May 22, 1998

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - The Wake Forest womens tennis team lost to 2nd-ranked Stanford here Friday, 5-2, in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championship. The 13th-ranked Demon Deacons, who were making their first-ever appearance in the final eight of the national tournament, completed their season with an 18-9 record.

Lule Aydin at number-two singles and Jackie Houston at number-five recorded Wake wins. For Aydin, the teams only senior, it was her ninth consecutive win in singles competition.

Aydin and the Deacon number-one doubles team of Nicola Kaiwai and Dorothee Kurz will participate in the NCAA singles and doubles championships which take place here next week.

STANFORD 5, WAKE FOREST 2

SINGLES

Kremer (S) d. Verban (WF) 6-1, 6-2

Aydin (WF) d. Scott (S) 6-1, 6-4

Ashley (S) d. Kaiwai (WF) 6-3, 3-6, 7-6

Bleszynski (S) d. Kurz (WF) 6-2, 6-1

Houston (WF) d. Pestieau (S) 6-2, 5-7, 6-1

Heiser (S) d. Milton (WF) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4

DOUBLES

#1 not completed

Scott-Bleszynski (S) d. Aydin-Verban (WF) 8-4

#3 not completed