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Duke University
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Seventh-Ranked Blue Devils Return Home to Host Yale Tuesday
3/17/2025 9:43:00 AM | Women's Tennis
#34 Yale (9-4) at #7 Duke (11-2, 4-0 ACC)
Tuesday, March 18 at 5:00 p.m. (ET)
Ambler Tennis Stadium * Durham, N.C.
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DURHAM, N.C. – Riding a six-match winning streak, the seventh-ranked Duke women's tennis team (11-2) returns home this week to open a three-match homestand as the Blue Devils welcome 34th-ranked Yale on Tuesday, March 18 at 5 p.m., inside Ambler Tennis Stadium.
The match will mark the final non-conference contest of the 2025 regular season for Duke. If the weather holds, it will also be the first outdoor home match of the season as well.
The Series with Yale
Duke and Yale will meet for the ninth time in program history with the Blue Devils leading the series, 7-1. It will mark the first meeting since 2011 in the NCAA Tournament second round in Durham. The lone loss came on March 27, 1983 in Princeton, N.J., as the Blue Devils dropped a 5-2 decision.
Scouting Yale
Yale enters the contest with a 9-4 overall record, but is coming off dropping two out of its last three matches to Furman (4-2) and South Alabama (4-2). The Bulldogs feature Orly Ogilvy (89) in the latest ITA singles rankings. Yale is coached by 2015 Duke graduate Rachel Kahan, who owns the second-most ACC singles wins in program history with 36. She helped lead Duke to the ACC Championship in 2012, the National Indoor Championship in 2014 and the NCAA Final Four in 2012.
Duke Versus the Ivy League
Duke owns an 37-4 record versus Ivy League opponents – Yale (7-1), Princeton (17-3), Penn (2-0), Harvard (6-0), Dartmouth (1-0), Columbia (2-0), Brown (2-0). Duke has won 23-straight matches against teams from the Ivy League.
What is Next
Duke hosts fifth-ranked NC State (March 21) and 35th-ranked Wake Forest (March 23) this weekend in ACC action in Durham.
ITA Rankings
In the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) rankings, Duke remained in the top 10 nationally at No. 7. Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth has led the Blue Devils into the top 10 of the ITA rankings in 21 out of the last 23 years.
In the latest singles rankings, Duke boasted four ranked student-athletes in singles -- Irina Balus (13), Emma Jackson (29), Eleana Yu (33) and Shavit Kimchi (60) – along with one ranked doubles team – Ellie Coleman and Balus (14).
Earlier this spring, Balus became the eighth Blue Devil freshman to be ranked in the top 10 nationally and the first since Maria Mateas in 2019. In looking at the ITA rankings, Balus is the second-highest freshman ranked nationally behind Valerie Glozman of Stanford (6).
Match-Clinching Wins
Senior Emma Jackson has totaled four match-clinching wins so far this season and has moved her career total to 17 over her four seasons. She now ranks fourth on Duke's all-time record charts with her 17 match-clinching victories.
ACC Victories
Duke seniors Emma Jackson and Ellie Coleman have both reached the 20-win ledger over their career in ACC singles action. Coleman owns a 20-7 mark, while Jackson is 21-14. Both have combined to post a 7-0 ACC ledger so far this season.
The duo is close to moving into the top 20 on Duke's all-time charts as Wendy Fix and Vanessa Webb are ranked tied for 20th with 24 ACC wins.
Hovde Makes Duke Debut at Boston College & Syracuse
Head coach Jamie Ashworth added 2022 Wimbledon girls' singles champion Liv Hovde to the roster on Dec. 23 heading into the spring season and she made her 2025 debut on the road at Boston College and Syracuse. Neither of her singles matches were finished, while she won one of her double's contests in the opening weekend. Hovde registered her first collegiate singles win at Clemson on March 9.
A native of St. Paul, Minn., Hovde is a former No. 1 recruit nationally, while featuring an Intercollegiate Tennis Federation (ITF) career-high ranking of No. 3 and a Women's Tennis Association (WTA) career-high rankings of No. 245 in singles and No. 354 in doubles. Hovde also owns seven ITF titles.
The Head Coach
Head coach Jamie Ashworth is in his 29th season with the Blue Devils and owns an impressive 618-160 ledger. Last season, Ashworth registered his 600th victory on Jan. 20 in a 4-2 win over Illinois. He accomplished this mark in only 747 matches becoming the quickest coach to 600 wins.
