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Sunday, March 10
Malibu, Calif.
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Duke University
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at
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Pepperdine
Duke Women's Tennis Upends Pepperdine Sunday
3/10/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 10, 2002
MALIBU, CALIF. -- The fourth-ranked Duke women's tennis team downed 42nd-ranked Pepperdine, 6-1, Sunday afternoon in Malibu, Calif. at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center to improve to 9-1 on the season.
Duke (9-1) got off to a quick start winning all three doubles matches to begin with a 1-0 lead. The Blue Devils kept rolling with five singles wins to clinch the 6-1 victory.
Picking up singles wins were Kelly McCain, Amanda Johnson, Julie DeRoo, Ioana Plesu and Saras Arasu. The victory for DeRoo was her 20th of the season. Pepperdine falls to 3-10.
Duke will continue its West Coast road trip on Tuesday as the Blue Devils will face eighth-ranked UCLA.
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Duke (6) vs. Pepperdine (1) at Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center, Malibu, CaliforniaSINGLES -- Kelly McCain (D) d. Charlotte Vernaz, 6-4, 6-3 Amanda Johnson (D) d. Alexsandra Kujawska, 6-1, 6-2 Julie DeRoo (D) d. Karin Schlapbach, 6-2, 6-2 Ioana Plesu (D) d. Anna Andersson, 6-1, 6-1 Veronika Koksova (P) d. Katie Granson, 6-3, 6-4 Saras Arasu (D) d. Ceyda Keyman, 6-1, 6-2
DOUBLES -- Hillary Adams / McCain (D) d. Kujawska / Schlapbach, 8-2 DeRoo / Johnson (D) d. Koksova / Vernaz, 8-6 Susie Abromeit / Granson (D) d. Andersson / Keyman, 8-3
Duke: 9-1 / Ranked No. 4 Pepperdine: 3-10 / Ranked No. 42
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