Wake Rounds Up Two ACC Wins
UVA, VT fall at WFU Indoor Tennis Center

March 9, 2008

Final Stats

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The Wake Forest women's tennis team opened Atlantic Coast Conference play with two wins over the weekend, defeating Virginia 5-2 and Virginia Tech 6-1.

The Demon Deacons now stand at 5-5 for 2008 and 2-0 in conference play. Next up for team is a spring break match with San Diego State, set for Thursday, March 13 in San Diego, Calif.

Wake Forest opened the weekend with a 2-1 doubles point win over the Cavaliers (5-5) and followed with four straight-set singles wins from Sasha Kulikova, Christian Tara, Emilee Malvehy and Katarina Reveche to take the 5-2 overall victory.

On Sunday, Wake snagged its second ACC doubles point, led by Sasha Kulikova and Sierra Poske at No.1 who posted an 8-2 win over Hokies Inga Beerman and Yasmin Hamza. Aileen Davis and Alex Hirsch sealed the point victory with an 8-5 win at No. 3.

Kulikova improved to 9-1 for the season with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Hamza at No. 2. Christian Tara then gave the Deacons a 3-0 lead by defeating Jessica Long 6-2, 6-2 at No. 3.

After breezing through her first set against J.J. Larson 6-1, Wake's Sierra Poske fell behind 5-6 in the second set, but rallied to win the tiebreaker for a 7-6 win to clinch the Demon Deacon victory.

Alex Hirsch, Emilee Malvehy, and Katarina Reveche ended their matches in super tiebreakers, with Hirsch taking an 18-16 win over Beerman, Malvehy defeating Jessica Brouwer 7-5 and Reveche dropping a 10-7 decision to Holly Johnson.

WFU 5, UVA 2

Doubles
1. Rales/Alexander (UVA) d. Kulikova/Poske (WFU) 8-4
2. Tara/Ana Jerman (WFU) d. Yahner/Pereira (UVA) 8-6
3. Hirsch/Aileen Davis (WFU) d. Stevens/Hampton Williams (UVA) 8-5

Singles
1. Amanda Rales (UVA) d. Alex Hirsch (WFU) 6-4, 6-4
2. Sasha Kulikova (WFU) d. Jennifer Stevens (UVA) 6-4, 7-5
3. Christian Tara (WFU) d. Maggie Yahner (UVA) 6-3, 6-4
4. Lindsey Pereiro (UVA) d. Sierra Poske (WFU) 2-6, 7-5, 1-0
5. Emilee Malvehy (WFU) d. Lara Alexander (UVA) 6-2, 6-1
6. Katarina Reveche (WFU) d. Cathy Nimitz (UVA) 6-3, 6-3

Virginia Tech vs Wake Forest
Mar 09, 2008 at Winston-Salem, N.C.

Wake Forest 6, Virginia Tech 1

Singles competition
1. Alex Hirsch (WF) def. Inga Beermann (VT) 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (18-16)
2. Sasha Kulikova (WF) def. Yasmin Hamza (VT) 6-2, 6-4
3. Christian Tara (WF) def. Jessica Long (VT) 6-2, 6-2
4. Sierra Poske (WF) def. J.J. Larson (VT) 6-1, 7-6
5. Emilee Malvehy (WF) vs. Jessica Brouwer (VT) 5-7, 6-1, 1-0 (7-5)
6. Holly Johnson (VT) def. Katarina Reveche (WF) 5-7, 6-3, 1-0 (10-7)

Doubles competition
1. Sasha Kulikova/Sierra Poske (WF) def. Inga Beermann/Yasmin Hamza (VT) 8-2
2. Jessica Brouwer/J.J. Larson (VT) def. Ana Jerman/Christian Tara (WF) 8-6
3. Aileen Davis/Alex Hirsch (WF) def. Holly Johnson/Jessica Long (VT) 8-5

Match Notes:
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3*,2); Singles (2,3,4*,5,6,1)

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