In a West Coast weekend series, No. 15 Duke lost Friday 4-3 to No. 10 Cal in a narrowly-decided match determined by several third-set stretches. Traveling south of the Bay Sunday to face No. 9 Stanford, Duke was dealt another defeat 4-0 to close out the weekend.
In the last weekend series at home of the regular season, No. 13 Duke lost Friday 4-3 to No. 27 Florida State. The Blue Devils followed up the earlier loss with a narrow 4-3 win against No. 25 Miami to close the weekend.
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On the road for the first tournament of the 2025 season, Duke men’s tennis was dealt a triple whammy in consecutive losses to No. 9 San Diego, Baylor and No. 6 Columbia, ending the team’s stunning undefeated season.
In a three-match weekend series, the seventh-ranked Blue Devil men’s tennis team extended its undefeated season with a dominant 4-1 win against Illinois Friday and a pair of sweeps against Northwestern and Coastal Carolina Sunday at Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center.
Head coach Ramsey Smith took full advantage of the transfer portal to retool his roster with hopes to lead the Blue Devils deep in the NCAA Tournament once again.
A challenging schedule was reflected in Duke’s 4-7 non-conference record to open the season. The trials only continued, with the Blue Devils defeating their first two ACC opponents before eventually winding up with a 6-14 conference record to close the season with a 13th-place finish in the ACC.
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It was going to be an uphill battle from the start, and the Blue Devils were swept 3-0 for the third time in a row. Driving four-and-a-half hours north to South Bend, Ind., Duke turned its sights to Notre Dame, hoping to snag a win to break the string of losses away from home. In a hard-fought match, the Blue Devils fell in a 3-1 loss to the Fighting Irish.
No. 7 Duke men’s basketball will open its season against Maine Monday night, and the Blue Zone is here with an overview of the Black Bears along with an X-factor for each team.
