This Week in Wake Forest Women’s Athletics – Presented by Truist (March 16-22)

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:

Women's Basketball:
- The Wake Forest women's basketball team was selected to the Women's National Invitational Tournament and will play Maryland Eastern Shore Thursday evening at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum with tipoff scheduled for 6 p.m.
- The Deacs are 5-0 all-time against the Hawks with the last matchup coming in 2018. All five matchups have been in Winston-Salem. Wake Forest holds an all-time record of 47-7 against MEAC teams including going 3-0 against the conference this season.
- The Demon Deacons are into postseason play for the second time under the direction of head coach Megan Gebbia while also reaching the ACC Tournament for the third time in her four seasons this year.
- The Deacs earned this opportunity with their most wins in ACC play since the 2022-23 season as well as the best non-conference record since the 2021-22 season.
Women's Tennis:
- Wake Forest will have the middle of this week off before heading up to No. 54 Princeton (11-1) for its final non-conference match of the season. The Deacs will be looking to snap the Tigers' seven-match winning streak on Saturday, March 21.
  - Wake Forest leads the all-time series, 2-1, and won the last meeting back in 2020.
- Last week, Wake Forest battled in a pair of ACC matches including a narrow 4-3 defeat at SMU on Friday evening.
Women's History Month:
- Throughout March, Wake Forest University and Wake Forest Athletics proudly celebrate Women's History Month. This month, we're spotlighting trailblazers and pioneers who helped shape the Wake Forest experience and current student-athletes who are sharing their own stories.
  - Mary Carter, Women's Basketball student-athlete
  - Kim Lewellen, Tony & Vi Golding Women's Golf head coach

About Truist
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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, innovative department of engineering and its nationally renowned Program for Leadership and Character, which prepares students to live with purpose, integrity and courage. Additionally, Wake Forest has campuses across Winston-Salem, Charlotte and Washington, D.C. – 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.

This Week in Wake Forest Women’s Athletics – Presented by Truist (March 16-22)

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Mary Carter

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