Sunday, March 17
Syracuse, N.Y.
11 A.M.
Wake Forest University
5
at
2
Syracuse
Demon Deacons Wrap Up Perfect Weekend with Victory Over Syracuse
3/17/2024 2:50:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Wake Forest improved to 4-1 in ACC play and currently sits fourth in the conference.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Behind another stellar performance in singles play, the Wake Forest women's tennis team defeated Syracuse, 5-2, at Drumlins Country Club on Sunday and wrapped up a five-game road stretch.
The Demon Deacons (12-6, 4-1 ACC) took the doubles point for the 10th time this season thanks to a come-from-behind victory from senior Brooke Killingsworth and graduate student Marcella Cruz. The pair won six-consecutive games after going down 0-3 in first doubles to clinch the opening point.
In second doubles, senior Casie Wooten and sophomore Whitley Pate played together for the first time in a duals match and earned a dominant, 6-1 victory over Fonte/Sysoeva.
Syracuse (9-5, 3-4 ACC) leveled the match with a win in first singles, but the Demon Deacons would go on to take four of the remaining five courts and secured their seventh victory in the last eight matches. Of note, the Deacs won 10 of the 12 singles matches played across the weekend, including a perfect 6-0 mark against Boston College on Friday.
Freshman Sankavi Gownder earned her 11th win of the season with a 6-3, 6-4 victory in fifth singles. Her 11 wins are now tied for most on the team with Wooten and is now on a five-match winning streak, her longest of the season.
After sophomore Nevena Carton earned her fourth-consecutive victory (6-4, 6-4) in fourth singles, Killingsworth clinched the match and extended her personal win streak to five with a come-from-behind (4-6, 6-1, 6-2) win on court two.
Pate continued to impress while filling in at sixth singles, as she improved to 6-1 on the year with a 7-6(4), 6-3 victory on Sunday.
Wake Forest extended its win streak against Syracuse to eight and are now 13-4 all-time against the Orange.
How It Happened
Singles Results:
From Coach Wyshner
"Really great performance from the players today and this weekend. I think Syracuse beating NC State on Friday really guaranteed that we would be 100 percent invested in today's match. We played a good doubles point, though a bit of a slow start, at 1 and 3. Marcella and Brooke really responded well down 3-0 and clinched the doubles point for us. Casie and Whitley were fire from the start, which was exciting to see. Singles was really a battle through the first sets. Whitley battling back from 2-5 to win that one helped a lot. Nevena and Sankavi were great at closing their matches out in straight sets and then Brooke rallies to clinch. Everyone played hard. Good win. Happy to get home for Duke on Friday!"
Next Up
Wake Forest will now return home for a trio of matches next weekend, including a pair of clashes against Big Four foes in Duke and North Carolina on Friday (March 22) and Sunday (March 24), respectively. A battle with fellow in-state rival Elon will directly follow the 3:30 p.m. match against the Blue Devils.
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The Demon Deacons (12-6, 4-1 ACC) took the doubles point for the 10th time this season thanks to a come-from-behind victory from senior Brooke Killingsworth and graduate student Marcella Cruz. The pair won six-consecutive games after going down 0-3 in first doubles to clinch the opening point.
In second doubles, senior Casie Wooten and sophomore Whitley Pate played together for the first time in a duals match and earned a dominant, 6-1 victory over Fonte/Sysoeva.
Syracuse (9-5, 3-4 ACC) leveled the match with a win in first singles, but the Demon Deacons would go on to take four of the remaining five courts and secured their seventh victory in the last eight matches. Of note, the Deacs won 10 of the 12 singles matches played across the weekend, including a perfect 6-0 mark against Boston College on Friday.
Freshman Sankavi Gownder earned her 11th win of the season with a 6-3, 6-4 victory in fifth singles. Her 11 wins are now tied for most on the team with Wooten and is now on a five-match winning streak, her longest of the season.
After sophomore Nevena Carton earned her fourth-consecutive victory (6-4, 6-4) in fourth singles, Killingsworth clinched the match and extended her personal win streak to five with a come-from-behind (4-6, 6-1, 6-2) win on court two.
