Historic moments: Duke women's tennis captures individual and team crowns
By Jake C. Piazza | June 12, 2020The Blue Devils looked unstoppable as a whole en route to the team title, while Mallory Cecil took home the individual championship.
The Blue Devils looked unstoppable as a whole en route to the team title, while Mallory Cecil took home the individual championship.
There will be no chance to avenge two straight NCAA semifinals losses for the Blue Devils.
Although the nerves of playing in their first home dual match may have been apparent in the first hour, it was a blank sheet on the latter en route to convincing Duke singles victories.
Coming in at No. 7: Duke women’s tennis makes a deep NCAA tournament run to cap a successful spring.
During her time as a Commodore, Dvorak registered a career-high doubles ranking of No. 24 this past fall alongside Fernanda Contreras and a singles ranking of No. 96 in November 2017.
Kelly Chen won three matches in a row at the USTA National Campus to advance to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Individual Singles Championship with wins against two top-10 opponents. Chen is just the ninth player in program history to advance to the quarterfinals and the first since 2014.
Fifth-seeded Duke fell 2-4 against top-seeded Georgia at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla.
In the waning minutes before the clock struck midnight, fourth-seeded Duke knocked off fourth-seeded South Carolina 4-1 to advance to the Final Four.
In front of a packed Ambler Tennis Stadium Friday evening, No. 5 seed Duke stormed past No. 12 seed N.C. State 4-0 to punch its ticket to Orlando, Fla., for the Elite Eight.
Duke is just one win away from advancing to its second consecutive Elite Eight.
In the first round of the NCAA Tournament, Duke swept James Madison Saturday afternoon before the Blue Devils defeated Arizona State 4-0 less than 24 hours later.
Jody Hyden was coming off a trip to the national semifinals and primed for another deep run for his team before he resigned in favor of financial planning.
After a rough weekend on the West Coast, the Blue Devils still have plenty of work to do with the national team indoor championships less than a month away.
No. 8 Duke closes out its regular season this weekend with road matches at No. 16 Georgia Tech Friday at 3 p.m. in Atlanta before journeying to Clemson, S.C., to take on Clemson Sunday at noon.
The senior's career—which includes 104 singles victories and four All-ACC selections—came to an end Wednesday in Waco, Texas.
The Bulldogs swept the Blue Devils on their home court, sending the Blue Devils home before the third round of the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2007.
The Blue Devils recovered from an early slip-up with the doubles point, reeling off four straight singles wins to win their first round match against Purdue.
The Blue Devils will take on the Boilermakers in an early-morning tilt Saturday in Athens, Ga.
The Blue Devils will meet the Boilermakers in their first-round matchup May 9 in Athens, Ga., looking to kickstart a deep postseason run away from home.
After receiving a double-bye into the quarterfinals, the Blue Devils dropped their first contest in the ACC tournament quarterfinals to Georgia Tech Friday.