DURHAM – The sixth-ranked Duke women’s tennis team kicked off the 2023 spring slate on Friday afternoon in the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center with a 7-0 victory over Furman. The Blue Devils collected their 16th-consecutive season-opening win and 12th-straight home dub.
How It Happened
• After falling behind 40-0 to open the match, the Duke duo of Emma Jackson and Iuliia Bryzgalova came back to take the first game on court three. The Blue Devils lost only one game in the match and went on to defeat Marissa Pennings/Ellie Schulson, 6-1.
• Duke went on to clinch the doubles point as Ellie Coleman and Karolina Berankova battled back from being down 1-2, before winning five straight games against Madison Dillon and Luca Victoria Vocke for a 6-2 victory on court two.
• The 13th-ranked Blue Devil tandem of Chloe Beck and Cameron Morra opened with a 2-0 lead and then won the final three points of the match to take a 6-3 win over Jess Dawson and Sara Snyder on court one.
• Duke opened singles play on a strong note winning the first set on all six courts.
• Jackson, who is ranked No. 22, lost only one game defeating Pennings, 6-0, 6-1 on court three.
• On court No. 4, Coleman knocked off Dillon, 6-1, 6-1, to give the Blue Devils a 2-0 lead.
• The Blue Devils received the match-clinching point on court No. 1 as third-ranked Beck registered a 6-1, 6-2 win over Schulson. Beck improved to 11-3 on the season and 85-24 over her career.
• Entering the match with a 43-6 dual match record over her career at Penn, Bryzgalova collected her first dual match win as a Blue Devil as she notched a 6-3, 6-4 win on court No. 5 over Vocke.
• Brianna Shvets also made her dual match debut at Duke and was victorious with a 6-3, 6-4 win on court No. 6 against Snyder.
• Morra closed the match on court No. 2 with a 6-1, 4-6, 1-0 (10-4) win over Dawson to improve to 95-39 over her collegiate career. It marked her 55th career dual match victory and first as a Blue Devil.
Notes
• Chloe Beck’s singles win was her 50th dual match win over her career. She now owns a 50-8 ledger.
• The Blue Devils are 12-0 under the direction of head coach Jamie Ashworth when opening the dual match season at home.
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