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Saturday, April 8
Durham, N.C.
11 a.m.
Duke University
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North Carolina State
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No. 6 Duke Registers 4-3 Win Over No. 7 NC State
4/8/2023 4:07:00 PM | Women's Tennis
DURHAM – In a top-10 battle inside the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center on Saturday, the sixth-ranked Duke women's tennis team registered a 4-3 victory over seventh-ranked NC State (17-4, 8-3) to claim their 26th-straight home victory.
The Blue Devils improved to 22-2 overall and 11-1 in ACC action, while moving to 15-0 at home. The 15 wins at home is a new school record. The previous record of 14 happened four previous times (2018-19, 2016-17, 2013-14 and 2011-12).
How It Happened
• The doubles point was a tough battle on all three courts on Saturday morning.
• After falling behind, 2-0, to open the match on court one, Duke's duo of Ellie Coleman and Chloe Beck came back against the Wolfpack's 10th-ranked tandem of Diana Shnaider and Alana Smith to even the match, 2-2. After falling behind, 3-2, Coleman/Beck went on to win three straight games to lead 5-3. Coleman/Beck dropped a deuce point to cut the lead to 5-4, but won a key deuce point to grab the win, 6-4.
• On court three, Duke's Georgia Drummy and Iuliia Bryzgalova led 2-0 and 3-1 early, but NC State's Sophie Abrams and Abigail Rencheli made a comeback to even the score, 4-4. The Blue Devils won a deuce point to take a 5-4 lead and then clinched the doubles point with a 6-4 victory.
• Duke's Emma Jackson and Karolina Berankova led for most of their match against 11th-ranked Nell Miller and Amelia Rajecki, before the match was stopped when it was tied, 6-6.
• The Blue Devils went out in singles and took a 2-0 lead in the match as Coleman registered a 6-4, 6-3 win on court five against Abrams. Coleman never trailed in the first set and then after falling behind, 1-0, in the second rallied to win five straight games to go ahead 5-1. She closed the match with a 6-3 win.
• In a top-20 battle on court one, Duke's fifth-ranked Beck went up against 18th-ranked Shnaider. With the first set tied, 1-1, Beck won a key deuce point to take a 2-1 lead and she never trailed in the first set winning 6-3. Beck built a 3-1 lead in the second set, but Shnaider came back to even the score, 3-3. Beck won a big deuce point to take a 4-3 lead and then won another deuce point to win, 6-3, and give the Blue Devils a 3-0 lead in the match.
• NC State got on the board on court six with a 7-5, 6-4 win by Gina Dittmann over Bryzgalova. In the second set, Bryzgalova got off to a good start taking a 2-0 lead and 4-3 advantage, but Dittmann came back to take the match.
• The Blue Devils received the match-clinching point on court four as No. 121 Drummy registered a 3-set victory over No. 65 Rencheli. In the first set, Drummy was impressive winning 6-1, but Rencheli came back in the second to also win 6-1. In the third set, Drummy was tied 1-1 and won a key deuce point to take a 2-1 lead. She also won deuce points to go ahead 5-1 and to clinch the victory, 6-3.
• Nursing an injury, No. 76 Cameron Morra held strong against No. 13 Smith winning the first set, 7-6 (7-4), but retired in the second set after the match was clinched.
• On court three, NCSU's No. 28 Rajecki won in three sets over No. 34 Jackson, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, to close the match.
Notes
• Duke won its 13th-straight match against the Wolfpack to improve to 64-2 all-time in the series. In Durham, the Blue Devils moved to 28-1 with seven consecutive wins. Head coach Jamie Ashworth moved to 33-2 against the Wolfpack.
• Ellie Coleman and Chloe Beck played together for the second time this season and improved to 14-6 over their career together.
• Iuliia Bryzgalova and Georgia Drummy registered their 13th-straight win on the year to improve to 13-0 overall and 12-0 in the ACC.
• Coleman won her ninth straight singles match to move her record to 23-7 overall and 8-3 in ACC action this season.
• Beck posted her 34th career ACC singles win and 68th dual match victory. She now owns 25 career wins at the No. 1 singles slot to move into a tie for sixth on Duke's all-time charts. Beck now has 216 combined singles and doubles wins over her Blue Devil career.
• Drummy notched her second win this season against a ranked opponent and the first of the spring. She improved to 10-5 overall, 5-0 in the ACC and won her fifth straight match.
