Wake Forest University
Maryland
No. 19 Women's Tennis Defeats No. 37 Maryland
4/9/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 9, 2006
COLLEGE PARK, MD. - Freshman Sierra Poske earned a 7-5, 2-6, 6-2 victory in the No. 5 position to clinch No. 19 Wake Forest women's tennis team's 4-3 victory over No. 37 Maryland, Sunday afternoon. The win is Poske's fourth consecutive and helped improve the Demon Deacons to 12-6 overall and 5-4 in the ACC, while the Terrapins drop to 9-10 and 2-6.
The Deacs opened the match dropping the doubles point, 2-1, but they were able to come back and win four singles matches to earn the victory. Freshman Christian Tara and junior Christine Simpson took home the only victory in doubles, defeating Neda Mihneva and Julia Graca, 8-7, in the third position.
In singles, No. 87 Ashlee Davis played in the No. 2 spot and upset No. 65 Marianne Baker, 7-6, 6-4, while No. 99 Ana Jerman also won, defeating Veronika Subertova, 6-2, 6-1 at No. 3. Tara won in the No. 4 position and Poske clinched the win for the Deacs with her three-set victory in No. 5.
The Demon Deacons will close the regular season on the road against Georgia Tech on April 15th and Clemson on April 16th. Both matches are set to begin at 12 pm.
DOUBLESNo. 1 - But/Baker (MD) def. No. 42 Hirsch/Davis (WFU), 8-2No. 2 - Amir/Dent (MD) def. Jerman/Poske (WFU), 8-4No. 3 - Tara/Simpson (WFU) def. Mihneva/Graca (MD) 8-7
SINGLESNo. 1 - No. 40 Ramona But (MD) def. No. 37 Alex Hirsch (WFU), 4-6, 6-4, 6-3No. 2 - No. 87 Ashlee Davis (WFU) def. No. 65 Marianne Baker (MD), 7-6, 6-4No. 3 - No. 99 Ana Jerman (WFU) def. Veronika Subertova (MD), 6-2, 6-1No. 4 - Christian Tara (WFU) def. Jennifer Dent, 7-5, 6-4No. 5 - Sierra Poske (WFU) def. Michal Amir (MD), 7-5, 2-6, 6-2No. 6 - Neda Mihneva (MD) def. Christine Simpson (WFU), 6-4, 3-6, (5)
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