Wake Forest Athletics
Deacs Fall to Stanford in NCAA Quarters
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
May 22, 1998
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - The Wake Forest womens tennis team lost to 2nd-ranked Stanford here Friday, 5-2, in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championship. The 13th-ranked Demon Deacons, who were making their first-ever appearance in the final eight of the national tournament, completed their season with an 18-9 record.
Lule Aydin at number-two singles and Jackie Houston at number-five recorded Wake wins. For Aydin, the teams only senior, it was her ninth consecutive win in singles competition.
Aydin and the Deacon number-one doubles team of Nicola Kaiwai and Dorothee Kurz will participate in the NCAA singles and doubles championships which take place here next week.
STANFORD 5, WAKE FOREST 2
SINGLES
Kremer (S) d. Verban (WF) 6-1, 6-2
Aydin (WF) d. Scott (S) 6-1, 6-4
Ashley (S) d. Kaiwai (WF) 6-3, 3-6, 7-6
Bleszynski (S) d. Kurz (WF) 6-2, 6-1
Houston (WF) d. Pestieau (S) 6-2, 5-7, 6-1
Heiser (S) d. Milton (WF) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
DOUBLES
#1 not completed
Scott-Bleszynski (S) d. Aydin-Verban (WF) 8-4
#3 not completed
