SPORTS | TENNIS
Harris falls in regional championship for Duke women's tennis
By Spencer Levy | October 24, 2017Winthrop’s No. 55 Lauren Proctor stopped Samantha Harris in her quest for a championship.
Winthrop’s No. 55 Lauren Proctor stopped Samantha Harris in her quest for a championship.
The entire Duke team will compete together for the second this season in the ITA Regionals from Oct. 19-23
Duke co-hosted the ITA Carolina Regional this weekend with N.C. State, but came home without any championship hardware.
Two months ago, Kaitlyn McCarthy and Ellyse Hamlin held championship hardware at the ITA National Summer Championship. Now, the Blue Devil duo will return with another trophy.
In his first tournament since withdrawing from the Rainbow Warrior Classic in Waikiki, Hawai'i, in January, Alvarez made it to the second round.
After nearly a year of waiting, Duke will finally get its star back.
Duke is back in action with an array of matches set to be played starting this Saturday.
Kelly Chen always dreamed of one day playing on the biggest stage in American tennis: the U.S. Open.
After traveling across the country for the weekend, Duke fell just short of returning to Durham with some hardware to show for it.
Samantha Harris was awarded the No. 3 seed at the ITA Oracle Masters, and Kaitlyn McCarthy earned the No. 4 seed.
After walking onto the team, Jason Lapidus has gradually taken on a bigger role before breaking through this weekend.
Duke held its own in the face of stiff competition, including the likes of defending national champion Florida.
Following an early exit in last spring's NCAA tournament, the Blue Devils are eager to get their fall season started.
After upsetting Alabama’s No. 13 Erin Routliffe in the first round, No. 43 Chi battled against South Carolina’s No. 47 Mia Horvit at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, Ga.
Chi will return to the court Thursday at 9 a.m., where she will take on South Carolina’s No. 47 Mia Horvit in the Round of 32.
Duke's No. 1 singles player returned to action at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, Ga., at the University of Georgia Friday, but Harris and her teammates were no match for one of the nation's perennial powers.
If the Blue Devils want a shot at their first quarterfinal appearance since 2014, Duke must find early traction in doubles and translate that momentum to a few singles upsets.
A year after Texas came to Durham and upset Duke in the second round of the NCAA tournament, the 15th-seeded Blue Devils made sure history did not repeat itself with another team in orange on the other side of the court. Duke took down Tennessee 4-1 Saturday afternoon at Ambler Tennis Stadium to clinch its first berth in the Round of 16 since 2014.
Duke put up a strong fight for the doubles point at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex, but the Bulls dominated the Blue Devils in the singles portion of the contest
The 15th-seeded Blue Devils had little trouble dispatching an overmatched Boston University team—even if it took much longer than the hosts expected.