It was a two-for-one weekend at the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center.
With a pair of 6-1 victories, No. 11 Duke eased past No. 38 Indiana Saturday and unranked Yale Sunday, pushing the Blue Devils to 2-1 on the season.
"It was great to play some matches after being off for two weeks," head coach Jamie Ashworth said. "We needed to get some matches against outside people and we have to work on our doubles play heading into ACC action next weekend, but overall I thought we played pretty well this weekend."
On Saturday, a pair of close doubles wins helped Duke deal Indiana (8-1) its first loss of the season. Senior Daniela Bercek and sophomore Melissa Mang highlighted the victory with a 9-7 win over Sigrid Fischer and Cecile Perton. Sophomore Jessi Robinson and freshman Elizabeth Plotkin then combined for a 8-6 win over Laura McGaffigan and Alba Berdala to secure the doubles point for the Blue Devils.
In singles competition, Mang closed out McGaffigan 6-1, 6-3, and Bercek followed up with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Berdala. Freshman Amanda Granson clinched Duke's singles win by defeating Brianna Williams 6-3, 6-3.
Plotkin and Robinson also posted singles wins of their own. Robinson shut down Lindsey Stuckey, 7-5, 7-6, and Plotkin outplayed Fischer, 3-6, 10-6.
In Sunday's play, the Blue Devils again used their doubles teams to set the pace in their victory over Yale (1-4). Granson and senior Kristin Cargill snagged an 8-5 victory over Bulldogs Sarah Lederhandler and Jessica Rhee, and Bercek and Mang followed up with an 8-2 close-out over Christine Alford and Janet Kim.
In singles action, Granson breezed by Rhee 6-1, 6-2, while senior Clelia Deltour put up a 6-3, 6-0 victory over Olivia Nix. Cargill followed with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Lilian Nguyen and Bercek defeated Kim 6-3, 6-4 to seal Duke's victory.
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