Thursday, April 18
Cary, N.C.
Wake Forest University
0
vs
4
#8-seed Duke
No. 37 Wake Forest Falls in Second Round of ACC Championships to No. 24 Duke
4/18/2024 6:53:00 PM | Women's Tennis
The Demon Deacons will now await the NCAA Tournament selection show on Monday, April 29.
CARY, N.C. - The No. 37-ranked Wake Forest women's tennis team dropped its ACC tournament second-round matchup with No. 24 and eighth-seeded Duke, 4-0, at Cary Tennis Park in Cary Thursday afternoon.
The Demon Deacons (15-13, 6-7 ACC) fought in doubles, but the Blue Devils (15-8, 7-6 ACC) prevailed on courts two and three and clinched the point. Senior Brooke Killingsworth and graduate student Marcella Cruz battled back from 1-4 down to make it 4-5 in first singles as the match went unfinished.
In singles, redshirt freshman Krystal Blanch was two games away from taking court six against Duke's Karolina Berankova before the Blue Devils clinched the victory with wins on courts five, three and two.
The NCAA selection show will take place on Monday, April 29 at 6:30 p.m. and will be streamed live on NCAA.com.
How It Happened
Singles Results:
From Coach Wyshner
"Tough match today. Opening the ACC tournament with probably the most accomplished team in conference history is a tough challenge and we weren't quite sharp enough today to get to a point where the match gets really interesting. Credit to Duke for playing an aggressive doubles point and taking the momentum and then having their grad students step up and put up quick singles wins. Just became too tall of a hill to climb. I was really pleased with the improvement we're seeing in our freshmen and sophomores and our seniors always give a great effort. I think things are trending towards us getting to play again in a couple weeks. Hopefully we can put it all together once or twice that weekend!"
Next Up
The Demon Deacons will now await their fate to see if they get selected for the 2024 NCAA Tournament, which will take place from May 16-25. The selection show will air on NCAA.com on Monday, April 29 at 6:30 p.m.
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The Demon Deacons (15-13, 6-7 ACC) fought in doubles, but the Blue Devils (15-8, 7-6 ACC) prevailed on courts two and three and clinched the point. Senior Brooke Killingsworth and graduate student Marcella Cruz battled back from 1-4 down to make it 4-5 in first singles as the match went unfinished.
In singles, redshirt freshman Krystal Blanch was two games away from taking court six against Duke's Karolina Berankova before the Blue Devils clinched the victory with wins on courts five, three and two.
The NCAA selection show will take place on Monday, April 29 at 6:30 p.m. and will be streamed live on NCAA.com.
How It Happened
- In doubles, the Blue Devils took an early lead on court one as the Deacs remained in a tight battle on courts two and three.
- Duke clinched the doubles point with a pair of 6-3 victories in second and third doubles.
- Killingsworth/Cruz battled back to make it 5-4 in first doubles before their match went unfinished.
- In singles, Blanch took the first set, 6-2, on court six.
- The Blue Devils took the first set on courts one-through-five.
- Duke extended its lead with victories on courts five and three as the Blue Devils moved to within a win of clinching the match.
- As Blanch moved to within two games of a victory in sixth singles, Duke clinched the match on court two and defeated Wake Forest, 4-0.
- No. 84 Cruz/Killingsworth (WFU) vs. Berankova/Codd (DU) 4-5, unfinished
- Jackson/Kimchi (DU) def. Wooten/Pate (WFU) 6-3
- Bryzgalova/Shvets (DU) def. Blanch/Ahmad (WFU) 6-3
Singles Results:
- No. 30 Casie Wooten (WFU) vs. No. 88 Emma Jackson (DU) 4-6, 3-4, unfinished
- No. 65 Shavit Kimchi (DU) def. Brooke Killingsworth (WFU) 6-3, 6-2
- No. 101 Iuliia Bryzgalova (DU) def. Marcella Cruz (WFU) 6-2, 6-1
- Nevena Carton (WFU) vs. No. 100 Katie Codd (DU) 3-6, 1-3, unfinished
- Brianna Shvets (DU) def. Sankavi Gownder (WFU) 6-4, 6-1
- Krystal Blanch (WFU) vs. Karolina Berankova (DU) 6-4, 4-2, unfinished
From Coach Wyshner
"Tough match today. Opening the ACC tournament with probably the most accomplished team in conference history is a tough challenge and we weren't quite sharp enough today to get to a point where the match gets really interesting. Credit to Duke for playing an aggressive doubles point and taking the momentum and then having their grad students step up and put up quick singles wins. Just became too tall of a hill to climb. I was really pleased with the improvement we're seeing in our freshmen and sophomores and our seniors always give a great effort. I think things are trending towards us getting to play again in a couple weeks. Hopefully we can put it all together once or twice that weekend!"
Next Up
The Demon Deacons will now await their fate to see if they get selected for the 2024 NCAA Tournament, which will take place from May 16-25. The selection show will air on NCAA.com on Monday, April 29 at 6:30 p.m.
Follow the Deacs
Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | GoDeacs.com
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,2,1
#1 Singles Match
123
430
Emma Jackson / 0 (88/-) [DUKE]
64UF
#2 Singles Match
12
32
Shavit Kimchi / 0 (65/-) [DUKE]
66
#3 Singles Match
12
12
Iuliia Bryzgalova / 0 (101/-) [DUKE]
66
#4 Singles Match
123
310
Katie Codd / 0 (100/-) [DUKE]
63UF
#5 Singles Match
12
41
Brianna Shvets / 0 [DUKE]
66
#6 Singles Match
123
640
Karolina Berankova / 0 [DUKE]
42UF
Order of Finish:
3,5,2
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