Wake Forest University
Boston College
No. 19 Women's Tennis Takes Down Eagles, 5-1
4/7/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 7, 2006
CHESTNUT HILL, MASS.- - The No. 19 Wake Forest women's tennis team opened its two-match weekend with a 5-1 routing of No. 65 Boston College, Friday afternoon. The win improves the Demon Deacons to 11-6 overall and 4-4 in the ACC, while the Eagles drop to 6-10 overall an 0-8 in the conference.
Wake Forest opened the match with a strong showing in doubles. Playing at the No. 2 position, Ana Jerman and Sierra Poske picked up their 11th victory of the spring with an 8-1 victory over Alina Sullivin and Sarah Svoboda. Christian Tara and Christine Simpson followed suit and captured the point for the Deacs with an 8-5 victory over Gia Nafarette and Lindsey Nash.
In the singles portion of the match No. 38 Alex Hirsch defeated Dasha Cherkasov, 6-4, 7-5 in the No. 1 position, while it was a 7-5, 6-3 victory by Ashlee Davis at No. 2 that clinched the match for the Demon Deacons.
Poske and Tara also took home singles victories with wins at the No. 4 and No. 5 positions, respectively. The teams did not play a sixth match due to time constraints.
DoublesNo. 1- Krasnopolsky/Cherkasov (BC) def. No. 42 Hirsch/Davis (WFU), 8-4No. 2- Jerman/Poske (WFU) def Sullivan/Svoboda (BC) 8-1No. 3- Tara/Simpson (WFU) def Nafarette/Nash (BC) 8-5
SinglesNo. 1- No. 38 Alex Hirsch (WFU) def Dasha Cherkasov (BC), 6-4, 7-5No. 2- No. 87 Ashlee Davis (WFU) def #114 Lana Krasnopolsky (BC), 7-5, 6-3No. 3- Alina Sullivan (BC) def. No. 99 Ana Jerman (WFU), 4-6, 7-5, 7-6No. 4- Christian Tara (WFU) def Sarah Svoboda (BC), 6-1, 6-3No. 5- Sierra Poske (WFU) def. Gia Nafarrete (BC), 8-4No. 6- Did not play
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