Winston-Salem, N.C. – The University of Louisville women’s tennis team fell 5-2 to No. 24 Wake Forest on Sunday afternoon at the Wake Forest Tennis Center.
Louisville drops to 8-14 (0-13 ACC) with the loss and Wake Forest improves to 15-9 (7-6 ACC) with the win.
Wake Forest clinched the doubles point, winning 6-2 on courts two and three. Tatiana Simova and Andrea Di Palma held a 4-3 lead against No. 8 Anna Brylin and Brooke Killingsworth at the No. 1 spot before the doubles point was clinched.
In singles, the Demon Deacons won the first four singles matches to extend their lead to 5-0. Louisville earned the final two points of the match when Simova outlasted Killingsworth 6-3, 6-4 and Chelsea Sawyer defeated Brylin in a third-set tiebreak 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (10-7).
Up next, Louisville will travel to Rome, Ga to face Boston College in the first round of the ACC championship. The match is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Tennis Match Results
Louisville vs Wake Forest
4/17/2022 at Wake Forest University
(Wake Forest Tennis Center)
No. 24 Wake Forest 5, Louisville 2
Singles competition
1. Anna Campana (WF) def. Andrea Di Palma (LOU) 6-1, 6-2
2. #96 Casie Wooten (WF) def. Rhea Verma (LOU) 6-2, 6-1
3. Chelsea Sawyer (LOU) def. Anna Brylin (WF) 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (10-7)
4. Samantha Martinelli (WF) def. Sasha Gorchanyuk (LOU) 6-3, 6-4
5. Tatiana Simova (LOU) def. Brooke Killingsworth (WF) 6-3, 6-4
6. Saby Nihalani (WF) def. Tyra Richardson (LOU) 6-0, 6-4
Doubles competition
1. #8 Anna Brylin/Brooke Killingsworth (WF) vs.
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