This Week in Wake Forest Women’s Athletics – Presented by Truist (Feb. 10-16)

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 Golf:
- The No. 12 ranked Demon Deacons will see their first action of the 2025 spring season as they travel to Melbourne, Fla. to compete in the Moon Golf Invitational at Suntree Country Club.
- Hosted by the University of Louisville, the tournament features a field of 17, including five ACC opponents.
Women's Basketball:
- Against Syracuse on Sunday, the Demon Deacons started the game strong against the Orange, leading by as much as 12 points in the second quarter. The Deacs had the lead for the entire game until Syracuse took their first lead with 7:39 remaining in the game.
  - For the second-straight game, redshirt senior forward Demeara Hinds reached double figures in the first half for the second-straight game, netting a team-high 12 points in the first 20 minutes of the game. She was 6-of-10 from the field in the first half. She finished the game with a team-high 14 points on seven field goal makes while also grabbing six rebounds in the loss.
- The Demon Deacons return home on Thursday for a Big-4 rivalry game against nationally-ranked Duke with tipoff scheduled for 6:00 p.m. at LJVM Coliseum. Wake Forest then travels to nationally-ranked Georgia Tech on Sunday afternoon on ACC Network.
Women's Tennis:
- In their lone home stand during the month of February, the Demon Deacons went undefeated this past weekend, defeating Furman 4-1 on Friday, before sweeping James Madison on Sunday.
  - Junior Whitley Pate and sophomore Sankavi Gownder led the Deacs with two singles victories this past weekend:
    - Gownder clinched the match for the Deacs against the Paladins with a straight-set victory over Grace Thomas at sixth singles (6-3, 6-2), before concluding her weekend with a 6-3, 6-2 win over JMU's Corinna Reitmann.
      - The Cypress, Texas, native now leads the Demon Deacons this season with a 7-1 record in dual matches.
    - Pate opened her weekend with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Furman's Ellie Schulson on Friday. The Daniel Island, S.C., native then clinched the Wake Forest sweep over James Madison on Sunday, defeating Sophie Williams at third singles (6-2, 6-0).
- The Deacs will now embark on a six-match road stretch, starting with a doubleheader against No. 22 South Carolina and Western Carolina in Columbia, S.C.
Track & Field:
- Wake Forest Track and Field athlete Robbie Grace captured her fifth-consecutive first-place finish at the Doc Hale meet in Blacksburg Va. on Friday in the long jump.
  - Grace holds the long jump program record at 6.22m
- In total, six women on the squad earned podium finishes over two meets this past weekend.
- The Demon Deacons will be back in action this weekend with four meets across three locations, including two in Boston, with the other two taking place in Lynchburg, Va. and Clemson, S.C.
Women's Soccer:
- Following one of the most successful seasons in program history, the Wake Forest women's soccer program has seen six players sign professional contracts over the last month.
- With Chavoshi joining the Pride, the Demon Deacons now have six alums on an NWSL roster.

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Wake Forest University is known for its distinctive combination of world-class academics, unrivaled campus experience, intimate learning environment and Power 4 athletics in a top-growing metro market. A Charter member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Demon Deacons have won 59 conference titles and are one of 10 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.

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This Week in Wake Forest Women’s Athletics – Presented by Truist (Feb. 10-16)

Players Mentioned

Laurel Ansbrow

Zara Chavoshi

Emily Colton

Sankavi Gownder

Demeara Hinds

Malaika Meena

Emily Murphy

Whitley Pate

Nikayla Small

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