Dominant play up and down the roster lifted Duke to back-to-back 4-0 wins Sunday.
“Today was a great win,” graduate student Cameron Morra said after the match, “but it’s only the first one and we don’t want to peak today. So it’s all about what we can do.”
If the sixth-ranked Blue Devils are to build on that success, they will have to do it with a new-look roster.
Coming in at No. 5: Duke women's tennis had a special spring season, complete with an ACC title and Final Four appearance.
Duke senior Chloe Beck defeated North Carolina’s Anika Yarlagadda in straight sets (6-1, 6-3) Sunday in the consolation championship.
Two Blue Devils faced off in the championship match of the A1 draw at the ITA Fall Regional Championship Oct. 17, where the entire Duke women’s tennis team turned in a stellar performance.
When students start at Duke, they often enter with great expectations. Expectations of immediate academic validation that they deserve to be here. Expectations that they will continue to stand out among their peers. Expectations that their past successes will correspond directly to future endeavors.
A few weeks removed from a Final Four run, the Blue Devils earned some conference recognition, beginning with their head coach.
Just days ago, Duke's whole roster was competing in Champaign, Ill. But after a loss in the national semifinal to Oklahoma, just one remained on the rainy courts at Illinois—junior Chloe Beck.
With just one match to play in Saturday evening’s Final Four showdown in Champaign, Ill., and Duke locked in a 3-3 tie with Oklahoma, the Blue Devils found themselves in familiar territory.
Every slight edge there was to take, the Sooners took, and in the most crucial battles, they proved ready to fight, ultimately sending Duke home with its championship dreams cut short.
In a Friday evening thriller under the bright lights in Champaign, Ill., Duke defeated in-state rival N.C. State to secure its spot in the Final Four.
It’s no secret that Duke is having a successful season. Its 16-3 regular-season showing included five ranked victories. It won the ACC championship. None of that, however, compares to the task at hand: the national title. And from achieving that, they are just three matchups away.
Duke continued its dominant NCAA tournament run Friday with a 4-1 defeat of Georgia at Ambler Tennis Stadium in Durham.
No. 3-seed Duke hosted the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament at Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center Friday and Saturday, where it delivered losses to Quinnipiac and Old Dominion, respectively.
They say the devil is in the details. But in Durham, the Blue Devils are in the details—and numbers.
Raise the banner. For the first time since 2012, the Blue Devils have won the ACC championship after defeating Virginia 4-1 in the title match at the ACC tournament in Rome, Ga.
The Blue Devils didn’t get the spark they wanted after decisively winning the doubles point of the ACC tournament semifinals, and though they battled back from losing all but one opening set in the singles, No. 2-seed Duke and No. 3-seed Miami were tied 3-3 with just one match still going.
Kelly Chen fell to her knees, dropped her racket and let loose a cry of emotion. The Blue Devils had taken down undefeated, top-ranked North Carolina, and Chen had just pushed her team over the edge.
Ever since the team’s return to North Carolina, Duke has found its groove. This past weekend was no different.
