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No. 9 Duke Closes Road Swing with 4-3 Win at No. 26 Georgia Tech
3/12/2023 5:26:00 PM | Women's Tennis
ATLANTA, Ga. – In a place where the Blue Devils have struggled recently, the ninth-ranked Duke women's tennis team captured a 4-3 win on the road at 26th-ranked Georgia Tech on Sunday inside the Ken Byers Tennis Complex in Atlanta, Ga.
Heading into the match, Duke had dropped five straight at Georgia Tech and seven out of the last eight, but the Blue Devils came out with an impressive performance by winning the doubles point and three out of the first five singles matches to clinch the victory.
Duke moved to 15-2 overall and 5-1 in the ACC, while Georgia Tech dropped to 7-6, 2-4.
How It Happened
• Duke came out and collected the doubles point to go ahead 1-0.
• On court three, Georgia Drummy and Iuliia Bryzgalova took a 1-0 lead, but feel behind, 2-1 as the Yellow Jackets won two straight games. The Blue Devils responded by winning five straight games to remain undefeated by winning, 6-2, against Monika Dedaj and Rosie Garcia Gross.
• Georgia Tech came back and won, 6-2, on court two as Kylie Bilchev and Alejandra Cruz defeated Duke's Ellie Coleman and Karolina Berankova.
• On court one, Duke's No. 25 ranked Cameron Morra and Chloe Beck never trailed against Carol Lee and Kate Sharabura and won, 6-4, to clinch the point.
• In singles, the Blue Devils were able to get two more points on the board quickly to go ahead, 3-0.
• Drummy registered a 6-4, 6-0 win on court one against Cruz, while Coleman totaled a 6-1, 6-2 victory on court six against Ruth Marsh. Coleman dropped the first game in both sets, but came back to win in straight sets.
• Needing one more singles win to clinch the victory, the Blue Devils dropped the next two singles matches on court two and three.
• Duke's No. 24 Emma Jackson fell, 6-2, 6-2, to No. 99 Mahak Jain on court three and No. 62 Morra fell, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4), to No. 27 Bilchev on court two.
• With Duke leading 3-2, the focus turned to court one where a top-10 battle was taking place with No. 3 Beck against No. 8 Lee. Beck trailed early in the first set, 0-1 and 1-2, but broke Lee's serve to even the match, 2-2, and she wouldn't trail the rest of the set winning, 6-4. Beck was behind for most of the second set, before evening the set, 4-4. She had a chance to serve for the match leading, 5-4, but was broken. Lee took a 6-5 lead, but Beck once again battled back and evened the score, 6-6. Beck came through in the tiebreaker winning, 7-4, to clinch the victory for Duke.
• On court five, Bryzgalova and Garcia Gross split the first two sets with Garcia Gross winning 6-3 in the first one. In the second set, Bryzgalova came back from being down 1-3 to winning the set, 7-5. Garcia Gross went ahead, 2-0, in the third set and eventually won, 6-4, after Bryzgalova battled back to even the score, 4-4.
Notes
• Chloe Beck won her 21st straight ACC regular season match on the afternoon to improve to 24-3 overall on the season and 30-2 in her career against ACC foes. She is now two wins away from reaching 100 over her Blue Devil career.
• The 21 consecutive ACC singles wins ranks tied for the second-longest streak in Duke history along with Amanda Johnson. The Duke record is 22 by Vanessa Webb.
• Beck is 14-0 on the season in dual match singles play.
• Beck now owns an 18-match singles winning streak in 2022-23, which leads the nation.
• So far this season, Beck has clinched a team-best five matches for Duke. Over her career, she has clinched 13 wins for the Blue Devils.
• Beck and Cameron Morra registered their 24th doubles win on the season and is 5-1 in ACC play this year.
• Georgia Drummy and Iuliia Bryzgalova continued their impressive play in doubles moving to 7-0 on the season and 6-0 in ACC action.
• Drummy moved to 2-0 in ACC play this season and 63-21 in dual match play over her career.
• Ellie Coleman won her third straight ACC singles match.
• Duke is now 4-1 on the road this season.
• The Blue Devils have won 40 straight matches when winning the doubles point.
