Sunday, March 30
Winston-Salem, N.C.
12 p.m.
Wake Forest University
4
vs
1
Clemson
Wake Forest Returns to Winning Ways as Wyshner Adds Another Milestone Against Clemson
3/30/2025 3:58:00 PM | Women's Tennis
The 4-1 victory over the Tigers marked head coach Jeff Wyshner’s 200th career-victory at Wake Forest.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – After facing three-consecutive teams ranked inside the top-25, the Wake Forest women's tennis team returned to winning ways as they defeated No. 30 Clemson on Sunday afternoon on Leighton Courts, 4-1.
The Demon Deacons (13-8, 3-5 ACC) got out to an early lead as they swept the doubles match to improve to 33-13 in doubles action this season. Graduate student Makayla Mills and redshirt sophomore Krystal Blanch gave the Demon Deacons the advantage with a comfortable 6-1 victory over No. 80 Parravicini/Smejkalova at first doubles.
Wake Forest secured the doubles point after a 6-4 victory by graduate student Anna Zhang and junior Whitley Pate over Davis/Hatton at third doubles. With the win, Zhang and Pate continued their undefeated start to the season as they improved to 13-0 as a duo.
After Clemson (13-8, 3-6 ACC) evened the match with a victory at sixth singles, the Demon Deacons rattled off three-consecutive victories to seal the team's first win since defeating Virginia Tech.
Junior Nevena Carton got the Demon Deacons rolling in singles play with a comfortable win over Amelie Smejkalova at first singles (6-3, 6-0). The Locust, N.J., native now leads the Demon Deacons with 11 wins on the season, including a 10-4 record at the first singles position.
Freshman Kady Tannenbaum put the Demon Deacons one win away from the victory, defeating Artemis Aslanisvili at fourth singles, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1. Pate clinched the match for Wake Forest moments later with a three-set victory over Romana Cisovska at fifth singles (6-3, 2-6, 6-3). Following their results on Sunday, both Pate and Tannenbaum eclipsed the 10-win mark for the season, becoming the fourth and fifth Deacs to do so this season.
With the victory over Clemson, head coach Jeff Wyshner earned his 200th-career victory at Wake Forest, Wyshner, who is currently in his 15th season in charge of the Deacs, became the all-time winningest head coach in program history earlier this season.
The win also marked Wake Forest's first win of the season over a top-30 team and is the highest ranked-win since the Demon Deacons defeated No. 26 Notre Dame last season.
How It Happened
Singles Results
Order of finish: 6, 1, 4, 5
Doubles Results
Order of finish: 1, 3
From Coach Wyshner
"What an outstanding team effort today! We really seemed to find our energy and enthusiasm again in doubles. Makayla [Mills] and Krystal [Blanch] were amazing today. They beat a team that just defeated the second-ranked team in the country on Friday, 6-1. It was a really good and much needed doubles point. Our singles start showed how comitted the players were to today's match. Credit to Clemson. I knew those first sets that we won at second, fourth, and fifth singles would be hard to close out and all three went to third sets. Nevena [Carton] gave us the momentum with an efficient performance at first singles, and then Kady [Tannenbaum] and Whitley [Pate] shut the door in the third sets. Really big win for us as we head into April." - head coach Jeff Wyshner
Up Next
The Demon Deacons head down to Charlotte on Tuesday afternoon for a rescheduled match from earlier this month against UNC Charlotte. First serve against the 49ers is scheduled for 3 p.m.
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The Demon Deacons (13-8, 3-5 ACC) got out to an early lead as they swept the doubles match to improve to 33-13 in doubles action this season. Graduate student Makayla Mills and redshirt sophomore Krystal Blanch gave the Demon Deacons the advantage with a comfortable 6-1 victory over No. 80 Parravicini/Smejkalova at first doubles.
Wake Forest secured the doubles point after a 6-4 victory by graduate student Anna Zhang and junior Whitley Pate over Davis/Hatton at third doubles. With the win, Zhang and Pate continued their undefeated start to the season as they improved to 13-0 as a duo.
After Clemson (13-8, 3-6 ACC) evened the match with a victory at sixth singles, the Demon Deacons rattled off three-consecutive victories to seal the team's first win since defeating Virginia Tech.
Junior Nevena Carton got the Demon Deacons rolling in singles play with a comfortable win over Amelie Smejkalova at first singles (6-3, 6-0). The Locust, N.J., native now leads the Demon Deacons with 11 wins on the season, including a 10-4 record at the first singles position.
