Cards Fall to Wake Forest

Friday, February 26

Winston-Salem, N.C.

2:00 PM

University of Louisville

Wake Forest

LOUISVILLE V MIDDLE TENNESSEE | ABBIE PAHZ

February 27, 2016 | Women's Tennis

Cards move to 6-5

By: Nancy Worley

The University of Louisville women's tennis team fell to 27th-ranked Wake Forest, 6-1, indoors at the Wake Forest Complex on Friday.

The Cardinals dropped to 6-5 and 0-3 in league competition. The Demon Deacons improved to 10-1 on the year and leveled their ACC record at 1-1.

The doubles competition was tightly contested in the early going, but the Deacons emerged with wins on all three courts. Kimmy Guerin and Anna Ulyashchenko were the first to finish, holding off Abbie Pahz and Ariana Rodriguez at No. 1 by a score of 6-4.

Luisa Fernandez and Andrea Retolaza Andrade locked down the first point of the match by doubling up Jessie Paul and Elle Stokes, 6-3, at No. 3 and Emma Davis and Samantha Asch completed the sweep by taking the No. 2 spot by the same score.

In singles, Emma Davis beat Ola Mally, 6-0, 6-0 at No. 2. Fernandez beat Olivia Boesing a 6-1, 6-1 at the No. 6 spot.

Ulyashchenko clinched the win by downing Ariana Rodriguez, 6-2, 6-3, in the third flight.

Joanna Zalewski beat Elle Stokes, 6-4, 6-4, at the No. 4 position. No. 82-ranked Kimmy Guerin column and made it 6-0 with a 10-7 match tiebreaker win over Sena Suswam at No. 1.

The Cardinals got their lone win at No. 5, where Samantha Asch dropped 6-4, 6-4 sets to Pahz.

No. 27 Wake Forest 6, Louisville 1
Feb. 26, 2016 at Wake Forest Tennis Complex (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
Singles competition
1. No. 82 Kimmy Guerin (WF) def. Sena Suswam (LOU) 6-0, 4-6, 1-0 (10-7)
2. Emma Davis (WF) def. Ola Mally (LOU) 6-0, 6-0
3. Anna Ulyashchenko (WF) def. Ariana Rodriguez (LOU) 6-2, 6-3
4. Joanna Zalewski (WF) def. Elle Stokes (LOU) 6-4, 6-4
5. Abbie Pahz (LOU) def. Samantha Asch (WF) 6-4, 6-4
6. Luisa Fernandez (WF) def. Olivia Boesing (LOU) 6-1, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. Kimmy Guerin/Anna Ulyashchenko (WF) def. Abbie Pahz/Ariana Rodriguez (LOU) 6-4
2. Emma Davis/Samantha Asch (WF) def. Olivia Boesing/Sena Suswam (LOU) 6-3
3. Luisa Fernandez/Andrea Retolaza (WF) def. Jessie Lynn Paul/Elle Stokes (LOU) 6-3

Match Notes
Louisville 6-5 (0-3 ACC)
Wake Forest 10-1 (1-1 ACC); National ranking No. 27
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (2,6,3,4,1,5)
T-2:25 A-165