Demon Deacons Fall to Furman on the Road

Friday, January 23

Greenville, S.C.

6 P.M.

Wake Forest University

Furman

1/23/2026 9:18:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

Wake Forest next prepares for a return to its home courts for a doubleheader.

By: Joseph Baker

GREENVILLE, S.C. – Wake Forest women's tennis (1-2) fell to Furman (3-1) by a score of 4-0 on Friday night. The loss snapped Wake Forest's five-match win streak against the Paladins.

Furman quickly claimed the first point of the evening, winning the first two doubles sessions of the match. Wake Forest's duo of Nevena Carton and Kady Tannenbaum were up 4-3 on the No. 16 duo in the country, Sasha Dimitrov and Lillie Murphy, but their match remained unfinished.

Within singles, Krystal Blanch, Tannenbaum and Carton all fell in straight sets on courts 1-3 to officially decide the match.

Heidi Bulger was able to earn a set win before dropping her second set, but the deciding third set was never played out due to the result being finalized. Evie Oxford and Sankavi Gownder never had a chance to complete a set in fifth and sixth singles, respectively.

Wake Forest will have a week until its next match, as the Deacs will host Marshall and UNC Greensboro next Saturday in their lone doubleheader of the season. Wake Forest finished last year's non-conference slate on a 12-5 clip and will look to improve on that mark in the coming weeks.

Doubles Results

Nevena Carton/Kady Tannenbaum (WFU) vs. No. 16 Sasha Dimitrov/Lillie Murphy (FUR) 4-3, unfinished
Bianca Ceroni/Elle Warren (FUR) def. Krystal Blanch/Evie Oxford (WFU) 6-3
Macy Hitchcock/Molly Robinson (FUR) def. Jingyi Li/Sankavi Gownder (WFU) 6-2

Order of finish: 2, 3

Singles Results

Elle Warren (FUR) def. Nevena Carton (WFU) 7-6 (7-5), 6-3
Lillie Murphy (FUR) def. Krystal Blanch (WFU) 6-2, 6-2
Macy Hitchcock (FUR) def. Kady Tannenbaum (WFU) 6-0, 7-6 (9-7)
Heidi Bulger (WFU) vs. Sasha Dimitrov (FUR) 6-4, 3-6, unfinished
Bianca Ceroni (FUR) vs. Evie Oxford (WFU) 4-2, unfinished
Sankavi Gownder (WFU) vs. Molly Robinson (FUR) DNS

Order of finish: 2, 3, 1

How it Happened

Furman won the first two doubles matchups, quickly taking a 1-0 lead in the match.
Wake Forest's Carton/Tannenbaum duo was up 4-3 on Furman's No. 16 pairing of Dimitrov/Murphy before it was called.
Heidi Bulger won her first set against Furman's Sasha Dimitrov – a nationally ranked player– in doubles.
Furman won its matches against Carton, Blanch and Tannenbaum on courts one, two and three to wrap up the match, 4-0.

From Coach Wyshner
"First off, a lot of credit to Furman. They were hungry from beginning to end, and even when we found a little traction and took some momentary leads, they were able to fight back immediately. It was a great environment with a loud, hostile crowd, and it is always great to see college tennis played in that sort of environment. As for how we played, we played very sporadically. We didn't defend well enough and we weren't consistent enough on the attack… a second or third ball would end in the net or fly long. We've got a lot of work to do but it is just January. Hopefully this will light a fire under us and we'll grow from here."

Up Next
The Demon Deacons will prepare to defend their home court next Saturday (Jan. 31), when they welcome in a pair of opponents for the first, and only, time this season. The first match against Marshall is set for an 11 a.m. start time. The afternoon session vs. UNC Greensboro will follow at 4 p.m.