Women’s Tennis Gets Back in the Win Column

Saturday, February 21

Winston-Salem, N.C.

11 A.M.

Wake Forest University

William & Mary

Photo by: Seth Seebaugh / Wake Forest Athletics

2/21/2026 2:49:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

The Demon Deacons defeated the Tribe of William & Mary on Saturday.

By: Joseph Baker

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Wake Forest (6-4) cruised to a bounce-back victory against William & Mary (6-2) on Saturday. Wake Forest won an intense doubles point, then proceeded to roll the Tribe, 5-1, in singles play. It is the Deacs' sixth home victory this season, tied for fourth-best in the ACC.

This was the second of three matches this weekend. After losing to Charlotte, 4-0, last night, the Deacs won today and will now prepare for App State on Sunday morning. Wake Forest increases its winning streak against William & Mary to five, and now leads the all-time series 25-17.

The Deacs got off to a great start in doubles thanks to Nevena Carton and Krystal Blanch, who were paired together for the first time all year. They took down William & Mary's top pairing of Tilda Larsson and Francesca Davis, 6-3. William & Mary responded, taking the match on court two, 6-2. It was Heidi Bulger and Aubrey Nisbet who produced the heroics, winning their match, 6-3, to secure the opening point for the Deacs.

In singles, it was all Wake Forest, all day. Carton, Gownder, Oxford and Bulger all won in straight sets to ensure a Wake Forest victory. Blanch then earned a hard-fought, three-set victory (6-3, 3-6, 6-3), while Nisbet fell just short against Ale Gonzalez-Galino in a third-set tiebreaker for William & Mary's lone point of the match.

Doubles Results

1. Nevena Carton/Krystal Blanch (WFU) def. Tilda Larsson/Francesca Davis (WM), 6-3
2. Mira Kernagis/Ale Gonzalez-Galino (WM) def. Evie Oxford/Sankavi Gownder (WFU), 6-2
3. Heidi Bulger/Aubrey Nisbet (WFU) def. Emma Pell/Yaelle Vaissaud (WM), 6-3

Order of finish: 1, 2, 3

Singles Results

1. Nevena Carton (WFU) def. Sia Chaudry (WM), 6-1, 6-0
2. Krystal Blanch (WFU) def. Tilda Larsson (WM), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
3. Heidi Bulger (WFU) def. Francesca Davis (WM), 6-2, 6-4
4. Evie Oxford (WFU) def. Mira Kernagis (WM), 6-4, 6-3
5. Sankavi Gownder (WFU) def. Rebeka Svabikova (WM), 6-1, 6-3
6. Ale Gonzalez-Galino (WM) def. Aubrey Nisbet (WFU), 7-5, 3-6, 1-0 (10-4)

Order of finish: 1, 5, 4, 3, 6, 2

How it Happened

All three doubles matches got out to competitive, tight starts through the first few sets.
Carton/Blanch were the first to win a match, defeating Larsson/Davis, 6-3.
Shortly after, Kernagis/Gonzales-Galino responded for the tribe, defeating Wake's in-from duo of Oxford/Gownder, 6-2.
Bulger/Nisbet came up clutch to defeat Pell/Vaissaud, 6-3, and clinch the doubles session.
- Wake Forest leads, 1-0.
Wake took the lead in singles, winning the first set in five of the six matches.
Carton dropped just one game in a beatdown of Chaudry to secure the first singles result.
Gownder and Oxford won in straight sets to clinch the match.
- Wake Forest led, 4-0.
Bulger tacked on another straight-set win to bring the Deacs' tally to five.
Nisbet fell in a hard-fought, third-set tiebreaker to Gonzalez-Galino for William & Mary's first point of the match.
Blanch ended the match with a third-set, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 victory.
- Wake Forest wins, 6-1.

From Coach Wyshner
"Good response from the group from yesterday to today. We're improving doubles; I don't think Nev and Krystal have ever played doubles together, even in practice, but they did a great job after we decided to sit Kady today. Our singles were solid at every spot. Courts two-through-six all had moments where the opponent was on a bit of a roll and making things hard on us, and we handled those moments the best we have all year. Excited for one more home match tomorrow morning."

Up Next
The Demon Deacons will wrap up their three-game homestand with an intrastate battle against App State. Wake Forest leads the all-time series 14-1. The two programs last met in 2017; Wake Forest won 6-1. The Mountaineers are 1-3 on the road this season.