ORLANDO – In a tight, thrilling match, Duke women’s tennis senior Chloe Beck had her season come to a close Wednesday in the round of 16 at the NCAA Singles Championship at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla.
Beck went up against 50th-ranked Layne Sleeth of Oklahoma in the morning for a chance to move on to the final eight. A product of Watkinsville, Ga., Beck opened the match by falling behind 0-2, but came back to take a 4-2 lead. She went on to win the first set, 6-3.
In the second set, Beck once again fell behind 0-2 and trailed 2-4, but came back to even the match, 6-6, but fell, 4-7, in the tiebreaker. In the third and final set, Beck was behind 1-4 and 2-5, but responded by winning three straight games to even the score, 5-5. Leading, 6-5, Beck had a chance to serve for the match, but dropped the game to send the match to a second-straight tiebreaker. Sleeth was able to register a 7-2 win in the tiebreaker to get the victory.
Beck had her six-match winning streak snapped and concluded an outstanding season with a 33-5 record.
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