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Saturday, March 23
Durham, N.C.
TBA
Duke University
5
vs
2
Georgia Tech
Blue Devil Women's Tennis Downs Yellow Jackets Saturday
3/23/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 23, 2002
DURHAM, N.C. - The seventh-ranked Duke Blue Devils defeated the 21st-ranked Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, 5-2, at the Ambler Tennis Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Blue Devils improve to 12-3 overall, 2-0 ACC and Georgia Tech falls to 11-5, 1-2 ACC.
Duke swept doubles play to jump out to an early 1-0 lead. In No. 1 doubles, Duke's Kelly McCain and Hillary Adams defeated 41st-ranked Georgia Tech's Mysti Morris and Sekita Grant 8-6, the No. 2 doubles team of Julie DeRoo and Amanda Johnson beat Jamie Wong and Mason Miller 8-5, and Katie Granson and Susie Abromeit served up an 8-1 win against Fallon Koon and Laura Ozolins in No. 3 doubles.
In singles action, Duke's forth-ranked Kelly McCain defeated Georgia Tech's Mysti Morris in straight sets 6-3, 6-1 at No. 1. In the longest match of the day, Duke's Amanda Johnson outlasted Jamie Wong to take the No. 2 match 3-6, 6-0, 7-5. The No. 3 match gave Georgia Tech one of their two wins of the day, with Catherine Gunn beating Duke's Julie DeRoo 6-2, 1-6, 6-2. The No. 4 and No. 5 matchups were both straight set wins for Duke, with Ioana Plesu defeating Mason Miller 6-1, 6-0 and Saras Arasu beating Laura Ozolins 6-1, 6-2. Duke's Katie Granson fell to Georgia Tech's Sekita Grant in No. 6 singles play, 6-3, 6-2.
The Blue Devils will host 35th-ranked Indiana on Sunday at 12:00 PM.
Doubles:#1: McCain/Adams (Duke) def. #41 Morris/Grant (GT) 8-6 #2: #60 DeRoo/Johnson (Duke) def. Wong/Miller (GT) 8-5 #3: Granson/Abromeit (Duke) def. (GT) Koon/Ozolins 8-1
Singles:
#1: #4 McCain (Duke) def. (GT) Morris 6-3, 6-1 #2: #39 Johnson (Duke) def. (GT) #49 Wong 3-6, 6-0, 7-5 #3: (GT) #69 Gunn def. #18 DeRoo (Duke) 6-2, 1-6, 6-2 #4: Plesu (Duke) def. (GT) Miller 6-1, 6-0 #5: #64 Arasu (Duke) def. (GT) Ozolins 6-1, 6-2 #6: Grant (Duke) def. (GT) Granson 6-3, 6-2
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