WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The Citadel battled hard across the board but ultimately fell, 7-0, against ACC opponent and 13th-ranked Wake Forest on Friday evening at the Wake Forest Tennis Center.

Match Information
Location: Winston-Salem, N.C. (Wake Forest Tennis Center)
Final Score: #13 Wake Forest 7, The Citadel 0
Records: Wake Forest (7-2), The Citadel (1-4)

Match Rundown

• Hayden Shoemake and Will Graham took three games off their ACC foes at No. 2 doubles, but the Demon Deacons grabbed the doubles point and the early lead after wins at all three positions.
• In singles play, Zvonko Bencedic won four games at No. 2 against Robert Maciag, the most of any Bulldog in across the six singles matches.
• Facing a ranked foe in No. 92 Rrezart Cungu at No. 3, Shoemake grabbed two games in the second set. Phillip Quinn also took a game off Luciano Tacchi, ranked No. 121, at the No. 5 spot.

Match Results
Doubles
1. Siddhant Banthia and Matthew Thomson (WF) def. Josiah Schainblatt and Zvonko Bencedic (CIT) 6-1
2. Adam Ambrozy and Robert Maciag (WF) def. Hayden Shoemake and Will Graham (CIT) 6-3
3. Yuval Solomon and Filippo Moroni (WF) def. Phillip Quinn and Andrew Darby (CIT) 6-0
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2

Singles
1. Siddhant Banthia (WF) def. Will Graham (CIT) 6-1, 6-0
2. Robert Maciag (WF) def. Zvonko Bencedic (CIT) 6-1, 6-3
3. #92 Rrezart Cungu (WF) def. Hayden Shoemake (CIT) 6-0, 6-2
4. Adam Ambrozy (WF) def. Josiah Schainblatt (CIT) 6-1, 6-1
5. #121 Luciano Tacchi (WF) def. Phillip Quinn (CIT) 6-1, 6-0
6. Matthew Thomson (WF) def. Andrew Darby (CIT) 6-0, 6-1
Order of Finish: 1, 5, 4, 3, 6, 2

Up Next
The Citadel will be back in action on Saturday as the Bulldogs are set to face Methodist in a rematch of the Feb. 6 battle in Sumter, S.C. In that first meeting, the Bulldogs came away with a 6-3 victory in a rally that saw them win five of the six singles matches.