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No. 4 Seeded Blue Devils to Open ACC Championship Friday Against No. 5 Seed Miami
4/16/2026 8:55:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Quarterfinals – ACC Championship
#32 Miami (14-6, 8-4 ACC) vs. #18 Duke (17-6, 10-2 ACC)
Friday, April 17 * 3:30 p.m.
Cary, N.C. * Cary Tennis Park
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CARY, N.C. – The fourth-seeded Duke women's tennis team is set to open the 2026 ACC Championship Friday, April 17 as the 18th-ranked Blue Devils face 32nd-ranked and fifth-seeded Miami in the quarterfinals at 3:30 p.m., at the Cary Tennis Park in Cary.
The Blue Devils are playing their best tennis of the season riding a five-match winning streak to give Duke a 17-6 overall and 10-2 ACC ledger.
One-day tickets are priced at $15 for adults (ages 18 and older) and $10 for children ages 17 and under and college students with a valid school ID. Admission is free for children eight and under. A full championship pass for all six days is priced at $30.
Duke in the ACC Championship
The Blue Devils head to the ACC Championship in search of their 19th ACC title. Duke last won the championship four years ago in Rome, Ga., with wins over Wake Forest, Miami and Virginia. The Blue Devils feature a 79-21 (.790) record in the ACC Championship.
Duke's 18 titles lead the league. The Blue Devils won 14-consecutive championships from 1988-2001. Duke is looking to advance to the semifinals for the 31st time in school history. The Blue Devils have appeared in the championship match a total of 25 times.
The Blue Devils feature an 18-14 record in ACC Championships contested in Cary, N.C. Duke won the title in 2009 and 2012 in Cary. Over the last three years, Duke has advanced to the semifinals once in 2025, while falling in the quarterfinals in 2024 and 2023.
In ACC Championship action, Shavit Kimchi (2-2), Irina Balus (1-1), Liv Hovde (0-1), Eleana Yu (0-1) have all competed.
Jamie Ashworth leads the league with the most ACC championships as a head coach having led the Blue Devils to nine team titles during his time in Durham.
The Series with Miami
Duke and Miami will meet for the 38th time in program history with the Blue Devils leading the series, 23-14. The Blue Devils and Hurricanes met this past Sunday to conclude the regular season with Duke totaling a 4-2 victory in Coral Gables, Florida. Irina Balus, Aspen Schuman and Shavit Kimchi collected singles wins after the Blue Devils won the doubles point. Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth owns an 18-11 overall record against the Hurricanes. Duke is 3-2 against the Hurricanes in the ACC Championship.
Scouting Miami
Miami features a 14-6 overall and 8-4 ACC mark as the Hurricanes defeated Wake Forest, 4-3, in the tournament Thursday. As a team, the Hurricanes are ranked No. 32 nationally. Miami has Raquel Gonzales (#42), Sofia Rocchetti (#63), Jaquelyn Ogunwale (#99) and Dominika Podhajecka (#112) ranked in ITA singles.
What is Next
If the Blue Devils win Friday in the ACC Championship quarterfinals, Duke advances to face the winner of the No. 1 seed Virginia versus Stanford contest. The semifinal match will be played at 2 p.m., Saturday April 18 in Cary.
ITA Rankings
Duke is currently No. 18 nationally in the ITA rankings as a team.
Head coach Jamie Ashworth has guided Duke to 21 top-10 preseason rankings in his 30 seasons as the head coach of the Blue Devils. Duke has been in the preseason top-16 nationally in each of the last 30 years under Ashworth.
In singles play, Irina Balus (#14), Aspen Schuman (#48), Liv Hovde (#117) and Eleana Yu (#124) are ranked. Duke features three doubles teams as well with Shavit Kimchi/Hovde (#40), Hovde/Balus (#48) and Eleana Yu/Claire An (#71).
The Doubles Point
The Blue Devils have won the doubles point in each of their last five matches and a total of 16 of Duke's 23 matches. Of Duke's 16 wins on the season, the Blue Devils have won the doubles point in 14 of those matches.
Schuman Collects First Match-Clinching Win
Duke freshman Aspen Schuman picked a perfect time for her first match-clinching win against 14th-ranked NC State. The rookie totaled a 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-2 win over 46th-ranked Gabriella Broadfoot to give Duke its highest ranked win of the season.
Schuman then backed her play up by notching both match-clinching victories over the weekend against Florida State and Miami. She totaled another ranked win against 105th-ranked Sofia Rocchetti of the Hurricanes.
