Second-Ranked Women's Tennis Cruises by 18th-ranked Wake Forest, 7-0

Wednesday, April 11

Winston-Salem, N.C.

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Duke University

Wake Forest

Second-Ranked Women's Tennis Cruises by 18th-ranked Wake Forest, 7-0

4/11/2001 1:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis

By: Duke Sports Information

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- The second-ranked Duke women's tennis team made easy work of the 18th-ranked Wake Forest Demon Deacons on Wednesday night at the Leighton Tennis Stadium in Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) action as the Blue Devils won 7-0 to remain undefeated in ACC action (6-0) this season.

Duke improved to 19-1 on the season and are off to the best start in the school history. With the win the Blue Devils also improved to 6-0 in ACC action for first place, while Wake Forest fell to 12-7 overall, 5-1 in the ACC.

The Blue Devils took the doubles point by taking two of three matches. Duke's 31st-ranked duo of Kathy Sell/Ansley Cargill downed Mauren Haus/Aimee Smith (8-2) and Katie Granson/Hillary Adams defeated Jackie Houston/Elizabeth Proctor (8-3). Duke's fourth-ranked duo of Megan Miller/Amanda Johnson fell to Bea Bielik/Janet Bergman (8-2).

In singles action, Duke jumped out to a quick start taking five of the six matches in straight sets. At No. 2, 19th-ranked Johnson downed 24th-ranked Bergman (6-1, 6-2), at No. 3 Miller knocked off 96th-ranked Haus (7-6, 6-2), and at No. 4 16th-ranked Sell defeated Houston (6-4, 7-5).

The highly anticipated match of the evening was at the number one position with 2nd-ranked Cargill against 3rd-ranked Bielik. Cargill rebounded from losing the first set to take the victory 2-6, 6-4, 7-5.

At the fifth and sixth positions, Granson and sophomore Prim Siripipat cruised to victories respectively. Granson knocked off Proctor (6-4, 6-1) and Siripipat easily defeated Smith (6-1, 6-1).

Duke will travel to Georgia Tech on Saturday (11:00 AM) and Clemson on Sunday (12:00 PM) to close out the regular season.

Quoting Duke Head Coach Jamie Ashworth
"We played really well tonight. Our goal was to get off to a good start and we were able to do that. After taking the doubles point, we started off well in singles and that gave us a lot of momentum."

"Wake Forest is a tough place to play as they hadn't lost a match at home all season long, so this was a big win for us."

"We played one of our better matches of the season tonight, which was really good for us since we didn't play all that well this past weekend."

#2 Duke 7, #18 Wake Forest 0
Leighton Tennis Stadium
Winston-Salem, N.C.
Singles
1- #2 Ansley Cargill (DU) def. #3 Bea Bielik (WF), 2-6, 6-4, 7-5
2- #19 Amanda Johnson (DU) def. #24 Janet Bergman (WF), 7-5, 6-2
3- #49 Megan Miller (DU) def. #96 Maren Haus (WF), 7-6, 6-4
4- #16 Kathy Sell (DU) def. Jackie Houston (WF), 6-4, 7-5
5- Katie Granson (DU) def. Elizabeth Proctor (WF), 6-4, 6-2
6- Prim Siripipat (DU) def. Aimee Smith (WF), 6-1, 6-1

Doubles
1- #6 Bergman/Bielik (WF) def. #4 Johnson/Miller (DU), 8-2
2- #38 Cargill/Sell (DU) def. #37 Haus/Smith (WF), 8-3
3- Hillary Adams/Granson (DU) def. Houston/Proctor (WF), 8-4