The first round of the ACC Tournament served as a chance for redemption after dismal conference seasons for the Terrapin men’s and women’s tennis teams.

But yesterday, a combined one win in 22 conference matches for the two teams this season proved to be no fluke. Both the men and the women were overmatched, losing their respective matches 4-0.

The Terp men (13-13, 1-10 ACC) came into yesterday’s matchup as the No. 11 seed, earning the right to play No. 6 seed Wake Forest, which the Terps wrapped up the regular season against Sunday with a 6-1 loss.

Ranked No. 23 nationally, the Demon Deacons (14-8, 7-4) again proved to be too much for Terps, jumping out to an early 4-0 lead to seal the match.

“I don’t think we played very well,” coach Kyle Spencer said. “Wake Forest played a very solid match. They came out with great emotion today.”

Graham Knowlton, who has filled in for Matt Sarrazin since Sarrazin went down with a stress fracture in his foot, lost at No. 5 singles in straight sets to wrap up the victory for the Demon Deacons.

Once the overall match has been clinched in overall tournaments, all unresolved matches are suspended. After Knowlton’s defeat in the No. 5 spot, the Terps were left unable to salvage remaining points in the match.

The loss capped off a disappointing conference season for the Terps, who came in with high expectations after their best start to a season since 1986.

“Wake was just the better team today,” Spencer said. “We just got outplayed.”

The Terp women (5-14, 0-11 ACC) came into the 12-team tournament as the No. 12 seed, where they had to deal with a superior talent in the No. 5 seed and overall No. 14 Florida State.

Coach Howard Joffe, whose team’s season-long goal has been to win its first-round ACC Tournament matchup, identified the doubles point as the key for any possible Terps upset.

But the Terps fell in doubles — their specialty all season — and went on to lose three singles matches in straight sets en route to an easy 4-0 victory for the Seminoles (13-9, 6-4).

“The guts of it is that they’re a top-15 team at the moment,” Joffe said. “We’re not even close to being a ranked team.”

Joffe was proud of his team’s gritty effort despite being winless in conference on the season.

“I didn’t come away feeling poorly about how the kids performed or competed,” Joffe said. “We had some leads in doubles, and it ended up pretty damn close. That could have been the difference.”

As has been the case all season for the Terps, however, they just didn’t have the talent to contend with the Seminoles.

“It just wasn’t enough,” Joffe said. “They’re too good for us.”

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