Wake Forest University
Georgia (Second Round)
Wake Forest Set for Sunday Matchup Versus Host Georgia in NCAA Second Round
5/7/2022 5:01:00 PM | Women's Tennis
The Deacs take on the Bulldogs in the Round of 32 for a fourth-straight tournament.
ATHENS, Ga. – Fresh off a Saturday victory (May 7) to open the 2022 NCAA Women's Tennis Tournament, No. 23 Wake Forest (17-110) will face a familiar foe in its next test: the Georgia Bulldogs (18-6).
The matchup gets underway on Sunday (May 8) at 1 p.m. in the Dan Magill Tennis Complex held on the Georgia campus in the city of Athens.
Heading into Sunday, the Demon Deacons have played against the Bulldogs in the Round of 32 through their last three tournament appearances, dropping each contest. Wake Forest has now reached the tournament's second round for a total of 16 times throughout program history.
Wake Forest defeated No. 40 Northwestern (14-10) in the first round.
Last Time Out
An initial stellar doubles showing led to three additional victories in singles, giving Wake Forest a 4-2 first-round win over No. 40 Northwestern on Saturday (May 7).
The win capped a season sweep over the Wildcats for the Deacs, who defeated Northwestern back on Jan. 29 in the '2022 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Kick-Off Weekend,' held in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Additionally, it was the first time all season that a Deacon clinched a team match victory in a three-set performance. Senior standout No. 32 Carolyn Campana was the one to provide the answer, going for her sixth national win in a bounce-back over No. 82 Clarissa Hand.
No. 5 Anna Brylin/Brooke Killingsworth upped their season doubles record to a noteworthy 15-5 mark.
Wake Forest moved to seven wins over ranked opponents this spring.
The Matchup
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vs. No. 13 Georgia
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Date: Sunday, May 8, 2022
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Time: 1 p.m.
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Series History: Georgia leads 10-3
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Last Meeting: May 8, 2021
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Result: L, 1-4
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Series Notes
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The Bulldogs are on an eight-match winning streak.
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Fans can purchase tickets at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex beginning one hour prior to the start of the match. Will call opens at noon on Sunday. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for youth and seniors.
The Site
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Location: Athens, Georgia
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Host School: Georgia
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NCAA Record at Site: 5-5
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Last Time: Reached the Round of 32 in the 2021 NCAA Tournament.
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Fell to Georgia in a 4-1 decision.
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Projected Lineup
Singles
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Carolyn Campana (No. 32 Nationally Ranked)
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Recently earned a bid to the NCAA Singles Championships for the second straight year.
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Provided the clinching point for Wake Forest during the team's first round victory, doing so in a ranked matchup.
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Has won four of her last five completed solo matches.
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Casie Wooten (No. 111 Nationally Ranked)
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Won all but one of seven matches during regular-season conference play.
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Has finished victoriously in her last three completed matches.
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Tied with Martinelli and Wooten for the team lead in singles victories (16).
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One of four Deacs with double-digit numbers in wins (13-7).
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Doubles
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Anna Brylin/Brooke Killingsworth (No. 5 Nationally Ranked)
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Earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Doubles Championships.
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Sits at 15-5 overall, 5-4 over ranked opponents.
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Wake Forest's highest ranked duo this late in a season since Janet Bergam/Bea Bielik in 2002.
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Currently on a six-match win streak.
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Samantha Martinelli/Casie Wooten (No. 27 Nationally Ranked)
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Earned a bid to the NCAA Doubles Championships.
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Has gone 4-1 in national competition.
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Scouting the Opposition
Georgia received a bid to the NCAA Tournament for the 35th-straight year, holding an all-time tournament record of 87-32. The 2022 season marks the 11th consecutive year the Bulldog women have earned a host position for the first and second rounds of the tournament.
Several of the Bulldogs players are ranked in the ITA:
Singles
No. 17 - Mell Reasco
No. 28 - Lea Ma
No. 99 - Dasha Vidmanova
Doubles
No. 20 - Morgan Coppoc/Ania Hertel
No. 57 - Dasha Vidmanova/Mell Reasco
Georgia head coach Jeff Wallace is now in his 37th year at the helm of the women's tennis program. Standing as the nation's winningest active women's tennis coach, Wallace is one of only two coaches to record 750 wins or more in women's tennis history.
Up Next
With the win, Wake Forest would advance to the NCAA Super Regional, held May 13-14 at a respective neutral site.
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