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Duke Women's Tennis Travels To Raleigh For ACC Championship
4/17/2002 1:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 17, 2002
2002 ACC CHAMPIONSHIP
#4 DUKE (21-3, 8-0 ACC)
April 18-21, 2002 * Raleigh, N.C.
Millbrook Exchange Tennis Center
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BLUE DEVILS TRAVEL TO RALEIGH FOR ACC CHAMPIONSHIP
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The fourth-ranked Duke women's tennis team will be in search of its 15th consecutive ACC Championship this weekend in Raleigh, N.C. Duke (21-3, 8-0 ACC) is seeded No. 1 and will take on ninth-seeded N.C. State (10-12, 1-7 ACC) on Thursday at 1:00 PM. If the Blue Devils win, they will have the day off on Friday and then take on the winner of the fourth-seeded Clemson/fifth-seeded Georgia Tech match on Saturday at 10:00 AM. All matches will be played at the Millbrook Exchange Tennis Center. The championship is Sunday at 11:00 AM.
BLUE DEVILS LOOK FOR 15TH TITLE
Duke will be playing for its 15th overall and 15th-consecutive ACC Championship title this weekend in Raleigh, N.C. The Blue Devils have won the ACC Championships in the following years-- 1988, '89, '90, '91, '92, '93, '94, '95, '96, '97, '98, '99, 2000 and 2001. Current head coach Jamie Ashworth hasn't lost an ACC Championships match since he took over the head coaching position in 1997.
Duke has an overall 46-2 dual match record since 1986 in the ACC Championships with both losses coming to Clemson.
NOTING THE BLUE DEVILS
The fourth-ranked Duke women's tennis team enters the ACC Championship on a 10-match winning streak. The Blue Devils have been ranked no lower than seventh all season long and moved to fourth this week.
So far this season, Duke has posted 10 victories against top 25 ranked teams and three victories over top 10 ranked opponents.
The Blue Devils currently boast five singles players with 20 or more victories heading into the championships-- Julie DeRoo (29-10), Kelly McCain (28-6), Saras Arasu (24-7), Amanda Johnson (23-8) and Ioana Plesu (22-10).
Duke has four singles players ranked in the latest ITA rankings-- McCain (No. 3), DeRoo (No. 26), Johnson (No. 30), and Arasu (No. 77). The Blue Devils also boast two doubles teams ranked-- DeRoo/Johnson (42nd) and McCain/DeRoo (21st).
MEET THE BLUE DEVILS
Duke's singles and doubles teams have really come on strong in the spring season. The Blue Devils have won 16 of the last 17 doubles points with the lone loss coming to Florida.
Freshman Kelly McCain has provided the biggest impact in 2001-02. In the fall, McCain advanced to the semifinals of the Riviera All-American and the National Indoor Championships. She has been ranked no lower than fifth since December. In dual match play, McCain has posted a 20-3 record and has picked up 18 victories against ranked opponents and seven against top-10 ranked players. McCain has won 16 of the last 17 singles matches.
Sophomore Amanda Johnson has once again posted an excellent season. In just two years, Johnson has recorded a 45-3 dual match record and 62-11 overall singles mark.
Johnson is currently ranked 17th nationally with a 24-7 overall singles record and 19-2 dual match mark. She has 12 consecutive matches and 16 of the last 17. On the season, Johnson has posted 16 victories against ranked opponents.
Junior Julie DeRoo has been a welcome addition to the Blue Devil lineup this season after transferring from Ole Miss. She has recorded a 29-10 overall and 15-7 dual match mark in singles. In the fall, DeRoo won the Southeast Regional Indoor Championships with six victories. She is ranked 34th nationally.
DeRoo has won eight of her last nine singles matches and has registered 14 victories against ranked opponents this season.
Ioana Plesu has come on strong in her final season with the Blue Devils. Plesu has recorded a 23-10 overall singles record and has played dual matches at the third and fourth positions. She never played consistently in the lineup until this season.
Freshman Saras Arasu has posted a 24-7 singles mark playing at the four, five and six positions. She is currently ranked 65th nationally and did not lose an ACC match this season. Katie Granson missed the fall after recovering from shoulder surgery and has played the fifth and six positions for the Blue Devils in the spring. She owns a 16-7 singles mark on the season.
