Virginia Tech (0-0) at #11 Duke (2-0)
Monday, Jan. 20 at 9:00 a.m.
Durham, N.C. * Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center
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North Carolina Central (0-0) at #11 Duke (2-0)
Monday, Jan. 20 at 6:00 p.m.
Durham, N.C. * Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center
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DURHAM, N.C. – Coming off an impressive victory over a top 10 opponent on Friday, the 11th-ranked Duke women's tennis team (2-0) hosts a pair of teams on Monday, Jan. 20 inside the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center. The Blue Devils face Virginia Tech (0-0) at 9 a.m., and then welcome North Carolina Central at 6 p.m.Â
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Admission is free and parking will be available in the blue zone lot adjacent to the tennis center.Â
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The Series with Virginia Tech
Duke and Virginia Tech will meet for the 30th time in program history with the Blue Devils leading the series, 27-2. The Blue Devils have totaled a 17-0 ledger at home in the series and have won seven-straight against the Hokies. Duke head coach
Jamie Ashworth owns a 19-2 ledger versus Virginia Tech over his career.
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Monday's matchup will be a non-conference contest since the two teams were not slated to face each other in ACC play this year.Â
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Scouting Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech (0-0) is led by Terry Ann Zawacki-Holdren and features a 0-0 record on the season. Zawacki-Holdren is the sister of former Duke All-American Tory Zawacki. The Hokies open the regular season Monday against the Blue Devils. Virginia Tech is coming off a season where it posted a 9-13 ledger.Â
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The Hokies feature Laima Frosch ranked No. 124 in singles. In doubles, Ozlem Uslu and Charlotte Cartledge are ranked No. 62, while Semra Aksu and Uslu are No. 73.Â
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The Series with NCCU
Duke and NCCU will face off for the third time in program history with the Blue Devils leading the series, 2-0. Blue Devil head coach
Jamie Ashworth owns a 2-0 ledger against the Eagles over his career.
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Scouting NCCU
North Carolina Central opens the 2025 regular season Monday against Virginia Tech in Durham at 1:30 p.m., and then will face the Blue Devils at 6 p.m. The Eagles are coming off a 6-15 ledger a season ago under head coach Sofia Rachi.Â
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Duke Versus the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Duke currently has a 2-0 record against the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference with the lone contests coming against NCCU (2-0). The two teams last met in January of 2024, with the Blue Devils sweeping the Eagles 7-0.
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What is Next
The Blue Devils travel to Charlottesville, Va., to compete in the ITA Kickoff Weekend Jan. 24-25. Duke faces South Carolina on Friday, Jan. 24 at 4 p.m., and then face either New Mexico or Virginia on Saturday. The winning team over the weekend advances to the National Team Indoors
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Last Time Out
After falling behind early, 11th-ranked Duke came-from-behind to defeat 10th-ranked Pepperdine, 4-3, on Friday inside the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center. Duke dropped the doubles point, but was able to take four of the six singles courts to get the win.Â
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Katie Codd clinched the victory on court six, which marked her second match-clinching win over the last two years against a top 15 opponent. The victory marked the fifth-straight win against a top 10 opponent at home in the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center.Â
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Duke received other singles wins at No. 2 by
Irina Balus, No. 3 by
Eleana Yu and No. 5 by
Shavit Kimchi.Â
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ITA Rankings
Duke has been preseason ranked No. 11 nationally by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA). The Blue Devils received one first-place vote and were one of five teams that received first-place votes – Georgia (3), Texas A&M (7), Stanford (1) and Oklahoma State (1). Georgia was ranked No. 1 followed by Texas A&M, Stanford, Oklahoma State, UCLA, North Carolina, Texas, Michigan, Virginia, Pepperdine and Duke in the top 11.
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A total of eight ACC teams were ranked – Stanford (3), North Carolina (6), Virginia (9), Duke (11), California (13), NC State (14), Miami (23) and Florida State (24).Â
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In the final fall singles rankings, Duke boasted four ranked student-athletes in singles --
Emma Jackson (25),
Eleana Yu (30),
Irina Balus (36) and
Shavit Kimchi (49) – along with two ranked doubles teams –
Ellie Coleman and Balus (10) along with Jackson and Yu (71).Â
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