Women's Tennis Heads To ACC Championships As Sixth Seed
4/14/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
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April 14, 2004
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The 31st-ranked Wake Forest women's tennis team will look to avenge one of its worst performances of the regular season Friday evening when the sixth-seeded Demon Deacons open the 2004 ACC Championship against third-seeded Florida State. First-serve is scheduled for 6 p.m. at the Millbrook Exchange Tennis Center in Raleigh, N.C.
The Deacs (11-10, 3-5 ACC) closed the regular season with a dissapointing 4-3 loss to Maryland on Senior Day at Leighton Tennis Stadium this past Sunday afternoon. The Seminoles (16-6, 6-2 ACC) closed out their regular season way back on April 4 with a heartbreaking 4-3 loss to eventual ACC Regular Season Champion Clemson. Florida State tied its school record for most conference wins in the program's ten year history.
Wake Forest -- who recorded only three regular season victories in 2003 -- posted eight more in 2004. The Demon Deacons and Seminoles faced off back on March 21. Florida State came out on top 6-1, but the Deacs played without their top singles player, junior Karin Coetzee. Coetzee, who is ranked 26th in the most recent ITA poll, finished the 2003-04 regular season with a 26-10 mark, including 11-7 this spring. The Bloemfontein, South Africa native, who will play at the No. 1 position this weekend, went 8-7 in the top singles position.
Fellow seniors Liz Proctor and Aimee Smith each finished the 2003-04 regular season with 19 wins apiece -- single-season career-highs for each. Proctor went 19-14, including 11-10 this spring, while Smith finished up 19-16 and 8-12 in dual action. Proctor and Smith each played much of this season at No. 4 and No. 5. Proctor went 6-5 at No. 4, while Smith went 3-5 at No. 4.
Freshman Ashlee Davis will fill the spot at No. 2 singles. The Anderson, Ind.native went 18-13 this past season, including 10-9 in the spring. Davis, ranked 70th in the most recent ITA poll, also filled in at the top singles spot and went 2-2 with victories over two players ranked among the nation's top-30.
Junior Katie Martzolf will play at the third singles spot. Martzolf battled some nagging injuries throughout much of the season, but still managed to post a 15-13 record. The Indianapolis, Ind. native went 9-10 this spring and 4-6 at No. 3. Martzolf also played nine matches at No. 1 and No. 2 singles and won five of those matches.
Junior Danielle Schwartz will fill the sixth and final singles position. Schwartz finished 16-13 this past regular season and 10-10 in the spring season. The Livingston, N.J. native went 5-3 at No. 5 this season and 3-3 at No. 6.
Wake Forest will field the following teams in doubles. Martzolf and Davis will compete at No. 1 doubles, while Schwartz and Smith will play at No. 2 and Coetzee and Proctor will play at No. 3.
WAKE FOREST LINEUP
1. Karin Coetzee
2. Ashlee Davis
3. Katie Martzolf
4. Liz Proctor
5. Aimee Smith
6. Danielle Schwartz
7. Sandie Knight
8. Blakely Offutt
1. Katie Martzolf/Ashlee Davis
2. Danielle Schwartz/Aimee Smith
3. Karin Coetzee/Elizabeth Proctor
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