DURHAM – The third-ranked Duke women's tennis team closed the regular season on Friday on the road at top-ranked North Carolina with a 4-1 loss at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center in Chapel Hill, N.C.
The match opened outside as the Tar Heels dedicated their new stadium prior to the match with an impressive crowd, but inclement weather moved the contest indoors. With the loss, Duke dropped to 22-3 overall and 11-2 in the ACC, while North Carolina improved to 27-0, 13-0.
The Blue Devils have now clinched the No. 2 seed in the upcoming ACC Championship and will open play on Friday, April 19 in Cary, N.C.
How It Happened
• Duke jumped out to a good start on court three with
Georgia Drummy and
Iuliia Bryzgalova taking a 6-2 victory over Elizabeth Scotty and Sophia Patel.
• North Carolina's No. 4 ranked Fiona Crawley and Carson Tanguilig were able to register a 6-1 win on court one over Duke's No. 48
Cameron Morra and
Chloe Beck.
• It all came down to court two with North Carolina's Reese Brantmeier and Reilly Tran versus No. 59
Karolina Berankova and
Emma Jackson. The Blue Devils fell behind, 2-1, but were able to even the match 2-2. With UNC leading, 3-2, the match was moved indoors. Duke evened the score, 3-3, but the Tar Heels were able to take control of the match and win three straight points to clinch the doubles point with a 6-3 victory.
• The Blue Devils snapped an 11-match streak with winning the doubles point.
• In singles, 100th-ranked Drummy continued her solid play by knocking off 27th-ranked Abbey Forbes, 6-1, 6-0, on court four to even the match, 1-1.
• On court six, North Carolina's 33rd-ranked Anika Yarlagadda defeated Bryzgalova, 6-0, 6-2.
• With the Tar Heels leading, 2-1, 10th-ranked Reese Brantmeier posted a 6-3, 6-2 win over Duke's 73rd-ranked
Cameron Morra.
• North Carolina received the match-clinching win from 97th-ranked Tran on court five over Duke's
Ellie Coleman, 6-1, 6-4.
• In a showdown on court one featuring top-ranked Crawley against fourth-ranked Beck, the match was stopped with Crawley winning the first set, 6-3, but Beck was leading in the second, 5-3.
• Duke's Jackson was trailing Tanguilig on court three when the match was clinched as well.
Notes
• In each of Duke's three losses this season, the Blue Devils have dropped the doubles point.
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Georgia Drummy registered her 30th career singles win against a ranked opponent and improved to 18-6 all-time against top-50 ranked foes.
• Drummy has won six straight singles matches and is now 67-21 in dual matches over her career. She has posted back-to-back wins against ranked opponents.
• Drummy and
Iuliia Bryzgalova improved to 13-0 on the season and finished with a 12-0 ledger in ACC action. The duo totaled a school-record 12 ACC wins, besting Ellah Nze and Reka Zsilinszka's mark of 11 from the 2007-08 campaign.
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Emma Jackson and
Karolina Berankova dropped their first dual match of the season, after opening the season with a 4-0 record.
• The Blue Devils fell to 3-12 all-time against No. 1 ranked teams.
• Duke leads the all-time series with North Carolina now by a 47-46 ledger, but the Tar Heels have won 13 out of the last 15 matches. The two teams have won on their home court each of the last two seasons.
Quotes
"It's the first time all year that I felt like the moment got ahead of us. We have been so good at playing point, to point, to point and gathering points. It is something we talk about – making the most important thing the point. I felt like today, the outside factors were too big for us. Really, it was the first time I have seen it out of this group. The best thing we can do is learn from it. I told them the best thing about our sport is hopefully we have another opportunity next week. So, I think we realize what we can't do and we have to go out there and play like we are capable of playing." -- Duke head coach
Jamie Ashworth
Next Match
Duke will be the No. 2 seed in the ACC Championship and will kick off action on Friday, April 21 at the Cary Tennis Park in Cary, N.C.
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#1 North Carolina 4, #3 Duke 1
April 14, 2023
Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center * Chapel Hill, N.C.
Doubles
1. #4 Fiona Crawley/Carson Tanguilig (UNC) def.
Cameron Morra/
Chloe Beck (DU) 6-1
2. Reese Brantmeier/Reilly Tran (UNC) def.
Karolina Berankova/
Emma Jackson (DU) 6-3
3.
Iuliia Bryzgalova/
Georgia Drummy (DU) def. Elizabeth Scotty/Sophia Patel (UNC) 6-2
Singles
1. #4
Chloe Beck (DU) vs. #1 Fiona Crawley (UNC) 3-6, 5-3, unfinished
2. #10 Reese Brantmeier (UNC) def. #73
Cameron Morra (DU) 6-3, 6-2
3. #40
Emma Jackson (DU) vs. #16 Carson Tanguilig (UNC) 3-6, 2-4, unfinished
4. #100
Georgia Drummy (DU) def. #27 Abbey Forbes (UNC) 6-1, 6-1
5. #97 Reilly Tran (UNC) def.
Ellie Coleman (DU) 6-1, 6-4
6. #33 Anika Yarlagadda (UNC) def.
Iuliia Bryzgalova (DU) 6-0, 6-2
Order of Finish: Doubles (3,1,2*), Singles (4,6,2,5*)