Entering last fall, Wake Forest head coach Kim Lewellen was asked to diagnose why her Demon Deacons, world-beaters each of the last two regular seasons, had fallen flat in their two trips to Grayhawk for the NCAA Division I Women's Championship. Two seasons ago at nationals, Wake fell from seventh to 12th on the final stroke-play day to miss match play, and last year, the Deacs didn’t even make it to Monday, placing 16th.
“With the caliber of players we have and the outside goals they have, we need to balance that better so that they are rested and peaking at NCAAs,” Lewellen said back in August.