• The Blue Devils have won 47-straight matches when winning the doubles point.
• Duke collected its 11th top-10 win over the last four seasons.
• The Blue Devils won their 26th-straight match at home, which equals the fourth-longest streak in school history.
Quotes
"I thought we played really clean doubles. NC State is known to have good doubles. We had to come out with energy and we had to come out hitting the ball with a lot of pace, which we are not a team that really hits the ball hard, but I thought we really took control of the match with that doubles [win]. I thought that we kind of knocked them back a little bit winning that doubles point. Just proud of our doubles effort all around, even the match that we didn't finish. We saved a match point there. We've done a really good job of not giving teams free points and not letting teams put points on the board across the board -- doubles or singles. Our doubles have been kind of plug and play the last couple of weeks and see who we can put in there. We've thrown Ellie [Coleman] in there the last couple of matches with Chloe [Beck] and switched some things around and things have worked out. I think that if you have good doubles, you can do that. If everyone understands what they're doing in practice, where they need to hit the ball and where they need to be. So, it's great to see them come out and play with that kind of energy at the start of a match like this and not really have any nerves to. That was good." -- Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth
"Yeah, we haven't had that really. We've been up there in the rankings, but we haven't had that signature win and we needed a win like this. And to have it here - we talked a little bit about that after – we've really tried to make this place one of the toughest places in the country to play. And it's shown. A good, undefeated year at home in the regular season and now we have to take advantage of that. We've put ourselves in a good position and we need to take advantage. Obviously, we have one more regular season match and a lot on the line in that match too. So, we're excited for that opportunity. I love where we're at. I love our team. I love how they're working and love how they're competing. I told them after today it's so hard for teams to win points against us and when they do it takes a good two hours for them to do. So, I think that's a mark of a team that is out there competing really well and I love seeing it." -- Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth
"When Georgia is on, swinging and healthy. That's the biggest thing is making sure she's healthy. I felt like at the start of the year we weren't complete as a team, because we just didn't have her practice daily. She's played such a big role and is vocal out there. It's been really great for her [to be back out there more]. For her to clinch a match like that. It's been a while since she's been in that position to actually clinch a match and so, to come up big with some big returns in that last game was huge." -- Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth on Georgia Drummy clinching
"I think I had a bit more nerves today obviously, senior day and last ACC match at home. But all I was thinking was I have a great team behind me, we're all just looking to each other and they're really supporting me to try and get me through that match." -- Duke senior Georgia Drummy
"When we play at home, we just have a great set of fans coming out to support and lots of family members as well. So, it's just definitely a treat playing undefeated here. And I mean, the coaches do a great job but making us all feel at home." -- Duke senior Georgia Drummy
Next Match
Duke will close the regular season on Friday, April 13 with a road contest at top-ranked North Carolina. The match is slated to start at 3 p.m., at the Kone-Kenfield Tennis Center in Chapel Hill, N.C.
To stay up to date with Blue Devils women's tennis, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeWTEN".
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#6 Duke 4, #7 NC State 3
April 8, 2023
Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center * Durham, N.C.
Doubles
1. Ellie Coleman/Chloe Beck (DU) def. #10 Diana Shnaider/Alana Smith (NCSU) 6-4
2. Karolina Berankova/Emma Jackson (DU) vs. #11 Nell Miller/Amelia Rajecki (NCSU) 6-6, unfinished
3. Iuliia Bryzgalova/Georgia Drummy (DU) def. Sophie Abrams/Abigail Rencheli (NCSU) 6-4
Singles
1. #5 Chloe Beck (DU) def. #18 Diana Shnaider (NCSU) 6-3, 6-3
2. #13 Alana Smith (NCSU) def. #76 Cameron Morra (DU) 6-7 (4-7), 1-0, retired
3. #28 Amelia Rajecki (NCSU) def. #34 Emma Jackson (DU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
4. #121 Georgia Drummy (DU) vs. #65 Abigail Rencheli (NCSU)
5. Ellie Coleman (DU) def. Sophie Abrams (NCSU) 6-4, 6-3
6. Gina Dittmann (NCSU) def. Iuliia Bryzgalova (DU) 7-5, 6-4
Order of Finish: Doubles (1,3*), Singles (5,1,6,4*,2,3)
The Blue Devils improved to 22-2 overall and 11-1 in ACC action, while moving to 15-0 at home. The 15 wins at home is a new school record. The previous record of 14 happened four previous times (2018-19, 2016-17, 2013-14 and 2011-12).
