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11/14/2018 3:15:00 PM | Women's Tennis
DURHAM, N.C. – With fall tennis in the rearview mirror, the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) released its final rankings of the fall, which featured four Duke women's tennis players on the singles list.
Coming in with the highest Blue Devil ranking is freshman Maria Mateas, locking in at No. 8. Mateas participated in the ITA All-American and left California with a 4-1 overall ledger. The top-ranked rookie in the country secured three victories over nationally ranked foes, including No. 1 Makenna Jones of North Carolina in the semifinals of All-Americans.
Junior Meible Chi jumped 21 spots on the rankings list to No. 10 in the country following a solid fall. Chi played to an 11-3 overall record that included two victories over No. 11 Carla Touly of Florida State. Sophomore Kelly Chen and senior Kaitlyn McCarthy round out Duke's showing in the rankings at No. 37 and No. 58, respectively. Chen secured a 6-2 fall ledger while McCarthy went 7-3 as the previously-ranked No. 84 in the nation.
Duke will return to the courts Jan. 12 to take on Oklahoma State in the Bahamas, marking the program's first international trip.
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