Quickest to 600 Wins – 747 games by Jamie Ashworth (Duke), 749 by Jeff Wallace (Georgia), 779 by Brian Kalbas (William & Mary/North Carolina), and 785 by Lin Loring (UC Santa Barbara/Indiana).
Ashworth became the seventh NCAA Division I coach to reach the 600-win ledger – Loring (846), Wallace (818), Kalbas (748), Jay Louderback (703), Geoff MacDonald (631), Gualberto Escudero (Pepperdine) and Ashworth (600).
Among the winningest coaches of all time, Ashworth ranks 11th with a 79.4 winning percentage, seventh with 618 wins, fourth for winningest active coaches by percentage (79.4) and second for winningest active coaches by victories.
Big Sets for Little Hearts
The Duke men's and women's tennis programs announced a partnership with the Duke Children's Hospital Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center called Big Sets for Little Hearts this past fall.
Big Sets for Little Hearts pledges will be made based on the number of sets won by the men's and women's tennis programs. Last year, both tennis teams combined for 647 sets won.
If you are interested in supporting Blue Devil tennis' partnership with Duke Children's, you can pledge for each set won during the season or make a one-time donation. Pledges start at $0.10, $0.50, $1.00 and $2.50. Based on last year's results, the smallest pledged donation would be equal to $64.70. For more information or to donate, click here.
The Duke Children's Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center is the No. 2 ranked pediatric cardiology and heart surgery program in the United States for newborns and children with congenital and acquired heart disease. The Duke Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center strives to improve their patients' outcomes and the quality of their lives.
Noting the Blue Devils
To stay up to date with Blue Devils women's tennis, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeWTEN".
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Tuesday, March 18 at 5:00 p.m. (ET)
Ambler Tennis Stadium * Durham, N.C.
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DURHAM, N.C. – Riding a six-match winning streak, the seventh-ranked Duke women's tennis team (11-2) returns home this week to open a three-match homestand as the Blue Devils welcome 34th-ranked Yale on Tuesday, March 18 at 5 p.m., inside Ambler Tennis Stadium.
The match will mark the final non-conference contest of the 2025 regular season for Duke. If the weather holds, it will also be the first outdoor home match of the season as well.
The Series with Yale
Duke and Yale will meet for the ninth time in program history with the Blue Devils leading the series, 7-1. It will mark the first meeting since 2011 in the NCAA Tournament second round in Durham. The lone loss came on March 27, 1983 in Princeton, N.J., as the Blue Devils dropped a 5-2 decision.
Scouting Yale
Yale enters the contest with a 9-4 overall record, but is coming off dropping two out of its last three matches to Furman (4-2) and South Alabama (4-2). The Bulldogs feature Orly Ogilvy (89) in the latest ITA singles rankings. Yale is coached by 2015 Duke graduate Rachel Kahan, who owns the second-most ACC singles wins in program history with 36. She helped lead Duke to the ACC Championship in 2012, the National Indoor Championship in 2014 and the NCAA Final Four in 2012.
Duke Versus the Ivy League
Duke owns an 37-4 record versus Ivy League opponents – Yale (7-1), Princeton (17-3), Penn (2-0), Harvard (6-0), Dartmouth (1-0), Columbia (2-0), Brown (2-0). Duke has won 23-straight matches against teams from the Ivy League.
What is Next
Duke hosts fifth-ranked NC State (March 21) and 35th-ranked Wake Forest (March 23) this weekend in ACC action in Durham.
ITA Rankings
In the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) rankings, Duke remained in the top 10 nationally at No. 7. Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth has led the Blue Devils into the top 10 of the ITA rankings in 21 out of the last 23 years.
In the latest singles rankings, Duke boasted four ranked student-athletes in singles -- Irina Balus (13), Emma Jackson (29), Eleana Yu (33) and Shavit Kimchi (60) – along with one ranked doubles team – Ellie Coleman and Balus (14).
Earlier this spring, Balus became the eighth Blue Devil freshman to be ranked in the top 10 nationally and the first since Maria Mateas in 2019. In looking at the ITA rankings, Balus is the second-highest freshman ranked nationally behind Valerie Glozman of Stanford (6).
Match-Clinching Wins
Senior Emma Jackson has totaled four match-clinching wins so far this season and has moved her career total to 17 over her four seasons. She now ranks fourth on Duke's all-time record charts with her 17 match-clinching victories.
