonetti earned first team honors in doubles, while Kensrue earned second team honors in singles. Anderson has coached three Southern Conference Freshman of the Year, including Elisa Simonetti who earned the honor in 2009. Under Andersons tutelage, Simonetti posted an impressive 8-2 league record at the number three position in her rookie season. The 2009 season also saw Anna Milian be recognized on the All-SoCon first team for the second consecutive year. Milian and doubles teammate Paige Kensrue were selected second-team all-league. Elon also was victorious in the first round of the SoCon Tournament in back-to-back years, knocking off Western Carolina in 2009. The Phoenix posted 10 or more wins for the third straight season. The 2008 season was one of the best under Anderson as the Phoenix posted a 15-10 overall mark. Kensrue was named a Southern Conference Player of the Week and Milian was tabbed a Southern Conference Player of the Month. The 2008 campaign also saw the selection of two Phoenix players and a doubles tandem to first-team All-Southern Conference status. Anderson coached her first, and Elons first, conference freshman of the year in 2007. In addition to earning league rookie of the year honors, Deanna Bailey also became the first Elon womens tennis player to ever earn first-team All-Southern Conference accolades. The Phoenix posted its best-ever SoCon record at 6-3. Under Anderson in 2006, Elizabeth Kernodle was recognized as the ITA Southeast Region Cissie Leary Sportsmanship Award and Southern Conference Sportsmanship Award recipient.   Before coming to Elon, Anderson spent one season (2003-04) as the assistant coach at Auburn University. In 2002-03, she volunteered as an assistant womens tennis coach for the top-10 program at the University of North Carolina.  Anderson also served as the assistant womens tennis coach at the University of Idaho in 2001-02 where she earned her masters degree in physical education with an emphasis in sports psychology. Anderson served as a tennis pro at the Duke Faculty Club, Hollow Rock Racquet Club and Chapel Hill Tennis Club in 2002-03. She coached Tennis Europes National 1 team in the summer of 2002, traveling to tournaments in Spain, Belgium, The Netherlands and France. She also worked with the Van der Meer World Class tennis program in Hilton Head, S.C. in the summer of 2001 where she received her PTR professional certification. A 2001 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Anderson played on the Seahawk tennis team for four years (1997-2001). She was named to the Colonial Athletic Association Honor Roll each year and received the Most Improved Player award in 1998 and 2001 as well as the Coachs Award in 2001. In 2000 and 2001, she earned the teams Seahawk Award. Before transferring to UNCW, Anderson played on the 1996-97 North Carolina State University tennis team. In 1997, she was named to the Atlantic Coast Conference Honor Roll and was a University Scholar. In addition to her coaching duties, Anderson is an NCAA Regional Tournament Site Representative (2007, 2009, 2010). She has served on the ITA Carolina Region Committee (2005-08; 2009-12) and was the Tennis: Europe National Team 1 Coach in 2002. Since 2004, Anderson has been on the Alamance Junior Tennis Foundation Executive Committee (2004-present). Anderson is also a graduate of the NCAA Women's Coaching Academy (2009) is a Certified Professional (2001-present). She is also a member of the Professional Tennis Registry (PTR).  Anderson and her husband, Nathan, have a daughter, Caitlin. Elizabeth Anderson Head Women's Tennis Coach The 2015-16 season is Elizabeth Andersons 12th at Elon, as the Phoenix enter its second season in the Colonial Athletic Association. Andersons teams have seen a steady and exciting rise in the conference standings during her tenure, which included the programs first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2014.  Just as impressive has been Elons accomplishments in the classroom. A total of 43 student-athletes have earned academic all-league honors under Anderson, while her teams have won the ITA Team Academic Award every year since 2006.  Anderson finished off the 2013-14 with a trip to the NCAA Tournament a program first for the Phoenix. Elon won the Southern Conference Tournament title, finishing with a 15-9 overall record, including an impressive 9-1 home record. Elon entered the SoCon Tournament as the No. 3 seed, defeating fifth-seeded UNCG and top-seeded Furman before taking the tournament with a championship win over second-seeded Samford. In addition to the teams success on the tennis courts,Elon also earned the ITA Team Academic Award and three student-athletes were named ITA Scholar Athletes. Anderson led the Phoenix to new heights in 2013, helping the team to a program-best 21 victories and the No. 2 seed in the SoCon Womens Tennis Championship. Elon earned its first ever victory over an Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) team in 2013, topping Wake Forest, 4-3, on Jan. 26. Elon ended the regular season on an eight-match winning streak and finished the season 8-2 against SoCon competition. Anderson had a total of five student-athletes earn all-league honors, including first-team accolades by Jordan Johnston and Frida Jansaker. Bryn Khoury, Briana Berne and Taylor Casey each earned All-SoCon honors as well.  Elon had an outstanding 2012 season under Anderson, finishing the year with a 16-9 mark in dual matches, including 10 wins at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center. Elon had three players earn All-Southern Conference honors, as Jordan Johnston and Frida Jansaker both picked up accolades in singles and doubles, while Barbora Lazarova was named the to the leagues all-freshman team. In singles, Elon had five players record 13 or more victories, as Jansaker led the team with 17, followed by Viviana Stavreva (16), Maria Camara Ruiz (14), Johnston (13) and Lazarova (12). Johnston and Jansaker earned a national doubles ranking of 43rd in 2012, the first time the program had a player/players earn a national ranking by the ITA. In 2011, Anderson led the Phoenix to 12 victories, including six wins at home on the courts at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center. For the third time in her career, Anderson helped one of her athletes to Southern Conference Freshman of the Year honors, as Jordan Johnston picked up the accolade for the maroon and gold. Johnston finished the season with 13 victories, including 11 in the No. 1 position, and went on to earn first-team all-league honors. Anderson also helped the Phoenix to a win over Davidson in the SoCon Tournament.