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Blue Devils win pair in Hawaii
By Staff Reports | March 17, 2008No. 13 Duke celebrated spring break in Hawaii with victories over the hometown Warriors and No. 20 Tennessee.
No. 13 Duke celebrated spring break in Hawaii with victories over the hometown Warriors and No. 20 Tennessee.
The eighth-ranked Blue Devils fell 5-2 to No. 2 Northwestern Sunday at the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center. The loss was Duke's first of the year.
No. 15 Duke knocked off sixth-ranked Florida 4-3 Friday, then capped the weekend by blanking Southern Medothist University 7-0 Sunday at Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center.
Before their bout with the fourth-seeded duo of Sophie Grabinski and Sanaz Marand Monday in the ITA Southeast Regional final in Chapel Hill, junior Melissa Mang and sophomore Amanda Granson just...
The 35th-ranked doubles duo of Plotkin and Nze beat Kelly and Yvette Hyndman of Georgia 9-8(4) in the first round, placing them against Tracy Lin and Andrea Remynse of UCLA in the second round of...
Although she never had played in a collegiate match, Reka Zsilinszka did not let her inexperience faze her, winning the singles Flight B championship at the William & Mary Invitiational.
The Intercollegiate Tennis Association announced its 2007 preseason rankings Tuesday, and several Blue Devils were named among college's best.
Seventh-seeded Duke fell hard to second-seeded Georgia Tech in the quarterfinals of the ACC Championship 4-0 Friday in Cary.
Three days after a mass shooting rocked the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Va., the Hokies will take the court against Duke in the first round of the ACC Tennis Championships in at noon Cary,...
Plagued by illness, No. 18 Duke wrapped up a disheartening weekend with a tough 4-0 loss to No. 11 North Carolina Sunday after being upset 5-2 upset by No. 42 N.C. State Saturday. "It was really...
Struggling with injuries and illness, No. 18 Duke fell 5-2 to No. 19 Wake Forest at the Wake Forest Indoor Tennis Center Wednesday.
Down 4-1 in the third set in Friday's tiebreaking match against No. 9 Miami, freshman Amanda Granson dug into her reserves and fought back Gina Sabatino to win 7-6, and then 7-2 in the tiebreaker,...
The Blue Devils finished a solid week by recording three victories, but just missed out on the opportunity to capture their biggest win of the season.
Everything seemed to fall into place for No. 11 Duke Sunday, as the Blue Devils played their way to a smooth 5-2 win over No. 20 Arizona State at the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center.
Fourth-ranked Florida was too much to handle for No. 11 Duke Saturday as the Gators (8-0) beat the Blue Devils (3-2) 6-1 at Linder Stadium in Gainesville, Fla.
With a pair of 6-1 victories, No. 11 Duke eased past No. 38 Indiana Saturday and unranked Yale Sunday, pushing the Blue Devils to 2-1 on the season.
On the road in Evanston, Ill., No. 10 Duke (0-1) only captured one point against No. 9 Northwestern (0-2), which swept the opening-day doubles matches and won five straight singles matches to win 6-1.
They entered Duke as members of the varsity tennis team, left to join the professional circuit and have since returned to complete their degrees. Both are now volunteer assistant coaches for Duke's...
The four day ITA Mideast Regionals, held in Chapel Hill, ended early for Duke Sunday, as the remaining singles and doubles teams were ousted in the tournament's quarterfinals. Although the team...
The Blue Devils endured their second-consecutive slow start to a tournament this weekend, suffering a winless first day Saturday in the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships prequalifying rounds,...