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Hokies Fall to No. 28 Wake Forest, 4-0, at the ACC Championships
Tech finishes the year 7-17
April 21, 2005

CARY, N.C. - No. 11 seed Virginia Tech was shutout by No. 6 seed Wake Forest, 4-0, in its opening match of the Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Tennis Championships at the Cary Tennis Center this afternoon. The loss dropped the Hokies to 7-17 overall while the 28th-ranked Demon Deacons improved to 13-9 on the year.

The Demon Deacons earned the doubles point by winning the No. 1 and No. 3 matches. Tech's team of Anat Elazari and Jessica Long fell to the ITA's 17th-ranked team of Karin Coetzee and Alex Hirsch by a score of 8-2 in the No. 1 match. Meredith Holmes and Bethan James of Virginia Tech lost their No. 3 match to Alisha Talbot and Jenna Loeb, 8-3.

Wake Forest then swept three singles matches, which was enough to clinch the match (4-0). Bethan James (Fr., Flintshire, UK) forfeit her No. 4 match to Jenna Loeb. Meredith Holmes (Jr., Bloomington, Ind.) dropped a quick 6-0, 6-0 match to Alisha Talbot in the No. 6 position. In the No. 2 spot, Jessica Long (Fr., Elizabethtown, Pa.) lost to 57th-ranked Ashlee Davis in straight sets. Long, who was out for the Hokies for several weeks, competed for the first time since March 29th.

Next up for Wake Forest is a 3 p.m. contest versus the No. 2 seed, ninth-ranked Miami, on Friday. The two semi-final matches will be played on Saturday, April 23 then the championships concluded with the 11 a.m. finals match on Sunday. For complete coverage of the 2005 ACC Women's Tennis Championships, visit the women's tennis page on theacc.com at http://theacc.collegesports.com/sports/w-tennis/acc-w-tennis-champ-05.html/.

No. 28 Wake Forest 4, Virginia Tech 0

Singles

1. No. 28 Karin Coetzee (WF) def. Anat Elazari (VT), 6-4, 1-1 DNF

2. No. 57 Ashlee Davis (WF) def. Jessica Long (VT), 6-0, 6-2 *

3. Katie Martzolf (WF) def. Ashley James (VT), 6-1, 3-1, DNF

4. Jenna Loeb (WF) def. Bethan James (VT), 2-0, retired

5. Blakely Offutt (WF) def. Kate Harrington (VT), 6-1, 5-5 DNF

6. Alisha Talbot (WF) def. Meredith Holmes (VT), 6-0, 6-0

* = clinching point

Doubles

1. No. 17 Coetzee/Hirsch (WF) def. Elazari/Long (VT), 8-2

2. Martzolf/Davis (WF) def. Harrington/Ashley James (VT), 4-4, DNF

3. Talbot/Loeb (WF) def. Holmes/Bethan James (VT), 8-3