Wake Forest Wraps Up Qualifying Action at the ITA All-American Championships
10/3/2023 4:46:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Senior Casie Wooten will compete in the main draw beginning Wednesday.
CARY, N.C. - The Wake Forest women's tennis team finished the qualifying rounds of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-American Championships on Tuesday in Cary, N.C. Senior Casie Wooten booked her spot in the main draw with three consecutive wins across Monday (Oct. 2) and Tuesday (Oct. 3).
On Monday, Wooten, currently ranked No. 44 in the ITA singles section, earned an impressive win over Oklahoma's Ava Catanzarite, 7-6 (5), 6-0, and clinched her spot in the second round of qualifying.
The following day, the senior took down No. 54 Alex Blokhina of Stanford in straight sets (6-2, 7-5) after a comeback set two victory. In the round of 32, Wooten grabbed yet another dominant victory over LSU's Kinaa Graham (6-1, 6-3) and secured her place in the main draw.
Wooten will now take on No. 8 Anastasiya Komar of Oklahoma State on Wednesday to begin the main draw. The match's start time and court assignment is still to be determined.
In doubles, senior Brooke Killingsworth and graduate student Marcella Cruz fell, 1-8, to Dana Guzman and Alina Shcherbinia from Oklahoma in the first round of qualifying during Monday afternoon.
Monday, Oct. 2 (Qualifying)
Doubles Results
Brooke Killingsworth/Marcella Cruz
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Round 1 - Loss vs. Dana Guzman/Alina Shcherbinia (Oklahoma), 1-8
Singles Results
No. 44 Casie Wooten
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Round 1 - Win vs. Ava Catanzarite (Oklahoma), 7-6 (7-5), 6-0
Tuesday, Oct. 3 (Qualifying)
Singles Results
No. 44 Casie Wooten
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Round 2 - Win vs. No. 54 Alex Blokhina (Stanford), 6-2, 7-5
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Round 3 - Win vs. Kina Graham (LSU), 6-1, 6-3
From the Head Honcho
"Really great effort from Casie the last two days," said head coach Jeff Wyshner. "Excited for her to now get a chance to play in the main draw starting tomorrow. For a player to have been playing 5 or 6 in singles in her freshman year and now be qualifying into the final 32 at a national championship is a real tribute to the work she's put in and how well she and Coach Roland work together!"
Up Next
After the main draw of the ITA All-American Championships, the Deacs will head to Chapel Hill, N.C. for the 2023 ITA Carolina Regionals (Oct. 19-23) hosted by North Carolina.
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