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Deacs Drop Border Battle to No. 12 Virginia
4/9/2021 7:07:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Casie Wooten highlighted the day with a straight-set singles victory.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The No. 30 Wake Forest women's tennis team dropped a ranked match versus No. 12 Virginia Friday afternoon at Wake Forest Tennis Center.
The Demon Deacons (9-9, 5-5 ACC) started off the day strong, taking the doubles point. Carolyn Campana and Eliza Omirou as well as Casie Wooten and Peyton Pesavento had strong showings, picking up two 6-1 victories en route to securing the point.
Moving into singles play, Virginia (13-4, 9-3 ACC) stymied the Wake Forest advantage early. Brooke Killingsworth dropped a match on court three 6-2, 6-0, tying the match.
Soon after Virginia tied the match, the Cavaliers picked up two more singles wins over Anna Brylin and Peyton Pesavento, moving them into the lead 3-1 with three singles matches remaining.
Despite falling down by two, the Deacs responded with a straight-set win from Casie Wooten (7-6, 6-1), cutting the Virginia lead to 3-2.
The Cavaliers ultimately scored the clinching point with two wins on court one and court four, completing the match, 5-2.
Singles Results vs. No. 12 Virginia
No. 6 Navarro def. No. 15 Carolyn Campana, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
No. 35 Subhash def. Anna Brylin, 6-4, 6-0
No. 101 Johanson def. Brooke Killingsworth, 6-2, 6-0
Shaikh def. Eliza Omirou, 6-7 (0-7), 6-3, 6-3
Casie Wooten def. O'Dell, 7-6 (7-4), 6-1
Munera def. Peyton Pesavento, 6-3, 6-3
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 6, 5, 1*, 4
Doubles Results vs. No. 12 Virginia
Carolyn Campana / Eliza Omirou def. No. 41 Johanson / Navarro, 6-1
Anna Brylin / Brooke Killingsworth vs. No. 29 Subhash / Munera, 1-4 unfinished
Casie Wooten / Peyton Pesavento def. No. 52 Glozman / O'dell, 6-1
Order of Finish: 1, 3
Up Next
The Deacs close out the home schedule Sunday, April 11 versus Virginia Tech at Wake Forest Tennis Center. It will also be Senior Day as the Demon Deacons honor senior Eliza Omirou.
The first serve for Sunday is set for Noon.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,3
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
3,2,6,5,1,4
Players Mentioned
