DURHAM – Riding a three-match winning streak to open the season, the 15th-ranked Duke women’s tennis team (3-0) is set to host Illinois (2-0) on Saturday, Jan. 20 at 6 p.m., inside Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center.
Match Information
All home Duke tennis matches are free admission.
General public parking will be available in the blue zone, with the easiest entrance being at the south end of the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center. ADA parking is available in the Card Lot with an accessible entrance available on the north end of the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center. Guests with disabilities will be able to use the elevator indoors to go up to the seating level. The newly renovated addition to the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center will be accessible via a mulched path on the northwest side of the building. Guests will then be able to use the elevator to go to the seating level.
Nearing 600 Wins
Head coach Jamie Ashworth owns 599 victories, which ranks fourth-nationally among active coaches. If he were to reach the milestone soon, Ashworth would be the quickest NCAA Division I coach to reach 600 wins. He has 599 victories in 746 matches.
Quickest to 600 Wins – 749 by Jeff Wallace (Georgia), 779 by Brian Kalbas (William & Mary/North Carolina) and 785 by Lin Loring (UC Santa Barbara/Indiana).
Ashworth will become the seventh NCAA Division I coach to reach the 600-win ledger – Loring (846), Wallace (818), Kalbas (748), Jay Louderback (703), Geoff MacDonald (631) and Gualberto Escudero (Pepperdine).
The Series with Illinois
The Blue Devils and the Fighting Illini will meet for the ninth time in school history and for the first time since 2020. Duke is 7-1 all-time in the series and has won the last three matches. The Blue Devils are 4-0 in matches played in Durham.
Scouting Illinois
The Illini are coming off an 18-10 season with an 8-3 Big Ten record in 2022-23. Illinois returns six of its eight players from last season, including fifth-year senior Josie Frazier and senior Kate Duong. Additionally, Megan Heuser, Kasia Treiber, and Kida Ferrari return for their junior campaigns and Violeta Martinez begins her sophomore dual season. Illinois is led by Evan Clark who enters his ninth season as head coach of the Fighting Illini. Illinois currently holds a 2-0 record in 2024 and will face…
Click Here to Read the Full Original Article at Duke University…