Demon Deacons Drop Sunday Test With Tar Heels

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The No. 31-ranked Wake Forest women's tennis team fell to No. 6 North Carolina, 4-0, at Wake Forest Tennis Center Sunday.

The Demon Deacons (13-8, 4-3 ACC) dropped the doubles point as the Tar Heels (14-3, 7-1 ACC) took courts two and three. The No. 79-ranked pairing of senior Brooke Killingsworth and graduate student Marcella Cruz saw their match so unfinished (4-5).

North Carolina clinched the victory with singles wins on courts three, five and six. Senior Casie Wooten was just two games away from earning a win over No. 22 Fiona Crawley in first singles before the Tar Heels clinched. Killingsworth and freshman Sankavi Gownder also had their matches abandoned on courts two and four.

The Demon Deacons will look to bounce back on the road next weekend against Virginia Tech and Virginia on Thursday and Saturday, respectively.

How It Happened

The Deacs went into singles action down 1-0 after North Carolina took the doubles point with 6-3 victories on courts two and three.
- First doubles went unfinished with Carolina leading, 5-4.
30 minutes into singles, courts one-through-five were all on serve, while Ahmad led 5-3 on court six.
The Tar Heels took the first set on courts two-through-six.
- Wooten went into a tiebreak and came out on top (7-3) to take the first set on court one.
Ahmad dropped sixth singles, 7-5, 6-0.
North Carolina clinched the victory with wins on courts three (6-3, 6-1) and five (6-3, 6-3).
The remaining three matches went unfinished with Wooten leading, 7-6(3), 4-0 in first singles.
- Killingsworth and Gownder were trailing when the match concluded.
The Tar Heels defeated the Demon Deacons, 4-0.

Doubles Results:

Cruz/Killingsworth (WFU) vs. No. 17 Crawley/Tanguilig (UNC) 4-5, unfinished
No. 48 Scotty/Yarlagadda (UNC) def. Pate/Wooten (WFU) 6-3
Evans/Forbes (UNC) def. Gownder/Ahmad (WFU) 6-3

Order of finish: 2, 3

Singles Results:

No. 35 Casie Wooten (WFU) vs. No. 22 Fiona Crawley (UNC) 7-6(3), 4-0, unfinished
Brooke Killingsworth (WFU) vs. No. 42 Elizabeth Scotty (UNC) 4-6, 4-5, unfinished
No. 37 Carson Tanguilig (UNC) def. Nevena Carton (WFU) 6-3, 6-1
Sankavi Gownder (WFU) vs. No. 20 Anika Yarlagadda (UNC) 5-7, 2-2, unfinished
Tatum Evans (UNC) def. Whitley Pate (WFU) 6-3, 6-3
No. 70 Thea Rabman (UNC) def. Mia Ahmad (WFU) 7-5, 6-0

Order of finish: 6, 3, 5

From Coach Wyshner
"Tough couple of matches this weekend against two very good teams in Duke and North Carolina. We played pretty darn well today and put ourselves in good positions through the first sets but credit to them. They responded and we couldn't get the first sets we needed after dropping the doubles point. I guess that's not a surprise when you are playing last year's national champs and they brought everyone back from that squad. I think we are in position to be playing our great tennis in the final weeks of the regular season. We'll see on Thursday at Virginia Tech"

Next Up
Wake Forest will now head north for a pair of matches against Virginia Tech and Virginia on Thursday and Saturday, respectively. First serve for the match against the Hokies is slated for 3 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Mia Ahmad

Nevena Carton

Marcella Cruz

Sankavi Gownder

Brooke Killingsworth

Whitley Pate

Casie Wooten

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