Pate continued to impress while filling in at sixth singles, as she improved to 6-1 on the year with a 7-6(4), 6-3 victory on Sunday.
Wake Forest extended its win streak against Syracuse to eight and are now 13-4 all-time against the Orange.
How It Happened
- Wake Forest got off to a good start in doubles, as Wooten/Pate earned a dominant, 6-1 victory on court two.
- Syracuse took court three, 6-3.
- After trailing 0-3, Cruz/Killingsworth battled back with six-consecutive games to clinch the doubles point for the Demon Deacons on court one.
- Needing just three singles wins to clinch the match, the Demon Deacons came out hot on courts three, four, five and six.
- Gownder cruised to a 6-3 first-set victory followed by Cruz and Carton, who both won their respective first sets, 6-4.
- Pate fought back and took the first set on court six, 7-6.
- Killingsworth forced a third set in second singles with a 6-1 second-set victory.
- Syracuse leveled the match at 1-1 with a win on court one, but Gownder quickly regained the lead for the Deacs with a 6-3, 6-4 victory in fifth singles.
- Carton brought the Deacs to within a win away from clinching the match, as she earned a 6-4, 6-4 victory on court four.
- Cruz was forced into a third set on court two.
- Killingsworth clinched the match for Wake Forest in second singles, as she completed her come-from-behind victory (4-6, 6-1, 6-2) over Emilie Elde.
- On court six, Pate made it 5-1 Wake Forest with a hard-fought 7-6(4), 6-3 victory.
- Cruz dropped a close battle in third singles (4-6, 6-3, 6-3) to wrap up the match.
- Cruz/Killingsworth (WFU) def. Kanapatskaya/Kimoto (SU) 6-3
- Pate/Wooten (WFU) def. Fonte/Sysoeva (SU) 6-1
- Elde/Ito (SU) def. Gownder/Ahmad (WFU) 6-3
Singles Results:
- No. 119 Miyuka Kimoto (SU) def. No. 28 Casie Wooten (WFU) 6-2, 6-3
- Brooke Killingsworth (WFU) def. Emilie Elde (SU) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
- Viktoriya Kanapatskaya (SU) def. Marcella Cruz (WFU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Nevena Carton (WFU) def. Anastasia Sysoeva (SU) 6-4, 6-4
- Sankavi Gownder (WFU) def. Polina Kozyreva (SU) 6-3, 6-4
- Whitley Pate (WFU) def. Shiori Ito (SU) 7-6(4), 6-3
From Coach Wyshner
"Really great performance from the players today and this weekend. I think Syracuse beating NC State on Friday really guaranteed that we would be 100 percent invested in today's match. We played a good doubles point, though a bit of a slow start, at 1 and 3. Marcella and Brooke really responded well down 3-0 and clinched the doubles point for us. Casie and Whitley were fire from the start, which was exciting to see. Singles was really a battle through the first sets. Whitley battling back from 2-5 to win that one helped a lot. Nevena and Sankavi were great at closing their matches out in straight sets and then Brooke rallies to clinch. Everyone played hard. Good win. Happy to get home for Duke on Friday!"
Next Up
Wake Forest will now return home for a trio of matches next weekend, including a pair of clashes against Big Four foes in Duke and North Carolina on Friday (March 22) and Sunday (March 24), respectively. A battle with fellow in-state rival Elon will directly follow the 3:30 p.m. match against the Blue Devils.
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,3,1
#1 Singles Match
12
23
Miyuka Kimoto / 0 (119/-) [SU]
66
#2 Singles Match
123
466
Emilie Elde / 0 [SU]
612
#3 Singles Match
123
633
V. Kanapatskaya / 0 [SU]
466
#4 Singles Match
12
66
Anastasia Sysoeva / 0 [SU]
44
#5 Singles Match
12
66
Polina Kozyreva / 0 [SU]
34
#6 Singles Match
12
76
Shiori Ito / 0 [SU]
63
Order of Finish:
1,5,4,2,6,3
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