Duke women's tennis lost in the second round of the NCAA tournament for the second year in a row, this time to Tennessee in Knoxville.
Duke men's tennis had another strong season, reaching the Round of 16 in the NCAA tournament and garnering plenty of individual accolades. The Chronicle's beats round up the season and recap the best moments.
They say the devil is in the details. But in Durham, the Blue Devils are in the details — and numbers.
As commencement exercises began on Duke’s campus, the tennis crew left Durham to take on TCU.The Blue Devils fell to the Horned Frogs in a hasty 4-0 loss to conclude the season for the team and run for the NCAA title.
As the Blue Devils set their sights on further aspirations, the talent on the court is only outmatched by the genuine bonds of brotherhood surrounding this team.
The Blue Devils let a bad start get the best of them and concluded their season with a 16-10 overall record after losing 4-0 in the second round of the NCAA tournament to No. 16 Tennessee.
The Blue Devils dominated UNC Asheville 4-0 and Alabama 4-1 in the first two rounds of the NCAA Team Championship. Head coach Ramsey Smith’s team advances to take on TCU in the Super Regionals for only the second time since 2015.
As both the Duke women and men’s tennis teams prepare for the NCAA Tournament, the Blue Zone previews the postseason encounters for both Blue Devil squads, with additional details on each of the teams’ prospective opponents.
In an ACC tournament semifinal matchup against No. 1-seed Virginia Saturday, the fourth-seeded Blue Devils looked to avenge last season’s ACC and NCAA tournament losses to the Cavaliers. But a hard-fought effort that began by taking the doubles points fell short with an eventual 4-1 loss.
As the collegiate sports spring season comes to an end, the Blue Zone is here to shine a spot light on the Duke women's tennis team.
Once everyone move inside after rain delays, the match went the other way, leading to a speedy and decisive 4-0 win for North Carolina, sending Duke home just a day removed from its own 4-0 win against Wake Forest in the prior round Thursday.
Kimchi has been forced to shoulder lofty standards on top of the normal difficulties of being a freshman and international student. That’s not to mention the unexpected hurdles that would come with being Israeli on a college campus this year, something Kimchi wasn’t expecting when she came to Duke.
The Blue Devils started off strong Friday with a dominant 4-1 victory against No. 7 Wake Forest, before falling to No. 16 NC State by a score of 4-2 Sunday.
Head coach Jamie Ashworth’s squad won in dominant fashion on the road against Louisville, coming away with a 4-0 sweep against the Cardinals.
On a senior day that was marked by multiple comebacks, Duke fell to No. 4 Virginia in a 4-3 nailbiter.
After taking the doubles point, the 17th-ranked Blue Devils won four of the six singles matches, clinching the 5-2 victory.
Duke beat the Fighting Irish 5-2, and its dominance began with its doubles play: The Blue Devils took the lead from the start and did not look back.
Fresh off two straight wins against ACC opponents, No. 19 Duke women’s tennis struggled to find the mental toughness necessary to upset No. 8 North Carolina.
Despite dropping the doubles point in both matches, Duke rallied to defeat the Demon Deacons 4-1 and the Wolfpack 4-3.
Three singles wins by Sheets, Jackson and Kimchi, along with the Blue Devils smoothly capturing the doubles point, gave Duke the requisite four points to secure an eventual 7-0 victory.
