Women's Tennis Closes Weekend With 6-1 Victory Over Boston College

Sunday, March 3

Durham, N.C.

2 p.m.

Duke University

Boston College

Photo by: Bri Shaw, Duke Athletics

Women's Tennis Closes Weekend With 6-1 Victory Over Boston College

3/3/2024 8:01:00 PM | Women's Tennis

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DURHAM – The 18th-ranked Duke women's tennis team wrapped up the weekend with a solid 6-1 victory against 55th-ranked Boston College (6-6, 1-4 ACC) on Sunday afternoon at Ambler Tennis Stadium in Durham.

Duke took the doubles point and registered five singles points to improve to 8-4 overall and 2-2 in ACC action. Sunday's match marked the first outdoor contest at Ambler Tennis Stadium for the Blue Devils this season.

How It Happened

Duke and Boston College started the match hot as both squads went back-and-forth in competitive doubles matches.
In an exciting matchup on court one, the Duke duo of Shavit Kimchi and Katie Codd were able to overcome a 4-2 deficit by winning four straight games to take the match, 6-4, over Marice Aguiar and Stephanie Sanchez.
The Duke tandem of Brianna Shvets and Iuliia Bryzgalova went back-and-forth with the Eagles' Natalie Eordekian and Tola Glowacka in the first few games and were even, 2-2, early. The Blue Devils went on a run and won four straight games to win, 6-3. The Shvets and Bryzgalova win on court three clinched the doubles point for the Blue Devils.
The Blue Devils did not slow down as the match moved to singles as they won all of their first sets on every court.
On court five, Shvets turned in a dominant performance with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Sanchez that gave Duke a 2-0 advantage on the day.
Next up 76th-ranked Codd was able to add to the Duke lead defeating Glowacka, 6-3, 6-0, on court four.
Junior Emma Jackson won her first set, 6-1. In the second set, Boston College's Eordekian fought back from a 4-1 deficit to even the score, 4-4. Jackson responded by winning two straight games to register the victory, 6-4, and clinch the Duke win with a 4-0 score.
Duke was able to strengthen its lead with Bryzgalova defeating the Eagles' Muskan Mahajan, 6-1, 7-5. Bryzgalova and Mahajan battled in the second set, before Bryzgalova would finalize the set by winning four straight games to clinch the victory.
On court one, Boston College's Aguiar recorded the sole point for the Eagles by beating Kimchi in a 10-point third-set tiebreaker. Kimchi won the first set 6-3, but Aguiar rebounded with a 6-2 win in the second set. In the tiebreaker, the two battled each other eventually leading to a stalemate at 11-11. Aguiar then won two games to clinch the win.
Berankova concluded the match on court six in another tiebreaker showdown. In the first set, Berankova won, 7-6, before Seren Agar took the second set, 7-5. In the tiebreaker, Berankova's abilities were on full display as she fought back from a 4-1 deficit to tie the score, 5-5. Berankova would then win five straight to seal the matchup and clinch another point for the Blue Devils.

Notes

Iuliia Bryzgalova notched her 100th career doubles win on Sunday. She also improved to 97-35 all-time in singles action.
Brianna Shvets earned her 95th career singles win and is now 12-2 all-time in ACC singles action.
Emma Jackson collected her 60th career singles victory and clinched the match for Duke marking the 12th time in her career she has clinched for the Blue Devils.
Duke played its fourth straight match without junior Ellie Coleman, who is ranked No. 81 nationally in singles.
Karolina Berankova registered her first ACC singles win of the season.

Quotes

"I thought it was a good weekend for us.Coming off of the trip to Florida where we didn't do things how we wanted to. Nevermind the results, but some other stuff too -- emotionally and mentally. And I thought that this weekend, we were able to regroup and become a better team. You know, and that's what I told them that every time we play, it's an opportunity to show that we can keep getting better. Regardless of the opponent, regardless of what's going on, it's an opportunity to play the ball, not play the team across the net, and just keep trying to get better. I thought we did that this weekend."-Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth
"I think the level of energy that we had. That was something we talked about this week in practice and made them do it in practice -- the "Come ons" and "Let's go's." That kind of stuff. I told them if we can't be verbal in practice, there's no way you're going to do it in a match. It's just like shots that you select on the court. If you can't do it in practice, you shouldn't be trying it in matches. We just have to practice that way, practice being emotional and practice with a high level of energy. And then it's easy to carry that into the match days."- Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth on the difference from last weekend and this weekend

Next Match

Duke returns home to host two more home contests. The Blue Devils first host Clemson on Friday, March 8 at 2 p.m., either inside Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center or outside at Ambler Tennis Stadium.

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#18 Duke 6, #55 Boston College 1
March 3, 2024
Ambler Tennis Stadium * Durham, N.C.

Doubles
1. Shavit Kimchi/Katie Codd (DU) def. Marice Aguiar/Stephanie Sanchez (BC) 6-4
2. Emma Jackson/Karolina Berankova (DU) vs. Seren Agar/Nada Dimovska (BC) 4-4, unfinished
3. Brianna Shvets/Iuliia Bryzgalova (DU) def. Natalie Eordekian/Tola Glowacka (BC) 6-3

Singles
1. Marice Aguiar (BC) def. #80 Shavit Kimchi (DU) 6-3, 2-6, 11-13
2. Emma Jackson (DU) def. Natalie Eordekian (BC) 6-1,6-4
3. Iuliia Bryzgalova (DU) def. Muskan Mahajan (BC) 6-1, 7-5
4. #76 Katie Codd (DU) def. Tola Glowacka (BC) 6-3,6-0
5. #109 Brianna Shvets (DU) def. Stephanie Sanchez (BC) 6-3,6-2
6. Karolina Berankova (DU) def. Seren Agar (BC) 7-6, 5-7, 10-5
Order of Finish: Doubles (1,3*), Singles (5,4,2*,3,1,6)