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Wake Forest Closes Out Road Stretch with First ACC Win of the Season Against Louisville
3/2/2025 4:11:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Juniors Nevena Carton and Whitley Pate picked up simultaneous victories at first and fourth singles to secure the win over the Cardinals.
LOUISVILLE, KY – The Wake Forest women's tennis team closed out their six-match road stretch on Sunday afternoon as they picked up their first ACC win of the season by defeating Louisville (5-4, 0-3 ACC), 5-1.
For the 14th time this season, the Demon Deacons (11-4, 1-1 ACC) claimed the doubles point to take the early advantage in the match. Graduate student Anna Zhang and junior Whitley Pate continued their undefeated season, improving to 11-0 on the season with a comfortable 6-1 victory over Miret/Peresypkina at third doubles. Junior Nevena Carton and freshman Kady Tannenbaum closed out the doubles point for the Deacs after rattling off four-consecutive points to take their match at second doubles against Gretowski/Davis, 7-5.
The Cardinals did get a consolation win at first doubles after the doubles point was clinched.
With their win, Carton and Tannenbaum eclipsed the 10-win mark for the season and now sit at 10-2 as a team. Meanwhile, the Demon Deacons are now a combined 28-5 in doubles matches following their 2-1 performance on Sunday.
After Louisville evened up the match with a victory at sixth singles, Zhang gave the Deacs the lead back with a straight-set victory over Elina Noguero at third singles (6-3, 7-6 (7-2)). This marked the McKinney, Texas, native's second win of the season, both of which came over the weekend.
Redshirt sophomore Krystal Blanch, who came into Sunday as the No. 95 singles player in the country by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA), extended the Demon Deacon lead to 3-1 moments later with a three-set victory at second singles over Lika Peresypkina (6-3, 2-6, 2-6, 6-3).
Wake Forest secured the 5-1 victory over Louisville with simultaneous, third-set wins from Carton and Pate. After dropping the first set at fourth singles, Pate battled back to defeat Allie Gretkowski, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5. At the same time, Carton used a dominant final set to defeat Alice Otis, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2.
The victory over the Cardinals marked the conclusion of the Demon Deacons' six-match road stretch, where the Deacs went a combined 4-2.
The win also moved head coach Jeff Wyshner two victories away from becoming the first head coach in women's tennis program history to eclipse 200 career-victories at Wake Forest. Wyshner became the all-time wins leader earlier this season and is now 198-183 with the Demon Deacons.
The Deacs will now return home for the first time in four weeks to kick off their home ACC slate next weekend. Wake Forest opens with a battle against top-ranked Virginia on Friday before facing off against No. 31 Virginia Tech.
How It Happened
Singles Results
Order of finish: 6, 3, 2, 4, 1
Doubles Results
Order of finish: 3, 2
From Coach Wyshner
"Really proud of the group today. We were able to push a couple of matches to third sets after dropping some first sets. We were really good in key moments, especially late in the second sets and in the third sets. Every road match in the ACC is a huge challenge and we got an important win today. Now, we'll get ready for an exciting weekend at home next week" - head coach Jeff Wyshner
Up Next
The Demon Deacons return to Winston-Salem to begin their home ACC schedule with visits from top-ranked Virginia and No. 31 Virginia Tech next weekend.
The Deacs will square off against No. 1 Virginia in their ACC home opener on Friday, with first serve scheduled for 4 p.m. Wake Forest will conclude their first ACC home stand against the Hokies on Sunday at noon.
Both matches will be held at Leighton Courts and free for all spectators.
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For the 14th time this season, the Demon Deacons (11-4, 1-1 ACC) claimed the doubles point to take the early advantage in the match. Graduate student Anna Zhang and junior Whitley Pate continued their undefeated season, improving to 11-0 on the season with a comfortable 6-1 victory over Miret/Peresypkina at third doubles. Junior Nevena Carton and freshman Kady Tannenbaum closed out the doubles point for the Deacs after rattling off four-consecutive points to take their match at second doubles against Gretowski/Davis, 7-5.
The Cardinals did get a consolation win at first doubles after the doubles point was clinched.
With their win, Carton and Tannenbaum eclipsed the 10-win mark for the season and now sit at 10-2 as a team. Meanwhile, the Demon Deacons are now a combined 28-5 in doubles matches following their 2-1 performance on Sunday.
After Louisville evened up the match with a victory at sixth singles, Zhang gave the Deacs the lead back with a straight-set victory over Elina Noguero at third singles (6-3, 7-6 (7-2)). This marked the McKinney, Texas, native's second win of the season, both of which came over the weekend.
Redshirt sophomore Krystal Blanch, who came into Sunday as the No. 95 singles player in the country by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA), extended the Demon Deacon lead to 3-1 moments later with a three-set victory at second singles over Lika Peresypkina (6-3, 2-6, 2-6, 6-3).
Wake Forest secured the 5-1 victory over Louisville with simultaneous, third-set wins from Carton and Pate. After dropping the first set at fourth singles, Pate battled back to defeat Allie Gretkowski, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5. At the same time, Carton used a dominant final set to defeat Alice Otis, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2.
