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This Week in Wake Forest Women’s Athletics – Presented by Truist (March 3-9)
3/4/2025 11:13:00 AM | Field Hockey, General, Women's Basketball, Women's Tennis, Women's Track and Field
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.
- Track & Field:
- Robbie Grace wrapped up her indoor collegiate career in spectacular fashion on day two of the ACC Championships, leaping to a second-place finish in the women's long jump with a mark of 6.32 meters. The performance earned her first-team All-ACC honors.
- Grace finished the season ranked No. 2 in the ACC and No. 18 nationally.
- Brooke Wilson earned All-ACC second team honors after finishing sixth in the women's 5000m with a career-best time of 15:51.99. Angelina Perez added to the Deacs' strong showing, finishing eighth with a time of 15:59.56.
- Robbie Grace wrapped up her indoor collegiate career in spectacular fashion on day two of the ACC Championships, leaping to a second-place finish in the women's long jump with a mark of 6.32 meters. The performance earned her first-team All-ACC honors.
- Women's Tennis:
- The Demon Deacons opened ACC play this past weekend, splitting their matches between No. 24 Notre Dame and Louisville:
- The Deacs began ACC play by falling to the Fighting Irish in a tightly-contested match, 4-3.
- Wake Forest bounced back in their second match of the weekend, defeating Louisville, 5-1, to secure their first ACC win of the season.
- Zhang/Pate improved to 11-0 on the season while Carton/Tannenbaum eclipsed the 10-win mark to secure the doubles point for the Deacs once again.The Demon Deacons are now a combined 28-5 this season in doubles matches.
- After Louisville evened the match, the Deacs rattled off four-straight victories in singles play, including simultaneous wins from Carton and Pate to clinch the victory.
- After a six-match road stretch, the Demon Deacons return home this upcoming weekend for their first ACC home weekend.
- Wake Forest opens up its ACC home schedule by facing off against top-ranked Virginia on Friday at 4 p.m.The Deacs conclude their weekend with a match against No. 31 Virginia Tech on Sunday, with first serve slated for noon.
- The Demon Deacons opened ACC play this past weekend, splitting their matches between No. 24 Notre Dame and Louisville:
- Women's Basketball:
- The Demon Deacons wrapped up their season on Sunday night, sending off a senior class that combined for 557 games played, 290 starts, 3,413 points, 2,007 rebounds, 754 assists and 11,512 minutes played in their Wake Forest careers.
- Senior guard Elise Williams became just the second player in program history to record over 1,250 career points, over 500 career rebounds, over 300 career assists and over 200 career steals. The only other Demon Deacon to do this was Amy Privette (1983-87).
- Additionally, She finished her career 12th on the all-time scoring list with 1,348 points while also finishing in the top-10 in program history with 109 starts (2nd), 3,790 minutes played (4th), 219 steals (7th), 391 assists (7th), 150 threes made (7th) and 78.2 free throw percentage (7th).
- The last 11 games of the season saw the emergence of sophomore guard Rylie Theuerkauf. She recorded 183 points over the last 11 games (16.6/game) and averaged a team-high 12.0 points this season. She improved her scoring output by 8.2 points per game from a season ago while also seeing an uptick in every other statistical category as a sophomore.
- Additionally, she had five games in that stretch where she scored 20 or more points including a 23-points effort in the season finale against Pitt.
- She goes into her junior year on pace to be one of the top-10 free throw shooters in program history as she has hit 79.7 percent (94-of-118) over her first two seasons.
- The Demon Deacons shot at least 70 percent or from the line in 17 of the 29 games of the 2024-25 season, including doing so in six of the last seven games.
- The Deacs finished the year shooting 71.0 percent (294-of-414) from the free throw line which ranked sixth in program history and marks back-to-back seasons that Wake Forest has had a top-10 season in program history.
- Williams finished the season with the 10th-best free throw shooting season in program history, converting 83.1 percent (49-of-59) of her free throws.
- The Deacs finished the 2024-25 season, knocking down 159 threes (5.5 3FGM per game). This included seven games with eight or more threes made.
- Field Hockey:
- Rising junior Mia Schoenbeck and the U.S. Women's National Team took fourth at the 2025 FIH Hockey Nations Cup. Schoenbeck scored her first goal as a member of the Senior National Team against Japan and made her first start against Chile in the bronze medal match.
- Volleyball:
- The Demon Deacons recently announced the 2025 spring schedule, as Wake Forest will compete in three matches in March.
- The Deacs are set to first host UNCG inside Varsity Arena on March 6. Just over two weeks later, the team will head to App State for a weekend matchup on March 23. Finally, Wake Forest will close out the month with a home contest against North Carolina A&T on March 30.
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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