DUKE'S DOUBLES
Duke's doubles teams have totaled an 52-20 record so far this season in dual match action. The Blue Devils have won the last 10 consecutive doubles points.
The tandem of Kelly McCain/Hillary Adams have won five in a row heading into this weekend's action. This includes victories over the top-ranked, 26th-ranked and 51st-ranked doubles teams. On the season, the duo has a 9-6 record and received its first national ranking this week at 24th.
Duke's team of Julie DeRoo/Amanda Johnson has been the best doubles team for the Blue Devils this season registering a 14-1 overall record. The duo is ranked 25th. Playing the third position will be Susie Abromeit/Katie Granson, who has posted a 12-2 record. The duo won their first 11 in a row before losing two of the last three heading into this weekend's action.
ACC TOURNAMENT MVP
Duke has posted 11 players who have been tabbed the tournament MVP: Megan Miller (2001 & 2000), Karen Goldstein, 1999, Kathy Sell, 1998, Karin Miller, 1997, Laura Zifer, 1996, Wendy Lyons, 1994-95, Christine Neuman, 1993, Susan Sommerville, 1992, Katrina Greenman, 1991, Julie Exum, 1990, Susan Sabo, 1989.
THE HEAD COACH
Jamie Ashworth is in his sixth season as the head coach of the women's tennis team at Duke University. He served as the interim head coach for half of the 1996-97 campaign and enjoyed his first full year at the helm of the program in 1997-98. Prior to that Ashworth spent over two years as the Blue Devil assistant coach.
Ashworth has been an instrumental part of the last eight years of success in the Duke women's tennis program. After taking over the Duke program on March 20, 1997, Ashworth paced Duke to a 12-1 overall record and a 4-0 conference mark to wrap up the 1996-97 season.
In his first full year as a head coach in 1997-98, he led Duke to a school record 27 wins, its 11th consecutive ACC regular season and tournament titles, the school's best final national ranking at No. 2, its third straight Final Four and the program's first appearance in the NCAA title match.
The 1998-99 season was no letdown as he guided Duke to 27 wins, its 12th consecutive ACC regular season and tournament titles, its fourth-straight Final Four, and a final national ranking of No. 3.
In 1999-00, Ashworth was faced with possibly his youngest team and guided the Blue Devils to a 23-6 record, a 13th consecutive ACC Tournament tile, and a Sweet 16 NCAA finish.
Then, in 2000-01 the Blue Devils posted a 27-2 overall record and won its 14th consecutive ACC Tournament title, advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight and went a perfect 8-0 in ACC regular season action.
During his term as the assistant coach, the Blue Devils recorded a 59-13 overall record and a 20-0 ACC mark. Ashworth now owns a career 137-20 overall and 47-1 conference mark.
In his first year as an assistant, 1994-95, Duke went 22-6, advanced to the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals, and finished the year ranked No. 7.
In 1995-96, he helped pace Duke to a 25-4 mark (then a school record for wins in a season), a trip to the NCAA Final Four, and a No. 3 national ranking. In 1996-97, Duke advanced to its second straight NCAA Final Four, finishing the year again ranked No. 3 in the country.
Ashworth has coached 15 All-America selections and four collegiate grand slam champions during his stay with the Blue Devils. That includes four-time All-America Vanessa Webb, the 1998 NCAA singles national champion.
A Speech Communication graduate of Maryland in 1994, Ashworth was a four-year letterwinner for the Terps. He served as a captain of the team his junior and senior years. Ashworth, a native of Amherst, New Hampshire, resides in Durham with his wife, Kelly.
DUKE HONORS
Kelly McCain - ACC Co-Player of the Week - Mar. 25
PROBABLE DUKE STARTING LINEUPSINGLES POS. PLAYER YEAR RECORD #1 #5 Kelly McCain Fr. 28-6 #2 #17 Amanda Johnson So. 24-7 #3 #34 Julie DeRoo Jr. 29-10 #4 Ioana Plesu Sr. 23-10 #5 #65 Saras Arasu Fr. 24-7 #6 Katie Granson Jr. 16-7 #7 Hillary Adams Jr. 7-8 #8 Susie Abromeit Fr. 5-4
DOUBLES POS. PLAYERS RECORD #1 #24 Kelly McCain/Hillary Adams 9-6 #2 #25 Amanda Johnson/Julie DeRoo 14-1 #3 Susie Abromeit/Katie Granson 12-2
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