Sunday, March 23
Durham, NC
2 p.m.
Wake Forest University
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Demon Deacons Drop Big Four Contest Against No. 7 Duke
3/23/2025 5:03:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Wake Forest will return home to Leighton Courts next weekend to face off against Georgia Tech and Clemson.
DURHAM, N.C. – The No. 37 Wake Forest women's tennis team continued its weekend of top-10 Big Four matchups on Sunday afternoon, as the Demon Deacons (12-7, 2-4 ACC) fell to No. 7 Duke, 4-0.
Wake Forest dropped the doubles point after Duke (14-2, 6-0 ACC) took wins at both first and third doubles. Graduate student Anna Zhang and junior Jingyi Li were leading their match against Kimchi/Krug at second doubles (4-3) prior to the doubles point being clinched.
In singles, Zhang and fellow graduate student Makayla Mills claimed the only sets for the Demon Deacons. Zhang secured a 7-6 tiebreaker victory in the first set against Liv Hovde. The McKinney, Texas, native ultimately saw her match at second singles go unfinished, ending in a 7-6, 6-7, 1-1 deadlock.
Meanwhile, Mills, who was playing in just her second singles match of the season, bounced back from a first set loss to force a third set at sixth singles against Katie Codd (1-6, 6-4, 1-1).
The Demon Deacons will look to bounce back next weekend as they return home to Leighton Courts to face off against Georgia Tech and Clemson.
How It Happened
Singles Results
Order of finish: 5, 3, 4
Doubles Results
Order of finish: 3, 1
From Coach Wyshner
"What a tremendous effort from our group today. We were without four of our 10 players today, and the six who could went out and played hard. We've really played better singles matches this weekend than we probably have at any point this year. If we can have another good week of practices and we get some players back for next Friday and Sunday, we should be primed for the last three weeks of the regular season and the postseason." - head coach Jeff Wyshner
Next Up
The Demon Deacons return home to Leighton Courts next weekend for a pair of top-35 matchups against No. 29 Georgia Tech and No. 31 Clemson.
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Wake Forest dropped the doubles point after Duke (14-2, 6-0 ACC) took wins at both first and third doubles. Graduate student Anna Zhang and junior Jingyi Li were leading their match against Kimchi/Krug at second doubles (4-3) prior to the doubles point being clinched.
In singles, Zhang and fellow graduate student Makayla Mills claimed the only sets for the Demon Deacons. Zhang secured a 7-6 tiebreaker victory in the first set against Liv Hovde. The McKinney, Texas, native ultimately saw her match at second singles go unfinished, ending in a 7-6, 6-7, 1-1 deadlock.
Meanwhile, Mills, who was playing in just her second singles match of the season, bounced back from a first set loss to force a third set at sixth singles against Katie Codd (1-6, 6-4, 1-1).
The Demon Deacons will look to bounce back next weekend as they return home to Leighton Courts to face off against Georgia Tech and Clemson.
How It Happened
- After dropping the first two games, Zhang and Li battled back to take a 3-2 lead at court two.
- Duke took the lead in the doubles match with a victory at third doubles.
- The Blue Devils claimed the doubles point with a win at first doubles.
- Zhang/Li were leading 4-3 at second doubles when the point was clinched.
- Carton and Zhang climbed out to early leads in the first set at courts one and two.
- Tannenbaum forced a break on court three as she took a 4-3 lead in the first.
- Duke claimed the first set at courts five and six.
- The Blue Devils added two more first set advantages on courts one and four.
- Zhang claimed the first set with a seven-point tiebreaker victory at second singles (7-6 (7-3)).
- Duke closed the first set with a win at court three.
- The Blue Devils extended their lead by taking fifth singles.
- Mills bounced back to force a third set with a 6-4 victory in the second set on court six.
- Duke clinched the match with back-to-back wins on courts three and four as the Deacs fell 4-0.
Singles Results
- No. 53 Nevena Carton (WF) vs. No. 12 Irina Balus (Duke) 3-6, 6-6 UF
- Anna Zhang (WF) vs. Liv Hovde (Duke) 7-6, 6-7, 1-1 UF
- No. 25 Emma Jackson (Duke) def. Kady Tannenbaum (WF) 7-6, 6-4
- No. 41 Eleana Yu (Duke) def. Sankavi Gownder (WF) 6-4, 7-6
- No. 125 Elizabeth Coleman (Duke) def. Jingyi Li (WF) 6-1, 6-3
- Makayla Mills (WF) vs. Katie Codd (Duke) 1-6, 6-4, 1-1 UF
Order of finish: 5, 3, 4
Doubles Results
- No. 13 Coleman/Balus (Duke) def. No. 64 Carton/Tannenbaum (WF)
- Zhang/Li (WF) vs. Kimchi/Krug (Duke) 4-3 UF
- Gownder/Mills (WF) vs. Jackson/Hovde (Duke) def. Gownder/Mills (WF) 6-1
Order of finish: 3, 1
From Coach Wyshner
"What a tremendous effort from our group today. We were without four of our 10 players today, and the six who could went out and played hard. We've really played better singles matches this weekend than we probably have at any point this year. If we can have another good week of practices and we get some players back for next Friday and Sunday, we should be primed for the last three weeks of the regular season and the postseason." - head coach Jeff Wyshner
Next Up
The Demon Deacons return home to Leighton Courts next weekend for a pair of top-35 matchups against No. 29 Georgia Tech and No. 31 Clemson.
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,1
#1 Singles Match
123
360
Irina Balus / 0 (12/-) [DUKE]
66UF
#2 Singles Match
1234
7610
Liv Hovde / 0 [DUKE]
671UF
#3 Singles Match
12
64
Emma Jackson / 0 (25/-) [DUKE]
76
#4 Singles Match
12
46
Eleana Yu / 0 (41/-) [DUKE]
67
#5 Singles Match
12
13
Ellie Coleman / 0 (125/-) [DUKE]
66
#6 Singles Match
1234
1610
Katie Codd / 0 [DUKE]
641UF
Order of Finish:
5,3,4
Players Mentioned
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