Deacons Downed by Top-Ranked Tar Heels on Saturday Afternoon

Saturday, April 8

Chapel Hill, N.C.

11 A.M.

Wake Forest University

North Carolina

Photo by: ERIC_ROTH

Deacons Downed by Top-Ranked Tar Heels on Saturday Afternoon

4/8/2023 1:16:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

A ranked doubles win by Anna Brylin/Brooke Killingsworth headlined the Big Four matchup.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Once again on the road for a second consecutive Big Four showing, No. 24 Wake Forest women's tennis made its way into Tar Heel territory on Saturday afternoon (April 8) to face No. 1 North Carolina (26-0, 12-0) inside of the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center. The host went on to stay undefeated in a 4-0 victory.

Now standing at a 14-11 (4-7) record, the Demon Deacons have one more incoming week of regular-season competition.

No. 23 Anna Brylin/Brooke Killingsworth showed out in the contest, reeling in a ranked win over No. 22 Reese Brantmeier/Elizabeth Scotty. It was the duo's second such victory of the spring. Brylin/Killingsworth hold a 13-4 clip in 2023 and are on an eight-match win streak.

Facing a top-25 national foe in North Carolina's Abbey Forbes during singles play, Killingsworth won her opening set before play went unfinished.

How it Happened

A quick start in doubles by No. 23 Anna Brylin/Brooke Killingsworth saw the pair take the first two games.
- In third doubles, Mia Ahmad/Jingyi Li split their opening two.
Brylin/Killingsworth remained untouched, upping their advantage to 4-0.
- Ahmad/Li took their first lead seconds later (2-1).
Nevena Carton/Whitley Pate got on the board after winning their fifth game in second doubles.
After reaching a 5-0 lead, Brylin/Killingsworth dropped two games in a row but got right back on track to win their match in a 6-2 finish over No. 22 Reese Brantmeier/Elizabeth Scotty.
- The victory was the pair's second over a ranked tandem this spring.
North Carolina grabbed a win in second doubles.
- The Tar Heels were also able to finish on top in third doubles, securing the first point of the match.
Early in singles, Killingsworth was the first Deac to hold a lead (3-1).
- Carton kept her court close as well (3-4).
Second singles soon saw Killingsworth ahead 5-4 before winning her final game to become Wake Forest's first individual to take a set.
North Carolina increased its margin to 2-0 in the match on a sixth-singles victory.
Completed wins in first and fourth singles allowed the Heels to clinch the afternoon.
- Competition in second, third and fifth singles went unfinished.
Wake Forest fell, 4-0.

Doubles Results:

No. 23 Anna Brylin/Brooke Killingsworth (WF) def. No. 22 Reese Brantmeier/Elizabeth Scotty (UNC) 6-2
No. 6 Fiona Crawley/Carson Tanguilig (UNC) def. Nevena Carton/Whitley Pate (WF) 1-6
Reilly Tran/Abbey Forbes (UNC) def. Mia Ahmad/Jingyi Li (WF) 2-6

Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3

Singles Results:

No. 1 Fiona Crawley (UNC) def. No. 66 Anna Brylin (WF) 1-6, 0-6
Brooke Killingsworth (WF) vs. No. 25 Abbey Forbes (UNC) 6-4, 0-0, unfinished.
Nevena Carton (WF) vs. No. 16 Carson Tanguilig (UNC) 4-6, 1-0, unfinished.
No. 81 Elizabeth Scotty (UNC) def. Maddie Lynch (WF) 2-6, 0-6
Whitley Pate (WF) vs. No. 27 Anika Yarlagadda (UNC) 1-6, 1-4, unfinished.
No. 87 Reilly Tran (UNC) def. Jingyi Li (WF) 0-6, 1-6

Order of Finish: 6, 4, 1

From the Head Honcho

"Obviously, North Carolina is very good," said head coach Jeff Wyshner. "It was even tougher to play today without Casie, but hopefully the rest will do her well. Brooke and Anna played a great doubles match, which should really help them make NCAA's and we had some strong play at times in singles. Hopefully the weather will improve and we'll play the rest of the year outdoors where we are definitely more comfortable as well."

Up Next

Wake Forest finishes out the 2023 regular season at home next week, playing Virginia Tech on Friday evening (April 14) before hosting a Sunday doubleheader with contests against Virginia and North Carolina A&T (April 16).