DURHAM – Junior Ellie Coleman of the Duke women’s tennis team reached 50 career wins, after finishing 2-0 on day three of the Fall Ranked Spotlight on Saturday.
Coleman, who hails from Midland, Mich., defeated Arizona State’s Rachel Hanford, 6-1, 6-2, in her opening match to reach the milestone. She then concluded the day sweeping Elise Mills of South Carolina in straight sets, 6-4, 7-5.
In other singles action, senior Karolina Berankova bested Arizona State’s Emilija Tverijonaite, 6-2, 6-2, in her first match. The Prague, Czech Republic, native, then advanced to face Noel Saidenova of UCF, where she dropped the opening frame, 1-6, before bouncing back, 7-5, 10-7, to register the win.
Junior Emma Jackson, ranked 36th nationally, fell to 41st-ranked Julia Fliegner of Michigan in her opening match, 7-5, 6-2, before advancing on a walkover against ninth-ranked Carol Lee of Georgia Tech. Jackson faces Tennesee’s Elza Tomase in the final round of singles play Sunday at 10 a.m.
The Blue Devil duo of graduate students Iuliia Bryzgalova and Brianna Shvets opened action in the 49er Invite in Charlotte, N.C. The pair dropped their first doubles match to Charlotte’s Lucie Petruzelova and Emma Wilkins, 6-4.
In singles play, Shvets extended Lucia Aranda of Charlotte to three sets, but dropped 6-7, 6-1, 1-0 (12-10) in the end. Bryzgalova faced the 49er’s Lucie Petruzelova, but also fell in a 6-2, 6-2 decision.
Duke wraps up competition in both Raleigh and Charlotte on Sunday with singles action beginning at 10 a.m.
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Fall Ranked Spotlight
Raleigh & Cary, N.C.
Saturday, Sept. 23
Singles
#41 Julia Fliegner (Michigan) def. #36 Emma Jackson (Duke) 7-5, 6-2
Karolina Berankova (Duke) def. Emilija Tverijonaite (Arizona State) 6-2, 6-2
Ellie Coleman (Duke) def. Rachel Hanford (Arizona State) 6-1, 6-2
#36 Emma Jackson (Duke) def. #9 Carol Lee (Georgia Tech) Walkover
Karolina Berankova (Duke) def. Noel Saidenova (UCF) 1-6, 7-5, 10-7
Ellie Coleman (Duke) def. Elise Mills (South Carolina) 6-4, 7-5
49er Invite
Charlotte, N.C.
Saturday, Sept. 23
Singles
Lucie Petruzelova (Charlotte) def. Iuliia Bryzgalova (Duke) 6-2, 6-2
Lucia Aranda (Charlotte) def. Brianna…
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