Blue Devils Improve to 4-0 with Win Against NCCU

Monday, January 20

Durham, N.C.

6:00 PM

Duke University

NC Central

Photo by: Bri Shaw, Duke Athletics

Blue Devils Improve to 4-0 with Win Against NCCU

1/20/2025 8:23:00 PM | Women's Tennis

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DURHAM, N.C. –The 11th-ranked Duke women's tennis team moved to 4-0 on the season with a 4-0 victory against N.C. Central to conclude a busy Monday for the Blue Devils inside the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center.

Duke collected a pair of 4-0 wins on Monday as the Blue Devils also knocked off Virginia Tech in the morning. N.C. Central dropped to 0-2 on the season.

How It Happened

Duke's duo of Emma Jackson and Shavit Kimchi continued their hot start in dual match play with a 6-1 victory over Mariana Zottoli and Patricia Palencia on court two.With the match tied, 1-1, Jackson and Kimchi won the final five games to take the match, 6-1.
On court three, the Blue Devil tandem of Katie Codd and Ava Krug registered their first dual match win as a doubles team with a 6-0 sweep of Valentina de Aquino Monsanto and Gabriela Mejia Arenas to clinch the doubles point for Duke.
When the point was clinched, the match on court one between 10th-ranked Ellie Coleman and Irina Balus and Alejandra Hidalgo Vega and Valeria San Miguel Soria was tied, 3-3.
The Blue Devils continued their solid start to the match in singles winning the first set on all six courts.
Codd, a native of Carlsbad, Calif., made quick work of de Aquino Monsanto with a 6-0, 6-0 victory on court five.
On court four, Coleman registered a quick, 6-0, 6-1, win against Palencia to move the score to 3-0 for the Blue Devils.
For the second time this season, Krug clinched the win for Duke on court six with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Mejia Arenas.
Duke was leading the other three matches when the victory was clinched.

Notes

Katie Coddmoved to 15-6 over her career in dual match action, while Ellie Coleman is now 38-18 in dual match play.
Ava Krug improved to 3-0 in dual match play and 8-2 in singles play as a rookie.
Duke is now 142-9 over the last 25 years since the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center opened.
The Blue Devils have now won 61 out of the last 62 matches when winning the doubles point.
Emma Jackson and Shavit Kimchi moved to 4-0 in dual match play in doubles action. They are the only Blue Devil doubles team to remain undefeated in dual match action in 2025.

Next Match

The Blue Devils next travels to Charlottesville, Va., for the ITA Kickoff Weekend hosted by Virginia.Duke will face South Carolina on Friday, Jan. 24 at 4 p.m., and then will take on either Virginia or New Mexico on Saturday, Jan. 25 at 3:30 or 6:30 p.m.

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#11 Duke 4, N.C. Central 0
January 20, 2025
Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center * Durham, N.C.

Doubles
1. #10 Ellie Coleman/Irina Balus (DU) vs. Alejandra Hidalgo Vega/Valeria San Miguel Soria (NCCU) 3-3, unfinished
2. Emma Jackson/Shavit Kimchi (DU) def. Mariana Zottoli/Patricia Palencia (NCCU) 6-1
3. Katie Codd/Ava Krug (DU) def. Valentina de Aquino Monsanto/Gabriela Mejia Arenas (NCCU) 6-0

Singles
1. #36 Irina Balus (DU) vs. Alejandra Hidalgo Vega (NCCU) 6-2, 4-1 unfinished
2. #30 Eleana Yu (DU) vs. Mariana Zottoli (NCCU) 6-1, 5-0 unfinished
3. #49 Shavit Kimchi (DU) vs. Valeria San Miguel Soria (NCCU) 6-3, 4-1 unfinished
4. Ellie Coleman (DU) def. Patricia Palencia (NCCU) 6-0, 6-1
5. Katie Codd (DU) def. Valentina de Aquino Monsanto (NCCU) 6-0, 6-0
6. Ava Krug (DU) def. Gabriela Mejia Arenas (NCCU) 6-0, 6-0
Order of Finish: Doubles (2,3*), Singles (5,4,6*)