Quotes
"Today was definitely a good day. We played really good doubles and I thought that we set the tone for our singles with our doubles. We were aggressive and we didn't give away a lot of free points in doubles in front of a pretty hostile crowd, which says a lot about where our mental state was in the end of those doubles matches. In singles, I thought in the places we won we played well. Chloe [Beck] played a really good match. Her opponent, Carol Lee, is a very good player. And I thought Chloe had to raise the level of where she's been the last couple of weeks. Even some of the matches we lost - Cam [Morra] did a good job of staying on the court and not giving Georgia Tech a point there. And the same with Iuliia [Bryzgalova]. I thought that we left the weekend better than we started the weekend. But we still have a little way to go here and we will work on some things over the next 10 days before we play again."-- Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth
"I mean, it's super special. I think the team is doing a good job treating every match the same, and just trying to appreciate and take advantage of the opportunities. So, I don't think that we thought too much of the situation. We didn't even know that it had been so many years since we had won an away match there [at Georgia Tech], but I think that kind of helped us be able to play free in those big moments." -- Duke senior Chloe Beck on the win at Georgia Tech
"Honestly, just my fight. I think regardless of how I feel like I'm striking the ball, as long as I'm being loud, cheering for my teammates and pumping myself up. I think things usually fall into place. So, I'm just proud of the way that I showed up and fought today in the match." -- Duke senior Chloe Beck on her win today against top-10 opponent
Next Match
Duke will be off for spring break this week, before returning home Wednesday, March 22 as the Blue Devils host Northwestern at 4 p.m.
To stay up to date with Blue Devils women's tennis, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeWTEN".
#GoDuke
#9 Duke 4, #26 Georgia Tech 3
March 12, 2023
Atlanta, Ga. (Ken Byers Tennis Complex)
Doubles
1. #25 Chloe Beck/Cameron Morra (DU) def. Carol Lee/Kat Sharabura (GT) 6-4
2. Kylie Bilchev/Alejandra Cruz (GT) def. Karolina Berankova/Ellie Coleman (DU) 6-2
3. Iuliia Bryzgalova/Georgia Drummy (DU) def. Monika Dedaj/Rosie Garcia Gross 6-2
Singles
1. #3 Chloe Beck (DU) def. #8 Carol Lee (GT) 6-4, 7-6 (7-4)
2. #27 Kylie Bilchev (GT) def. #62 Cameron Morra (DU)6-3, 7-6 (7-4)
3. #99 Mahak Jain (GT) def. #24 Emma Jackson (DU) 6-2, 6-2
4. Georgia Drummy (DU) def. Alejandra Cruz (GT) 6-4, 6-0
5. Rosie Garcia Gross (GT) def. Iuliia Bryzgalova (DU) 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
6. Ellie Coleman (DU) def. Ruth Marsh (GT) 6-1, 6-2
Order of Finish: Doubles (3,2,1), Singles (4,6,3,2,1,5)
Heading into the match, Duke had dropped five straight at Georgia Tech and seven out of the last eight, but the Blue Devils came out with an impressive performance by winning the doubles point and three out of the first five singles matches to clinch the victory.
Duke moved to 15-2 overall and 5-1 in the ACC, while Georgia Tech dropped to 7-6, 2-4.
How It Happened
• Duke came out and collected the doubles point to go ahead 1-0.
• On court three, Georgia Drummy and Iuliia Bryzgalova took a 1-0 lead, but feel behind, 2-1 as the Yellow Jackets won two straight games. The Blue Devils responded by winning five straight games to remain undefeated by winning, 6-2, against Monika Dedaj and Rosie Garcia Gross.
• Georgia Tech came back and won, 6-2, on court two as Kylie Bilchev and Alejandra Cruz defeated Duke's Ellie Coleman and Karolina Berankova.
• On court one, Duke's No. 25 ranked Cameron Morra and Chloe Beck never trailed against Carol Lee and Kate Sharabura and won, 6-4, to clinch the point.
• In singles, the Blue Devils were able to get two more points on the board quickly to go ahead, 3-0.
• Drummy registered a 6-4, 6-0 win on court one against Cruz, while Coleman totaled a 6-1, 6-2 victory on court six against Ruth Marsh. Coleman dropped the first game in both sets, but came back to win in straight sets.
• Needing one more singles win to clinch the victory, the Blue Devils dropped the next two singles matches on court two and three.
• Duke's No. 24 Emma Jackson fell, 6-2, 6-2, to No. 99 Mahak Jain on court three and No. 62 Morra fell, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4), to No. 27 Bilchev on court two.
• With Duke leading 3-2, the focus turned to court one where a top-10 battle was taking place with No. 3 Beck against No. 8 Lee. Beck trailed early in the first set, 0-1 and 1-2, but broke Lee's serve to even the match, 2-2, and she wouldn't trail the rest of the set winning, 6-4. Beck was behind for most of the second set, before evening the set, 4-4. She had a chance to serve for the match leading, 5-4, but was broken. Lee took a 6-5 lead, but Beck once again battled back and evened the score, 6-6. Beck came through in the tiebreaker winning, 7-4, to clinch the victory for Duke.
• On court five, Bryzgalova and Garcia Gross split the first two sets with Garcia Gross winning 6-3 in the first one. In the second set, Bryzgalova came back from being down 1-3 to winning the set, 7-5. Garcia Gross went ahead, 2-0, in the third set and eventually won, 6-4, after Bryzgalova battled back to even the score, 4-4.
