Louisville Comes Up Short Against No. 25 Wake Forest

Friday, March 24

LOUISVILLE, KY

4:00 p.m.

University of Louisville

Wake Forest

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March 24, 2023 | Women's Tennis

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Cards battle, but fall short in 5-2 loss to the 25th-ranked Demon Deacons

By: Lori Harmon

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Louisville women's tennis team battled with No. 25 Wake Forest, but fell short 5-2 in an Atlantic Coast Conference matchup Friday evening at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center.

Wake Forest (12-7, 3-3 ACC) took an early lead in match with doubles wins on courts one and three. The 26^th-ranked Demon Deacon duo of Anna Brylin and Brooke Killingsworth defeated Andrea DiPalma and Rhea Verma 6-2 to give Wake an early edge. The Cardinals fought back with a win on court three as Jamilah Snells and Cici Xin upended Nevena Carton and Maddie Lynch 6-1 to even the doubles tally. The first point of the match was decided on court two where Louisville's Sasha Gorchanyuk and Maria Campos went up 4-1, but the Wake Forest duo of Mia Ahmad and Casie Wooten battled back to prevail 7-5 to secure the first point of the match.

In singles, the Cardinals evened the match score with Maria Campos' 6-0, 6-2 win over Mia Ahmad 6-0, 6-2 at the No. 6. 0.

The Demon Deacons countered with wins on courts two and four to take a 3-1 lead, but Louisville bounced back at the No. 1 spot where Di Palma took down No. 41-ranked Wooten 7-6 (1), 7-5 to make the match score 3-2 with courts three and five locked in third set battles.

At No. 3, Verma rebounded from a 6-0 first set loss to Killingsworth to pick up a 6-4 win in the second. The players traded games in the decisive third set before Killingsworth prevailed 7-5 to seal the win for the Demon Deacons.

In the final singles match on court, Xin fell 6-2 in her first set against Lynch, but battled back to take the second set 7-5 before falling 6-2 in the third.

Louisville (8-9, 0-7 ACC) will return to action on Sunday when eighth-ranked NC State visits the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center for a 12 p.m. matchup.

#25 Wake Forest Women's Tennis 5, Louisville Women's Tennis 2
3/24/2023 at Louisville, KY
(Bass-Rudd Tennis Center)
Singles
1. Andrea Di Palma (LOU) def. #41 Casie Wooten (WF) 7-6 (1-0), 7-5
2. #52 Anna Brylin (WF) def. Jamilah Snells (LOU) 7-5, 6-3
3. Brooke Killingsworth (WF) def. Rhea Verma (LOU) 6-0, 4-6, 7-5
4. Nevena Carton (WF) def. Tyra Richardson (LOU) 6-2, 6-4
5. Maddie Lynch (WF) def. Cici Xin (LOU) 6-2, 5-7, 6-2
6. Maria Campos (LOU) def. Mia Ahmad (WF) 6-0, 6-2
Doubles
1. #26 Anna Brylin/Brooke Killingsworth (WF) def. Andrea Di Palma/Rhea Verma (LOU) 6-2
2. Mia Ahmad/Casie Wooten (WF) def. Sasha Gorchanyuk/Maria Campos (LOU) 7-5
3. Jamilah Snells/Cici Xin (LOU) def. Nevena Carton/Maddie Lynch (WF) 6-1

Match Notes:
Wake Forest Women's Tennis 12-7, 3-3 ACC; National ranking #25
Louisville Women's Tennis 8-9, 0-7 ACC
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (6,2,4,1,3,5)
T-3:15 A-52