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Blue Devils Move on to NCAA Second Round with 4-0 Win Over W&M
5/5/2023 8:29:00 PM | Women's Tennis
DURHAM – The sixth-seeded Duke women's tennis team opened the NCAA Tournament on Friday in Durham with a quick 4-0 victory over William & Mary at Ambler Tennis Stadium. The Blue Devils moved on to the second round to face No. 20 UCLA on Saturday at 5 p.m.
With the victory, Duke improved to 23-4 overall, while William & Mary fell to 15-6. The Blue Devils won their 27th-straight home match and 11th in a row in NCAA Tournament action.
How It Happened
• Duke came out in doubles and had a hot start as No. 82 Karolina Berankova and Emma Jackson won the first five games to take a 5-0 lead on Elisa Van Meeteren and Emma Fernald. The Blue Devils went on to win 6-1 on court two.
• On court three, Duke's Iuliia Bryzgalova and Georgia Drummy won the first game and after being tied, 1-1, won five straight games to take the doubles point, 6-1, versus Hedda Gurholt and Emma Pell.
• Duke's 69th-ranked Ellie Coleman and Chloe Beck won three crucial deuce points and were leading 5-1 against Sofiya Kuzina and Ine Stange on court one when the point was clinched.
• The Blue Devils kept the momentum going in singles by winning the first set on all six courts.
• On court six, Brianna Shvets of the Blue Devils took a 4-0 lead early in the first set. After dropping two games, Shvets won the first set, 6-2, over Pell. Shvets was impressive in the second set winning, 6-0, to give Duke a 2-0 lead.
• Bryzgalova made it 3-0 for the Blue Devils with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Ine Stange on court five. After winning the first two games in the first set, Bryzgalova dropped the next game to cut into her lead. Bryzgalova then won four straight games to take the first set, 6-1. In the second set, Bryzgalova won four straight games and then won, 6-1.
• Beck was able to get the clinching point for Duke as Drummy and Jackson were also at five games in the second set when Beck clinched.
• On court one, Beck totaled a 6-2, 6-4 win over Gurholt. In the second set, Beck trailed, 2-1, but won two straight games to take a 3-2 lead. Holding a 4-3 lead, Beck won two out of the next three games to take the second set, 6-4.
• Coleman, Jackson and Drummy were all leading their respective singles matches when the victory was clinched.
Notes
• The match took only 1:28 minutes, which is the quickest win of the season for the Blue Devils.
• With the victory, Duke totaled its 27th-straight home win.
• The Blue Devils improved to 35-2 in NCAA Tournament matches played in Durham, including an 11-match winning streak.
• Totaled Duke's 80th all-time win in NCAA Tournament action.
• Head coach Jamie Ashworth improved to 68-24 in NCAA play.
• Karolina Berankova and Emma Jackson improved to 5-1 on the season together in doubles.
• With a 6-1 win, Iuliia Bryzgalova and Georgia Drummy moved to 14-1 on the season in doubles play.
• Brianna Shvets improved to 25-5 on the season and 84-32 over her career in singles. She won her fourth straight match and 21 out of her last 23 decisions.
• Chloe Beck clinched the match for Duke for the team-best seventh time this season and 15th of her career. Her 15 match-clinching wins ranks tied for fifth on Duke's all-time charts (dating back to 2005-06).
• Bryzgalova moved to 14-12 on the season and 91-26 over her career. Friday's match marked her first NCAA Tournament contest of her career.
• Beck registered her 30th singles win of the season, which marks the second straight year she has posted 30 or more singles victories.
