Blue Devils Defeat Charleston Southern, 4-0, on Sunday Morning

Sunday, January 15

Durham, N.C.

10 a.m.

Duke University

Charleston Southern

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Blue Devils Defeat Charleston Southern, 4-0, on Sunday Morning

1/15/2023 12:34:00 PM | Women's Tennis

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DURHAM – In the first of two dual matches on Sunday for the Duke women's tennis team, the sixth-ranked Blue Devils collected a 4-0 victory over Charleston Southern in the morning inside the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center.

Duke improved to 2-0 on the season, while Charleston Southern dropped to 0-1 in its season opener.

How It Happened
•   Duke jumped out to hot starts on all three doubles courts.
•   On court No. 2, Emma Jackson and Iuliia Bryzgalova won a quick, 6-0, match against Marina Skegro and Luiza Fullana in only 23 minutes.
•   A minute later, the Blue Devils clinched the doubles point with a 6-1 win on court No. 3 as Ellie Coleman and Karolina Berankova defeated Tiffany Pyritz and Zoe Cauthen.
•   Duke's 13th-ranked duo of Chloe Beck and Cameron Morra closed doubles play with a 6-2 win on court No. 1 over Noah Boyd and Amila Jusufbegovic.
•   For the second straight match, Duke won the first singles set on all six courts.
•   Brianna Shvets, a graduate student, gave the Blue Devils a 2-0 lead quickly as she collected a 6-1, 6-0 victory on court No. 5 in just 54 minutes over Pyritz.
•   Graduate student Cameron Morra totaled Duke's third point of the day on court No. 3 as she registered a 6-3, 6-2 win over Skegro.
•   Blue Devil sophomore Ellie Coleman clinched the Duke victory on court No. 4 with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Cauthen.
•   The final three singles matches were unfinished with Duke's third-ranked Beck leading on court one, 6-1, 5-3, against Boyd, 22nd-ranked Jackson was leading, 7-5, 0-2, versus Jusufbegovic and freshman Katie Codd led, 6-2, 5-2, against Khyanna Singh when the match was clinched.

Notes
•   Duke and Charleston Southern met for the first time in school history.
•   The Blue Devils improved to 2-0 all-time against the Big South Conference.
•   Duke registered its 13th-straight home victory.
•   Cameron Morra notched her 96th career singles victory and is only three away from reaching her 100th win.
•   Freshman Katie Codd made her dual match debut on the day in singles action.

Quotes
"We are not in a situation where we play two matches in a day very often and we haven't done it in a long time. I talked to them about trying to focus on every single point that they play and not give up free points and get off the court so we can prepare for the match this afternoon. So, I thought across the board, we did a good job with that. It's a little tricky when they know that you're playing just to four, because they start to rush. I thought in the second set, we started to rush a little bit because they all wanted to be the ones that finished their match. I thought as a whole it was good. We were able to get pretty much everyone except for Georgia (Drummy) involved, which was important for us too. And that was one of the goals of that match." – Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth

Next Match
Duke will return to the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center on Sunday evening at 5 p.m., as the Blue Devils host Charlotte.

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Duke 4, Charleston Southern 0
Jan. 15, 2023
Durham, N.C. (Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center)

Doubles
1. #13 Chloe Beck/Cameron Morra (DU) def. Noah Boyd/Amila Jusufbegovic (CSU) 6-2
2. Emma Jackson/Iuliia Bryzgalova (DU) def. Marina Skegro/Luiza Fullana (CSU) 6-0
3. Ellie Coleman/Karolina Berankova (DU) def. Tiffany Pyritz/Zoe Cauthen (CSU) 6-1

Singles
1. #3 Chloe Beck (DU) vs. Noa Boyd (CSU) 6-1, 5-3 unfinished
2. #22 Emma Jackson (DU) vs. Amila Jusufbegovic (CSU) 7-5, 0-2 unfinished
3. #28 Cameron Morra (DU) def. Marina Skegro (CSU) 6-3, 6-2
4. Ellie Coleman (DU) def. Zoe Cauthen (CSU) 6-1, 6-2
5. Brianna Shvets (DU) def. Tiffany Pyritz (CSU) 6-1, 6-0
6. Katie Codd (DU) vs. Khyanna Singh (CSU) 6-2, 5-2 unfinished
Order of Finish: Doubles (2, 3, 1), Singles (5, 3, 4)