Sunday, April 6
Tallahassee, FL
12 p.m.
Wake Forest University
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Florida State
Wake Forest Drops Final Road Contest to Florida State
4/6/2025 3:37:00 PM | Women's Tennis
The Demon Deacons will look to bounce back next weekend as they take on Stanford and California to close out the regular season.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The No. 36 Wake Forest women's tennis team closed its final road trip of the season on Sunday afternoon, falling to No. 75 Florida State, 4-1.
The Demon Deacons (14-10, 3-7 ACC) took the early advantage in the match as they claimed the doubles point following back-to-back wins on courts one and three.
After the Seminoles (13-7, 4-6 ACC) struck first in doubles with a victory on court two, graduate student Anna Zhang and junior Whitley Pate responded with a 6-3 victory over Monfils/Putz at third doubles. Moments later, graduate student Makayla Mills and redshirt sophomore clinched the point with a ranked-win over No. 42 Shaw/Parra Romero at first doubles (6-3).
With Sunday's results, the Deacs are now a combined 37-16 in doubles matches this season, with Zhang and Pate leading the way with a 15-1 record as a duo. Meanwhile, Blanch and Mills now sit at 8-6 following their highest-ranked victory this season, with their only other ranked win coming during Wake Forest's victory over Clemson.
In singles play, Blanch and junior Nevena Carton picked up the only sets of the match for the Deacs, with both claiming the first set in a tiebreaker in their respective matches. Carton was locked into a tight battle with Eva Shaw at first singles when the match was clinched (7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 0-1), while Blanch was tied in the final set at second singles against Millie Bissett, seeing her match go unfinished, 7-6 (7-0), 1-6, 3-3.
Wake Forest will now look to bounce back next weekend as they close out the regular season at home against Stanford and California.
How It Happened
Singles Results
Order of finish: 3, 4, 5, 6
Doubles Results
Order of finish: 2, 3, 1
From Coach Wyshner
"Proud of the way we fought this weekend. The Florida road trip is a really hard one and it was made even more difficult by having so many players out or not at 100 percent. That said, we may have lost the match today partly because of what it took to win two matches last Wednesday and Sunday. It will be nice to get home, rest, and get ready for Stanford on Friday." - head coach Jeff Wyshner
Next Up
The Demon Deacons close out the regular season next weekend against Stanford and California at Leighton Courts. The Deacs will take on Stanford on Friday before facing off against California as part of Senior and Graduates Day on Sunday.
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The Demon Deacons (14-10, 3-7 ACC) took the early advantage in the match as they claimed the doubles point following back-to-back wins on courts one and three.
After the Seminoles (13-7, 4-6 ACC) struck first in doubles with a victory on court two, graduate student Anna Zhang and junior Whitley Pate responded with a 6-3 victory over Monfils/Putz at third doubles. Moments later, graduate student Makayla Mills and redshirt sophomore clinched the point with a ranked-win over No. 42 Shaw/Parra Romero at first doubles (6-3).
With Sunday's results, the Deacs are now a combined 37-16 in doubles matches this season, with Zhang and Pate leading the way with a 15-1 record as a duo. Meanwhile, Blanch and Mills now sit at 8-6 following their highest-ranked victory this season, with their only other ranked win coming during Wake Forest's victory over Clemson.
In singles play, Blanch and junior Nevena Carton picked up the only sets of the match for the Deacs, with both claiming the first set in a tiebreaker in their respective matches. Carton was locked into a tight battle with Eva Shaw at first singles when the match was clinched (7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 0-1), while Blanch was tied in the final set at second singles against Millie Bissett, seeing her match go unfinished, 7-6 (7-0), 1-6, 3-3.
Wake Forest will now look to bounce back next weekend as they close out the regular season at home against Stanford and California.
How It Happened
- Zhang and Pate jumped out to an early 3-1 lead at third doubles to kick off the doubles match for the Deacs.
- Blanch and Mills also got out to a 3-1 lead at first doubles.
- The Seminoles took the advantage in the doubles match with a win at second doubles.
- Wake Forest earned back-to-back victories on courts one and three to clinch the doubles point and take the lead in the match.
- Zhang/Pate defeated Putz/Monfils at third doubles (6-3), before Blanch/Mills clinched the point with a 6-3 victory over No. 42 Shaw/Parra Romero.
- Florida State tied the match due to a retirement on court three.
- The Seminoles took the first set on courts four and five.
- Blanch claimed the first set on court two on a seven-point tiebreaker, 7-6 (7-0).
- Carton also took her first set on court one, 7-6 (7-3).
- Florida State closed out the first set with a win on court six.
- FSU took the lead with a win at fourth singles.
- The Seminoles forced a third set on courts one and two.
- Florida State extended their lead with a victory at fifth singles, making it 3-1.
- The Seminoles clinched with a win at sixth singles as the Deacs fell, 4-1.
Singles Results
- No. 62 Nevena Carton (WF) vs. Eva Shaw (FSU) 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 0-1 UF
- Krystal Blanch (WF) vs. Millie Bissett (FSU) 7-6 (7-0), 1-6, 3-3 UF
- Kristyna Lavickova (FSU) def. Anna Zhang 6-2 WR
- Mary Bryce Deatherage (FSU) def. Whitley Pate (WF) 6-4, 6-1
- Maria Parra Romero (FSU) def. Makayla Mills (WF) 6-4, 6-1
- Laura Putz (FSU) def. Jingyi Li (WF) 7-6 (7-1), 6-4
Order of finish: 3, 4, 5, 6
Doubles Results
- Blanch/Mills (WF) def. No. 42 Shaw/Parra Romero (FSU) 6-3
- Li/Bissett def. No. 78 Carton/Tannenbaum (WF) 6-3
- Zhang/Pate (WF) def. Putz/Monfils (FSU) 6-3
Order of finish: 2, 3, 1
From Coach Wyshner
"Proud of the way we fought this weekend. The Florida road trip is a really hard one and it was made even more difficult by having so many players out or not at 100 percent. That said, we may have lost the match today partly because of what it took to win two matches last Wednesday and Sunday. It will be nice to get home, rest, and get ready for Stanford on Friday." - head coach Jeff Wyshner
Next Up
The Demon Deacons close out the regular season next weekend against Stanford and California at Leighton Courts. The Deacs will take on Stanford on Friday before facing off against California as part of Senior and Graduates Day on Sunday.
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,3,1
#1 Singles Match
1234
7300
Eva Shaw / 0 [FSU]
661UF
#2 Singles Match
1234
7130
Millie Bissett / 0 [FSU]
663UF
#3 Singles Match
12
20
Kristyna Lavickova / 0 [FSU]
6WR
#4 Singles Match
12
41
Mary Deatherage / 0 [FSU]
66
#5 Singles Match
12
41
Mariana Parra Romero / 0 [FSU]
66
#6 Singles Match
12
64
Laura Putz / 0 [FSU]
76
Order of Finish:
3,4,5,6
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