With a mix of talented newcomers and skilled veterans, the Blue Devils showed they have a roster capable of returning to the NCAA tournament in their season opener.
Coming off a second straight disappointing NCAA tournament loss, the Blue Devils will look to make their offseason work pay off starting this weekend.
After failing to qualify for the NCAA tournament a season ago, the Blue Devils hope severalreturners can lead them back to the postseason.
A day after surviving three tiebreaks and three match points by winning the crucial rallies, freshman Kaitlyn McCarthy was unable to find the same magic in the Round of 32.
Down 6-3 in a third set tiebreak, McCarthy won four straight points before defeating Wake Forest’s No. 64 Kimmy Guerin 7-6(7-5), 6-7(5-7), 7-6(9-7) in the first round of the NCAA singles championship at the Michael D.
Nicolas Alvarez’s hopes of making a deep run in postseason play were spoiled Wednesday afternoon. Alvarez, the No. 22 player in the country, concluded his sophomore campaign with a 6-2, 6-3 loss to Stanford’s Tom Fawcett in the first round of the NCAA singles championship at the Michael Case Tennis Center in Tulsa, Okla.
Alvarez, the No. 22 player in the country, will open play at the NCAA singles championship Wednesday at the Michael Case Tennis Center in Tulsa, Okla.
McCarthy, the 55th-ranked singles player in the country, will compete in the NCAA singles championship starting Wednesday at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center in Tulsa, Okla.
The Longhorns overcame an early 2-0 deficit by winning four straight singles matches to upset the ninth-seeded Blue Devils 4-2 Saturday afternoon at Ambler Tennis Stadium in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
Ninth-seeded Duke cruised past Virginia Commonwealth 4-0 Friday afternoon at Ambler Tennis Stadium in its NCAA tournament opener.
The ninth-seeded Blue Devils will kick off the NCAA tournament Friday at 1 p.m. against Virginia Commonwealth at Ambler Tennis Stadium.
Although they fell in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament, the Blue Devils still received a top-10 seed for the NCAA championship and will open play in front of their home crowd. No. 9 Duke earned the No. 9 seed in the championship bracket and will take on Virginia Commonwealth in its first match May 13 at 1 p.m.
Three weeks to the day after Duke swept Virginia on the Cavaliers' home courts, a rain-delayed and relocated rematch brought a much different outcome.
Notre Dame bounced Duke from the ACC tournament Thursday, beating the Blue Devils 4-1 at the Cary Tennis Park. Duke will miss the NCAA tournament for the first time in head coach Ramsey Smith's eight-year tenure.
Riding a four-match losing streak, Duke will meet seventh-seeded Notre Dame in the ACC tournament Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Cary Tennis Park in Cary, N.C.
Fourth-seeded Duke will take the court Friday at 1 p.m. at the Cary Tennis Park in Cary, N.C., across the net from the winner of Thursday’s matchup between fifth-seeded Virginia and 12th-seeded Florida State.
The Blue Devils dropped the first five singles matches after conceding the doubles point, and head into the postseason having lost four in a row, including three to teams ranked in the top seven in the country.
Despite the absence of senior leader Beatrice Capra for the third straight match, the Blue Devils closed out the regular season on a high note at Clemson and earned a much-needed two-day bye in the ACC tournament.
Clemson stormed back with four straight singles victories to snatch a 4-3 win from Duke at Ambler Tennis Stadium. Daniel McCall’s final two sets had to be decided by tiebreakers, but the senior could not come away with either one, leaving the Blue Devils with their third straight loss and fourth 4-3 loss on the year.
No. 16 Georgia Tech dealt the short-handed No. 8 Blue Devils a tight 4-3 loss Friday afternoon. at the Ken Byers Tennis Complex in Atlanta. Four of the six singles matches went three sets—and three needed tiebreakers—but No. 49 Paige Hourigan outlasted Duke's No. 41 Kaitlyn McCarthy on court two to give the Yellow Jackets the win.
