No. 21 Duke Falls, 4-1, to No. 26 Georgia Tech

Sunday, March 10

Durham, N.C.

11 a.m.

Duke University

Georgia Tech

Photo by: Duke Athletics

No. 21 Duke Falls, 4-1, to No. 26 Georgia Tech

3/10/2024 2:40:00 PM | Women's Tennis

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DURHAM – The 21st-ranked Duke women's tennis team had its three-match winning streak come to an end on Sunday as the Blue Devils dropped a 4-1 decision to No. 26 Georgia Tech at Ambler Tennis Stadium.

The Blue Devils fell to 9-5, 3-3 in the ACC, while the Yellow Jackets improved to 8-6, 4-2.

How It Happened

Duke had a solid start on court two in doubles as Emma Jackson and Karolina Berankova jumped out to a 2-0 lead against Given Roach and Alejandra Cruz.The Yellow Jackets then won six straight games to take the match, 6-2.
Georgia Tech never trailed on court one as 16th-ranked Carol Lee and Kate Sharabura totaled a 6-3 victory over Duke's Katie Codd and Shavit Kimchi to clinch the doubles point.
When the doubles point was clinched, the Yellow Jackets' tandem of Kylie Bilchev and Scarlett Nicholson were leading, 4-3, against Brianna Shvets and Iuliia Bryzgalova.
Georgia Tech was able to make it 2-0 after singles started as 50th-ranked Carol Lee totaled a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Duke's 93rd-ranked Jackson.
The Blue Devils were able to cut into the Yellow Jacket lead as 97th-ranked Kimchi never trailed en route to a 6-3, 6-4 win over Cruz on court two.
Duke's 110th-ranked Shvets fell behind, 2-0, on court five to Jain, but battled back to take a 5-4 lead late.Jain came back to send the match into a tiebreaker where she won, 7-4. In the second set, Shvets fell, 6-3, to give Georgia Tech a 3-1 lead.
The Yellow Jackets clinched the victory on court six as Sharabura posted a 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 over Berankova.
When the match was clinched both Bryzgalova and Codd were in a third set against their opponents.

Notes

Duke played its sixth straight match without junior Ellie Coleman, who is ranked No. 90 nationally in singles.
Shavit Kimchi improved to 11-8 on the season and collected her third ACC singles win.

Quotes

"It was lost because of lost opportunities. We just cannot afford to do that and I think it carried over into singles. I thought we did a good job competing and did a good job fighting to give ourselves a chance there in singles, but even then when we did we had opportunities that we created and lost.We just have to be better when we are put in those situations.You work hard and you get up in a game or get up in a set and you give it right back.It is like you get up and you relax and we just cannot do that.We have to run through the finish line to be cliché-ish there and not just get to the finish line." - Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth on the doubles start

Next Match

Duke will next travel to Orlando, Fla., to face Princeton on Wednesday, March 13 at 12:30 p.m.

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#26 Georgia Tech 4, #21 Duke 1
March 10, 2024
Ambler Tennis Stadium * Durham, N.C.

Doubles
1. #16 Carol Lee/Kate Sharabura (GT) def. Katie Codd/Shavit Kimchi (DU) 6-3
2. Given Roach/Alejandra Cruz (GT) def. Emma Jackson/Karolina Berankova (DU) 6-2
3. Brianna Shvets/Iuliia Bryzgalova (DU) vs. Kylie Bilchev/Scarlett Nicholson (GT) 3-4, unfinished

Singles
1. #50 Carol Lee (GT) def. #93 Emma Jackson (DU) 6-2, 6-1
2. #97 Shavit Kimchi (DU) def. Alejandra Cruz (GT) 6-3, 6-4
3. Iuliia Bryzgalova (DU) vs. Kylie Bilchev (GT) 1-6, 6-2, 2-3, unfinished
4. #94 Katie Codd (DU) vs. Scarlett Nicholson (GT) 6-1, 4-6, 2-3, unfinished
5. Mahak Jain (GT) def. #110 Brianna Shvets (DU) 7-6, 6-3
6. Kate Sharabura (GT) def. Karolina Berankova (DU) 4-6, 6-4, 0-6
Order of Finish: Doubles (2,1*), Singles (1,2,5,6*)