Since joining the squad in January, Schuman has totaled a 15-3 overall and 10-1 ACC ledger in singles. She is 13-4 in doubles play and is 9-1 in ACC action as well. She became just the 10th Duke rookie to collect 10 ACC singles wins. Schuman has won five matches in a row.
Various Duke Notes
Claire An and Aspen Schuman have combined to open their collegiate careers with a 24-6 dual match record and 28-9 overall ledger. They went 16-2 in ACC action.
Duke Reaches 1,000 Wins as a Program
Duke registered its 1,000th victory as a program Sunday, March 29 as the Blue Devils posted a 4-0 victory over Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. The Blue Devils currently feature a 1002-308 ledger over the 49 years of the program. In NCAA history, Duke became the fourth program to collect 1,000 wins – Stanford, Florida and Georgia.
Doubles Team Nets Honor
The Duke tandem of Liv Hovde and Shavit Kimchi were named the ACC Doubles Team of the Week on Feb. 10, following the National Team Indoors.
Hovde and Kimchi collected a 2-1 record at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) National Team Indoors at the Atkins Tennis Center in Urbana, Illinois. The duo registered their first two ranked wins as the Blue Devils defeated Ohio State's 13th-ranked Hephzibah Oluwadare and Teah Chavez, 7-6 (7-2), and also knocked off 59th-ranked Tess Bucher and Alice Xu, 7-6 (7-3).
Hovde and Kimchi also advanced to the round of 16 at the NCAA Doubles Championship in the fall.
Balus Earns PNC Achievers Award
Duke women's tennis sophomore Irina Balus and fencing junior Dayaal Singh were named PNC Achievers of the Year for the 2024-25 campaign and were recognized at the Duke men's basketball game Feb. 14.
Since arriving on campus, Balus has made an immediate impact on the Duke women's tennis team. She is coming off a 2025 campaign where she earned ITA All-America honors, received as high as a No. 8 national ranking in singles and No. 8 in doubles and advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Singles Championship. Balus, a native of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, helped lead Duke to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Team Championship this past May.
Blue Devils Add Aspen Schuman for Dual Match Action
In November, Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth announced the signing of Aspen Schuman. A native of Menlo Park, California, Schuman joined the Blue Devils in January.
Schuman has an Intercollegiate Tennis Federation (ITF) career high ranking of No. 31 and a Women's Tennis Association (WTA) career-best ranking of No. 931. In the Tennis Recruiting Network rankings, Schuman is listed No. 4 nationally and she has been listed as high as No. 1 in the United States Tennis Association (USTA) Girls' 18s national rankings. A six-time Junior Grand Slam main draw competitor, Schuman has won five ITF junior singles titles and is a two-time ITF W15 Tournament finalist.
Balus Earns All-America Accolades Once Again
For the second year in a row, Duke sophomore Irina Balus has earned All-America honors as she advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Singles Championship in the fall.
Balus became just the fourth Blue Devil to earn All-America accolades in each of their first two seasons in Durham – Amanda Johnson (2001, 2002), Kelly McCain (2002, 2023) and Vanessa Webb (1996, 1997).
The Head Coach
Head coach Jamie Ashworth is in his 30th season with the Blue Devils and owns an impressive 653-167 ledger. In 2024, 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 matches 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 – Lin Loring (846), Jeff Wallace (818), Brian Kalbas (797), Jay Louderback (703), Geoff MacDonald (631), Gualberto Escudero (631) and Jamie Ashworth (636) (wins entering the 2026 season).
Among the winningest coaches of all time, Ashworth ranks 10th with a 79.5 winning percentage, sixth with 653 wins, third for winningest active coaches by percentage (79.5) and second for winningest active coaches by victories (653).
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 in the fall of 2024.
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.
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.
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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#32 Miami (14-6, 8-4 ACC) vs. #18 Duke (17-6, 10-2 ACC)
Friday, April 17 * 3:30 p.m.
Cary, N.C. * Cary Tennis Park
Live Scoring l Watch Live
CARY, N.C. – The fourth-seeded Duke women's tennis team is set to open the 2026 ACC Championship Friday, April 17 as the 18th-ranked Blue Devils face 32nd-ranked and fifth-seeded Miami in the quarterfinals at 3:30 p.m., at the Cary Tennis Park in Cary.
The Blue Devils are playing their best tennis of the season riding a five-match winning streak to give Duke a 17-6 overall and 10-2 ACC ledger.
