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Women's Tennis
at Kitty Harrison Invitational
Sunday, March 26
Blacksburg, Va.
10:30 a.m.
Duke University
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at
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Virginia Tech
No. 10 Duke Rolls Past Virginia Tech, 6-1
3/26/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
BLACKSBURG, Va. ? The No. 10 Duke women's tennis team rebounded from an upset loss to Virginia Saturday to defeat Virginia Tech, 6-1, Sunday at the Hokies' Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center in Blacksburg. The Blue Devils improve to 10-4 and 3-1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, while Virginia Tech moves to 10-7, 0-5 ACC.
After losing the doubles point to Virginia Saturday, Duke commanded an early lead Sunday with wins at all three postitions. Melissa Mang and Jennifer Zika set the tone at No. 3 with an 8-3 decision over Ashley James and Jessica Long on court three, and 17th-ranked Daniela Bercek and Jessi Robinson followed at No. 1, downing the 40th-ranked duo of Anat Elazari and J.J. Larson, 8-5. On court two, Kristin Cargill and Jackie Carleton produced their first win this season over a ranked doubles tandem, posting an 8-6 victory over No. 60 Inga Beerman and Abbey Walker.
Three straight Duke singles victories ensued to ensure the Duke victory. Freshman Tara Iyer made the score 2-0 with a straight-set 6-3, 6-1 win over Larson at No. 3. Then at No. 4, after winning her first set, 6-3, against James, Cargill fell behind 3-4 in the second set. Three straight points, however, gave her a 6-4 edge to bring the overall score to 3-0. Zika rebounded from losing her first set at No. 6 against Walker, 6-4, and beginning down 3-0 in the secoond to win two in a row, 6-4, 6-3, clinching the Blue Devil win at 4-0.
Zika's was one of four matches that headed to third sets. Virginia Tech's Elazari snapped an eight-match win streak by No. 122 Mang, Duke's leader in singles with 20 wins this season, by topping the Blue Devil, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. The point, the Hokie's first of the match, would also be their last as Bercek and Robinson won on courts one and five, respectively.
Bercek, the second-ranked singles player in the country, took the first set 6-3 but lost a 4-3 lead in the second to go down 6-4 to No. 121 Beerman. Motivated by the loss, Bercek came back out to win her third set by a 6-1 margin, improving her record against ranked players to 7-2.
Starting down a set after a 6-4 loss to Long, Robinson claimed her next two sets, 6-2, 6-1, to post her third straight singles victory.
Duke returns home for a matchup with No. 6 Florida Tuesday at 5 p.m. at the Ambler Tennis Stadium.
Results
Doubles
1. #17 Bercek/Robinson (D) def. #40 Anat Elazari/J.J. Larson (VT), 8-5
2. Cargill/Carleton (D) def. #60 Inga Beerman/Abbey Walker (VT), 8-6
3. Mang/Zika (D) def. Ashley James/Jessica Long (VT), 8-3
Order: 3,1*,2
Singles
1. #2 Daniela Bercek (D) def. #121 Inga Beerman (VT), 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
2. Anat Elazari (VT) def. #122 Melissa Mang (D), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
3. #66 Tara Iyer (D) def. J.J. Larson (VT), 6-3, 6-1
4. Kristin Cargill (D) def. Ashley James (VT), 6-3, 6-4
5. Jessi Robinson (D) def. Jessica Long (VT), 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
6. Jennifer Zika (D) def. Abbey Walker (VT), 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
Order: 3,4,6*,2,1,5
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