Wake Forest Dominates Singles, Downs Boston College

WEYMOUTH, Mass. - With six straight-set victories in singles play, the Wake Forest women's tennis team picked up its third ACC victory of the season, and first on the road, with a 6-1 win over Boston College Friday afternoon.

The Demon Deacons (11-6, 3-1 ACC) dropped the doubles point despite an impressive 6-1 victory on court one from senior Brooke Killingsworth and graduate student Marcella Cruz over Aguiar/Sanchez on court one.

The duo improved to 9-4 in dual play this season and have won four of their last five matches as a pairing. In singles, Cruz (6-4, 6-1) and Killingsworth (6-2, 6-4) each earned wins on courts three and two, respectively, and clinched the match for the Demon Deacons. They both improved to 7-6 on the season. Killingsworth extended her singles win streak to four, while Cruz's now sits at three.

In first singles, senior Casie Wooten earned her team-high 11th singles victory in dual play this season with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Marice Aguiar and is now 11-1 in her last 12 matches.

Freshman Sankavi Gownder earned the first singles win of the day in dominant fashion, as she took down Boston College's Tola Glowacka, 6-2, 6-0. She became the second Demon Deacon to reach double-digit victories this spring and now holds a 10-3 record.

Sophomore duo Nevena Carton (6-4, 6-4) and Whitley Pate (6-2, 7-6[3]) closed out the match with straight-set victories of their own on courts four and six, respectively.

Wake Forest is now 15-7 all-time against Boston College, including seven wins in the last nine matches against the Eagles.

How It Happened

Boston College took a 1-0 lead with doubles wins on court two (6-2) and court three (6-4).
- Cruz/Killingsworth earned a dominant 6-1 victory in first doubles.
Wake Forest turned it on in singles, as it won all six first sets against Boston College in dominant fashion.
- Wooten led 6-1 on court one.
- Killingsworth led 6-2 on court two.
- Cruz led 6-4 on court three.
- Carton led 6-4 on court four.
- Gownder led 6-2 on court five.
- Pate led 6-2 on court six.
Gownder leveled the match at 1-1 as she took fifth singles, 6-2, 6-0.
Wotten gave Wake Forest the lead with an impressive 6-1, 6-1 performance on court one.
Cruz brought the Deacs to within a win away from clinching the match as she earned a 6-4, 6-1 victory in third singles.
In second singles, Killingsworth clinched the match for the Demon Deacons with a 6-2, 6-4 victory.
- The two teams agreed to play the remaining two matches out.
Carton (6-4, 6-4) and Pate (6-2, 7-6[3]) took courts four and six, respectively, as the Demon Deacons closed out the 6-1 victory without dropping a set in singles.

Doubles Results:

Cruz/Killingsworth (WFU) def. Aguiar/Sanchez (BC) 6-1
Agar/Dimovska (BC) def. Ahmad/Wooten (WFU) 6-2
Glowacka/Eordekian (BC) def. Carton/Pate (WFU) 6-4

Order of finish: 3, 1, 2

Singles Results:

No. 28 Casie Wooten (WFU) def. Marice Aguiar (BC) 6-1, 6-1
Brooke Killingsworth (WFU) def. Natalie Eordekian (BC) 6-2, 6-4
Marcella Cruz (WFU) def. Muskan Mahajan (BC) 6-4, 6-1
Nevena Carton (WFU) def. Stephanie Sanchez (BC) 6-4, 6-4
Sankavi Gownder (WFU) def. Tola Glowacka (BC) 6-2, 6-0
Whitley Pate (WFU) def. Seren Agar (BC) 6-2, 7-6(3)

Order of finish: 5, 1, 3, 2, 4, 6

From Coach Wyshner
"We had a very strong performance in singles today. It was a tough doubles point. Credit to BC's second and third doubles, who did good things and created pressure on us. We have to get better in doubles, but our singles was sharp from beginning to end, which is what you want it to be at this point in the season. We've played hard and practiced hard for a couple months so we should be ready to go on match day. Any ACC road win is an accomplishment. We got this one and now we have a humongous match at one of the toughest places to play in the ACC, indoors at Syracuse."

Next Up
The Demon Deacons will now travel to New York for a battle with Syracuse on Sunday (March 17). First serve against the Orange is slated for 11 a.m. and can be streamed on ACCNX.

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Players Mentioned

Nevena Carton

Marcella Cruz

Sankavi Gownder

Brooke Killingsworth

Whitley Pate

Casie Wooten

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