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Duke Blanks N.C. State, 4-0, To Open ACC Championship On Thursday
4/21/2005 1:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 21, 2005
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CARY, N.C.- The 15th-ranked Duke women's tennis team opened its 2005 postseason with a quick, 4-0, victory over N.C. State on Thursday in the first round at the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Championship at the Cary Tennis Center in Cary, N.C. The Blue Devils improve to 15-9, while the Wolfpack fall to 9-14.
"This match was very important for us," said Duke Head Coach Jamie Ashworth. "There are some people on this team that really needed this match. We have players in our lineup who haven't been in this situation and needed to get comfortable."
Duke started off in doubles play very flat as the Blue Devils were down in each of the three matches. On the second court, the Duke tandem of Tory Zawacki and Clelia Deltour went down 2-1 after three games, but responded to win the next two games to take a 3-2 advantage over Elin Stahl Johansson and Virginia Romero. The Wolfpack evened the score, 3-3, but Duke went on a spree where Zawacki and Deltour won the next five games to defeat N.C. State, 8-3.
The other two courts were a battle in favor of the Wolfpack for most of the match, but after being down 5-2 the Duke duo of Kristin Cargill and Jackie Carleton started making a comeback against N.C. State's Barbara Orlay and Julia Roach on court one. The Blue Devils cut the lead to 5-3, but the Wolfpack got the next point back to go up 6-3. Duke mounted its comeback winning the next four games to take a 7-6 lead. The Wolfpack would not give up as they evened the match, 7-7, but Duke took the final two games to clinch the doubles point for the Blue Devils.
"In doubles, we came out flat," said Ashworth. "We have gone with those teams for about a week now and they are getting used to playing with each other. We were down at No. 1 and were able to come back, which is a good sign."
On court three, the match was abandoned between Duke's Parker Goyer and Saras Arasu versus N.C. State's Danielle Stadelmann and Agustina Arechavaleta with the Wolfpack leading 7-5. The doubles victory for Duke was the first over the last five matches and only the 10th time this season.
Once singles play began, Duke dominated on the top three courts winning the first sets quickly, 6-1, on each. Arasu, a senior from Tampa, Fla, cruised on court two winning, 6-0, in the second set against Romero to put the Blue Devils up 2-0. The victory for Arasu was the 100th of her career, becoming the 16th player in Duke history to reach the 100-victory plateau. She improves to 100-39 overall in four years and 28-10 this season.
"It is a great accomplishment," said Arasu on her 100th-career win. "Over my four years at Duke I have tried hard and given my best. It's good to have that accomplishment and I am happy about that."
Playing at the top position for the eighth time this season, Carleton had her most dominating performance of the spring winning 6-1, 6-2 over Orlay. A product of Jenkintown, Pa., Carleton improved to 1-7 in matches at the No. 1 position and 14-13 overall. The victory over Orlay was the first for a Blue Devil in her two years at N.C. State.
"The win feels really good," said Carleton. "It felt good to make quick work of our opponent in order to save energy for Miami. The comeback in doubles at No. 1 was good for our confidence and gives us a boost."
The clinching point for the Blue Devils came just shortly after Carleton's match was completed. On court four, Cargill picked up a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Roach to register her 22nd singles win of the season.
"We have been in a tough situation this year with injuries," said Ashworth. "In my nine years of coaching at Duke I haven't been in this situation before. Prior to this season, we had said our strength would be our depth and I guess they are challenging that. We had a great win at Georgia Tech last weekend and that gave us confidence since they are the No. 1 seed in this tournament."
On the other courts play was abandoned after Duke clinched the match, Deltour was leading Johansson, 6-1, 5-2, at the third position, N.C. State's Stadelmann won the first set 6-2, but was losing in the second set, 4-1, to Zawacki on court five and at the six slot Duke's Goyer came back from being down 5-2 to even the first set at 6-6 against Arechavaleta.
Duke improved to 45-0 against N.C. State in the overall series and 9-0 in ACC Championship play. The Blue Devils are searching for their 16th overall ACC Championship as Duke has won the title 15 out of the last 17 years.
The Blue Devils will next take on second-seeded and 12th-ranked Miami on Friday at 3:00 p.m. Earlier this season, Duke defeated Miami, 4-3, in the National Team Indoors and then fell, 4-3, to the Hurricanes in Durham.
Doubles:
1. Kristin Cargill/Jackie Carleton (D) d. Barbara Orlay/Julia Roach (S) 9-7
2. Tory Zawacki/Clelia Deltour (D) d. Elin Stahl Johansson/Virginia Romero (S) 8-3
3. Parker Goyer/Saras Arasu (D) vs. Danielle Stadelmann/Agustina Arechavaleta (S) DNF
Order of Finish - 2, 1*
Singles:
1. #121 Jackie Carleton (D) d. Barbara Orlay (S) 6-1, 6-2
2. Saras Arasu (D) d. Virginia Romero (S) 6-1, 6-0
3. Clelia Deltour (D) vs. Elin Stahl Johansson (S) abandoned
4. Kristin Cargill d. Julia Roach (S) 6-4, 6-1
5. Tory Zawacki (D) vs. Danielle Stadelmann (S) abandoned
6. Parker Goyer (D) vs. Agustina Arechavaleta (S) abandoned
Order of Finish - 2, 1, 4*
*clinching match
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