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Women's Tennis
at Kitty Harrison Invitational
Saturday, April 1
Durham, N.C.
12 p.m.
Duke University
7
vs
0
Boston College
Duke Sweeps Boston College For Fourth ACC Victory
4/1/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
DURHAM, N.C. ? The 12th-ranked Duke women's tennis team earned its second 7-0 victory of the season Saturday, defeating Atlantic Coast Conference rival Boston College at the Ambler Tennis Stadium. The Blue Devils used a lineup containing five ranked singles players who combined to lose only 10 games while winning 58. Duke improves to 11-5, 4-1 in the ACC and 4-1 at home.
The Blue Devils got off to a solid start by taking the first two doubles matches and claiming their 13th doubles point in 16 matches. Melissa Mang and Jennifer Zika got the action started with an 8-1 decision over Alina Sullivan and Sarah Svoboda on court two. At the No. 3 position, junior Parker Goyer saw her first action of the 2006 season, pairing with freshman Tara Iyer to take down Gia Nasarrete and Sylvia Segedi, 8-3. Daniela Bercek and Jackie Carleton dropped a close match, 8-6, to Sasha Cherkasov and Lana Krasnoeolsky.
Duke didn't lose another set the rest of the match with six straight-set singles victories. Second-ranked Bercek won her first set, 6-0, and was up 4-0 when her opponent, Segedi, retired. No. 122 Mang followed, improving to 14-2 in dual matches and 3-0 at the No. 3 position with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Krasnoeolsky.
No. 29 Carleton, who owns the second-most singles victories on the team this season, posted her first win in three matches by topping Cherkasov, 6-1, 6-2 at No. 2 to clinch Duke's win. No. 108 Clelia Deltour, playing in her fourth match this season due to recovery from wrist surgery, finished next on court six, downing Lindsey Nash, 6-3, 6-0 to improve to 3-1 and 2-0 in conference play.
No. 66 Iyer and Zika wrapped up the Blue Devil action with Iyer defeating Svoboda, 6-0, 6-2 and Zika beating Nasarrete, 6-4, 6-2.
Duke returns to the Ambler Tennis Stadium Sunday to host another ACC opponent, Maryland, at 2 p.m.
Results
Doubles
1. Sasha Cherkasov/Lana Krasnoeolsky def. Daniela Bercek/Jackie Carleton, 8-6
2. Melissa Mang/Jennifer Zika def. Sullivan/Sarah Svoboda, 8-1
3. Parker Goyer/Tara Iyer def. Gia Nasarrete/Sylvia Segedi, 8-3
Order: 2,3*,1
Singles
1. #2 Daniela Bercek def. Sylvia Segedi, 6-0, 4-0
2. #29 Jackie Carleton def. Sasha Cherkasov, 6-1, 6-2
3. #122 Melissa Mang def. Lana Krasnoeolsky, 6-1, 6-1
4. #66 Tara Iyer def. Sarah Svoboda, 6-0, 6-2
5. Jennifer Zika def. Gia Nasarrete, 6-4, 6-2
6. #108 Clelia Deltour def. Lindsey Nash, 6-3, 6-0
Order: 1,3,2*,6,4,5
*clinching match
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