This Week in Wake Forest Women’s Athletics – Presented by Truist (April 1-7)
4/3/2024 3:07:00 PM | General, 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:
- Rachel Kuehn, Carolina Chacarra and Wake Forest University graduate Emilia Migliaccio are competing in the Augusta National Women's Amateur this week in Augusta, Ga.
- The rest of the squad is in Winston-Salem preparing for the Wolfpack Match Play event in Raleigh April 8-9.
- The team begins postseason play April 18 at ACC Championships in Wilmington, N.C.
- Women's Tennis:
- The No.31-ranked Demon Deacons split a pair of ACC matches in Virginia this past weekend with a 4-3 victory at Virginia Tech on Thursday and a 4-3 defeat to Virginia on Saturday.
- The weekend was highlighted by senior duo Casie Wooten and Brooke Killingsworth, who both went 2-0 in singles play.
- Wooten, ranked No. 25 in the nation, now has a team-high 14 singles victories to just four losses after her 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10-5) win over No. 25 Hibah Shaikh. It marked Wooten's seventh ranked victory since the start of the fall and her first in ACC play.
- This upcoming weekend will feature the final two home matches of the season for the Deacs, as they take on No. 28 Florida State on Friday followed by a Sunday clash with No. 19 Miami.
- The match against the Hurricanes will serve as the program's senior & graduates day. The players being honored prior to the match are:
- The No.31-ranked Demon Deacons split a pair of ACC matches in Virginia this past weekend with a 4-3 victory at Virginia Tech on Thursday and a 4-3 defeat to Virginia on Saturday.
- Track & Field/Cross Country:
- Last weekend the Demon Deacons competed in the Stanford Invitational and Raleigh Relays and finished the meets with multiple top-10 Wake Forest marks.
- Leia Brauangel finished second in the discus invite with a 57.85m throw, which is a new personal-best and the longest throw in program history.
- In the 10,000m, Caroline Garrett finished fourth with a personal-best 33:46.83, that time is also the fourth-fastest time in program history.
- Megan Cook finished fifth in the hammer invite with a personal-best and the fourth-longest throw in program history with a 55.33m throw.
- In the 5000m, Brooke Wilson ran a personal-best time of 16:03.25 which also ranks fifth in Wake Forest history.
- Meghan O'Malley finished sixth in the high jump with a personal-best and ninth-highest jump in Wake Forest history with a 1.70m.
- The Deacs will continue the outdoor campaign this weekend at the Vertklasse meet hosted by High Point. The Vertklasse Meet will take place from April 5-6.
- Last weekend the Demon Deacons competed in the Stanford Invitational and Raleigh Relays and finished the meets with multiple top-10 Wake Forest marks.
- Women's History Month:
- Throughout the month of March, Wake Forest University and Wake Forest Athletics proudly celebrated Women's History Month. During the month, we spotlighted trailblazers and pioneers who helped shape the Wake Forest experience and current student-athletes who shared their own stories:
- 2024 Medallion of Merit Recipient Dianne Dailey
- Wake Forest Trailblazers Sonya Henderson & Keeva Jackson Breland
- Current Women's Basketball Student-Athlete Alyssa Andrews
- Legendary Field Hockey Head Coach Jennifer Averill
- Track & Field/Cross Country Assistant Coach Ashley Bastron
- Current Volleyball Student-Athlete Rian Baker
- Women's Soccer Associate Head Coach Brittany Cameron
- Assistant Athletic Director of Football Nutrition Tiffany Campbell
- Throughout the month of March, Wake Forest University and Wake Forest Athletics proudly celebrated Women's History Month. During the month, we spotlighted trailblazers and pioneers who helped shape the Wake Forest experience and current student-athletes who shared their own stories:
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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