Freshman Kady Tannenbaum put the Demon Deacons one win away from the victory, defeating Artemis Aslanisvili at fourth singles, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1. Pate clinched the match for Wake Forest moments later with a three-set victory over Romana Cisovska at fifth singles (6-3, 2-6, 6-3). Following their results on Sunday, both Pate and Tannenbaum eclipsed the 10-win mark for the season, becoming the fourth and fifth Deacs to do so this season.
With the victory over Clemson, head coach Jeff Wyshner earned his 200th-career victory at Wake Forest, Wyshner, who is currently in his 15th season in charge of the Deacs, became the all-time winningest head coach in program history earlier this season.
The win also marked Wake Forest's first win of the season over a top-30 team and is the highest ranked-win since the Demon Deacons defeated No. 26 Notre Dame last season.
How It Happened
- Zhang and Pate forced a break at third doubles as the duo jumped out to a 2-1 lead.
- Mills and Blanch took their service game to also take a 2-1 lead at first doubles.
- No. 86 Blanch/Mills gave the Demon Deacons the advantage in the doubles match as they cruised to a dominant 6-1 victory over No. 80 Parravicini/Smejkalova.
- Zhang/Pate clinched the doubles point for Wake Forest, defeating Davis/Hatton, 6-4.
- No. 64 Carton/Tannenbaum were deadlocked at second singles against No. 43 Yecora/Cisovska when the point was clinched.
- The Deacs rattled off three-consecutive first set victories to open singles action:
- Blanch and Tannenbaum both cruised to 6-1 wins in the first set on courts two and four.
- Pate recorded a 6-3 first set win to take the advantage on court five.
- The Tigers took the first set on court six.
- Carton took the first set on court one, 6-1.
- Clemson grabbed the first set on court three.
- After the Tigers evened the match with a win at sixth singles, Wake Forest reclaimed the lead with a dominant win by Carton against Amelie Smejkalova at first singles (6-3, 6-0).
- Clemson forced third sets on two, four, and five.
- Tannenbaum put the Deacs one win away from clinching the match as she defeated Artemis Aslanisvili at fourth singles (6-1, 3-6, 6-1).
- Pate clinched the victory for the Deacs as she came away with a three-set victory over Romana Cisovska at fifth singles (6-3, 2-6, 6-3).
Singles Results
- No. 53 Nevena Carton (WF) def. Amelie Smejkalova (CU) 6-3, 6-0
- No. 116 Krystal Blanch (WF) vs. No. 124 Sophia Hatton (CU) 6-1, 4-6, 4-4 UF
- Anna Zhang (WF) vs. Annabelle Davis (CU) 6-7 (5-7), 4-5 UF
- Kady Tannenbaum (WF) def. Artemis Aslanisvili (CU) 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
- Whitley Pate (WF) def. Romana Cisovska (CU) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
- Candela Yecora (CU) def. Sankavi Gownder (WF) 6-2, 6-0
Order of finish: 6, 1, 4, 5
Doubles Results
- No. 86 Blanch/Mills (WF) def. No. 80 Parravicini/Smejkalova (CU) 6-1
- No. 64 Carton/Tannenbaum (WF) vs. No. 43 Yecora/Cisovska (CU) 5-5 UF
- Zhang/Pate (WF) def. Davis/Hatton (CU) 6-4
Order of finish: 1, 3
From Coach Wyshner
"What an outstanding team effort today! We really seemed to find our energy and enthusiasm again in doubles. Makayla [Mills] and Krystal [Blanch] were amazing today. They beat a team that just defeated the second-ranked team in the country on Friday, 6-1. It was a really good and much needed doubles point. Our singles start showed how comitted the players were to today's match. Credit to Clemson. I knew those first sets that we won at second, fourth, and fifth singles would be hard to close out and all three went to third sets. Nevena [Carton] gave us the momentum with an efficient performance at first singles, and then Kady [Tannenbaum] and Whitley [Pate] shut the door in the third sets. Really big win for us as we head into April." - head coach Jeff Wyshner
Up Next
The Demon Deacons head down to Charlotte on Tuesday afternoon for a rescheduled match from earlier this month against UNC Charlotte. First serve against the 49ers is scheduled for 3 p.m.
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,3
#1 Singles Match
12
Amelie Smejkalova / 0 [CU]
30
66
#2 Singles Match
1234
Sophia Hatton / 0 (124/-) [CU]
1640
644UF
#3 Singles Match
123
Annabelle Davis / 0 [CU]
750
64UF
#4 Singles Match
123
Artemis Aslanisvili / 0 [CU]
161
636
#5 Singles Match
123
Romana Cisovska / 0 [CU]
363
626
#6 Singles Match
12
Candela Yecora / 0 [CU]
66
20
Order of Finish:
6,1,4,5
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