Wake Forest University
Georgia Tech
Yellow Jackets Rally Past Wake Forest in Singles
3/13/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
By Wake Forest Athletic Communications (@WakeWTennis)
ATLANTA – The 22nd-ranked Wake Forest women's tennis team could not capitalize on a doubles competition victory, falling, 5-2, on the road to No. 34 Georgia Tech at the Ken Byers Tennis Complex on Sunday afternoon.
The Demon Deacons, who lost to No. 4 North Carolina on Friday, dropped consecutive matches for the first time all season to fall to 12-4 and 2-3 in the ACC. The Deacs are now 4-4 on the year against ranked opponents.
Luisa Fernandez and Andrea Retolaza Andrade sparked a positive start for the Deacons, winning by a score of 6-2 at No. 3 doubles. The Yellow Jackets answered with a 6-3 victory by No. 21-ranked Kendal Woodard Paige Hourigan, but Wake Forest seized the match's first point when Emma Davis and Samantha Asch completed a 6-3 triumph of their own at No. 2.
The tables turned in singles as Georgia Tech raced out to a 3-1 lead using straight-set wins at position Nos. 3, 4 and 6.
Asch provided a glimmer of hope for the Deacs with a 6-1, 6-2 victory at No. 5, but No. 36 Johnnise Renaud completed a 2-6, 6-1, 6-0 comeback victory against the No. 50-ranked Kimmy Guerin to seal the result. Alexis Prokopuik made it a 5-2 Yellow Jacket final with a straight-set win at No. 6.
The win gave Georgia Tech a 9-5 record overall with a 4-1 mark in ACC competition.
The Demon Deacons end a three-match road swing on Friday at No. 40 Notre Dame before opening a four-match homestand with a doubleheader against 10th-ranked Virginia and East Carolina on Sunday.
No. 34 Georgia Tech 5, No. 22 Wake Forest 2
Singles competition
1. No. 36 Johnnise Renaud (GT) def. No. 50 Kimmy Guerin (WF) 2-6, 6-1, 6-0
2. No. 80 Paige Hourigan (GT) def. Emma Davis (WF) 6-4, 7-5
3. No. 95 Rasheeda McAdoo (GT) def. Anna Ulyashchenko (WF) 6-1, 6-0
4. Kendal Woodard (GT) def. Joanna Zalewski (WF) 7-5, 6-2
5. Samantha Asch (WF) def. Natasha Prokhnevska (GT) 6-1, 6-2
6. Alexis Prokopuik (GT) def. Luisa Fernandez (WF) 6-4, 6-1
Order of Finish: 3,4,6,5,1,2
Doubles competition
1. No. 21 Kendal Woodard/Paige Hourigan (GT) def. Kimmy Guerin/Anna Ulyashchenko (WF) 6-3
2. Emma Davis/Samantha Asch (WF) def. Rasheeda McAdoo/Johnnise Renaud (GT) 6-3
3. Luisa Fernandez/Andrea Retolaza (WF) def. Natasha Prokhnevska/Megan Kurey (GT) 6-2
Order of Finish: 3,1,2
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