ACC Victories
Duke seniors Emma Jackson and Ellie Coleman have both reached the 20-win ledger over their career in ACC singles action. Coleman owns a 20-7 mark, while Jackson is 21-14. Both have combined to post a 7-0 ACC ledger so far this season.
The duo is close to moving into the top 20 on Duke's all-time charts as Wendy Fix and Vanessa Webb are ranked tied for 20th with 24 ACC wins.
Hovde Makes Duke Debut at Boston College & Syracuse
Head coach Jamie Ashworth added 2022 Wimbledon girls' singles champion Liv Hovde to the roster on Dec. 23 heading into the spring season and she made her 2025 debut on the road at Boston College and Syracuse. Neither of her singles matches were finished, while she won one of her double's contests in the opening weekend. Hovde registered her first collegiate singles win at Clemson on March 9.
A native of St. Paul, Minn., Hovde is a former No. 1 recruit nationally, while featuring an Intercollegiate Tennis Federation (ITF) career-high ranking of No. 3 and a Women's Tennis Association (WTA) career-high rankings of No. 245 in singles and No. 354 in doubles. Hovde also owns seven ITF titles.
The Head Coach
Head coach Jamie Ashworth is in his 29th season with the Blue Devils and owns an impressive 618-160 ledger. Last season, Ashworth registered his 600th victory on Jan. 20 in a 4-2 win over Illinois. He accomplished this mark in only 747 matches becoming the quickest coach to 600 wins.
Quickest to 600 Wins – 747 games by Jamie Ashworth (Duke), 749 by Jeff Wallace (Georgia), 779 by Brian Kalbas (William & Mary/North Carolina), and 785 by Lin Loring (UC Santa Barbara/Indiana).
Ashworth became the seventh NCAA Division I coach to reach the 600-win ledger – Loring (846), Wallace (818), Kalbas (748), Jay Louderback (703), Geoff MacDonald (631), Gualberto Escudero (Pepperdine) and Ashworth (600).
Among the winningest coaches of all time, Ashworth ranks 11th with a 79.4 winning percentage, seventh with 618 wins, fourth for winningest active coaches by percentage (79.4) and second for winningest active coaches by victories.
Big Sets for Little Hearts
The Duke men's and women's tennis programs announced a partnership with the Duke Children's Hospital Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center called Big Sets for Little Hearts this past fall.
Big Sets for Little Hearts pledges will be made based on the number of sets won by the men's and women's tennis programs. Last year, both tennis teams combined for 647 sets won.
If you are interested in supporting Blue Devil tennis' partnership with Duke Children's, you can pledge for each set won during the season or make a one-time donation. Pledges start at $0.10, $0.50, $1.00 and $2.50. Based on last year's results, the smallest pledged donation would be equal to $64.70. For more information or to donate, click here.
The Duke Children's Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center is the No. 2 ranked pediatric cardiology and heart surgery program in the United States for newborns and children with congenital and acquired heart disease. The Duke Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center strives to improve their patients' outcomes and the quality of their lives.
Noting the Blue Devils
- A few Blue Devils are currently riding singles winning streak heading into the next match – Ava Krug (6), Emma Jackson (5) and Ellie Coleman (4).
- Rookie Ava Krug continued her host start to her collegiate career moving to 10-2 overall and 5-0 in dual match action. She improved to 2-0 in ACC play as well.
- Freshman Irina Balus has been tabbed the ACC Freshman of the Week on Feb. 18 and Jan. 28 so far this season.
- With the win against sixth-ranked Michigan, Duke collected its sixth-straight win over a top 10 ranked opponent at home and moved to 9-4 in Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center versus top 10 foes.
- Senior Ellie Coleman notched her 10th career match-clinching win with her victory against 66th-ranked Reese Miller of Michigan. It clinched Duke's 4-3 win versus the sixth-ranked Wolverines. Coleman posted her fourth win of the season against ranked opponents and is now 17-11 over her career in three-set matches.
- Duke freshman Ava Krug has a couple of familiar faces around Durham this season as her brothers, Jake and Connor, are seniors on the Blue Devil men's tennis team.
- Duke has featured a stellar home court advantage over the years and have boasted a 112-6 ledger over the last 18 years. Since opening the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center, the Blue Devils have posted a 143-10 record over 25 years.
To stay up to date with Blue Devils women's tennis, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeWTEN".
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