This Week in Wake Forest Women’s Athletics – Presented by Truist (March 18-24)
3/19/2024 12:21:00 PM | General, Women's Tennis, Women's Track and Field
This weekly feature is brought to you by Truist - The Presenting Partner of Wake Forest Women’s Athletics.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Truist, a longstanding partner of Wake Forest University who is An Official Banking Partner of Wake Forest Athletics and the Presenting Partner of Wake Forest Women's Athletics brings Deacon Nation this weekly update from the Demon Deacons women's programs:
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About Wake Forest University
Wake Forest University is known for its distinctive combination of world-class academics, unrivaled campus experience, intimate learning environment and Power 5 athletics in a top-growing metro market. A Charter member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Demon Deacons have won 56 conference titles and are one of only seven ACC schools to win 10 or more national championships, along with Notre Dame, North Carolina, Virginia, Duke, Syracuse and Florida State. Additionally, Wake Forest anchors the Winston-Salem and Triad market, which includes 1.3M residents and was ranked as ESPN's seventh-best market from a viewership perspective.
Wake Forest's comprehensive excellence includes its highly regarded school of medicine, business school, law school and an innovative department of engineering. Additionally, Wake Forest has campuses across Winston-Salem, Charlotte and Washington, DC – providing many academic offerings to students from across the nation and around the world.
Learn more about Wake Forest University at www.wfu.edu and at GoDeacs.com.
- Women's Tennis:
- Over the weekend, the Wake Forest women's tennis team went 2-0 on the road against ACC opponents with wins over Boston College and Syracuse.
- Against the Eagles, the Deacs went a perfect 6-0 in singles action after dropping the doubles point.
- Senior Casie Wooten highlighted the day with a straight-set victory over No. 95 Maria Aguilar (6-1, 6-1). It marked her 11th victory of dual play this campaign.
- On Sunday, the Demon Deacons 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 (6-3) on court one.
- The duo trailed 0-3 to open the match before taking six-consecutive games.
- Freshman Sankavi Gownder went 2-0 over the weekend and is now tied with Wooten for the team-high in singles wins (11). Gownder is now on a five-match win streak, her longest of the season.
- This weekend, the Deacs return home for a trio of matches, 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 on Friday.
- Track & Field/Cross Country:
- This past week, the Wake Forest track & field team competed at the 49er Classic hosted by Charlotte. Three Demon Deacons claimed first place finishes in their spring debuts:
- Women's Long Jump
- 1st - Robbie Grace - 5.92m
- Women's 1500m
- 1st - Elizabeth Whaley - 4:23.38
- Women's Discus
- 1st Leia Braungel - 55.01m
- Women's Long Jump
- Eight more Deacs claimed podium finishes:
- Women's High Jump Group B
- 2nd - Abby Stankus - 1.57m
- Women's Shot Put
- 2nd - Amanda Schaare - 15.08m
- 3rd - Ashlyn Giles - 15.02m
- Women's High Jump Group A
- 2nd - Meghan O'Malley - 1.65m
- Women's Hammer Throw
- 2nd - Isabella Gera - 57.23, personal-best, third-longest hammer throw in Wake Forest history
- 3rd - Megan Cook - 56.98m
- Women's 1500m
- 3rd -Emma Douglass - 4:30,34
- Women's Discus
- 2nd - Ashlyn Giles - 49.82m
- Women's High Jump Group B
- This past week, the Wake Forest track & field team competed at the 49er Classic hosted by Charlotte. Three Demon Deacons claimed first place finishes in their spring debuts:
- Women's History Month:
- Throughout March, Wake Forest University and Wake Forest Athletics proudly celebrate Women's History Month. This month, we're spotlighting trailblazers and pioneers who helped shape the Wake Forest experience and current student-athletes who are sharing their own stories:
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About Wake Forest University
Wake Forest University is known for its distinctive combination of world-class academics, unrivaled campus experience, intimate learning environment and Power 5 athletics in a top-growing metro market. A Charter member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Demon Deacons have won 56 conference titles and are one of only seven ACC schools to win 10 or more national championships, along with Notre Dame, North Carolina, Virginia, Duke, Syracuse and Florida State. Additionally, Wake Forest anchors the Winston-Salem and Triad market, which includes 1.3M residents and was ranked as ESPN's seventh-best market from a viewership perspective.
Wake Forest's comprehensive excellence includes its highly regarded school of medicine, business school, law school and an innovative department of engineering. Additionally, Wake Forest has campuses across Winston-Salem, Charlotte and Washington, DC – providing many academic offerings to students from across the nation and around the world.
Learn more about Wake Forest University at www.wfu.edu and at GoDeacs.com.
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