Quotes
"We talked before the match about having a standard and setting a standard for the next you know, hopefully, two weeks and giving ourselves a good starting point. I thought that we stayed true to what we needed to do on the courts. We talked about trying, especially after the doubles, getting off the court quick in singles knowing that we have a match tomorrow. It's good to come back [and play again]. We hadn't played in two weeks and so I thought that that we did a good job with that and getting out here and just competing." -- Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth
"Yeah, I mean, we love playing here. We've had a good history here and we love playing here. It's something that we definitely talked about and something that we earned the opportunity to do that, especially with a match, not just today, but that second one tomorrow. To be able to have that here in front of hopefully a good crowd [will be great]." -- Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth on playing at home
"I mean it's always good to get a win with the team. I think we started off with a lot of energy today and had fun the entire match. So, I think we set a really good tone for hopefully a long NCAAs to the finals." -- Duke senior Chloe Beck
"Yeah, it was really nice. It was really nice to have family, friends, and some more people come out for postseason play. Always nice." -- Duke senior Chloe Beck
Next Match
Sixth-seeded and seventh-ranked Duke will next face 20th-ranked UCLA in the NCAA Tournament second round on Saturday at 5 p.m., at Ambler Tennis Stadium in Durham. UCLA advanced to the second round with a 4-1 win over Texas Tech.
To stay up to date with Blue Devils women's tennis, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeWTEN".
#GoDuke
#7 Duke 4, William & Mary 0
May 5, 2023
Ambler Tennis Stadium * Durham, N.C.
Doubles
1. #69 Ellie Coleman/Chloe Beck (DU) vs. Sofiya Kuzina/Ine Stange (WM) 5-1, unfinished
2. #82 Karolina Berankova/Emma Jackson (DU) def. Elisa Van Meeteren/Emma Fernald (WM) 6-1
3. Iuliia Bryzgalova/Georgia Drummy (DU) def. Hedda Gurholt/Emma Pell (WM) 6-1
Singles
1. #6 Chloe Beck (DU) def. Hedda Gurholt (WM) 6-2, 6-4
2. #62 Georgia Drummy (DU) vs. Elisa Van Meeteren (WM) 6-4, 5-1, unfinished
3. #42 Emma Jackson (DU) vs. Sofiya Kuzina (WM) 6-2, 5-1, unfinished
4. Ellie Coleman (DU) vs. Emma Fernald (WM) 6-3, 3-0, unfinished
5. Iuliia Bryzgalova (DU) def. Ine Stange (WM) 6-1, 6-1
6. Brianna Shvets (DU) def. Emma Pell (WM) 6-2, 6-0
Order of Finish: Doubles (2,3*), Singles (6,5,1*)
With the victory, Duke improved to 23-4 overall, while William & Mary fell to 15-6. The Blue Devils won their 27th-straight home match and 11th in a row in NCAA Tournament action.
How It Happened
• Duke came out in doubles and had a hot start as No. 82 Karolina Berankova and Emma Jackson won the first five games to take a 5-0 lead on Elisa Van Meeteren and Emma Fernald. The Blue Devils went on to win 6-1 on court two.
• On court three, Duke's Iuliia Bryzgalova and Georgia Drummy won the first game and after being tied, 1-1, won five straight games to take the doubles point, 6-1, versus Hedda Gurholt and Emma Pell.
• Duke's 69th-ranked Ellie Coleman and Chloe Beck won three crucial deuce points and were leading 5-1 against Sofiya Kuzina and Ine Stange on court one when the point was clinched.
• The Blue Devils kept the momentum going in singles by winning the first set on all six courts.
• On court six, Brianna Shvets of the Blue Devils took a 4-0 lead early in the first set. After dropping two games, Shvets won the first set, 6-2, over Pell. Shvets was impressive in the second set winning, 6-0, to give Duke a 2-0 lead.
• Bryzgalova made it 3-0 for the Blue Devils with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Ine Stange on court five. After winning the first two games in the first set, Bryzgalova dropped the next game to cut into her lead. Bryzgalova then won four straight games to take the first set, 6-1. In the second set, Bryzgalova won four straight games and then won, 6-1.
• Beck was able to get the clinching point for Duke as Drummy and Jackson were also at five games in the second set when Beck clinched.
• On court one, Beck totaled a 6-2, 6-4 win over Gurholt. In the second set, Beck trailed, 2-1, but won two straight games to take a 3-2 lead. Holding a 4-3 lead, Beck won two out of the next three games to take the second set, 6-4.
• Coleman, Jackson and Drummy were all leading their respective singles matches when the victory was clinched.
Notes
• The match took only 1:28 minutes, which is the quickest win of the season for the Blue Devils.
• With the victory, Duke totaled its 27th-straight home win.
• The Blue Devils improved to 35-2 in NCAA Tournament matches played in Durham, including an 11-match winning streak.
