No. 6 Duke Registers 4-3 Win Over No. 7 NC State

DURHAM – In a top-10 battle inside the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center on Saturday, the sixth-ranked Duke women’s tennis team registered a 4-3 victory over seventh-ranked NC State (17-4, 8-3) to claim their 26th-straight home victory.  

The Blue Devils improved to 22-2 overall and 11-1 in ACC action, while moving to 15-0 at home.  The 15 wins at home is a new school record.  The previous record of 14 happened four previous times (2018-19, 2016-17, 2013-14 and 2011-12).  

How It Happened

•    The doubles point was a tough battle on all three courts on Saturday morning.  

•    After falling behind, 2-0, to open the match on court one, Duke’s duo of Ellie Coleman and Chloe Beck came back against the Wolfpack’s 10th-ranked tandem of Diana Shnaider and Alana Smith to even the match, 2-2.  After falling behind, 3-2, Coleman/Beck went on to win three straight games to lead 5-3.  Coleman/Beck dropped a deuce point to cut the lead to 5-4, but won a key deuce point to grab the win, 6-4.  

•    On court three, Duke’s Georgia Drummy and Iuliia Bryzgalova led 2-0 and 3-1 early, but NC State’s Sophie Abrams and Abigail Rencheli made a comeback to even the score, 4-4.  The Blue Devils won a deuce point to take a 5-4 lead and then clinched the doubles point with a 6-4 victory.  

•    Duke’s Emma Jackson and Karolina Berankova led for most of their match against 11th-ranked Nell Miller and Amelia Rajecki, before the match was stopped when it was tied, 6-6.  

•    The Blue Devils went out in singles and took a 2-0 lead in the…