After playing through a season plagued by injury, the 15th-ranked Duke women’s tennis team hoped to rebound by making a deep run in the NCAA Tournament.
The second-seeded men’s tennis team (18-5, 8-3 in the ACC) had a major letdown at the ACC Tournament, losing to seventh-seeded North Carolina 4-2 at the Cary Tennis Center Friday.
CARY, N.C. — The 15th-ranked Blue Devils entered the ACC Championship seeking their 16th title in 18 years.
The Duke tennis team, ranked in the nation’s top-10 all season, will enter the postseason without the gritty Stephen Amritraj.
The seventh-seeded Blue Devils made quick work of 10th-seeded N.C. State Thursday, defeating the Wolfpack 4-0 in the first round of the ACC Championships at the Cary Tennis Center.
When the ACC women’s tennis tournament starts today, 15th-ranked Duke will be in a strangely unfamiliar position—seeded seventh.
After giving Duke its first lead at North Carolina Wednesday, seldom-used Parker Goyer knew she would be called upon to earn more crucial points for the Blue Devils with two of their top singles...
Duke seemed to have two different men’s tennis teams this weekend. The first team came out Saturday afternoon against No.
In his 15 years as Duke’s head coach, Jay Lapidus has learned a few things about a Duke-UNC men’s tennis matchup.
CHAPEL HILL — Leading 3-0 in the deciding set of the final match, Saras Arasu broke her tiring opponent’s serve for the second consecutive time and appeared to put Duke ahead for good.
Over the 16th-ranked Blue Devils’ last seven matches, a stretch in which they have gone 3-4, there has been a definite lack of intensity.
It may be just a short drive down 15-501 to Chapel Hill, but today’s trip to UNC will mark an important homecoming for junior Jonathan Stokke and the men’s tennis team.
For the second consecutive season, Ryan Rizza of the No. 3 Virginia men’s tennis team pulled off a comeback in the deciding singles match against No.
Upon dropping the second set tiebreaker to Maryland’s Marianne Baker, Duke junior Jackie Carleton tossed her racquet down the width of two courts.
The No. 5 men’s tennis team takes on the ACCs only other undefeated team today, third-ranked Virginia, at 1 p.m. in Ambler Tennis Stadium.
Nevermind that Wednesday’s loss to Wake Forest was Duke’s first conference road loss since 1989.
For the first time since George H.W. Bush was in office, No. 12 Duke lost a conference road match Wednesday, falling to No. 36 Wake Forest, 6-1.
The women’s tennis team came within a point of winning both of its home matches over the weekend but only managed a single victory.
The fifth-ranked men’s tennis team spent its southeastern road trip blowing away the competition, taking out No. 37 Georgia Tech 7-0 Saturday and No. 19 Clemson 5-2 Sunday.
As Katie Blaszak began her junior year at Duke, she did not wonder what spot she would fill on the Blue Devils’ lineup. Instead she wasn’t sure if she would play tennis at all.
