The Blue Devils may not have participated in this invitational if not for the cancellation of the Bonk Invitational.
In his three-plus years, Alvarez collected 71 wins, including 31 dual match victories at the top of the Blue Devil lineup.
After storming into the semifinals, the duo faltered early in the match and was unable to hold off the pair from Oklahoma State.
The freshman did not get out to the start that she wanted Wednesday.
The Blue Devils jumped out to an early lead on all three doubles courts before nearly letting the point slip away.
No. 3 seed Duke defeated eleventh-seeded Texas Tech 4-1 in the NCAA quarterfinals and advanced to the semifinals for the first time since 2012.
Duke used a strong start in singles play to earn its place in the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2014.
Duke rallied to take a brief 3-2 advantage, but Ole Miss won the final two singles matches to advance to the next round.
The pair of victories clinched Duke’s eighth undefeated home campaign under head coach Jamie Ashworth.
Duke has not won an ACC title since 2012.
Duke ran into third-seeded Florida State, losing 4-1 at Cary Tennis Park in Cary, N.C. on Friday night. That marked the third defeat in their last four matches for Duke with two of them coming against the Seminoles.
Last weekend, the Blue Devils clinched the ACC regular-season title with dominant performances against North Carolina and Virginia Tech. Now, Duke is three wins away from hoisting the postseason championship trophy and likely one of the top three seeds come NCAA tournament play next month.
Led by a dominant showing in singles, the Blue Devils earned their first victory against the Tar Heels since 2014.
The Blue Devils will need to dig deep to come out on top this weekend.
Duke put itself in prime position to win the ACC regular-season title outright next weekend if it takes down North Carolina.
Nicolas Alvarez rejoined his team Friday after spending last weekend in Metepec, Mexico competing for his native country of Peru in the Davis Cup.
The Blue Devils followed up their first loss in 11 matches with a 7-0 victory against Clemson Sunday afternoon.
In a weekend with Duke missing its top performer, the Blue Devils struggled mightily.
In both contests, Duke took down its competition 6-1, securing both hard-fought doubles points and only faltering once in each match on the singles courts.
Sean Sculley’s racquet went flying over the fence of Ambler Tennis Stadium’s Court 6 Friday night as he clinched the biggest win of his rookie season.
