He even drilled a trey from the left corner to cut Wake Forest’s lead to 26-21, after Young was doubled in the post and kicked it out. The sophomore guard was everywhere and, quite frankly, saved the Blue Devils for stretches of the opening period. In the span of just more than three minutes, the New Jersey native picked up a rejection, set up Mark Mitchell for a wide-open triple with a terrific wraparound pass and converted a steal into a dunk to make it 21-17 Demon Deacons. Just a few possessions later, with Wake Forest (9-4, 1-1) leading 14-12, Blakes started an even more impressive individual display. Then, Blakes got a putback to go off a Roach miss, and two possessions later, Grandison nailed a corner triple via a picturesque skip pass from his junior point guard. First, it was graduate wing Jacob Grandison, who hit a turnaround midrange jumper to cut into the Demon Deacon lead. And similar to their most recent contest, an 82-55 win against Maryland Eastern Shore, it came via the second unit. Trailing 11-4 just after the under-16 timeout, the Blue Devils needed a spark. obviously he's a good player, and they were able to get a few lobs like that," Young said on Appleby's ability to attack and dish. "We knew that Appleby coming in was going to be able, he's a really good distributor. "We didn't fold, and we've had some moments where we've teetered and we didn't finish and tonight was a great example of finishing."Īppleby had a lot to do with that ability to finish, as the Florida transfer ended with 18 points-including 13-of-14 from the charity stripe-and eight assists, giving the Demon Deacons a huge boost despite his eight turnovers. "In the second half, we took a punch to the canvas there in about nine minutes, but we came right back," Wake Forest head coach Steve Forbes said. Yet Appleby, who was top-three in the ACC in points (18) and assists (5.1) per contest entering Tuesday, controlled the tempo the rest of the way. Add in a rough evening for Roach (nine points on 3-of-7 from the field), who was making his return after missing one game due to a right toe injury, and an upset was in store.įor a flash, the Blue Devils threatened to charge back into it, with three straight wing triples, one from Tyrese Proctor and two from Blakes, cutting the Wake Forest edge to 62-55. From there, Duke (10-3, 1-1 in the ACC) was playing from substantially behind the rest of the night. Leading 39-30 entering the final 20 minutes, Wake Forest, led by standout point guard Tyree Appleby and the versatile Cameron Hildreth, embarked on a 14-8 run to start the half. Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1) Singles (2,6,4,1,5,3)įor more information on the Florida State women’s tennis program, check and follow us on social media at FSUWTennis (IG) and (TW)."Credit Wake, they outplayed us, they were the hungrier team and I thought their sense of urgency coming off their game on Saturday, you could really tell, and for us, we didn't have that," Scheyer said, referring to the Demon Deacons' 81-57 road loss to Rutgers over the weekend. Kristyna Lavickova/Ellie Schoppe (FSU) 7-5 Anna Arkadianou/Millie Bissett (FSU) def. Vic Allen/Kianah Motosono (FSU) 7-6 (6)Ģ. #16 Anna Brylin/Brooke Killingsworth (WF) def. Admission to matches at the Scott Speicher Memorial Tennis Center is free. 3 singles 2-6, 7-6 (5), 3-2 by retirement to give Florida State the 5-2 victory.įlorida State returns to action at home on Sunday against North Carolina State at 12 p.m. The last three matches all went to a third set and graduate student Mila Saric clinched the match with a 6-7 (6), 7-6 (2), 6-0 win at No. Shortly after, junior Ellie Schoppe extended the lead to 3-1 with a dominant 6-1, 6-2 win at No. The Seminoles took the 2-1 lead when freshman Kristyna Lavickova won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 3 contests to give the Demon Deacons a 1-0 lead.įlorida State quickly tied the match up 1-1 when senior Vic Allen defeated Anna Brylin 6-4, 2-0, due to injury. The Seminoles kicked off the match with a win at No. “We had to fight through a lot of adversity and found a way to get a win.” “Unreal effort by the team today,” assistant coach Mark Ardizzone said. 2-2 ACC) defeated 19th-ranked Wake Forest 5-2 on Friday in an intense matchup. TALLAHASSEE– The Florida State women’s tennis team (7-5.
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