The victory over the Cardinals marked the conclusion of the Demon Deacons' six-match road stretch, where the Deacs went a combined 4-2.
The win also moved head coach Jeff Wyshner two victories away from becoming the first head coach in women's tennis program history to eclipse 200 career-victories at Wake Forest. Wyshner became the all-time wins leader earlier this season and is now 198-183 with the Demon Deacons.
The Deacs will now return home for the first time in four weeks to kick off their home ACC slate next weekend. Wake Forest opens with a battle against top-ranked Virginia on Friday before facing off against No. 31 Virginia Tech.
How It Happened
- Zhang and Pate earned an early break at third doubles to go up 3-1 in their match.
- Blanch/Mills rattled off back to back games to even the match at 3-3 on court one.
- Zhang/Pate cruised to a 6-1 victory against Miret/Peresypkina to give Wake Forest the advantage in the doubles match.
- Carton and Tannenbaum picked up another break to tie their match on court two at 5-5.
- Carton/Tannenbaum secured the doubles point with a come-from-behind victory over Gretowski/Davis at second doubles (7-5).
- Louisville would pick up a consolation victory at first doubles after the point was clinched.
- Carton jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead in the first set on court one
- No. 95 Blanch also opened the first set strong as she started the match up 4-0.
- Louisville took the first set on court six.
- The Cardinals also added a first set win at court three.
- Blanch came away with a 6-3 first set victory at second singles.
- Carton wrapped up her first set moments later, taking the set 6-1.
- Zhang added another first set advantage for the Demon Deacons with a 6-3 win.
- Louisville added a first set win at court five.
- The Cardinals evened the match with a victory at sixth singles.
- Louisville forced a third set on court two.
- Pate bounced back to win the second set 6-4 to force a deciding third set at fourth singles.
- Louisville added another second set win on court one.
- The Demon Deacons reclaimed the lead after Zhang defeated Elina Noguero in straight-sets at third singles (6-3, 7-6 (7-2)).
- Tannenbaum fought back to extend her match at fifth singles with a 7-6 (7-5) second set victory.
- Blanch wrapped up a three-set victory with a dominant final set at second singles, defeating Lika Peresypkina (6-3, 2-6, 6-3) to put the Deacs one win away from the match.
- Carton and Pate picked up simultaneous victories to secure the 5-1 victory for the Demon Deacons.
- Pate completed her comeback with a tough-fought 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 victory against Allie Gretkowski
- Carton picked up her own third-set victory with a comfortable third set to put away Alice Otis at first singles (6-1, 5-7, 6-2).
Singles Results
- Nevena Carton (WF) def. Alice Otis (Louisville) 6-1, 5-7, 6-2
- No. 95 Krystal Blanch (WF) def. Lika Peresypkina (Louisville) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
- Anna Zhang (WF) def. Elina Noguero (Louisville) 6-3, 7-6 (7-2)
- Whitley Pate (WF) def. Allie Gretkowski (Louisville) 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
- Kady Tannenbaum (WF) vs. Elisabeth Iila (Louisville) 5-7, 7-6 (7-5), 0-3 UF
- Germany Davis (Louisville) def. Brianna Baldi (WF) 6-1, 6-2
Order of finish: 6, 3, 2, 4, 1
Doubles Results
- No. 82 Otis/Iila (Louisville) def. No. 75 Blanch/Mills (WF) 7-6 (7-4)
- Carton/Tannenbaum (WF) def. Gretowski/Davis (Louisville) 7-5
- Zhang/Pate (WF) def. Miret/Peresypkina (Louisville) 6-1
Order of finish: 3, 2
From Coach Wyshner
"Really proud of the group today. We were able to push a couple of matches to third sets after dropping some first sets. We were really good in key moments, especially late in the second sets and in the third sets. Every road match in the ACC is a huge challenge and we got an important win today. Now, we'll get ready for an exciting weekend at home next week" - head coach Jeff Wyshner
Up Next
The Demon Deacons return to Winston-Salem to begin their home ACC schedule with visits from top-ranked Virginia and No. 31 Virginia Tech next weekend.
The Deacs will square off against No. 1 Virginia in their ACC home opener on Friday, with first serve scheduled for 4 p.m. Wake Forest will conclude their first ACC home stand against the Hokies on Sunday at noon.
Both matches will be held at Leighton Courts and free for all spectators.
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,2,1
#1 Singles Match
123
656
Alice Otis / 0 [LOU]
172
#2 Singles Match
123
626
Lika Peresypkina / 0 [LOU]
363
#3 Singles Match
12
67
Elena Noguero / 0 [LOU]
36
#4 Singles Match
123
367
Allie Gretkowski / 0 [LOU]
645
#5 Singles Match
12
57
Elisabeth Iila / 0 [LOU]
76
#6 Singles Match
12
12
Germany Davis / 0 [LOU]
66
Order of Finish:
6,3,2,4,1
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