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This Week in Wake Forest Women’s Athletics – Presented by Truist (March 24-30)
3/24/2025 4:29:00 PM | General, Women's Golf, Women's Soccer, Women's Tennis
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 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 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 History Month:
- Wake Forest Athletics proudly celebrates Women's History Month! Throughout the month of March, we will highlight the accomplishments of Demon Deacon student-athletes and staff.
- Amelia Frey, senior field hockey student-athlete
- Megan Gebbia, women's basketball head coach
- Macy Pate, sophomore women's golf student-athlete
- Jasmine Johnson, assistant director for Sports Performance, Sport Science for Olympic Sports
- Wake Forest Athletics proudly celebrates Women's History Month! Throughout the month of March, we will highlight the accomplishments of Demon Deacon student-athletes and staff.
- Women's Golf:
- For the second time this season, No. 9 Wake Forest women's golf defeated No. 4 South Carolina Gamecocks 4.5-0.5 in match play at the Old Barnwell Derby in Aiken, S.C. to claim their first victory of the spring season.
- The Deacons began the tournament with a 3-2 victory over No. 20 Auburn, followed by a 3.5-0.5 victory over the No. 6 Florida State Seminoles to advance Wake Forest to the final round.
- Freshman Chloe Kovelesky saw her first match play action as a Deacon and clinched the winning point against the Seminoles in round two.
- After leading her third round beginning on hole 3, graduate Sky Sload clinched the victory for the Deacs and pushed Wake Forest's match play record to 16-2 since their 2023 NCAA Championship.
- For the second time this season, No. 9 Wake Forest women's golf defeated No. 4 South Carolina Gamecocks 4.5-0.5 in match play at the Old Barnwell Derby in Aiken, S.C. to claim their first victory of the spring season.
- Women's Tennis:
- The Demon Deacons faced off against two top-10 teams this past weekend in No. 4 North Carolina and No. 7 Duke.
- Freshman Kady Tannenbaum was one game away from securing her first career ranked victory on Friday against North Carolina, seeing her match against No. 43 Carson Tanguilig go unfinished (6-1, 6-5).
- Against the Blue Devils, graduate students Anna Zhang and Makayla Mills secured Wake Forest's only sets of the contest.
- Zhang picked up the first set in her match at second singles, ending her match against Liv Hovde in a deadlock during the third set (7-6, 6-7, 1-1).
- Mills, who was playing in just her second singles match of the season, fought back to force a third set against Katie Codd (1-6, 6-4, 1-1).
- Wake Forest returns to Leighton Courts this weekend against conference foes Georgia Tech and Clemson.
- The Deacs begin with a matchup against the Yellow Jackets on Friday at 4 p.m., before facing off against the Tigers on Sunday at noon.
- The Demon Deacons faced off against two top-10 teams this past weekend in No. 4 North Carolina and No. 7 Duke.
- Women's Soccer:
- This past week, Wake Forest University welcomed the Toyo University women's soccer team to Winston-Salem, highlighted by an exhibition match against Tony da Luz's College Cup squad on Sunday.
- The Toyo University students also got the chance to interact with Wake Forest students taking Japanese classes and got a full tour of the university.
- This past week, Wake Forest University welcomed the Toyo University women's soccer team to Winston-Salem, highlighted by an exhibition match against Tony da Luz's College Cup squad on Sunday.
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 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 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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