Wake Forest never looked back. Although Pamintuan defaulted in third singles to Henikoff because of an ankle injury, Pamintuan's team-mates picked up the slack.

First, Guery edged Dragomirescu in two close sets to pad the visitor's lead to 4-2.

Then, Dallwitz downed the double-fault plagued Minkus, 6-3, 6-2 to seal the Wake Forest win.

Freshman Melinda Wang's strong performance in sixth singles against highly rated Tracy Zawacki provided one of the few bright spots in the match.

No Diesel Power

After losing the first set and falling behind in the second set, 3-0, Wang shifted into turbo. She wasted the fazed Zawacki by winning six of the following seven games to win the set 6-4 and tie the match at a set apiece.

But then a strange thing happened. Zawacki elevated her play to go a notch above Wang's play and win the rubber set, 6-4.

Wake Forest's Tournant defeated DeLone in three sets in second singles to provide the final margin of victory.

Tough Road Ahead

The team travels to sunny California Thursday for a wave of five matches against some of the nation's top squads.

The Crimson opens up against talented 24th ranked U.S. International University and also will play ninth rated Pepperdine.

"This team is a lot like the men's team last year," Dragomirescu said. "There are a lot of freshmen who have put in work and will continue to put in work. With such hard workers, success will come."