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Women's Tennis
at Kitty Harrison Invitational
Saturday, January 18
Evanston, Ill.
TBA
Duke University
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Northwestern
Fourth-ranked Duke Downs 12th-ranked Northwestern, 5-2
1/18/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Jan. 18, 2003
EVANSTON, ILL.-The fourth-ranked Duke women's tennis team opened the 2003 campaign on Saturday with a 5-2 victory at 12th-ranked Northwestern in Evanston, Ill.
Duke (1-0) jumped out to a 1-0 lead, winning the doubles point with wins at Nos. 2 and three. Northwestern's top tandem of Cristelle Grier and Jessica Rush knocked off Kelly McCain and Hillary Adams-the 13th-ranked duo in the nation-8-5.
Northwestern (1-1) picked up the intensity in singles, matching up well against some of the nation's top players. Duke's No. 1 singles player, McCain, suffered an injury during doubles and was unable to play the singles portion of the match. With McCain out, NU's Grier was pitted against Amanda Johnson. Grier dominated the first set, taking a commanding 5-0 lead before allowing Johnson to win a game. Grier went on to win the first set 6-1. Johnson's battled back, but Grier proved to be too much, as she won in straight sets (6-4), giving NU its first point of the match.
Straight-set wins at Nos. 5 and six gave Duke a 3-1 lead. Northwestern battled at Nos. 2 and three, but could not pull out third-set victories for the much needed points. Rush, at No. 2, fell to Katie Blaszak, 6-1, 2-6, 3-6. Jamie Peisel lost to Julie DeRoo, 7-5, 2-6, 2-6 at No. 3. Andrea Yung, playing at No. 4, picked up NU's second point of the match with a come-from-behind win. Yung lost the first set 7-6, but rallied to win the second set, 7-6, forcing and winning a tiebreaker (10-4) for the point.
Duke will next host Pennsylvania on Jan. 24 at 4:00 PM in the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center.
Duke 5, Northwestern 2SINGLES
No.1 #16 Cristelle Grier (NU) def. #15 Amanda Johnson (DU) 6-1, 6-4 No.2 #81 Katie Blaszak (DU) def. #63 Jessica Rush (NU) 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 No.3 #36 Julie DeRoo (DU) def. #76 Jamie Peisel (NU) 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 No.4 Andrea Yung(NU) def. #43 Saras Arasu (DU) 6-7, 7-6, 10-4 No.5 Katie Granson (DU) def. Ruth Barnes (NU) 7-5, 6-0 No.6 #65 Julia Smith (DU) def. Stacy Kokx (NU) 6-4, 6-1
DOUBLES No.1 Rush/Grier(NU) def. #13 McCain/Hillary Adams (DU) 8-5 No.2 #11 DeRoo/Johnson (DU) def. Peisel/Kokx (NU) 8-2 No.3 #49 Granson/Smith (DU) def. Barnes/Yung (NU) 8-4
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