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Duke's Walter Falls In NCAA Singles Championships

5/26/2005 1:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis

By: Duke Sports Information

May 26, 2005

COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS - Fifth-seeded and fifth-ranked Ludovic Walter of Duke suffered a straight set defeat to 46th-ranked Luke Shields of Boise State on Thursday in the second round of the 2005 NCAA Singles Championship held on the campus of Texas A&M in College Station, Texas.

Shields earned a 6-4, 6-2 win over Walter, and advances to meet UCLA's Benjamin Kohlloeffel, a three-set winner over Rylan Rizza of Virginia.

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