Saturday, January 27
Gainesville, Fla.
2 P.M.
Wake Forest University
0
vs
4
#20 San Diego
Photo by: Wes Wilson
Wake Forest Drops First Match at ITA Kick-Off Weekend
1/27/2024 6:17:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Krystal Blanch and Casie Wooten picked up a dominant doubles victory.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The Wake Forest women's tennis team (1-2) fell in the opening match of the 2024 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Kick-Off Weekend, 4-0, to No. 20 San Diego (2-1) at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex in Gainesville, Fla. on Saturday (Jan. 27).
The Demon Deacons got off to a good start as sophomore Krystal Blanch and senior Casie Wooten earned a 6-2 win in second doubles, but the Wake Forest pairs on the other two courts dropped tight matches as San Diego took the doubles point.
Despite not picking up a point, the Deacs were within striking distance in the three unfinished matches. Freshman Sankavi Gownder was one point away from winning her match before San Diego clinched on Court 3.
The Deacs are now slated to take on FIU at 11 a.m. tomorrow (Jan. 28).
How it Happened
Singles Results:
From Coach Wyshner
"Tough match today. We knew San Diego was going to be very good. They had beaten the No. 2 team in the country 10 days ago. We needed to close out that doubles point, then who knows what would have happened since we were in good spots in the three singles matches that didn't get to finish. We didn't have any trouble playing outside after everything else was indoors up until this point, so I give the players a lot of credit that they were ready to battle and not looking for excuses. We have a quick turnaround against a team that had four first sets in singles today against No. 10 Florida, so it will be a gut check tomorrow"
Next Up
The Deacs will now take on FIU tomorrow (Jan. 28) at 11 a.m.
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The Demon Deacons got off to a good start as sophomore Krystal Blanch and senior Casie Wooten earned a 6-2 win in second doubles, but the Wake Forest pairs on the other two courts dropped tight matches as San Diego took the doubles point.
Despite not picking up a point, the Deacs were within striking distance in the three unfinished matches. Freshman Sankavi Gownder was one point away from winning her match before San Diego clinched on Court 3.
The Deacs are now slated to take on FIU at 11 a.m. tomorrow (Jan. 28).
How it Happened
- Wake Forest took an early lead on all three/two courts in doubles.
- Cruz/Killingsworth were level on Court 1, 2-2.
- Blanch/Wooten led 3-1 on Court 2.
- Gownder/Pate led 3-2 on Court 3.
- Blanch/Wooten earned the first victory of the day with a 6-2 win in second doubles as the Deacs moved to within one win of clinching the doubles point.
- The other two matches were level at 5-5.
- Cruz/Killingsworth dropped first doubles, 5-7.
- Gownder/Pate battled on Court 1, but fell, 6(8)-7, after a back-and-forth tiebreak.
- In singles, Gownder and Blanch each took a 4-2 lead in fifth and sixth singles, respectively, while the other four matches remained tight.
- Gownder finished off the first set, 6-2, shortly after.
- Killingsworth (Court 2) and Carton (Court 4) dropped their respective first sets, 3-6.
- Cruz lost the first set on Court 3, 4-6.
- Wooten battled back from 0-4 down to win the first set, 7-5 in first singles.
- In sixth singles, Blanch dropped a tight first set, 6(6)-7.
- San Diego took the first set on four of the six courts.
- Gownder dropped her second set, 2-6.
- Wooten stayed hot and jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the second set on Court 1.
- San Diego took a 2-0 lead as Killingsworth fell to No. 89 Mia Mack (3-6, 3-6) in second singles.
- The Toreros moved to one win away from clinching the match as Carton dropped fourth singles (3-6, 4-6).
- Wooten was forced into a third set after a 2-6 second-set loss.
- San Diego clinched the match with a 6-4, 6-4 win on Court 3.
- Gownder was one point away from winning her match, but it went unfinished (6-2, 2-6, 5-2).
- Goldsmith/Mack (SD) def. Cruz/Killingsworth (WFU) 7-5
- Blanch/Wooten (WFU) def. De Las Heras/McBride (SD) 6-2
- Evans/Nordikyan (SD) def. Gownder/Pate (WFU) 7-6(8)
Singles Results:
- No. 42 Casie Wooten (WFU) vs. Claudia de las Heras (SD) 7-5, 2-6, 2-2 (unfinished)
- No. 89 Mia Mack (SD) def. Brooke Killingsworth (WFU) 6-3, 6-3
- Elizabeth Goldsmith (SD) def. Marcella Cruz (WFU) 6-4, 6-4
- Abigail Desiatnikov (SD) def. Nevena Carton (WFU) 6-3, 6-4
- Sankavi Gownder (WFU) vs. Jordyn McBride (SD) 6-2, 2-6, 5-2 (unfinished)
- Krystal Blanch (WFU) vs. Filippa Bruu-Syversen (SD) 6(6)-7, 5-5 (unfinished)
From Coach Wyshner
"Tough match today. We knew San Diego was going to be very good. They had beaten the No. 2 team in the country 10 days ago. We needed to close out that doubles point, then who knows what would have happened since we were in good spots in the three singles matches that didn't get to finish. We didn't have any trouble playing outside after everything else was indoors up until this point, so I give the players a lot of credit that they were ready to battle and not looking for excuses. We have a quick turnaround against a team that had four first sets in singles today against No. 10 Florida, so it will be a gut check tomorrow"
Next Up
The Deacs will now take on FIU tomorrow (Jan. 28) at 11 a.m.
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,1,3
#1 Singles Match
1234
Claudia De Las Heras / 0 [USD-W]
561UF
721UF
#2 Singles Match
12
Mia Mack / 0 (89/-) [USD-W]
66
33
#3 Singles Match
12
Elizabeth Goldsmith / 0 [USD-W]
66
44
#4 Singles Match
12
Abigail Desiatnikov / 0 [USD-W]
66
34
#5 Singles Match
1234
Jordyn McBride / 0 [USD-W]
262UF
625UF
#6 Singles Match
123
Filippa BruuSyversen / 0 [USD-W]
75UF
66UF
Order of Finish:
2,4,3
Players Mentioned
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