How It Happened
• The doubles point was a tough battle on all three courts on Saturday morning.
• After falling behind, 2-0, to open the match on court one, Duke's duo of Ellie Coleman and Chloe Beck came back against the Wolfpack's 10th-ranked tandem of Diana Shnaider and Alana Smith to even the match, 2-2. After falling behind, 3-2, Coleman/Beck went on to win three straight games to lead 5-3. Coleman/Beck dropped a deuce point to cut the lead to 5-4, but won a key deuce point to grab the win, 6-4.
• On court three, Duke's Georgia Drummy and Iuliia Bryzgalova led 2-0 and 3-1 early, but NC State's Sophie Abrams and Abigail Rencheli made a comeback to even the score, 4-4. The Blue Devils won a deuce point to take a 5-4 lead and then clinched the doubles point with a 6-4 victory.
• Duke's Emma Jackson and Karolina Berankova led for most of their match against 11th-ranked Nell Miller and Amelia Rajecki, before the match was stopped when it was tied, 6-6.
• The Blue Devils went out in singles and took a 2-0 lead in the match as Coleman registered a 6-4, 6-3 win on court five against Abrams. Coleman never trailed in the first set and then after falling behind, 1-0, in the second rallied to win five straight games to go ahead 5-1. She closed the match with a 6-3 win.
• In a top-20 battle on court one, Duke's fifth-ranked Beck went up against 18th-ranked Shnaider. With the first set tied, 1-1, Beck won a key deuce point to take a 2-1 lead and she never trailed in the first set winning 6-3. Beck built a 3-1 lead in the second set, but Shnaider came back to even the score, 3-3. Beck won a big deuce point to take a 4-3 lead and then won another deuce point to win, 6-3, and give the Blue Devils a 3-0 lead in the match.
• NC State got on the board on court six with a 7-5, 6-4 win by Gina Dittmann over Bryzgalova. In the second set, Bryzgalova got off to a good start taking a 2-0 lead and 4-3 advantage, but Dittmann came back to take the match.
• The Blue Devils received the match-clinching point on court four as No. 121 Drummy registered a 3-set victory over No. 65 Rencheli. In the first set, Drummy was impressive winning 6-1, but Rencheli came back in the second to also win 6-1. In the third set, Drummy was tied 1-1 and won a key deuce point to take a 2-1 lead. She also won deuce points to go ahead 5-1 and to clinch the victory, 6-3.
• Nursing an injury, No. 76 Cameron Morra held strong against No. 13 Smith winning the first set, 7-6 (7-4), but retired in the second set after the match was clinched.
• On court three, NCSU's No. 28 Rajecki won in three sets over No. 34 Jackson, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, to close the match.
Notes
• Duke won its 13th-straight match against the Wolfpack to improve to 64-2 all-time in the series. In Durham, the Blue Devils moved to 28-1 with seven consecutive wins. Head coach Jamie Ashworth moved to 33-2 against the Wolfpack.
• Ellie Coleman and Chloe Beck played together for the second time this season and improved to 14-6 over their career together.
• Iuliia Bryzgalova and Georgia Drummy registered their 13th-straight win on the year to improve to 13-0 overall and 12-0 in the ACC.
• Coleman won her ninth straight singles match to move her record to 23-7 overall and 8-3 in ACC action this season.
• Beck posted her 34th career ACC singles win and 68th dual match victory. She now owns 25 career wins at the No. 1 singles slot to move into a tie for sixth on Duke's all-time charts. Beck now has 216 combined singles and doubles wins over her Blue Devil career.
• Drummy notched her second win this season against a ranked opponent and the first of the spring. She improved to 10-5 overall, 5-0 in the ACC and won her fifth straight match.
• The Blue Devils have won 47-straight matches when winning the doubles point.
• Duke collected its 11th top-10 win over the last four seasons.
• The Blue Devils won their 26th-straight match at home, which equals the fourth-longest streak in school history.
