Blue Devils Drop Tight One on Senior Day to No. 4 Virginia, 4-3

Sunday, April 7

Durham, N.C.

12 p.m.

Duke University

Virginia

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Blue Devils Drop Tight One on Senior Day to No. 4 Virginia, 4-3

4/7/2024 7:14:00 PM | Women's Tennis

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DURHAM – In a top-20 battle at Ambler Tennis Stadium on Sunday, the 20th-ranked Duke women's tennis team dropped a nail-biter, 4-3, to fourth-ranked Virginia on senior day.

The Blue Devils fell to 13-7 overall, 6-5 in the ACC, while the Cavaliers improved to 18-3 overall and 10-1 in the ACC. Prior to the match, Duke honored Karolina Berankova, Iuliia Bryzgalova and Brianna Shvets for senior day.

How It Happened

In doubles action, the Cavaliers went ahead early by winning courts one and two to take a 1-0 lead.
Shavit Kimchi and Katie Codd jumped out to a 2-0 lead on court one against the 12th-ranked Virginia duo of Melodie Collard and Elaine Chervinsky. The Cavalier tandem fought back to even the score at 3-3. Collard and Chervinsky would go on to take the match, 6-4.
On court three, the graduate student tandem of Iuliia Bryzgalova and Brianna Shvets evened the score, 1-1, after besting Sara Ziodato and Annabelle Xu, 6-3. The Duke duo led early, 3-1. Ziodato and Xu evened the score, 3-3, but ultimately fell in the contest as Shvets and Bryzgalova won three straight games.
The doubles point was clinched on court two as the 31st-ranked Virginia pair of Natasha Subhash and Hibah Shaikh totaled a 7-5 win over Emma Jackson .
Duke had a solid start in singles, winning four-out-of-six of its first sets.
The Cavaliers netted the second point as 91st-ranked Chervinsky collected a 6-0, 6-1 win over Shvets on court five.
Bryzgalova, who is ranked No. 88 nationally, won six-straight games to earn a 6-1 victory in the first set. The second set was much tighter, as the two went back-and-forth, eventually evening out at 3-3. Bryzgalova came through and won the second set, 6-4, to clinch the point.
Virginia got on the board again on court two with a 6-3, 6-4 victory by 22nd-ranked Shaikh over 69th-ranked Kimchi.
In an electrifying match on court six, Duke's Berankova won her match 6-3, 7-6 (10-8). In the first set, Berankova and Virginia's Collard were tied, 2-2. Berankova won four straight games to net the first set. The second set was much closer as it included four deuce points, three of which Berankova took. A tiebreaker resulted in the second-set standoff. After being down, 7-8, in the tiebreaker, Berankova won three-straight to win the point, 10-8.
Virginia was able to clinch the match on court one as 92nd-ranked Xu defeated the Blue Devils' 82nd-ranked Jackson. Jackson dominated the first set winning six games, after dropping game one to win the first set, 6-1. In the second set, Xu won two key deuce points allowing her to win the second set, 7-5. After tying the third set, 4-4, Xu went on to clinch the point and match for her team by winning two straight games, 6-4.
Codd, who is from Carlsbad, California, completed her match after the contest was clinched for the Cavaliers. Codd ran out to an early lead on court four, winning the first set 6-1. In the second set, Virginia's Subhash led Codd 4-0. Codd fought back to make the score 3-5, but the lead was insurmountable as Subhash took the second set, 6-3. In the third set, the two exchanged deuce point wins leading to a tiebreaker. Codd found herself down, 3-4, in the tiebreaker, but battled back to ultimately take the match by winning, 7-4, in the tiebreaker.

Notes

Katie Codd collected her sixth ACC win and moved to 11-1 on court four in singles play. She has won seven out of her last eight matches.
Iuliia Bryzgalova totaled her eighth straight win to move to 8-0 at the No. 3 singles slot. She is also 8-1 in ACC action.
Karolina Berankova registered her fourth ACC win of the season and ninth of her career.
Duke finishes the regular season with a 9-4 ledger at home.
Bryzgalova and Shvets moved to 6-2 in ACC play and 12-5 overall in doubles.

Quotes

"Yeah, it's different. We have two that have spent two years with us and one that's spent four years with us. I don't think we've taken the time to sit back and thought about with each of them and what they've meant to our program. We've just tried to keep going and keep playing, but they've all brought different things to our program in such a positive way.Anytime that you have a day like this it's sad to see, but to think about what they've given to your program, but we also have a lot to look forward to the rest of this year as well." - Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth
"We're not cliche-ish, but we are not very big on moral victories and I told them that.I told them we're proud of the effort and proud of the emotional effort that they put in.But we have to do a better job when we work so hard for four hours to put ourselves in a position to win and then we have some fear there. The what-ifs kind of creep in and we just can't do that. We've got to handle those moments better. You work your butt off to give yourself a chance. I feel for them, because they worked hard, but I also told them Virginia has been one of the top five or six teams in the country all year and we can play with anybody. We just have to realize that when we are in those moments.There is nothing to be afraid of. I told them we're not defending anything. We should be in full attack mode the entire time and hopefully we learned from that." -Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth
"Next weekend is another [tough ACC matches], at Notre Dame and at Louisville. We want to end strong. Those aren't easy places to play. Notre Dame is a tough place to play.So, we want to make sure that we're doing the right things with the conference tournament that week right after that and try to build some momentum. I think our doubles has gotten better the last 10 days.It's good that this time of the year, middle to end of April, that we're getting better and that we're not just cruising through. Every time we play and every time we practice is a chance to keep getting better and I'm glad to see that we're doing that." - Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth

Next Match

Duke will close its regular season with a two-game road trip throughout the weekend. On Friday, April 12 at 3:30 p.m., the Blue Devils will face 33rd-ranked Notre Dame. Duke will then square off against Louisville on Sunday, April 14 at noon in its regular season finale.

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#4 Virginia 4, #20 Duke 3
April 7, 2024
Ambler Tennis Stadium * Durham, N.C.

Doubles
1. #12 Melodie Collard/Elaine Chervinsky (UVA) def. Shavit Kimchi/ Katie Codd (DU) 6-4
2. #31 Natasha Subhash/Hibah Shaikh (UVA) def. Emma Jackson/ Karolina Berankova (DU) 7-5
3. Brianna Shvets/ Iuliia Bryzgalova (DU) def. Sara Ziodato/Annabelle Xu (UVA) 6-3

Singles
1. #92 Annabelle Xu (UVA) def. #82 Emma Jackson (DU) 6-1, 5-7, 6-4
2. #22 Hibah Shaikh (UVA) def. #69 Shavit Kimchi (DU) 6-3, 6-4
3. #88 Iuliia Bryzgalova (DU) def. #59 Sara Ziodato (UVA) 6-1, 6-4
4. #101 Katie Codd (DU) def. Natasha Subhash (UVA) 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (7-4)
5. #91 Elaine Chervinsky (UVA) def. Brianna Shvets (DU) 6-0, 6-1
6. Karolina Berankova (DU) def. Melodie Collard (UVA) 6-3, 7-6 (10-8)
Order of Finish: Doubles (3,1,2*), Singles (5,3,2,6,1*,4)