This Week in Wake Forest Women’s Athletics – Presented by Truist (April 22-28)
4/23/2024 10:13:00 AM | General, Women's Basketball, Women's Golf, 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 Golf:
- The Deacs are coming off winning their eighth Atlantic Coast Conference title in program history and third in six years. After winning the stroke play portion by seven strokes and shooting an astonishing -23, Wake Forest was the top seed for match play. They defeated fourth-seeded North Carolina in the semifinals and had clinched one point while being ahead in two other matches against Clemson in the championship match before it was called due to darkness. The Deacs went through two hour-plus weather delays en route to their championship.
- Wake Forest will be one of six host sites for the 2024 NCAA Regionals in two weeks at Bermuda Run Country Club, May 6-8. The official NCAA women's golf selection show will be April 24 at 2 p.m. on Golf Channel.
- In each regional, 12 teams and six individuals not on those teams will compete. The low five teams and the low individual not on those teams will advance to the finals. Beginning in 2024, regional champion awards will be given to the team champions.
- Women's Tennis:
- Wake Forest will be looking to make the NCAA tournament for the eighth-consecutive season as it awaits the selection show taking place next Monday, April 29 at 6:30 p.m. The event can be streamed on NCAA.com.
- The tournament will run from May 3-19 with the semifinal and championship matches hosted by Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Okla.
- Wake Forest will be looking to make the NCAA tournament for the eighth-consecutive season as it awaits the selection show taking place next Monday, April 29 at 6:30 p.m. The event can be streamed on NCAA.com.
- Track & Field/Cross Country:
- Last Friday, the Demon Deacons hosted the second-annual Wake Forest Invitational at Kentner Stadium. Six women's track and field athletes claimed podium finish during Friday's events.
- Women's Hammer - 2nd - Megan Cook - 60.21m
- Cook set a new personal-best and now holds the longest women's hammer throw in Wake Forest history.
- Women's Discus - 1st - Leia Braunagel - 56.93m
- Kentner Stadium and Wake Forest Invitational record.
- Women's Long Jump - 1st - Robbie Grace 6.20m
- Women's High Jump - 1st - Meghan O'Malley - 1.70m
- Tied season-best in the women's high jump.
- Women's Shot Put - 1st - Ashlyn Giles - 15.94m
- Women's Shot Put - 3rd - Amanda Schaare - 15.23m
- Women's Hammer - 2nd - Megan Cook - 60.21m
- Additionally, Brooke Wilson finished eighth in the women's 5,000m invite with a time of 15:51.57. Wilson's time is a new personal-best and the second-fastest time in Wake Forest history.
- This weekend the Deacs wrap up the regular season at the Charlotte Invitational from April 26-27.
- Last Friday, the Demon Deacons hosted the second-annual Wake Forest Invitational at Kentner Stadium. Six women's track and field athletes claimed podium finish during Friday's events.
- Women's Basketball:
- Head coach Megan Gebbia announced the addition of forward Kennedy Moore during National Signing Day last Wednesday.
- This brings the total number of incoming players for the upcoming season to three as the Demon Deacons also announced the signing of top international guard Aurora Sørbye from Norway during the early signing period in November. Additionally, the Demon Deacons will also be bringing in graduate forward Emily Johns from American University.
- In the signing of Moore, Wake Forest is getting a multi-time all-conference that has averaged a near double-double in each of her last three seasons playing at Flathead High School in Kalispell, Mont.Over the course of her four years on varsity, Moore averaged 11.9 points per game, 8.0 rebounds per game and 2.9 steals per game, leading her team in scoring and rebounding in her sophomore, junior and senior seasons.
- Head coach Megan Gebbia announced the addition of forward Kennedy Moore during National Signing Day last Wednesday.
Truist Financial Corporation is a purpose-driven financial services company committed to inspiring and building better lives and communities. Truist has leading market share in many high-growth markets in the country, and offers a wide range of products and services through our retail and small business banking, commercial banking, corporate and investment banking, insurance, wealth management, and specialized lending businesses. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Truist is a top 10 U.S. commercial bank with total assets of $574 billion as of March 31, 2023. Truist Bank, Member FDIC. Learn more at Truist.com.
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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