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Wake Forest Picks up Four Victories on Day One of Carolina Kickoff
1/14/2022 6:25:00 PM | Women's Tennis
The doubles pairing of Peyton Pesavento and Saby Nihalani scored two victories while Casie Wooten picked up a singles victory.
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Wake Forest women's tennis opened up the 2022 season on Friday afternoon in the Carolina Kickoff, earning three victories against No. 25 ranked Auburn along with a doubles win against South Carolina.
The Demon Deacons earned their first win of the day in doubles, as seniors Peyton Pesavento and Saby Nihalani scored a 6-2 victory over the Tiger pairing of Carolyn Ansari and Madeline Meredeth. The two also knocked off South Carolina's Allie Gretkowski and Lindsay Tulenko 6-1.
Grad Samantha Martinelli and sophomore Mia Ahmad also picked up a 6-2 victory over Auburn in doubles action.
In singles play, No. 58 Casie Wooten scored a 7-6, 6-2 win over No. 115 Carolyn Ansari.
Singles Results vs. Auburn
1. No. 79 Selin Ovunc (Auburn) def. No. 75 Anna Campana (6-1, 4-6, 6-4)
2. Ariana Arsenault (Auburn) def. Anna Brylin (WF) (6-4, 6-4)
3. No. 58 Casie Wooten (WF) def. No. 115 Carolyn Ansari (Auburn) (7-6(4), 6-2)
4. Adeline Flach (Auburn) def. Brooke Killingsworth (WF) (6-1, 6-3)
5. Georgie Axon (Auburn) def. Peyton Pesavento (WF) (7-5, 6-0)
6. Yu Chen (Auburn) def. Saby Nihalani (WF) (6-0, 7-5)
7. Anastasia Astakhova (Auburn) def. Maddie Lynch (WF) (6-1, 6-2)
Doubles Results vs. Auburn
1. Selin Ovunc/Ariana Arsenault (Auburn) def. No. 2 Brooke Killingsworth/Anna Brylin (WF) 6-3
2. Adeline Flach/Georgie Axon (Auburn) def. Anna Campana/Casie Wooten (WF) 6-3
3. Peyton Pesavento/Saby Nihalani (WF) def. Carolyn Ansari/Madeline Meredeth (Auburn) 6-2
4. Samantha Martinelli/Mia Ahmad (WF) def. Yu Chen/Anastasia Astakhova (Auburn) 6-2
Doubles Results vs. South Carolina
1. Sarah Hamner/Misa Malkin (SC) def. No. 2 Brooke Killingsworth/Anna Brylin (WF) 6-3
2. Elise Mills/Kendall Couch (SC) def. Anna Campana/Casie Wooten (WF) 6-3
3. Peyton Pesavento/Saby Nihalani (WF) def. Allie Gretkowski/Lindsay Tulenko (SC) 6-1
Quotable
"It was a bit of a rough day. It was meant to help us get back to match play after a couple months and our opponents looked a little ahead of where we are right now. That said, we fought back really well after struggling early in singles. Casie was great and showed the benefit of having had a good tournament over break and Peyton and Saby played some great doubles." - Coach Wyshner
Up Next
Wake Forest will continue play in the Carolina Kickoff on Saturday, facing No. 12 Georgia Tech in both singles and doubles action.
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