Wake Forest University
ITA Carolina Regional
Five Deacons Advance in Singles at USTA/ITA Regionals
10/18/2013 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Oct. 18, 2013
By Alex Botoman, Wake Forest Athletic Communications (@WakeWTennis)
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The Wake Forest women's singles tennis team found success Friday at the USTA/ITA Carolina Regional, going 5-1 in singles and 2-1 in doubles.
Winning for the Deacons in the first round of singles were Kimmy Guerin, Xue Zhang, Andrea Retolaza Andrade, Kasey Gardiner and Samantha Asch.
Zhang's match was the most dramatic as she battled past NC State's Elisha Hande in a 6-7, 7-6, 6-4 marathon. At the end of it all, the two were separated by only three total points, with Zhang winning 143 and Hande 140.
Gardiner breezed past her Wolfpack opponent, knocking off Nicole Martinez 6-0, 6-1. Retolaza beat Elon's Bryn Khour 6-2, 6-1 and Guerin topped Campbell's Ana Ortiz 6-3, 6-1. Asch finished out the singles wins for the Deacs, topping Coastal Carolina's Libby Scott 6-1, 7-5.
Two Wake Forest doubles teams also won Friday to book a spot in the third round. Asch and Luisa Fernandez beat Kelly Cameron and Miller Hales from UNCW 8-3 and Gardiner and Zhang defeated UNCW's Olga Blank and Hollie Champion 8-5.
Singles Results
R64 - Kimmy Guerin (WF) def. Ana Ortiz (Cam) 6-3, 6-1
R64 - Xue Zhang (WF) def. Elisha Hande (NCSU) 6-7, 7-6, 6-4
R64 - Andrea Retolaza (WF) def. Bryn Khoury (Elon) 6-2, 6-1
R64 - Kasey Gardiner (WF) def. Nicole Martinez (NCSU) 6-0, 6-1
R64 - Samantha Asch (WF) def. Libby Scott (Coastal) 6-1, 7-5
R64 - Alyssa Smith (Duke) def. Luisa Fernandez (WF) 7-5, 6-0
Doubles Results
R32 - Laura Slater / Kate Vialle (UNC) def. Kimmy Guerin / Andrea Retolaza (WF) 8-7 (3)
R32 - Samantha Asch / Luisa Fernandez (WF) def. Kelly Cameron / Miller Hales (UNCW) 8-3
R32 - Kasey Gardiner / Xue Zhang (WF) def. Olga Blank / Hollie Champion (UNCW) 8-5
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