Women’s Tennis Defeated by No. 7 California on the Road

Saturday, February 28

Berkeley, Calif.

3 P.M.

Wake Forest University

California

Women’s Tennis Defeated by No. 7 California on the Road

2/28/2026 6:06:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

Wake Forest will return home for a pair of matches next week.

By: Joseph Baker

BERKELEY, Calif. – Wake Forest (7-6, 0-2 ACC) dropped the second leg of its two-match road trip to No. 7 Cal (5-1, 3-1 ACC) on Saturday afternoon. Despite a strong start in doubles and another Evie Oxford singles win, Wake Forest suffered its second straight loss, this time by a score of 4-1.

Krystal Blanch and Aubrey Nisbet gave the Deacs an early advantage in the doubles session, blanking Mille Johanna Moerk and Anya Murthy in a 6-0 win. The Golden Bears would respond on courts two and three, though, and earned the doubles point with those wins.

In singles, Oxford won her match, leveling the score at one to kick off the session. She improved to 9-1 in singles matches this season; the freshman leads the team in singles wins and win percentage.

Cal responded with three consecutive straight-set singles wins to seal the match. The Deacs are still searching for their first road win of the season after a fruitless trip out west. Next week, though, they will return home, where they have been very good (7-1) this year. Wake Forest will host a pair of matches against Sunshine State foes over the weekend. No. 54 Miami comes to town Friday, and Florida State will visit Sunday.

Doubles Results

Mao Mushika/Johanne Svendsen (CAL) def. Nevena Carton/Kady Tannenbaum (WFU), 6-4
Laura Cilekova/Berta Passola Folch (CAL) def. Heidi Bulger/Evie Oxford (WFU), 6-2
Krystal Blanch/Aubrey Nisbet (WFU) def. Mille Johnanna Moerk/Anya Murthy (CAL), 6-0

Order of finish: 3, 2, 1

Singles Results

No. 74 Johanne Svendsen (CAL) vs. Nevena Carton (WFU), 6-2, 5-3 (unfinished)
No. 13 Berta Passola Folch (CAL) def. Krystal Blanch (WFU), 6-0, 6-1
No. 55 Mao Mushika (CAL) vs. Kady Tannenbaum (WFU), 7-5, 1-1 (unfinished)
Laura Cilekova (CAL) def. Heidi Bulger (WFU), 6-0, 6-1
Evie Oxford (WFU) def. Mille Johanna Moerk (CAL), 6-2, WR
Anya Murthy (CAL) def. Aubrey Nisbet (WFU), 6-1, 7-5

Order of finish: 5, 2, 4, 6

How It Happened

Blanch/Nisbet came out firing on all cylinders and quickly downed Moerk/Murthy with a 6-0 victory.
Cilekova/Folch answered shortly after, controlling their match against Bulger/Oxford to level it at one.
Carton/Blanch tied the match on court one at four apiece, but Mushika/Svendsen won the final two sets to earn Cal the doubles point.
- Cal took a 1-0 lead.
Cal won the opening set in five of the six matches.
Evie Oxford dominated on court five, winning the first set 6-2 before Moerk retired in set two.
- Wake Forest leveled the match at one.
No. 13 Folch and Cilekova recorded straight-set wins to bring Cal one point away from clinching.
Murthy defeated Nisbet, 6-1, 7-5, to clinch the match for Cal. Carton and Tannenbaum's matches remained unfinished in the second set.
- Cal wins, 4-1.

From Coach Wyshner
"Any time you are playing a top ranked team on the road, you know it is going to be a challenging day. Add in having only six players available to play and having had a long day yesterday, and I am really impressed with the fight our group showed today. Our doubles looked better again, and we played some good singles against a very good team; a team that has last year's number one playing number three this year. I'm looking forward to getting an ACC home weekend next week! Hope we'll get some fans out to support us in two big matches, Miami on Friday and Florida State on Sunday! Go Deacs!"

Up Next
Wake Forest will return home for a pair of matches over the weekend. The Deacs will look to defeat Miami (5-2, 2-0 ACC) for the first time since the nineties on Friday, then will welcome Florida State (4-7, 0-2 ACC) to Winston-Salem on Sunday afternoon.