No. 8 Duke Moves on in NCAA Tournament with 4-0 Win Against Bryant

Friday, May 2

Durham, N.C.

4 pm

Duke University

Bryant

Photo by: Bri Shaw, Duke Athletics

No. 8 Duke Moves on in NCAA Tournament with 4-0 Win Against Bryant

5/2/2025 9:29:00 PM | Women's Tennis

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DURHAM, N.C. – The eighth-seeded Duke women's tennis team opened action in the NCAA Tournament Friday afternoon inside Ambler Tennis Stadium with a 4-0 victory against Bryant to move on to the second round.

The Blue Devils won the doubles point, while receiving singles wins by Eleana Yu, Katie Codd and Ava Krug to move to 22-3 overall. Bryant concluded its season with a 15-7 ledger.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Duke opened the doubles action in impressive fashion by dropping only one game on courts two and three.
The Blue Devil tandem of Liv Hovde and Emma Jackson totaled a 6-0 victory over Lucia Pino and Nicole Isman on court three, which took only 18 minutes.
Duke clinched the doubles point with a 6-1 victory by Shavit Kimchi and Eleana Yu against Caitlyn Munson and Yahli Noy of Bryant. The Blue Devils won the first five games, before finishing off the match.
When the doubles point was clinched, Duke's 20th-ranked Irina Balus and Ellie Coleman were tied, 3-3, with Natalia Vela and Maria Jose Diaz.
Duke jumped out to leads on all six singles courts and then had a 50-minute weather delay, before resuming action.
On courts three and five, the Blue Devils registered a pair of wins at nearly the same time to put Duke ahead, 3-0.
Yu, who is ranked No. 72 nationally, totaled a 6-1, 6-1 decision against Munson.Yu, who is from Mason, Ohio, took a 3-0 lead and then won the first set, 6-1. After dropping the first game of the second set, Yu won six straight to give Duke a 2-0 lead.
A few seconds later, freshman Ava Krug totaled a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Aurora Pedwell.A native of Sarasota, Fla., Krug opened with a 5-0 lead, before finishing the first set, 6-1.She then started the second set with a 4-0 advantage and took the match with a 6-1 ledger.
Blue Devil junior Katie Codd then clinched the match on court six with a victory against Lisa Marie Dugec. Codd, who is from Carlsbad, Calif., was trailing, 2-1, in the first set and then won 10 games in a row to win the match, 6-2, 6-0.

NOTES

Duke improved to 35-2 all-time in NCAA Tournament action in Durham over the history of the program.
Head coach Jamie Ashworth won his 70th match in NCAA Tournament action, while Duke now owns 82 all-time victories.
Shavit Kimchi and Eleana Yu teamed together for only the fourth time this season and improved to 3-1.
Dukes doubles duo of Emma Jackson and Liv Hovde won their 13th-straight match to move to 14-1 on the year.
Freshman Ava Krug collected her eighth singles win in a row to improve to 12-2 overall and 7-0 in dual match play.
Both Krug and Yu made their NCAA Tournament debut.
Yu moved to 18-8 overall on the year and 17-5 over her career in dual match play.
Katie Codd totaled her second match-clinching win of the season and fifth of her career. She moved to 9-9 on the season in singles play.

QUOTES

"Congrats to Bryant on a great season. I think it's their second or third time in the NCAA Tournament. So, congrats to them. First of all, from our standpoint, it was just good to get out and play. We've been battling finals this week and some other things. I think it's good to get out, get a good match, a fairly quick match other than the weather delay there and be ready for tomorrow, which is a battle. It's been a round that we've had trouble with the last couple of years. We are excited for that opportunity tomorrow, to get out and compete and keep this season going. I know these girls really want to keep playing for each other and with each other and so it's another opportunity to do that tomorrow."- Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth
"Two of those three had never played an NCAA Tournament match before. Katie has been in and out of our lineup this year and so it's great for those guys to get that first win and for Katie to come out and show what she's capable of when she's given the opportunity to go out and play at a high level, compete and win." - Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth on Katie, Ava and Eleana getting singles wins
"Yeah, we talked about that before the match. We talked about we've earned this opportunity. We have to use the crowd tomorrow and it's great to be home. We've had a lot of success at home and that's something that you play all year.I told them before we started to have fun with this and cherish the fact that we've earned this opportunity and kind of roll with it. So hopefully today was the start of a good couple of matches here." - Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth on playing at home
"It was such an exciting experience and opportunity. I wasn't able to have an NCAA experience last year.So, being out here knowing that this was going to be the last little bit of our season, I just wanted to make sure I was out there giving you my absolute all. And I had a blast. It was honestly so fun, not only being out there on court, being here at home, but just the overall atmosphere was great. And despite the rain delay, I feel like I was able to kind of keep that energy going. So, I really had a good time today during my matches."- Duke sophomore Eleana Yu

NEXT MATCH

Duke will next face No. 27 Florida Atlantic in the NCAA Tournament second round Saturday, May 3 at 4 p.m., inside Ambler Tennis Stadium.

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#8 Duke 4, Bryant 0
May 2, 2025
Ambler Tennis Stadium * Durham, N.C.

Doubles
1. #20 Irina Balus/Ellie Coleman (DUKE) vs. Natalia Vela/Maria Jose Diaz (BU) 3-3, unfinished
2. Shavit Kimchi/Eleana Yu (DUKE) def. Caitlyn Munson/Yahli Noy (BU) 6-1
3. Liv Hovde/Emma Jackson (DUKE) def. Lucia Pino/Nicole Isman (BU) 6-0

Singles
1. #61 Liv Hovde (DUKE) vs. Natalia Vela (BU) 6-1, 6-5 unfinished
2. #25 Emma Jackson (DUKE) vs. Yahli Noy (BU) 6-7 (4-7), 0-1 unfinished
3. #72 Eleana Yu (DUKE) def. Caitlyn Munson (BU) 6-1, 6-1
4. #98 Ellie Coleman (DUKE) vs. Maria Jose Diaz (BU) 6-2, 4-3 unfinished
5. Ava Krug (DUKE) def. Aurora Pedwell (BU) 6-1, 6-1
6. Katie Codd (DUKE) vs. Lisa Marie Dugec (BU) 6-2, 6-0
Order of Finish: Doubles (3,2*), Singles (4,5,6*)