• Totaled Duke's 80th all-time win in NCAA Tournament action.
• Head coach Jamie Ashworth improved to 68-24 in NCAA play.
• Karolina Berankova and Emma Jackson improved to 5-1 on the season together in doubles.
• With a 6-1 win, Iuliia Bryzgalova and Georgia Drummy moved to 14-1 on the season in doubles play.
• Brianna Shvets improved to 25-5 on the season and 84-32 over her career in singles. She won her fourth straight match and 21 out of her last 23 decisions.
• Chloe Beck clinched the match for Duke for the team-best seventh time this season and 15th of her career. Her 15 match-clinching wins ranks tied for fifth on Duke's all-time charts (dating back to 2005-06).
• Bryzgalova moved to 14-12 on the season and 91-26 over her career. Friday's match marked her first NCAA Tournament contest of her career.
• Beck registered her 30th singles win of the season, which marks the second straight year she has posted 30 or more singles victories.
Quotes
"We talked before the match about having a standard and setting a standard for the next you know, hopefully, two weeks and giving ourselves a good starting point. I thought that we stayed true to what we needed to do on the courts. We talked about trying, especially after the doubles, getting off the court quick in singles knowing that we have a match tomorrow. It's good to come back [and play again]. We hadn't played in two weeks and so I thought that that we did a good job with that and getting out here and just competing." -- Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth
"Yeah, I mean, we love playing here. We've had a good history here and we love playing here. It's something that we definitely talked about and something that we earned the opportunity to do that, especially with a match, not just today, but that second one tomorrow. To be able to have that here in front of hopefully a good crowd [will be great]." -- Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth on playing at home
"I mean it's always good to get a win with the team. I think we started off with a lot of energy today and had fun the entire match. So, I think we set a really good tone for hopefully a long NCAAs to the finals." -- Duke senior Chloe Beck
"Yeah, it was really nice. It was really nice to have family, friends, and some more people come out for postseason play. Always nice." -- Duke senior Chloe Beck
Next Match
Sixth-seeded and seventh-ranked Duke will next face 20th-ranked UCLA in the NCAA Tournament second round on Saturday at 5 p.m., at Ambler Tennis Stadium in Durham. UCLA advanced to the second round with a 4-1 win over Texas Tech.
To stay up to date with Blue Devils women's tennis, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeWTEN".
#GoDuke
#7 Duke 4, William & Mary 0
May 5, 2023
Ambler Tennis Stadium * Durham, N.C.
Doubles
1. #69 Ellie Coleman/Chloe Beck (DU) vs. Sofiya Kuzina/Ine Stange (WM) 5-1, unfinished
2. #82 Karolina Berankova/Emma Jackson (DU) def. Elisa Van Meeteren/Emma Fernald (WM) 6-1
3. Iuliia Bryzgalova/Georgia Drummy (DU) def. Hedda Gurholt/Emma Pell (WM) 6-1
Singles
1. #6 Chloe Beck (DU) def. Hedda Gurholt (WM) 6-2, 6-4
2. #62 Georgia Drummy (DU) vs. Elisa Van Meeteren (WM) 6-4, 5-1, unfinished
3. #42 Emma Jackson (DU) vs. Sofiya Kuzina (WM) 6-2, 5-1, unfinished
4. Ellie Coleman (DU) vs. Emma Fernald (WM) 6-3, 3-0, unfinished
5. Iuliia Bryzgalova (DU) def. Ine Stange (WM) 6-1, 6-1
6. Brianna Shvets (DU) def. Emma Pell (WM) 6-2, 6-0
Order of Finish: Doubles (2,3*), Singles (6,5,1*)
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,3
#1 Singles Match
12
Hedda Gurholt / 0 [WM]
24
66
#2 Singles Match
123
Elisa Van Meeteren / 0 [WM]
410
65UF
#3 Singles Match
123
Sofiya Kuzina / 0 [WM]
210
65UF
#4 Singles Match
123
Emma Fernald / 0 [WM]
300
63UF
#5 Singles Match
12
Ine Stange / 0 [WM]
11
66
#6 Singles Match
12
Emma Pell / 0 [WM]
20
66
Order of Finish:
6,5,1
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