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,...
After a strong ACC run this past April that carried them into the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament, the Blue Devils are hoping to build on that success this year. Duke commences its fall...
Women's Tennis: Duke proved little more than a bump in the road for an unstoppable Stanford squad that steamrolled the Blue Devils, 4-0, in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championships.
The Blue Devils (19-7) cruised to a 4-0 victory over Virginia (14-10) at Ambler Tennis Stadium Saturday to advance to the NCAA Championships round of 16 in Palo Alto, Calif. Duke will take on North...
The second-seeded Blue Devils (17-7) fell, 4-2, to No. 3 seed Miami (19-6) in the semifinals of the ACC Championships Saturday, a day after rolling over seventh-seeded Wake Forest (13-9), 4-0, in...
Although the No. 12 Blue Devils were preparing intensely in anticipation of this weekend's tournament, the mood at practice this week remained relaxed.
Carleton's fire and tenacity has helped elevate her to a 15-2 record in dual match play and a 9-1 mark in the ACC during her senior season.
Miami thwarted the women's tennis team's bid for sole possession of the ACC regular season title Sunday, defeating the Blue Devils, 4-2, at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center in Coral Gables, Fla.
Wrapping up its two-week home stand with a pair of conference matches, the No. 12 Duke women's tennis team took care of ACC foes Clemson Saturday and Georgia Tech Sunday. No. 14 Duke (15-5, 8-1 in...
Just three days after squeaking past Maryland, 4-3, Duke fought for yet another dramatic victory Wednesday, coming from behind to upset No. 5 North Carolina, 4-3, in Ambler Tennis Stadium.
If it is by one point or 50, a win is a win-but some wins are just a little sweeter than others. Like those that are decided by the last point, or those, say, against an archrival.
Jackie Carleton had been in this position against Marianne Baker before. After suffering a three-set loss to the Maryland junior in 2005, a defeat that gave the Terrapins a 4-3 victory over Duke,...
The 10th-ranked women's tennis team beat Virginia Tech, 6-1, in Blacksburg Sunday, but suffered a disappointing 5-2 loss Saturday at 43rd-ranked Virginia. Saturday marked the first conference loss...
Even without its top singles player in action, No. 7 Duke looked like it would cruise over No. 41 N.C. State Thursday. Junior Daniela Bercek, the second-ranked player in the nation, sat out the...
The two teams split the remaining matchups to bring the final margin to 5-2 in favor of No. 8 Duke (5-2), as the No. 6 Wildcats (7-3) dropped their second match of the weekend.
At 3-3 in the tiebreaker, Iyer could not convert on any of the next four points, resulting in the second-straight dual match loss for the No. 5 Blue Devils (4-2), 4-3.
Only hours after unseeded Duke freshman Melissa Mang defeated 15th-ranked Boglarka Berecz of Florida Friday, classmate Tara Iyer had a rare opportunity to add another stunning upset.
