Wake Forest Drops Home ACC Contest Against Stanford

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The No. 34 Wake Forest women's tennis team opened its final weekend of the regular season on Friday afternoon at the Indoor Tennis Center, falling to No. 29 Stanford, 4-0.

After falling at second doubles to open the doubles match, graduate student Makayla Mills and junior Jingyi Li tied it up for the Demon Deacons (14-11, 3-8 ACC), claiming the win at third doubles against Okpara/Shaffer (6-3). Stanford (14-6, 7-4 ACC) would take the point following a win at first doubles.

In singles play, sophomore Sankavi Gownder picked up the lone set for the Demon Deacons. After dropping the first set in a seven-point tiebreaker, the Cypress, Texas, native battled back to claim the second set in convincing fashion, 6-1. Gownder would end her match at fifth singles against Alexandra Yepifanova with the lead, 6-7 (5-7), 6-1, 3-0.

The Demon Deacons will now look to bounce back in their regular season finale against No. 18 California on Sunday at noon.

Prior to the match, Wake Forest will be honoring graduate students Anna Zhang and Makayla Mills as part of Senior and Graduates Day.

How It Happened

After dropping the opening point, Mills and Li battled back to go up a break on court three.
Stanford took the advantage in the doubles match with a win at second doubles.
The Deacs tied the doubles match up as Mills and Li defeated Okpara/Shaffer at third doubles, 6-3.
The Cardinal took the doubles point with a win at first doubles.
Stanford claimed the first set on all six courts.
Zhang started the second set on fire , growing out to an early 4-2 lead on court two.
Stanford extended their lead with a win at fourth singles.
Gownder bounced back from a tough loss in the first set to take the second set on court five, 6-1.
The Cardinal earned simultaneous victories at second and third singles as the Deacs fell, 4-0.

Singles Results

No. 69 Nevena Carton (WF) vs. No. 10 Connie Ma (Stanford) 5-7, 2-4 UF
No. 8 Valerie Glozman (Stanford) def. Anna Zhang (WF) 6-2, 7-6 (7-4)
No. 78 Caroline Driscoll (Stanford) def. Whitley Pate (WF) 7-6 (7-5), 6-3
Valencia Xu (Stanford) def. Kady Tannenbaum (WF) 6-2, 6-2
Sankavi Gownder (WF) vs. Alexandra Yepifanova (Stanford) 6-7 (5-7), 6-1, 3-0 UF
Jingyi Li (WF) vs. Chidimma Okpara (Stanford) 5-7, 1-5 UF

Order of finish: 4, 2, 3

Doubles Results

No. 27 Ma/Glozman (Stanford) def. Carton/Tannenbaum (WF) 6-4
Xu/Driscoll (Stanford) def. Zhang/Pate (WF) 6-1
Mills/Li (WF) def. Okpara/Shaffer (Stanford) 6-3

Order of finish: 2, 3, 1

From Coach Wyshner
"Another hard fought match today. It was disappointing not to get the doubles point when I thought we outplayed them in it. For a team as good as Stanford is, especially after they got two players back into their lineup today, we needed that doubles point to get some momentum. We played hard on every court in singles, but their four seniors were too tough in key moments and got the job done. I'm proud of this team for going out and having a great mentality as we've dealt with injuries. Everyone has gone out there and has put on a good showing." - head coach Jeff Wyshner

Up Next
The Demon Deacons close out their regular season on Sunday afternoon against No. 18 California. First serve against the Golden Bears is slated for noon and admission is free for all spectators.

Prior to the match, Wake Forest will be honoring graduate students Anna Zhang and Makayla Mills as part of Senior and Graduates Day.

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Team Stats

Players Mentioned

Nevena Carton

Sankavi Gownder

Jingyi Li

Makayla Mills

Whitley Pate

Kady Tannenbaum

Anna Zhang

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