Women’s Tennis Announces 2023 Spring Schedule
12/5/2022 11:10:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Dual matches are set to soon return for the Demon Deacons!
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – With the month of December having arrived, Wake Forest women's tennis has officially finalized its 2023 spring schedule, announced by the program on Monday (Dec. 5).
"We are excited by the challenges of our spring schedule," said head coach Jeff Wyshner. "The non-conference slate is a good one, as we were able to add top-50 opponents Charlotte and Old Dominion to our existing annual matches with South Carolina, Tennessee and Furman. The Blue Gray Classic is always our favorite event each year, with the way that event and our host families treat us. We'll be going out there with the goal of winning the team championship that weekend. Then, the ACC schedule is its same challenging gauntlet that makes ACC tennis the best in the country.
"We have a younger team this year with 4 freshmen who are going to play an important role, so our upperclassmen will have to do a great job being supportive and helping them, and the entire group will have to be putting in the work from this point on in order for us to be successful given the challenges we will face."
The Demon Deacons open the spring with a weekend test at South Carolina's hosted Duals (Jan. 13-15) before holding their home opener on Jan. 22 that features a doubleheader versus Charlotte and Richmond. Participation in the annual Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Kick-Off Weekend will round out the month of January for the team.
Three weeks of Wake Forest home action compose February's first half, including matches against Old Dominion, Campbell, Furman, and UNC Greensboro. The Deacons' first conference matchup is slated for Feb. 17, hosting Big Four opponent NC State. After making a road trip to take on the South Carolina Gamecocks two days later (Feb. 19), Wake Forest will step into the 75th annual Blue Gray National Tennis Classic during February's closing days.
Conference competition begins for the Deacs in early March, starting with an ACC home opener versus Clemson on the third day of the month. The Deacs will also hold another home doubleheader that same weekend (March 5), bringing in Georgia Tech and Middle Tennessee. Four consecutive road matches of conference play will take up the next pair of weeks before Wake Forest returns to its own courts for a outing versus Boston College on March 31.
Opening April, the team is set for one more regular-season doubleheader against Syracuse and Elon (April 2). Visits to Big Four foes Duke and North Carolina make up the following week. Wake Forest rounds out the regular season at home, hosting Virginia Tech firstly (April 14) and then playing the Virginia Cavaliers on its Senior Day (April 16). The ACC Championships will take place April 19-23 in nearby Cary, North Carolina.
Fans can view the Deacs' complete spring schedule here.
Wake Forest competed in five events during the 2022 fall campaign, ending with an ITA Fall Nationals appearance by Anna Brylin/Brooke Killingsworth in doubles play.
2022 Wake Forest Women's Tennis Fall Highlights
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Wake Forest saw its players combine for 34 singles wins and 19 doubles victories in fall play.
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Maddie Lynch led the way with an 8-2 singles record while No. 3 Anna Brylin/Brooke Killingsworth went 7-3 in doubles.
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In her first season showing on Sept. 16, during the 35th annual Debbie Southern Fall Classic, No. 86 Casie Wooten downed No. 5 Chloe Beck (Duke University) in three sets.
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It was the highest ranked win of Wooten's collegiate career.
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Anna Brylin played exceptionally well in her first two rounds of the Debbie Southern Fall Classic, securing ranked wins over No. 70 Iuliia Bryzgalova (Duke University) and No. 76 Anessa Lee (Vanderbilt) before making a Singles F3 championship appearance.
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Freshmen Nevena Carton and Jingyi Li notched a win apiece in their first collegiate matches, happening at the Debbie Southern Fall Classic.
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Wake Forest had a total of six players compete in the 2022 ITA All-American Championships, as Anna Brylin, Nevena Carton, and Whitley Pate each earned singles wins during pre-qualifying play.
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The Deacs enjoyed a successful weekend while hosting the 2022 ITA Carolina Regionals (Oct. 13-17), picking up some hardware through the few days of competition:
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Maddie Lynch cruised her way to a title win in the B2 Singles flight, winning four total matches and securing the championship in a straight-sets victory over Zoe Huffman (UNC Wilmington).
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Anna Brylin and Brooke Killingsworth were crowned champions of the A2 Doubles division after taking down Big Four foes Cameron Morra/Chloe Beck of Duke. The win ultimately earned the two a berth to the ITA Fall Nationals.
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The Carolina Regionals championships were all firsts for Brylin, Killingsworth, and Lynch.
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In all, Wake Forest totaled 15 solo and 10 duo victories through four days.
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Maddie Lynch and Jingyi Li represented the Black and Old Gold in Elon University's hosted 2022 Jimmy Powell Invitational. Playing as a doubles team, Lynch and Li tied with Sibel Tanik and Lizette Reding of Elon for the most points within the competition, tallying eight a piece.
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Lynch also won two of her three matches in singles.
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In spring 2022, Wake Forest finished 17-11 overall, including a 7-6 clip against conference foes and making its sixth consecutive NCAA tournament appearance while sending five players to the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships section.
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