Wake Forest University
NCAA Singles & Doubles Championships
Wake Forest Set to Represent in 2023 NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships
5/21/2023 12:44:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Individual action headlines the Deacs’ week in Florida.
ORLANDO – With dual competition for the 2023 spring officially in the books, Wake Forest women's tennis will have three of its own make a trip to The Sunshine State this week for the 2023 NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships.
Casie Wooten will represent in singles, while Anna Brylin/Brooke Killingsworth is set for doubles. This will be the third career appearance for Brylin/Killingsworth and second total for Wooten in the event, as she partook in the doubles section last year. Wake Forest has now had three or more players selected to the tournament's individual section for three straight seasons.
Individual competition is slated to take place from May 22-27 at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida, following the conclusion of the team championship, which runs from May 17-20. This year's event will be conducted jointly with the NCAA Divisions II and III Men's and Women's Tennis Championships and hosted by the University of Central Florida and the Greater Orlando Sports Commission.
Wooten will kick things off through singles action on Monday afternoon (May 22) in a 2:30 p.m. ET showing. Brylin/Killingsworth begin their doubles path on Tuesday (May 23).
Links to coverage of the week-long event can be found on the tournament central site.
All matches shall be the best-of-three sets. No-ad scoring and a seven-point tiebreaker (first to seven points, must win by two points) at six-games-all will be used for all matches. In doubles, a 10-point match tiebreaker will be played in lieu of a third set.
Having played together since 2020-21, Brylin/Killingsworth are currently fourth all-time in wins (58) as a duo throughout program history. The pair is also one of two Deacon tandems to have collected 50 or more wins. Brylin/Killingsworth continue to pace the team, leading with a 14-7 doubles record and being ranked all spring long, currently No. 24 in the country. A year ago, the two were named All-Americans by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) in 2022.
Embracing a greater role as a junior, Wooten has handled the No. 1 singles spot for Wake Forest for the entirety of 2023, standing third on the roster in solo wins (13). The Torrance, California, native's seven victories over ranked opponents are a team-best and she took home MVP honors of the 75th annual Blue Gray Classic on Feb. 25 after the Deacs claimed the championship crown. Wooten has maintained the highest national ranking among Wake Forest players since the fall semester. Per the latest release by the ITA, she is No. 57.
First-Round Draw
Singles
No. 57 Casie Wooten
- vs. No. 23 Carolyn Ansari (Auburn)
- Monday, May 22 at 2:30 p.m. ET
- Watch
Doubles
No. 24 Anna Brylin/Brooke Killingsworth
- vs. No. 7 Kimmi Hance/Elise Wagle (UCLA)
- Tuesday, May 23 at TBA
- Watch
2023 Wake Forest Women's Tennis Spring Highlights (Dual-Match Competition)
- Wake Forest tallied an 18-14 overall record this spring, including five wins over Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) opponents and seven over nationally-ranked programs.
- The team played some of its best at home, going 12-4 in 16 appearances at its tennis center.
- In the opening stages of the 2023 postseason, Wake Forest competed as the No. 9-seed in the ACC Tennis Championships, held at the Cary Tennis Park in Cary, North Carolina.
- The Deacons ultimately knocked off No. 8-seeded Notre Dame in the second round during a come-from-behind victory before advancing to the quarterfinals for the seventh-straight year, dating back to 2015-16.
- Wake Forest's appearance in this year's NCAA Tournament included its seventh-straight year and 22nd throughout program history.
- The team's win over Arizona State was its biggest comeback of the year, trailing 3-1 at a midpoint within the match.
- The Deacons held a national ranking all spring long, making its way into the top 25 on four separate occasions.
- Wake Forest found notable success during the last week of February, winning the 75th annual Blue Gray Classic in Montgomery, Alabama. Junior Casie Wooten was named Most Valuable Player of the event for her efforts.
- From Feb. 24 to March 5, the Deacs enjoyed a six-match winning streak.
- An All-ACC Third Team pick in 2022, team captain Anna Brylin made the most of her final year of collegiate action, leading Wake Forest with an 18-6 record in singles.
- Through doubles, Brylin and Brooke Killingsworth teamed up for the third season in a row, maintaining a national ranking and going 15-8 overall in dual competition.
- The pair is currently fourth all-time in wins (59) as a duo throughout program history, while also being one of two Deacon tandems to have collected 50 or more wins.
- Killingsworth, Nevena Carton, and Casie Wooten all recorded double-figures in solo wins.
- Carton was a standout in her freshman campaign, finishing 16-10 in singles for the second-most wins on the squad.
- Senior Maddie Lynch took on a bigger role this year in mainly operating out of the fifth or sixth singles spot and embracing a few clutch performances. She provided the clinching point in three matches.
- The Deacs captured sweeps in five matches, all but one happening on their home courts.
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