Quotes
"I thought we played really clean doubles. NC State is known to have good doubles. We had to come out with energy and we had to come out hitting the ball with a lot of pace, which we are not a team that really hits the ball hard, but I thought we really took control of the match with that doubles [win]. I thought that we kind of knocked them back a little bit winning that doubles point. Just proud of our doubles effort all around, even the match that we didn't finish. We saved a match point there. We've done a really good job of not giving teams free points and not letting teams put points on the board across the board -- doubles or singles. Our doubles have been kind of plug and play the last couple of weeks and see who we can put in there. We've thrown Ellie [Coleman] in there the last couple of matches with Chloe [Beck] and switched some things around and things have worked out. I think that if you have good doubles, you can do that. If everyone understands what they're doing in practice, where they need to hit the ball and where they need to be. So, it's great to see them come out and play with that kind of energy at the start of a match like this and not really have any nerves to. That was good." -- Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth
"Yeah, we haven't had that really. We've been up there in the rankings, but we haven't had that signature win and we needed a win like this. And to have it here - we talked a little bit about that after – we've really tried to make this place one of the toughest places in the country to play. And it's shown. A good, undefeated year at home in the regular season and now we have to take advantage of that. We've put ourselves in a good position and we need to take advantage. Obviously, we have one more regular season match and a lot on the line in that match too. So, we're excited for that opportunity. I love where we're at. I love our team. I love how they're working and love how they're competing. I told them after today it's so hard for teams to win points against us and when they do it takes a good two hours for them to do. So, I think that's a mark of a team that is out there competing really well and I love seeing it." -- Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth
"When Georgia is on, swinging and healthy. That's the biggest thing is making sure she's healthy. I felt like at the start of the year we weren't complete as a team, because we just didn't have her practice daily. She's played such a big role and is vocal out there. It's been really great for her [to be back out there more]. For her to clinch a match like that. It's been a while since she's been in that position to actually clinch a match and so, to come up big with some big returns in that last game was huge." -- Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth on Georgia Drummy clinching
"I think I had a bit more nerves today obviously, senior day and last ACC match at home. But all I was thinking was I have a great team behind me, we're all just looking to each other and they're really supporting me to try and get me through that match." -- Duke senior Georgia Drummy
"When we play at home, we just have a great set of fans coming out to support and lots of family members as well. So, it's just definitely a treat playing undefeated here. And I mean, the coaches do a great job but making us all feel at home." -- Duke senior Georgia Drummy
Next Match
Duke will close the regular season on Friday, April 13 with a road contest at top-ranked North Carolina. The match is slated to start at 3 p.m., at the Kone-Kenfield Tennis Center in Chapel Hill, N.C.
To stay up to date with Blue Devils women's tennis, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeWTEN".
#GoDuke
#6 Duke 4, #7 NC State 3
April 8, 2023
Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center * Durham, N.C.
Doubles
1. Ellie Coleman/Chloe Beck (DU) def. #10 Diana Shnaider/Alana Smith (NCSU) 6-4
2. Karolina Berankova/Emma Jackson (DU) vs. #11 Nell Miller/Amelia Rajecki (NCSU) 6-6, unfinished
3. Iuliia Bryzgalova/Georgia Drummy (DU) def. Sophie Abrams/Abigail Rencheli (NCSU) 6-4
Singles
1. #5 Chloe Beck (DU) def. #18 Diana Shnaider (NCSU) 6-3, 6-3
2. #13 Alana Smith (NCSU) def. #76 Cameron Morra (DU) 6-7 (4-7), 1-0, retired
3. #28 Amelia Rajecki (NCSU) def. #34 Emma Jackson (DU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
4. #121 Georgia Drummy (DU) vs. #65 Abigail Rencheli (NCSU)
5. Ellie Coleman (DU) def. Sophie Abrams (NCSU) 6-4, 6-3
6. Gina Dittmann (NCSU) def. Iuliia Bryzgalova (DU) 7-5, 6-4
Order of Finish: Doubles (1,3*), Singles (5,1,6,4*,2,3)
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,3
#1 Singles Match
12
Diana Shnaider / 0 (18/-) [ST]
33
66
#2 Singles Match
123
Alana Smith / 0 (13/-) [ST]
61WR
700
#3 Singles Match
123
Amelia Rajecki / 0 (28/-) [ST]
646
362
#4 Singles Match
123
Abigail Rencheli / 0 (65/-) [ST]
163
616
#5 Singles Match
12
Sophie Abrams / 0 [ST]
43
66
#6 Singles Match
12
Gina Dittmann / 0 [ST]
76
54
Order of Finish:
5,1,6,4,2,3
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