CARY, N.C. – The 24th-ranked Duke women’s tennis team dropped a 4-0 decision to fifth-ranked North Carolina in the quarterfinals of the ACC Championship on Friday afternoon at the Cary Tennis Park in Cary, N.C.
Duke drops to 15-9 overall on the season and will next await the NCAA selection show, which will take place on Monday, April 29 at 6:30 p.m. North Carolina rose to 20-3 on the year.
How It Happened
- North Carolina was impressive to start the contest in doubles as the Tar Heels collected strong wins on courts one and two to take a 1-0 lead over the Blue Devils.
- On court one, the Duke tandem of Katie Codd and Karolina Berankova jumped out to a 1-0 lead on the Tar Heels’ 11th-ranked duo of Fiona Crawley and Carson Tanguilig. Crawley and Tanguilig went on to win six-straight to take the match, 6-1.
- North Carolina’s 43rd-ranked team of Elizabeth Scotty and Anika Yarlagadda clinched the doubles point for the Tar Heels as they won two key deuce points in a 6-3 victory over Duke’s Shavit Kimchi and Emma Jackson giving the Tar Heels a 1-0 lead.
- The graduate student duo of Iuliia Bryzgalova and Brianna Shvets were down, 4-3, when the doubles point was clinched.
- North Carolina won four out of six first sets in singles, before a rain delay forced both teams inside to finish singles action.
- On court two, 36th-ranked Scotty of North Carolina collected a 7-5, 6-2…
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