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By Bo Triplett | April 14, 2011The Tobacco Road rivalry never fails to host intensely close matchups, and yesterday’s match in Chapel Hill was no different.
The Tobacco Road rivalry never fails to host intensely close matchups, and yesterday’s match in Chapel Hill was no different.
After their first conference loss against top-ranked Virginia last weekend, the No. 11 Blue Devils (16-7, 7-1 in the ACC) knew that they needed two wins against ACC rivals Georgia Tech and Clemson...
It was Senior Day at Ambler Stadium yesterday, and while Nadine Fahoum has spent a relatively short amount of four-year career playing at Duke, the senior made the most of the occasion.
The Blue Devils hit the road this weekend for a pair of key ACC matches.
After nearly three hours of play, senior Reka Zsilinszka pumped her fist in the air as she slammed a winner past her opponent to clinch a 4-3 upset for No. 4 Duke over third-ranked North Carolina.
Friday, the Blue Devils saw their undefeated ACC record blemished. Sunday, they bounced back in style.
After coming up with a definitive 7-0 win against Virginia Tech Saturday, No. 4 Duke pulled away with a 5-2 win against No. 17 Virginia Sunday at Ambler Stadium thanks to two late singles victories.
Cecil is back on campus. Enrolled in classes as a sophomore, she also deals with the responsibility of being a volunteer assistant coach for her former team, including some of her old teammates.
The ball hit the let cord, bounced up, hit the cord again...and rolled onto the court for match point.
It’s that time of year again: flowers are blooming—and Duke is winning.
After a dry spell in doubles play, the No. 3 Blue Devils found their stride Wednesday against Wake Forest.
Henrique Cunha was nowhere to be found on court one when the Blue Devils began singles play against Michigan Saturday afternoon. The No. 10 singles player in the nation was instead sitting in the...
It was a disappointing end to a successful weekend. After defeating two ranked teams en route to the semifinals of the ITA National Indoor Championships, including an upset of the two-time...
Despite defeating Virginia and Tennessee in the opening rounds of the ITA National Team Indoor Championship, No. 6 Duke ultimately fell short for the second time in two weeks to No. 2 Florida.
Last March, Duke upset then-No. 3 Southern California in Durham, an unlikely win that was surely the team’s most significant victory of the season, especially after the Trojans went on to win the...
Coming into this weekend, Duke knew it faced an uphill battle against No. 2 Florida. Midway through the doubles matches Sunday, however, the Blue Devils found themselves neck-and-neck with the...
Reid Carleton and Henrique Cunha gave both the current and former No. 1 players in the country all they could handle this weekend. Unfortunately, the contest’s result was already decided in...
In its second straight match against top-25 competition, Duke will battle Florida at the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center on Sunday at 12 p.m.
Duke has little time to recover from that loss as it faces VCU and No. 3 Tennessee (4-0) on Friday and Saturday, respectively.