DURHAM – The 18th-ranked Duke women’s tennis team wrapped up the weekend with a solid 6-1 victory against 55th-ranked Boston College (6-6, 1-4 ACC) on Sunday afternoon at Ambler Tennis Stadium in Durham.
Duke took the doubles point and registered five singles points to improve to 8-4 overall and 2-2 in ACC action. Sunday’s match marked the first outdoor contest at Ambler Tennis Stadium for the Blue Devils this season.
How It Happened
- Duke and Boston College started the match hot as both squads went back-and-forth in competitive doubles matches.
- In an exciting matchup on court one, the Duke duo of Shavit Kimchi and Katie Codd were able to overcome a 4-2 deficit by winning four straight games to take the match, 6-4, over Marice Aguiar and Stephanie Sanchez.
- The Duke tandem of Brianna Shvets and Iuliia Bryzgalova went back-and-forth with the Eagles’ Natalie Eordekian and Tola Glowacka in the first few games and were even, 2-2, early. The Blue Devils went on a run and won four straight games to win, 6-3. The Shvets and Bryzgalova win on court three clinched the doubles point for the Blue Devils.
- The Blue Devils did not slow down as the match moved to singles as they won all of their first sets on every court.
- On court five, Shvets turned in a dominant performance with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Sanchez that gave Duke a 2-0 advantage on the day.
- Next up 76th-ranked Codd was able to add to the Duke lead defeating Glowacka, 6-3, 6-0, on court four.
- Junior Emma Jackson won her first set, 6-1. In the second set, Boston College’s Eordekian fought back from a…
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