Notes
• Chloe Beck won her 21st straight ACC regular season match on the afternoon to improve to 24-3 overall on the season and 30-2 in her career against ACC foes. She is now two wins away from reaching 100 over her Blue Devil career.
• The 21 consecutive ACC singles wins ranks tied for the second-longest streak in Duke history along with Amanda Johnson. The Duke record is 22 by Vanessa Webb.
• Beck is 14-0 on the season in dual match singles play.
• Beck now owns an 18-match singles winning streak in 2022-23, which leads the nation.
• So far this season, Beck has clinched a team-best five matches for Duke. Over her career, she has clinched 13 wins for the Blue Devils.
• Beck and Cameron Morra registered their 24th doubles win on the season and is 5-1 in ACC play this year.
• Georgia Drummy and Iuliia Bryzgalova continued their impressive play in doubles moving to 7-0 on the season and 6-0 in ACC action.
• Drummy moved to 2-0 in ACC play this season and 63-21 in dual match play over her career.
• Ellie Coleman won her third straight ACC singles match.
• Duke is now 4-1 on the road this season.
• The Blue Devils have won 40 straight matches when winning the doubles point.
Quotes
"Today was definitely a good day. We played really good doubles and I thought that we set the tone for our singles with our doubles. We were aggressive and we didn't give away a lot of free points in doubles in front of a pretty hostile crowd, which says a lot about where our mental state was in the end of those doubles matches. In singles, I thought in the places we won we played well. Chloe [Beck] played a really good match. Her opponent, Carol Lee, is a very good player. And I thought Chloe had to raise the level of where she's been the last couple of weeks. Even some of the matches we lost - Cam [Morra] did a good job of staying on the court and not giving Georgia Tech a point there. And the same with Iuliia [Bryzgalova]. I thought that we left the weekend better than we started the weekend. But we still have a little way to go here and we will work on some things over the next 10 days before we play again."-- Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth
"I mean, it's super special. I think the team is doing a good job treating every match the same, and just trying to appreciate and take advantage of the opportunities. So, I don't think that we thought too much of the situation. We didn't even know that it had been so many years since we had won an away match there [at Georgia Tech], but I think that kind of helped us be able to play free in those big moments." -- Duke senior Chloe Beck on the win at Georgia Tech
"Honestly, just my fight. I think regardless of how I feel like I'm striking the ball, as long as I'm being loud, cheering for my teammates and pumping myself up. I think things usually fall into place. So, I'm just proud of the way that I showed up and fought today in the match." -- Duke senior Chloe Beck on her win today against top-10 opponent
Next Match
Duke will be off for spring break this week, before returning home Wednesday, March 22 as the Blue Devils host Northwestern at 4 p.m.
To stay up to date with Blue Devils women's tennis, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeWTEN".
#GoDuke
#9 Duke 4, #26 Georgia Tech 3
March 12, 2023
Atlanta, Ga. (Ken Byers Tennis Complex)
Doubles
1. #25 Chloe Beck/Cameron Morra (DU) def. Carol Lee/Kat Sharabura (GT) 6-4
2. Kylie Bilchev/Alejandra Cruz (GT) def. Karolina Berankova/Ellie Coleman (DU) 6-2
3. Iuliia Bryzgalova/Georgia Drummy (DU) def. Monika Dedaj/Rosie Garcia Gross 6-2
Singles
1. #3 Chloe Beck (DU) def. #8 Carol Lee (GT) 6-4, 7-6 (7-4)
2. #27 Kylie Bilchev (GT) def. #62 Cameron Morra (DU)6-3, 7-6 (7-4)
3. #99 Mahak Jain (GT) def. #24 Emma Jackson (DU) 6-2, 6-2
4. Georgia Drummy (DU) def. Alejandra Cruz (GT) 6-4, 6-0
5. Rosie Garcia Gross (GT) def. Iuliia Bryzgalova (DU) 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
6. Ellie Coleman (DU) def. Ruth Marsh (GT) 6-1, 6-2
Order of Finish: Doubles (3,2,1), Singles (4,6,3,2,1,5)
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,2,1
#1 Singles Match
12
67
Carol Lee / 0 (8/-) [GT]
46
#2 Singles Match
12
36
Kylie Bilchev / 0 (27/-) [GT]
67
#3 Singles Match
12
22
Mahak Jain / 0 (99/-) [GT]
66
#4 Singles Match
12
66
Alejandra Cruz / 0 [GT]
40
#5 Singles Match
123
374
Rosie Garcia Gross / 0 [GT]
656
#6 Singles Match
12
66
Ruth Marsh / 0 [GT]
12
Order of Finish:
4,6,3,2,1,5
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