This Week in Wake Forest Women’s Athletics – Presented by Truist (March 4-10)

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:

Women's Basketball:
- It's Tournament time in Greensboro! The Wake Forest women's basketball team will look to continue their winning ways at the ACC Tournament, starting Wednesday night against No. 11 seeded Virginia at Greensboro Coliseum.
  - Tipoff for Wednesday is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. (ET).
  - Postseason play is here. Come make the short drive over to Greensboro for the annual ACC Tournament and support your Wake Forest women's basketball team.
    - Purchase your tickets today and come cheer on the Deacs in Greensboro.
- Wake Forest women's basketball junior guard Elise Williams continued to light it up with 28 points to reach a career milestone as the Deacs dropped the penultimate ACC game of the season to Clemson, 68-64.
  - Individually, the Deacs were paced by Williams, who added 28 points and a season-high five steals. It marked the first time in her career she finished with back-to-back 20-point games. Her free throw with 23 seconds left in the third quarter was her 1,000th-career point, as she became the 31st player in program history to accomplish the feat.
- Trailing double-digits, the Wake Forest women's basketball team mounted an impressive third quarter comeback against No. 12 NC State before falling on the road, 75-57 on Sunday.
  - The Demon Deacons shot a blistering 70.6 percent from the field in the third and knocked down five of eight three-point attempts (62.5 percent) for 31 total points.
  - The 31 points in the third quarter is the second-most in a quarter in program history. The only game where the Deacs had more points in a quarter came last year when Wake Forest scored 33 points against Longwood in the third quarter on Dec. 15, 2022.
  - The run in the third quarter cut it down to a two-point deficit going into the fourth quarter and Wake Forest took a brief lead when junior Raegyn Conley hit a three on the first possession.
  - The third quarter was immaculate for both junior Elise Williams and freshman Madisyn Jordan. Williams finished the 10-minute period with 15 points on 6-of-6 shooting and added 2-of-2 free throws. It marked her highest scoring quarter of her career.
  - Jordan, off the bench, knocked down 3-of-3 threes with the last coming with seconds left in quarter. She finished with nine points in the quarter and 12 overall for the game.
Women's Tennis:
- Over the weekend, the Demon Deacons opened conference play with a pair of wins over Louisville and No. 26 Notre Dame.
  - It marked the first time since 2019 that the Deacs opened ACC play 2-0.
- On Friday, Wake Forest earned a 7-0 sweep and extended its win streak over the Cardinals to 10-consecutive matches.
- Against the Fighting Irish, the Demon Deacons had three come-from-behind victories in singles and defeated Notre Dame, 4-3.
  - Senior Casie Wooten won her eighth-consecutive singles match and now holds an 8-2 record in dual play.
  - It marked the third top-30 victory for the Deacs over the last two weekends.
- Wake Forest will now hit the road for a trio of matches next weekend, starting with a Friday clash against Big Four rival NC State at 12 p.m.
  - On Sunday, the Deacs will head south for a doubleheader against Furman and Western Carolina in Greenville, S.C.
Field Hockey:
- The Deacs head to The Netherlands on a nine-day spring break trip starting Friday.
- Wake Forest will play three matches against local competition over the course of the trip.
- Also included in the trip are bike tours, sightseeing, the chance to watch professional matches, trips to the beach, a charity event canal cleanup, Delft blue tile painting workshop and a tour of the Anne Frank House.

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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.

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