Blue Devils Defeat Georgetown, NCCU to Move to 8-0

DURHAM – The Duke women’s tennis team closed an eight-match homestand on Sunday with two victories as the Blue Devils defeated Georgetown, 7-0, and North Carolina Central, 7-0, inside the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center in Durham.

With the pair of wins, Duke improved to 8-0 on the season.  Georgetown dropped to 2-2, while NCCU fell to 1-4. The Blue Devils now own a 19-match home winning streak, which is the seventh-longest in school history.  

Match 1:  Georgetown at Duke

How It Happened

•    In only 17 minutes, Duke’s tandem of Brianna Shvets and Katie Codd collected a 6-0 win over Avantika Willy and Agata Mikos on court No. 3.  

•    The 13th-ranked Blue Devil duo of Chloe Beck and Cameron Morra then clinched the doubles point with a 6-0 win over Chloe Bendetti and McHaley Ho.  

•    In singles action, Duke registered straight set victories on all six courts to take the 7-0 victory.

•    Shvets only lost one game on court five as she defeated Paige Gilbert, 6-0, 6-1, move the score to 2-0.

•    Both Georgia Drummy and Beck only dropped two games in their matches to clinch the victory for the Blue Devils.  Drummy totaled a 6-2, 6-0 win on court three over Mikos, while Beck notched a 6-0, 6-2 win on court one over Willy.  

•    Morra, ranked No. 28 nationally, also only dropped two games winning 6-1, 6-1 over Bendetti to reach 99 career wins.  

•    Codd, a freshman from Carlsbad, Calif., collected her first collegiate dual match victory with a 6-3, 6-0 win on court six over Morgan Coburn.  

•    Sophomore Ellie Coleman closed the action on court four with a 6-2, 6-4 win against Ashley Kennedy.  

Match 2: North Carolina Central at Duke

How It Happened

•    The Blue Devils were able to clinch the doubles point with wins on courts one and two.

•    Emma Jackson and Iuliia Bryzgalova teamed on court one to win, 6-0, over Kennedy Hill and Candice Bernier.

•    Ellie Coleman and Karolina Berankova then clinched the point on court two with a 6-0 sweep of Lafi Joao and Jade Houston.  

•    In singles, Duke dropped only five games in the first set en route to winning all six sets.  

•    Berankova registered her first dual match win of the season with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Joao on court six to move the score to 2-0.  

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