DURHAM – Head coach
Jamie Ashworth and the Duke women's tennis team continue to move up the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) rankings as the Blue Devils come in at No. 4 in the latest listing released on Wednesday.
It marked the second straight week the Blue Devils inched up a spot in the rankings, following a 5-0 start to open the 2023 campaign.
Texas continues to hold the top slot, while North Carolina, Texas A&M, Duke, Georgia, Stanford, Virginia, Pepperdine, Vanderbilt and NC State close out the top 10. A total of four teams from the ACC are ranked in the top 10.
The Blue Devils feature three ranked singles players –
Chloe Beck (#3),
Emma Jackson (#22) and
Cameron Morra (#28) – along with one ranked doubles duo – Beck/Morra (#13). Beck has paced Duke with a 13-3 singles mark and has won seven straight matches. Morra (10-6),
Brianna Shvets (10-4), Jackson (9-5) and
Ellie Coleman (8-3) have eight or more singles wins.
Duke will conclude an eight-match homestand this weekend as the Blue Devils host Harvard on Saturday, Feb. 4 at 12 p.m., followed by a pair of matches on Sunday, Feb. 5 against Georgetown (2 p.m.) and NCCU (6:30 p.m.).
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