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Duke University
4
vs
0
Florida State
Top-Seeded Duke Advances To Finals With 4-0 Victory Over FSU
4/21/2001 1:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
ORLANDO, Fla. - The top-seeded, second-ranked Duke women's tennis team
advanced to the finals of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Championship
on Saturday with a 4-0 victory over fourth-seeded Florida State (14-10) at
the Lake Cane Tennis Center in Orlando, Fla. Duke improved to 23-1 on the
season.
It marks the 14th-consecutive year the Blue Devils will play for the ACC Championship and Duke will look to make it 14 victories in a row against second-seeded Wake Forest on Sunday at 11:00 AM.
"We got off to a great start today and that was the key to the match," said Duke Head Coach Jamie Ashworth. "When you are up 4-0 on the first three courts, it puts to much pressure on another team. That has been our goal all year and we reminded them of it today. You give a team no sense of belief at all if you get off to a quick start. We gave them nothing to feed off of today."
Duke quickly jumped out to a 1-0 lead as the Blue Devils tallied victories at the number one and three positions. The number one duo of Ansley Cargill/Megan Miller downed Samantha Schoeffel/Jessica Balbuena (8-3) and the number three team of Kathy Sell/Katie Granson finished off Natalie Carratala/Marina Raic (8-1). After Duke won two doubles matches, the number two match was abandoned.
In singles action, Duke freshman Amanda Johnson (Bettendorf, Iowa) remained undefeated in dual match play this season with a victory over Schoeffel (6-0, retired). Schoeffel turned her ankle and could not finish the match after the first set. Johnson, who is currently ranked 13th nationally, improved to 22-0 in dual match play and 34-3 overall in singles action.
Sophomore Prim Siripipat (Mexico, Mo.) then notched a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Raic at the sixth position and second-ranked Cargill posted the match-clinching victory with a 6-2, 6-5 win over 65th-ranked Alida Gallovits.
Earlier this season, Duke traveled to 18th-ranked Wake Forest and cruised to a 7-0 victory. Once again, Sunday's championship match is slated for 11:00 AM.
Duke 4, Florida State 0
No. 1 - #2 Ansley Cargill (DU) d. #65 Alida Gallovits, 6-2, 6-5
No. 2 - #13 Amanda Johnson (DU) d. Samantha Schoeffel, 6-0, retired
No. 3 - #36 Megan Miller (DU) vs. Jessica Balbuena, DNF
No. 4 - #23 Kathy Sell (DU) vs. Nanette Duxin, DNF
No. 5 - Hillary Adams (DU) vs. Christina Denny, DNF
No. 6 - Prim Siripipat (DU) d. Marina Raic, 6-1, 6-2
Doubles
No. 1 - Cargill/Miller (DU) d. Schoeffel/Balbuena, 8-3
No. 2 - Johnson/Adams (DU) vs. Gallovits/Duxin, DNF
No. 3 - Sell/Granson (DU) d. Carratala/Raic, 8-1
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