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This Week in Wake Forest Women’s Athletics – Presented by Truist (April 14-20)
4/15/2025 2:21:00 PM | General, Women's Golf, 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:
- This past weekend at the Duke Invitational, senior Emma Douglass competed in her first-ever outdoor 400 meter event, posting the sixth-fastest time in program history with a time of 55.76 seconds.
- In the javelin, freshman Rosalind Gergely and Julia Pinter turned in strong performances with personal bests of 47.51 meters and 46.49m, respectively. Both finished in the top five with third and fourth-place finishes.
- Rylan Engels raced in the 800m, securing third with a personal best time of 2:07.26, making her way to eighth all-time for the Demon Deacons.
- Wake Forest will now prepare for this weekend's home meet running from Thursday-Friday at Kentner Stadium.
- For the full meet schedule, click here.
- This past weekend at the Duke Invitational, senior Emma Douglass competed in her first-ever outdoor 400 meter event, posting the sixth-fastest time in program history with a time of 55.76 seconds.
- Women's Tennis:
- Wake Forest ended its regular season this past weekend against No. 29 Stanford and No. 18 California.
- Against Stanford, graduate student Makayla Mills and junior Jingyi Li picked up the lone win for the Deacs as they notched a 6-3 victory at third doubles.
- Graduate student Anna Zhang gave the Demon Deacons their lone point against the Golden Bears on Sunday afternoon, as the McKinney, Texas, native picked up her first ranked win of the season over No. 38 Jessica Alsola (6-3, 6-0).
- The Deacs are set to begin postseason play in the second round of the ACC Tournament on Wednesday, April 16, against SMU.
- Wake Forest ended its regular season this past weekend against No. 29 Stanford and No. 18 California.
- Women's Golf:
- The Wake Forest women's golf team will set its sights on a second consecutive ACC championship and the program's fourth since 2019 when the Demon Deacons begin the conference tournament on Wednesday.
- The 15 ACC women's golf teams will tee off at the 2025 ACC Women's Golf Championship on Wednesday, April 16, and will run through Saturday, April 19, with the match-play final at the Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro.
- With the tournament field expanding to 15 teams for the first time in ACC history, the format has been adjusted from years past. Teams will compete in three rounds of stroke play, beginning with 36 holes on Wednesday and 18 holes on Thursday. The top six teams from stroke play will advance to match play, with the top two receiving byes into the semifinals. The third-place team will face the sixth-place team, while the fourth-place team will square off against the fifth-place team in the first round of match play on Friday. The winners of those matchups will then take on the first- and second-place squads later that same day. The match-play final is set for Saturday at 9 a.m.
- Overall, the Deacs have claimed eight team ACC titles: 1986, 1994, 1995, 2009, 2010, 2019, 2022 and 2024.
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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