DURHAM – No. 13 Duke men’s tennis achieved a program record with its 11th ACC win on Sunday afternoon after it defeated No. 19 Florida State, 4-3, at Ambler Tennis Stadium.
The 11 conference wins were the most by the Blue Devils since 2014, when they registered 10 en route to a 20-7 overall finish. Duke improves to 18-5 overall, which is its best record since 2014-15 when it went 24-7. Florida State dips to 17-7 and 8-4, respectively.
In addition, Duke secured the No. 2 seed in the upcoming ACC Championships next week. The Blue Devils will take on the winner of seventh-seeded Louisville and 10th-seeded Notre Dame on Friday at 6 p.m. at the Cary Tennis Park in Cary, N.C.
How It Happened
- For the third consecutive match, Duke secured the doubles point following victories on court one and three, respectively. No. 27 senior Garrett Johns and freshman Pedro Rodenas remained undefeated in ACC action with their seventh win after besting Alex Bulte and Loris Pourroy on the top court, 6-3.
- The next doubles match to finish was on court two, where Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc and Joshua Dous Karpenschif defeated No. 44 Michael Heller and Andrew Zhang, 6-4.
- With the doubles match coming down to the outcome on court three, the sophomore-freshman duo of Connor Krug and Teddy Truwit registered a thrilling 7-6 (3)…
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