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Saturday, February 10
Durham, N.C.
12:00 p.m.
Duke University
6
vs
1
Indiana
No. 11 Duke Cruises To 6-1 Victory Over No. 38 Indiana
2/10/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
DURHAM, N.C. - The No. 11 Duke women's tennis team defeated 38th-ranked Indiana, 6-1, on Saturday afternoon at the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center. The Blue Devils improved to 1-1 on the season with the win and handed the Hoosiers (8-1) their first loss of the season.
Duke won the doubles point behind victories at the No. 1 and 2 positions. The Blue Devil duo of freshman Amanda Granson and senior Kristin Cargill finished first at the No. 3 spot, coming back from a 6-0 deficit to nearly take the match, but Indiana's Stephanie Heller and Brianna Williams came away with an 8-6 victory. The duo of senior Daniela Bercek and sophomore Melissa Mang then posted a 9-7 win at the No. 2 spot, and sophomore Jessi Robinson and freshman Elizabeth Plotkin combined for an 8-6 victory at No. 1 to clinch the point for the Blue Devils.
Mang got things started for Duke in singles competition, posting a 6-1, 6-3 win at the No. 2 position to put the Blue Devils up 2-0. Bercek then increased Duke's lead to 3-0 with a 6-4, 6-1 win at No. 1, before Granson clinched the victory for the Blue Devils with a 6-3, 6-3 win at No. 4.
Robinson posted a singles victory at the No. 6 slot, as she came back from a 4-0 deficit in the first set to take the set, 7-5. She went on to win the second set, 7-6, for the victory.
Plotkin bounced back from a 6-3 first-set loss to win the second set, 7-6, and take the tiebreaker, 10-6, for a victory at No. 3.
Senior Tory Zawacki competed for the Blue Devils at the No. 5 spot, falling to Cecile Perton, 7-6, 6-3.
Duke will take on unranked Yale on Sunday, February 11 at noon at the Sheffield Tennis Center.
Complete Results - No. 11 Duke 6, No. 38 Indiana 1
Singles
1. Daniela Bercek (D) def. Alba Berdala (I) 6-4, 6-1
2. Melissa Mang (D) def. Laura McGaffigan (I) 6-1, 6-3
3. Elizabeth Plotkin (D) def. Sigrid Fischer (I) 3-6, 7-6 (10-4)
4. Amanda Granson (D) def. Brianna Williams (I) 6-3, 6-3
5. Cecile Perton (I) def. Tory Zawacki (D) 7-6, 6-3
6. Jessi Robinson (D) def. Lindsey Stuckey (I) 7-5, 7-6
Order of finish: 2,1,4*,6,3,5
Doubles
1. Robinson/Plotkin (D) def. Berdala/McGaffigan (I) 8-6
2. Mang/Bercek (D) def. Fischer/Perton (I) 9-7
3. Stephanie Heller/Williams (I) def. Granson/Cargill (D) 8-6
Order of finish: 3,2,1*
* indicates clinching match
No. 11 Duke 1-1 (0-0 ACC)
No. 38 Indiana 8-1 (0-0 Big Ten)
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