No. 10 Blue Devils Cap Weekend with 4-0 Win at No. 24 Clemson

Sunday, March 9

Clemson, S.C.

11:00 AM

Duke University

Clemson

Photo by: Bri Shaw, Duke Athletics

No. 10 Blue Devils Cap Weekend with 4-0 Win at No. 24 Clemson

3/9/2025 3:08:00 PM | Women's Tennis

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CLEMSON, S.C. – For the fourth time this season and 17th of her career, Duke women's tennis senior Emma Jackson registered the match-clinching victory on Sunday as the 10th-ranked Blue Devils totaled a 4-0 victory on the road at 24th-ranked Clemson, which was contested at the Duckworth Family Tennis Center.

Jackson, a native of La Grange Park, Ill., moved into sole possession of fourth on Duke's all-time record charts with the clinching win. The Blue Devils moved to 10-2 overall and 4-0 in the ACC, while the Tigers dropped to 10-5, 1-4.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Duke jumped out to a solid start in the match taking leads on all three doubles courts.
On court one, 14th-ranked Ellie Coleman and Irina Balus won the first three games and eventually cruised to a 6-1 victory against Gaia Parravicini and Amelie Smejkalova.
Duke's tandem of Shavit Kimchi and Ava Krug never trailed on court two as they totaled a 6-3 win over Candela Yecora and Romana Cisovska to clinch the doubles point.
After falling behind, 2-1, Duke's Emma Jackson and Liv Hovde won five out of the next six games to win, 6-3, over Sophia Hatton and Annabelle Davis.
Duke continued its solid play in singles winning the first set on all six courts.
The Blue Devils took a 2-0 lead as Coleman totaled a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Candela Yecora on court six.Coleman dropped the first game, but won four straight to take a 4-1 lead in the first set.She then won the first set, 6-3.After going ahead, 3-0, in the second, Yecora won back-to-back-games to cut into the lead, 3-2, but Coleman won three consecutive games to win, 6-2.
On court two, Hovde dropped the first game against Hatton, but won two straight to go ahead, 2-1.Hatton came back to win two in a row to regain the lead, 3-2.Hovde, who is from Daniel Island, S.C., won three consecutive games to go ahead, 5-3.She eventually won the first set, 6-4.In the second, Hovde controlled the action winning her first collegiate singles match, 6-4.
With Duke leading 3-0, senior 29th-ranked Jackson once again was able to clinch the win for the Blue Devils on court four.After falling behind, 3-0, Jackson mounted a big rally winning six straight games to win the first set, 6-3.She dropped the first game of the second set, but went on to win the second, 6-3, to clinch the 4-0 victory for Duke.
Duke's 13th-ranked Balus was leading Smejkalova, 6-4, 4-3, on court one when the match was clinched.
On court three, 33rd-ranked Yu was also leading Davis, 7-5, 3-2, while 60th-ranked Kimchi was tied with Artemis Aslanisvili, 6-1, 3-6.

NOTES

Emma Jackson won her fifth straight singles match to move to 20-8 on the and 82-48 over her career. She also is now 4-0 in the ACC and 21-14 in ACC play over her four years.
Freshman Liv Hovde registered her first singles win of her short career as a Blue Devil.It was also her first ACC win as well.
Senior Ellie Coleman won her fourth consecutive singles match to move to 14-6 this season and 72-36 over her career.
Coleman and Irina Balus moved to 16-6 on the year in doubles and 3-1 in ACC play.
Shavit Kimchi and Ava Krug are now 3-1 playing together, including a 1-1 in ACC action.
Jackson and Hovde improved to 2-1 on the year in doubles play.
Duke won its 13th match in a row against Clemson.
The Blue Devils have won five consecutive matches on the season.

QUOTES

"Yeah, it was a good match for us after the battle at Georgia Tech Friday night.They knew that Clemson was much improved from a year ago and they knew that Clemson's a good team.I thought we came out with a lot of focus, a lot of determination and a lot of positive energy. It started with doubles play and obviously carried over to the singles. It was probably the most complete match we've played all year. So that was good."-- Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth
"Emma's been great for us this season and over her career. She won that tough match Friday night and for us to accomplish what we want to accomplish, Emma has to play well and be a staple in what we're doing.She did that this weekend.She did a really good job of hitting her forehand and being forehand dominant. We talked to her a little bit about that after Friday night she did a good job with that today."-- Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth on Emma Jackson's weekend
"Yeah, that's huge for our team. It's been a long time for Liv since she's really competed and won a match.Hopefully you get that first one under your belt and you start to feel more comfortable. You can see she's getting a little bit more confident and a little bit more comfortable.Sitting out as long as she did, it's a challenge.I think that definitely the best of Liv is yet to come, but this is definitely a positive step for her and for our team.We need Liv in there."-- Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth on Liv winning her first singles match

NEXT MATCH

Duke will close its road swing at San Diego State on Thursday, March 13 at 2 p.m. (ET)

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#10 Duke 4, #24 Clemson 0
March 9, 2025
Duckworth Family Tennis Center * Clemson, S.C.

Doubles
1. #14 Ellie Coleman/Irina Balus (DU) def. Gaia Parravicini/Amelie Smejkalova (CU) 6-1
2. Shavit Kimchi/Ava Krug (DU) def. Candela Yecora/Romana Cisovska (CU) 6-3
3. Emma Jackson/Liv Hovde (DU) def. Sophia Hatton/Annabelle Davis (CU) 6-3

Singles
1. #13 Irina Balus (DU) vs. Amelie Smejkalova (CU) 6-4, 4-3 unfinished
2. Liv Hovde (DU) def. Sophia Hatton (CU) 6-4, 6-4
3. #33 Eleana Yu (DU) vs. Annabelle Davis (CU) 7-5, 3-2 unfinished
4. #29 Emma Jackson (DU) def. Romana Cisovska (CU) 6-3, 6-3
5. #60 Shavit Kimchi (DU) vs. Artemis Aslanisvili (CU) 6-1, 3-6 unfinished
6. Ellie Coleman (DU) def. Candela Yecora (CU) 6-3, 6-2
Order of Finish: Doubles (1,2*,3), Singles (6,2,4*)