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Women’s Tennis Suffers Heartbreaker Against No. 30 Wake Forest in NCAA Tournament Opener

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Women’s Tennis Suffers Heartbreaker Against No. 30 Wake Forest in NCAA Tournament OpenerWomen’s Tennis Suffers Heartbreaker Against No. 30 Wake Forest in NCAA Tournament Opener

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Up 3-1 against No. 30 Wake Forest in the NCAA Tournament opener, the Sun Devils couldn't put away the Demon Deacons, falling 4-3 on Friday afternoon at the Goodfriend Tennis Center.

Wake Forest rallied and grabbed wins on Courts 2, 4 and 6 to send the Sun Devils back to Tempe. It halts a streak of three consecutive NCAA Tournaments in which they've advanced beyond the First Round (no tournament in 2020 due to COVID-19 cancellation).

The Sun Devils began the afternoon in an early 1-0 hole, due to a pair of Demon Deacon doubles victories on Courts 1 and 2. Marianna Argyrokastriti and Rachel Hanford, paired alongside one another for the first time this season, were leading, 5-4, at the time of the abandonment of their match.

DOUBLES

  1. #24 Anna Brylin/Brooke Killingsworth (Wake) def. #20 Domenika Turkovic/Patricija Spaka (ASU), 6-3 
  2. Mia Ahmad/Casie Wooten (Wake) def. Sedona Gallagher/Giulia Morlet (ASU), 6-4
  3. Marianna Argyrokastriti/Rachel Hanford (ASU) vs. Nevena Carton/Whitley Pate (Wake), 5-4 (unfinished)

Order of finish: 1, 2

SINGLES

  1. Giulia Morlet (ASU) def. #57 Casie Wooten (Wake), 6-3, 6-0
  2. #73 Anna Brylin (Wake) def. Domenika Turkovic (ASU), 2-6, 6-2, 3-6
  3. Brooke Killingsworth (Wake) def. Marianna Argyrokastriti (ASU), 6-3, 6-7, 4-6
  4. Nevena Carton (Wake) def. Sedona Gallagher (ASU), 4-6, 6-3, 3-6 
  5. Rachel Hanford (ASU) def. Whitley Pate (Wake), 6-1, 6-2
  6. Patricija Spaka (ASU) def. Jingyi Li (Wake), 6-1, 6-3

Order of finish: 5, 1, 6, 2, 4, 3

The Sun Devils end the 2022-23 campaign at a 17-7 clip, good for their second straight 17-win campaign. It's just the 13th time under head coach Sheila McInerney they've won 17 matches or more and the first time in consecutive seasons since 2013-14.

Though that's it for the Sun Devils as a team this spring, the attention will now shift to the NCAA Doubles Tournament, where the country's No. 20 ranked duo of Turkovic/Spaka were one of 32 teams selected to compete.

Play will be held May 22-27 at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida, following the conclusion of the NCAA Team Championships.

Full NCAA release