CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The 10th-ranked Duke women’s tennis team concluded its weekend trip to the state of Virginia with a 4-3 loss on the road at 20th-ranked Virginia on Sunday afternoon at the Boar’s Head Sports Club in Charlottesville, Va.
The loss for the Blue Devils (11-2, 1-1 ACC) snapped a 10-match winning streak against ACC opponents dating back to last season. The Cavaliers improved to 7-3, 1-1 on the year. Duke senior Chloe Beck, who is ranked No. 2 nationally, continued her solid play earning her 17th straight ACC regular season singles win.
How It Happened
• In the second straight outdoor match of the season, the Blue Devils had to come-from-behind after dropping the doubles point on the road.
• Duke’s Iuliia Bryzgalova and Georgia Drummy lost the first game against Hibah Shaikh and Ziodata on court three, but won three straight to lead 3-1. The Blue Devils ended up taking the match, 6-2.
• On court two, No. 7 ranked Elaine Chervinsky and Natasha Subhash defeated Duke’s Emma Jackson and Ellie Coleman, 6-2.
• It all came down to court one with Duke’s 18th-ranked Chloe Beck and Cameron Morra against 41st-ranked Julia Adams and Melodia Collard. After dropping the first game, Beck/Morra won three straight to take a 3-1 lead. Duke broke the Cavaliers serve to lead 4-3, but Virginia would win come back to win three straight games to take the doubles point.
• Each team won three first sets out of the six singles matches, but Virginia won key tiebreakers on two of those courts.
• Duke evened the match, 1-1, with a quick win on court one by second-ranked Beck over 38th-ranked Adams, 6-2, 6-1. Beck never trailed in the match.
• The Blue Devils went ahead, 2-1, as Duke’s 26th-ranked Jackson registered a 6-4, 6-4 win over Chervinsky. Jackson trailed 3-4 in the first set, before storming back to win, 6-4. In the second set, Jackson dropped the first game and trailed 1-3, but made another impressive comeback to give Duke another point on the board.
• Virginia evened the match, 2-2, as 110th-ranked Subhash defeated 47th-ranked Morra of Duke, 6-1, 6-4.
• The Cavaliers were able to regain the lead with a 7-6, 6-3 win on court five as 92nd-ranked Shaikh totaled a 7-6, 6-3 win over Bryzgalova. Shaikh went…
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