One-day tickets are priced at $15 for adults (ages 18 and older) and $10 for children ages 17 and under and college students with a valid school ID. Admission is free for children eight and under. A full championship pass for all six days is priced at $30.
Duke in the ACC Championship
The Blue Devils head to the ACC Championship in search of their 19th ACC title. Duke last won the championship four years ago in Rome, Ga., with wins over Wake Forest, Miami and Virginia. The Blue Devils feature a 79-21 (.790) record in the ACC Championship.
Duke's 18 titles lead the league. The Blue Devils won 14-consecutive championships from 1988-2001. Duke is looking to advance to the semifinals for the 31st time in school history. The Blue Devils have appeared in the championship match a total of 25 times.
The Blue Devils feature an 18-14 record in ACC Championships contested in Cary, N.C. Duke won the title in 2009 and 2012 in Cary. Over the last three years, Duke has advanced to the semifinals once in 2025, while falling in the quarterfinals in 2024 and 2023.
In ACC Championship action, Shavit Kimchi (2-2), Irina Balus (1-1), Liv Hovde (0-1), Eleana Yu (0-1) have all competed.
Jamie Ashworth leads the league with the most ACC championships as a head coach having led the Blue Devils to nine team titles during his time in Durham.
The Series with Miami
Duke and Miami will meet for the 38th time in program history with the Blue Devils leading the series, 23-14. The Blue Devils and Hurricanes met this past Sunday to conclude the regular season with Duke totaling a 4-2 victory in Coral Gables, Florida. Irina Balus, Aspen Schuman and Shavit Kimchi collected singles wins after the Blue Devils won the doubles point. Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth owns an 18-11 overall record against the Hurricanes. Duke is 3-2 against the Hurricanes in the ACC Championship.
Scouting Miami
Miami features a 14-6 overall and 8-4 ACC mark as the Hurricanes defeated Wake Forest, 4-3, in the tournament Thursday. As a team, the Hurricanes are ranked No. 32 nationally. Miami has Raquel Gonzales (#42), Sofia Rocchetti (#63), Jaquelyn Ogunwale (#99) and Dominika Podhajecka (#112) ranked in ITA singles.
What is Next
If the Blue Devils win Friday in the ACC Championship quarterfinals, Duke advances to face the winner of the No. 1 seed Virginia versus Stanford contest. The semifinal match will be played at 2 p.m., Saturday April 18 in Cary.
ITA Rankings
Duke is currently No. 18 nationally in the ITA rankings as a team.
Head coach Jamie Ashworth has guided Duke to 21 top-10 preseason rankings in his 30 seasons as the head coach of the Blue Devils. Duke has been in the preseason top-16 nationally in each of the last 30 years under Ashworth.
In singles play, Irina Balus (#14), Aspen Schuman (#48), Liv Hovde (#117) and Eleana Yu (#124) are ranked. Duke features three doubles teams as well with Shavit Kimchi/Hovde (#40), Hovde/Balus (#48) and Eleana Yu/Claire An (#71).
The Doubles Point
The Blue Devils have won the doubles point in each of their last five matches and a total of 16 of Duke's 23 matches. Of Duke's 16 wins on the season, the Blue Devils have won the doubles point in 14 of those matches.
Schuman Collects First Match-Clinching Win
Duke freshman Aspen Schuman picked a perfect time for her first match-clinching win against 14th-ranked NC State. The rookie totaled a 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-2 win over 46th-ranked Gabriella Broadfoot to give Duke its highest ranked win of the season.
Schuman then backed her play up by notching both match-clinching victories over the weekend against Florida State and Miami. She totaled another ranked win against 105th-ranked Sofia Rocchetti of the Hurricanes.
Since joining the squad in January, Schuman has totaled a 15-3 overall and 10-1 ACC ledger in singles. She is 13-4 in doubles play and is 9-1 in ACC action as well. She became just the 10th Duke rookie to collect 10 ACC singles wins. Schuman has won five matches in a row.
Various Duke Notes
- With Duke finishing 10-2 in the ACC, the Blue Devils reached 10 ACC wins for the 13th time out of the last 16 years.
- Freshman Claire An registered both match-clinching wins against Boston College and Syracuse. They were the first two match-clinching victories of her career. An added another clinching match against Georgia Tech as well. She also notched her first win against a ranked singles opponent April 1 with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over No. 111 Anna Frey of North Carolina. An has totaled a 13-6 overall and 6-1 ACC mark.
- Irina Balus (18), Liv Hovde (14), Claire An (13), Aspen Schuman (15) and Eleana Yu (10) lead Duke with double-digit singles wins on the season.
