Women’s Tennis Shuts Out Louisville, 4-0, on Senior & Graduates Day

Sunday, April 5

Winston-Salem, N.C.

12 P.M.

Wake Forest University

Louisville

Photo by: Bryce Mitchell / Wake Forest Athletics

Women’s Tennis Shuts Out Louisville, 4-0, on Senior & Graduates Day

4/5/2026 4:42:00 PM | Women's Tennis

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The Demon Deacons recorded their most dominant ACC victory of the season.

By: Joseph Baker

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Wake Forest (11-11, 3-7 ACC) celebrated its home finale with a dominant 4-0 win over Louisville (9-11, 1-10 ACC) on Sunday. Before the action got underway, Nevena Carton was honored by Coach Wyshner on Senior & Graduates Day. She had an important pair of wins today, helping the Deacs in their dominant win over the Cardinals. She is Wake Forest's No. 1 singles and doubles player, improved to 21-14 combined this season and joined the 100-win club earlier this year.

The Deacs finish the 2026 season 10-5 at home and get back to .500 on the season heading into their final conference road trip. This is the first time they have logged double-digit home wins since 2023. The 4-0 win over the Cardinals also marks their first shutout of an ACC opponent this season.

Wake Forest gained an early advantage after one of its strongest doubles performances of the season. Carton and Kady Tannenbaum jumped out to a 5-0 lead and proceeded to earn the first doubles win of the day on court one. Krystal Blanch and Aubrey Nisbet secured the opening point for the Deacs with a 6-1 win over Alice Otis and Lucia Gallegos.

Tannenbaum followed up her strong doubles performance with a win in sixth singles. She defeated Rebekkah Gaines, 6-1, 6-2, to put the Old Gold & Black up 2-0. Oxford then defeated Elena Noguero in straight sets to put the Deacs up 3-0. The freshman continues her terrific 2026 campaign with her team-leading 16th singles win of the season.

It was the senior, Carton, who clinched the win. She defeated Alice Otis 6-2, 6-2, in first singles to secure the victory for the Demon Deacons. Carton improves to 9-7 on the season in singles play with the win.

Doubles Results

Nevena Carton/Kady Tannenbaum (WFU) def. Berta Miret/Elena Noguero (LOU), 6-1
Germany Davis/Rebekkah Gaines (LOU) vs. Sankavi Gownder/Evie Oxford (WFU), 4-2 (unfinished)
Krystal Blanch/Aubrey Nisbet (WFU) def. Alice Otis/Lucia Gallegos (LOU), 6-1

Order of finish: 1, 3

Singles Results

Nevena Carton (WFU) def. Alice Otis (LOU), 6-2, 6-2
Germany Davis (LOU) vs. Krystal Blanch (WFU), 6-3, 2-5 (unfinished)
Evie Oxford (WFU) def. Elena Noguero (LOU), 6-1, 6-3
Heidi Bulger (WFU) vs. Lika Peresypkina (LOU), 7-5, 1-0 (unfinished)
Berta Miret (LOU) vs. Sankavi Gownder (WFU), 6-4, 2-2 (unfinished)
Kady Tannenbaum (WFU) def. Rebekkah Gaines (LOU), 6-1, 6-2

Order of finish: 6, 3, 1

How It Happened

Wake Forest took early leads in all three doubles sessions.
The Deacs' top duo of Carton and Tannenbaum earned the first win of the day, beating Otis and Gallegos 6-1.
Blanch and Nisbet won by the same score in third singles to end doubles play.
- Wake Forest leads, 1-0.
Tannenbaum defeated Gaines in straight sets to extend the Wake Forest lead.
Oxford beat Noguero in straight sets to improve to 16-2 in singles on the year.
Carton capped off her senior day with a win in first singles. She and Tannenbaum finished 2-0, with wins in singles and doubles, on the day.
Wake Forest wins, 4-0.

From Coach Wyshner
"That's a really great senior day! Nevena won both her doubles and singles in convincing fashion and the singles win was the clincher. I really appreciate the good crowd we had show up for our last home match, especially on Easter Sunday! The whole team played well. We got a doubles point and went from there. It was a good final home match and I'm looking forward to a road trip with this group next weekend."

Up Next
Wake Forest will take a trip up north to wrap ACC play. The Deacs take on No. 9 Virginia on Friday, April 10, before finishing the regular season in Blacksburg on Sunday against Virginia Tech. First serve for the Virginia match is set for 4 p.m.