WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Wake Forest controlled doubles play and utilized three straight-set singles wins to earn a 4-0 women's tennis win against James Madison on Sunday afternoon at the Wake Forest Tennis Center.
The Demon Deacons (7-2) conceded just five total games across the three doubles courts to take the early 1-0 lead, after producing a 6-1 win on court two and 6-2 victory on court one to clinch the point.
In singles play, Wake won the opening set on all six courts, but JMU (0-7) was pushing in the second set on a pair of courts, as
Mia Saveljic was within a game of forcing a third set against Kady Tannenbaum on court four (4-6, 5-1) and
Ines Oliveira held a slim lead on #73 Krystal Blanch in the second on court two (2-6, 4-3).
The Deacs doubled the lead to 2-0 on court six, as Brianna Baldi downed
Hope Moulin, 6-1, 6-4. Moulin had trailed 5-1 before pushing it to 5-4 in the second set. Sankavi Gownder upended
Corinna Rietmann, 6-3, 6-2, on court five to move the lead to 3-0.
Wake Forest clinched the match on court three, where Whitley Pate defeated
Sophie Williams, 6-2, 6-0. One additional match went unfinished over on court one, as Novana Carton led
Daria Munteanu, 7-5, 2-1.
JMU is back on the court next weekend for a pair of matches in Lynchburg, Va. The Dukes face host Liberty on Friday, Feb. 14 at 3 p.m., followed by a neutral match with Michigan State on Sunday, Feb. 15 at 1 p.m.
Wake Forest 4, JMU 0
Doubles Results
Court 1: Krystal Blanch/Makayla Mills (WF) def. #40
Ines Oliveira/
Sophie Williams (JMU), 6-2
Court 2: #36 Novena Carton/Kady Tannenbaum (WF) def.
Elena Kraleva/
Corinna Rietmann (JMU), 6-1
Court 3:
Hope Moulin/
Daria Munteanu (JMU) vs. Whitley Pate/Anna Zhang (WF), 2-5 unfinished
Singles Results
Court 1:
Daria Munteanua (JMU) vs. Novena Carton (WF), 5-7, 1-2 unfinished
Court 2:
Ines Oliveira (JMU) vs. #73 Krystal Blanch (WF), 2-6, 4-3 unfinished
Court 3: Whitley Pate (WF) def.
Sophie Williams (JMU), 6-2, 6-0
Court 4:
Mia Saveljic (JMU) vs. Kady Tannenbaum (WF), 4-6, 5-1 unfinished
Court 5: Sankavi Gownder (WF) def.
Corinna Rietmann (JMU), 6-3, 6-2
Court 6: Brianna Baldi (WF) def.
Hope Moulin (JMU), 6-1, 6-4
Order of Results: Doubles (2, 1*), Singles (6, 5, 3*)