- Shavit Kimchi owns 12 match-clinching wins in her career which ranks tied for 12th on Duke's all-time charts (Stats only available from 2005-06 to present).
- Kimchi collected her 50th career doubles win and 16th ACC win of her college career to conclude the regular season.
- In just two seasons, Liv Hovde has totaled a 41-9 overall, 32-7 dual match and 20-2 ACC record in doubles play.
- Schuman and Hovde have teamed together recently in doubles and have logged a 7-0 overall and 6-0 ACC mark playing the No. 2 and No. 3 slot. They totaled their first win against a ranked opponent defeating 90th-ranked Neilson-Gatenby/Cisovska of Clemson.
- Duke sophomore Irina Balus registered a win over Texas' second-ranked Carmen Andreea Herea, 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 6-4, in the National Team Indoors. It marked the highest ranked win of her collegiate career. Balus has totaled 10 wins against ranked opponents in 2025-26 and 21 at Duke.
Claire An and Aspen Schuman have combined to open their collegiate careers with a 24-6 dual match record and 28-9 overall ledger. They went 16-2 in ACC action.
Duke Reaches 1,000 Wins as a Program
Duke registered its 1,000th victory as a program Sunday, March 29 as the Blue Devils posted a 4-0 victory over Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. The Blue Devils currently feature a 1002-308 ledger over the 49 years of the program. In NCAA history, Duke became the fourth program to collect 1,000 wins – Stanford, Florida and Georgia.
Doubles Team Nets Honor
The Duke tandem of Liv Hovde and Shavit Kimchi were named the ACC Doubles Team of the Week on Feb. 10, following the National Team Indoors.
Hovde and Kimchi collected a 2-1 record at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) National Team Indoors at the Atkins Tennis Center in Urbana, Illinois. The duo registered their first two ranked wins as the Blue Devils defeated Ohio State's 13th-ranked Hephzibah Oluwadare and Teah Chavez, 7-6 (7-2), and also knocked off 59th-ranked Tess Bucher and Alice Xu, 7-6 (7-3).
Hovde and Kimchi also advanced to the round of 16 at the NCAA Doubles Championship in the fall.
Balus Earns PNC Achievers Award
Duke women's tennis sophomore Irina Balus and fencing junior Dayaal Singh were named PNC Achievers of the Year for the 2024-25 campaign and were recognized at the Duke men's basketball game Feb. 14.
Since arriving on campus, Balus has made an immediate impact on the Duke women's tennis team. She is coming off a 2025 campaign where she earned ITA All-America honors, received as high as a No. 8 national ranking in singles and No. 8 in doubles and advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Singles Championship. Balus, a native of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, helped lead Duke to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Team Championship this past May.
Blue Devils Add Aspen Schuman for Dual Match Action
In November, Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth announced the signing of Aspen Schuman. A native of Menlo Park, California, Schuman joined the Blue Devils in January.
Schuman has an Intercollegiate Tennis Federation (ITF) career high ranking of No. 31 and a Women's Tennis Association (WTA) career-best ranking of No. 931. In the Tennis Recruiting Network rankings, Schuman is listed No. 4 nationally and she has been listed as high as No. 1 in the United States Tennis Association (USTA) Girls' 18s national rankings. A six-time Junior Grand Slam main draw competitor, Schuman has won five ITF junior singles titles and is a two-time ITF W15 Tournament finalist.
Balus Earns All-America Accolades Once Again
For the second year in a row, Duke sophomore Irina Balus has earned All-America honors as she advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Singles Championship in the fall.
Balus became just the fourth Blue Devil to earn All-America accolades in each of their first two seasons in Durham – Amanda Johnson (2001, 2002), Kelly McCain (2002, 2023) and Vanessa Webb (1996, 1997).
The Head Coach
Head coach Jamie Ashworth is in his 30th season with the Blue Devils and owns an impressive 653-167 ledger. In 2024, 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 matches 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 – Lin Loring (846), Jeff Wallace (818), Brian Kalbas (797), Jay Louderback (703), Geoff MacDonald (631), Gualberto Escudero (631) and Jamie Ashworth (636) (wins entering the 2026 season).
Among the winningest coaches of all time, Ashworth ranks 10th with a 79.5 winning percentage, sixth with 653 wins, third for winningest active coaches by percentage (79.5) and second for winningest active coaches by victories (653).
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 in the fall of 2024.
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.
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.
To stay up to date with Blue Devils women's tennis, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeWTEN".
#GoDuke
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