Feb. 27, 2000

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The 15th-ranked Notre Dame women’s tennis team split singles match but won just one of three doubles matches in falling 5-4 at fifth-ranked Wake Forest on Sunday. The 4-1 Demon Deacons won at Nos. 1 and 2 doubles to end a two-match losing streak against the Irish, who fall to 7-4 with their third loss to a top-five team this season. Notre Dame returns to action against 11th-ranked Northwestern on Wed., March 1, at 4:00 p.m. at the Eck Tennis Pavilion.

A day after defeating 28th-ranked North Carolina 5-4, the Irish fell short on the bid to beat a top five team for the first time since a 5-4 win at fifth-ranked Texas in 1996. Junior All-American Michelle Dasso and sophomores Nina Vaughan and Lindsey Green completed 2-0 weekends in singles on Sunday. Dasso beat seventh-ranked Wake Forest freshman Adria Engel 6-3, 6-1 at No. 1 singles, while Vaughan rallied for a 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 victory over Maren Haus at No. 4. Green won her team-leading ninth dual singles match with a 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 victory over 57th-ranked Jackie Houston at No. 5 singles. Wake Forest used wins at Nos. 2, 3 and 6 singles to send match tied 3-3 after singles. The Demon Deacons then posted wins at Nos. 1 and 2 doubles to clinch the win.

#5 WAKE FOREST 5, #15 NOTRE DAME 4

Singles No. 1: #82 Michelle Dasso (ND) def. #7 Adria Engel (WF) 6-3, 6-1

No. 2: #29 Bea Bielik (WF) def. Becky Varnum (ND) 6-3, 6-1

No. 3: #42 Janet Bergman (WF) def. Kelly Zalinski (ND) 6-3, 6-2

No. 4: Nina Vaughan (ND) def. Maren Haus (WF) 3-6, 6-2, 6-2

No. 5: Lindsey Green (ND) def. #57 Jackie Houston (WF) 7-6 (4), 6-3

No. 6: Annemarie Milton (WK) def. Kimberly Guy (ND) 6-2, 6-1

Doubles

No. 1: #14 Bielik/Engel (WF) def. #33 Dasso/Varnum (ND) 8-6

No. 2: #23 Bergman/Milton (WF) def. Katie Cunha/Vaughan (ND) 8-3

No. 3: Green/Zalinski (ND) def. Haus/Houston (WF) 8-5