Wake Forest University
Carolina Kickoff
Wake Forest Closes Out Carolina Kickoff with Five Victories
1/15/2022 5:11:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Wake Forest earned five victories against Georgia Tech on Saturday, highlighted by No. 58 Casie Wooten defeating No. 38 Kylie Bilchev in singles action.
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Wake Forest women's tennis concluded the Carolina Kickoff on Saturday earning five victories over ACC foe and No. 12 ranked Georgia Tech.
In singles play, the Demon Deacons earned three wins, highlighted by Casie Wooten defeating No. 38 Kylie Bilchev 6-1, 6-0. Brooke Killingsworth and Samantha Martinelli also picked up victories.
In their first action together this spring, the No. 15 doubles pairing of Martinelli and Wooten scored a 6-3 victory over Ruth Marsh and Gia Cohen while Peyton Pesavento and Saby Nihalani collected a third victory of the weekend, taking down Georgia Tech's Monika Dedaj and Mahak Jain 6-2.
Singles Results vs. Georgia Tech
1. No. 85 Carol Lee (GT) def. No. 75 Anna Campana (6-2, 7-5)
2. No. 58 Casie Wooten (WF) def. No. 38 Kylie Bilchev (GT) (6-1, 6-0)
3. Samantha Martinelli (WF) def. Rosie Garcia Gross (GT) (6-3, 6-0)
4. Mahak Jain (GT) def. Anna Brylin (6-2, 6-1)
5. Brooke Killingsworth (WF) def. Monika Dedaj (GT) (6-0, 6-4)
6. Gia Cohen (GT) def. Saby Nihalani (WF) (6-2, 6-3)
7. Ruth Marsh (GT) def. Mia Ahmad (WF) (6-1, 6-4)
8. Kate Sharabura (GT) Maddie Lynch (WF) (6-1, 6-1)
Doubles Results vs. Georgia Tech
1. Carol Lee/Kate Sharabura (GT) def. No. 2 Brooke Killingsworth/Anna Brylin (WF) 6-3
2. No. 15 Samantha Martinelli/Casie Wooten (WF) def. Ruth Marsh/Gia Cohen (GT) 6-3
3. Peyton Pesavento/Saby Nihalani (WF) def. Monika Dedaj/Mahak Jain (GT) 6-2
4. Kendall Couch/Chloe Narbon (SC) def. Maddie Lynch/Mia Ahmad (WF) 6-4
Quotable
"We definitely played a little better today, which was great to see. As to be expected this time of year, some players are feeling better with their games than others, but we did a great job of fighting no matter how easy or hard it was coming to us. I love to see that spirit out there. Peyton and Saby did a great job winning their third doubles match while only losing five games, and we had some very good singles results as well especially with Casie's top-40 ranked win." - Coach Wyshner
Up Next
Wake Forest will open up home play next Sunday when the Demon Deacons host No. 22 Tennessee for an 11 a.m. start at the Wake Forest Tennis Center.
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