This Week in Wake Forest Women’s Athletics – Presented by Truist (Sept. 15-21)
9/15/2025 10:20:00 AM | Football, General, Women's Cross Country, Women's Golf, Women's Soccer, Women's Tennis, Women's Volleyball
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 nine ACC schools to win 11 or more national championships. Additionally, with 1.7 million people within 30 miles of campus, Wake Forest anchors the Winston-Salem and Triad market, which ranks as ESPN's seventh-best nationally 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.
- Volleyball:
- Hosting home action for the first time during the 2025 season, the Demon Deacons this past weekend defeated Davidson 3-0 and Maryland 3-1.
- The program proudly celebrated its 1975 team in a 50th year anniversary reunion over the weekend. The 1975 team posted an overall record of 31-9 and still holds program records for both season wins and win percentage (.775).
- The Demon Deacons will compete in three matches this week:
- Tuesday at ECU
- Thursday vs. North Carolina A&T
- Saturday at ODU
- Field Hockey:
- The Demon Deacons continued non-conference play this past weekend, earning a pair of victories over VCU (2-1) and UMass Lowell (9-0).
- In Sunday's win, head Coach Jen Averill picked up her 450th career win to add to a lengthy list of accomplishments as the leader of the Demon Deacons.
- The Deacs saw eight different players contribute to the scoring sheet, highlighted by a hat trick from forward Lauren Storey, while Mia Montag and Mia Schoenbeck each scored twice.
- The team begins ACC play this week, first traveling to New York on Friday to play Syracuse before a Sunday afternoon tilt with Boston College.
- Women's Soccer:
- The No. 18 ranked Demon Deacons went 2-0-0 this past week, highlighted by a 3-1 victory over Miami in the team's ACC opener on Wednesday.
- On Sunday, the Deacs battled with USC Upstate before pulling away with a 6-2 victory over the Spartans in the non–conference finale. Graduate Sophie Faircloth scored a pair of goals late in the first half, marking her first multi-goal game since Oct. 29, 2020.
- The Deacs continue ACC play this week, first with a Thursday night showdown against Virginia Tech at Spry before heading north to face Boston College in Massachusetts on Sunday.
- Cross Country:
- In their first meet of the 2025 season, the Wake Forest women's cross country team placed first overall at the Queen City Invite on Friday evening, highlighted by junior Angelina Perez claiming the individual title.
- The Ringwood, N.J., native crossed the finish line in 16:19.7 to earn the first individual victory of her collegiate career, having previously placed as high as second at the Firetower Project CC meet last season.
- Along with Perez, three other Demon Deacons placed inside the top-10, including two in the top five. Graduate student Maisie Wilmer finished just behind Perez in second place, clocking a time of 16:47.2.
- Women's Golf:
- Following back-to-back team scores under par, the Wake Forest women's golf secured its first team title of the 2025-26 season at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate at Royal Golf Club in Lake Elmo, Minn., last week. Overall, this is the Deacs' 27th victory under head coach Kim Lewellen.
- Leading the Deacs was freshman Chloe Kovelesky, recording her lowest 54-hole score in her career with a 207 (-9). Claiming her second collegiate title, Kovelesky penciled in three under-par rounds of 71, 67 and 69.
- The Boca Raton, Fla., native is the first individual champ at the ANNIKA since Rachel Keuhn in 2019.
- The Deacs are in action this week at the prestigious Jackson T. Stephens Cup in Illinois.
- Women's Tennis:
- The Wake Forest women's tennis team wrapped up its first tournament of the fall at the Debbie Southern Fall Classic.
- Six Demon Deacons competed through three days in Greenville. The team finished with 10 combined wins through singles and doubles play.
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 nine ACC schools to win 11 or more national championships. Additionally, with 1.7 million people within 30 miles of campus, Wake Forest anchors the Winston-Salem and Triad market, which ranks as ESPN's seventh-best nationally 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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