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Women's Tennis
vs ITA Regional Championship
Sunday, April 7
Charlotesville, Va.
TBA
Duke University
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Virginia
Blue Devils Knock Off Cavaliers, 6-1, In Women's Tennis
4/7/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 7, 2002
Charlottesville, Va. - Fifth-ranked Duke knocked off 56th-ranked Virginia, 6-1, on Sunday in women's tennis action in Charlottesville, Va. to pick up its 18th victory of the season and improved to 5-0 in ACC action.
The Blue Devils continued their stellar doubles play notching wins at all three doubles positions to take the 1-0 lead. Duke received victories from Kelly McCain/Hillary Adams over Henriette Williams/Jennifer Tuchband (8-6), 42nd-ranked Julie DeRoo/Amanda Johnson over Amy O'Donnell/Christine Kim (8-5) and Susie Abromeit/Katie Granson over Logan Smith/Elizabeth Hornberger (8-2).
In singles action, Duke won the second through sixth positions to take the team victory. The Blue Devils received victories from 30th-ranked Johnson, 21st-ranked DeRoo, 77th-ranked Saras Arasu, Granson and Hillary Adams. The lone loss was an upset as third-ranked McCain fell 6-7, 6-1, 6-7 to Williams at the top position.
Duke (18-3, 5-0) will next face third-ranked Wake Forest on Thursday at 5:00 PM in Durham. The match will be played outside in the Ambler Tennis Stadium.
No. 5 Duke 6 No. 56 Virginia 1 Singles 1. Henriette Williams (UVa) def. No. 3 Kelly McCain (DU), 7-6 (3), 1-6, 7-6 (6) 2. No. 30 Amanda Johnson (DU) def. No. 100 Jennifer Tuchband (UVa), 6-1, 6-2 3. No. 21 Julie DeRoo (UVa) def. Amy O'Donnell (UVa), 6-2, 6-2 4. No. 77 Saras Arasu (DU) def. Christine Kim (UVa), 6-2, 6-0 5. Katie Granson (DU) def. Elizabeth Hornberger (UVa), 6-1, 6-0 6. Hillary Adams (DU) def. Logan Smith (UVa), 6-1, 6-1-UVa-Doubles 1. McCain/Adams (DU) def. Williams/Tuchband (UVa), 8-6 2. No. 42 DeRoo/Johnson (DU) def. O'Donnell/Kim (UVa), 8-5 3. Abromeit/Granson (DU) def. Smith/Hornberger (UVa), 8-2
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