Morra Nets 100th Win; Duke Defeats Washington to Close ITA Indoors

Sunday, February 12

Seattle, WA

9:30 p.m.

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Morra Nets 100th Win; Duke Defeats Washington to Close ITA Indoors

2/13/2023 1:35:00 AM | Women's Tennis

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SEATTLE, Wash. – Duke women's tennis graduate student Cameron Morra collected her 100th career singles win and the fourth-ranked Blue Devils closed the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) National Team Indoors on Sunday evening with a 4-1 victory over host Washington at the Nordstrom Tennis Center in Seattle, Wash.

The Blue Devils closed action with a 2-1 ledger, including a win over No. 6 Stanford, at the ITA Indoors to improve to 10-1. Morra, who hails from Rockville, Md., became the 28th Blue Devil to reach the 100-win mark.

How It Happened
•   For the second time in three matches at the ITA National Team Indoors, the Blue Devils had to try to come from behind as Duke dropped the doubles point against Washington.
•   On court three, Duke's Emma Jackson and Iuliia Bryzgalova won the first game of their match against Jennifer Kerr and Sarah-Maude Fortin, but the Huskies won six straight to win, 6-1.
•   Washington clinched the crucial doubles point with a 6-3 win on court two as Hikaru Sato and Zehra Suko notched a 6-3 win over Duke's 25th-ranked Ellie Coleman and Karolina Berankova. The Blue Devils fell behind, 0-3, but cut the lead to 2-3 and trailed 3-4, but eventually dropped the match.
•   Duke's No. 14 ranked duo of Chloe Beck and Cameron Morra were leading, 5-3, over Astrid Olsen and Erika Matsuda when the point was clinched.
•   The Blue Devils quickly turned the momentum in their favor in singles by winning the first set on all six courts.
•   Bryzgalova, a graduate student from Duke, was impressive in singles for the second straight match as she got off court five quickly with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Melissa Sakar to even the score, 1-1.
•   No. 21 Jackson gave the Blue Devils their first lead of the match as she registered a 6-3, 6-4 win on court three over Olsen. Jackson never trailed in the match and posted her fifth win of the season on court three.
•   Morra also never trailed on court two against Fortin, which included four deuce point wins in the first set, which saw Morra winning 6-3. In the second set, Morra was rolling ahead, 3-0 and 5-3, before Fortin battled back to even the score, 5-5. Duke's four-time All-American won the final two games to push through winning, 7-5, to give the Blue Devils a 3-1 advantage.
•   On court one, Beck continued her impressive run this season clinching the 4-1 win for Duke against Sato. Beck registered a 6-4 win in the first set and then after dropping the first game of the second set she won four out of the next five games to lead, 4-2. Sato wouldn't quit as she evened the match, 5-5, but Beck would prevail winning 7-5.

Notes
•   Chloe Beck registered her 12th straight singles win to improve to 92-23 over her career. She is 8-0 this season in dual match play.
•   Beck clinched a Duke victory, for the fourth time this season and 12th time in her career.
•   Cameron Morra improved to 100-40 over her career.
•   It marked the first time this season Duke won a match in which it dropped the doubles point.
•   Sunday's match didn't start until 10:28 p.m., (ET) and finished at 1:07 p.m. (ET).

Next Match
Duke will be off until Feb. 24 as the Blue Devils open ACC action on the road at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., at 1 p.m.

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#4 Duke 4, Washington 1
February 12, 2023
Seattle, Wash. (Nordstrom Tennis Center)

Doubles
1. #14 Chloe Beck/Cameron Morra (DU) vs. Astrid Olsen/Erika Matsuda (WASH) 5-3, unfinished
2. Hikaru Sato/Zehra Suko (WASH) def. #25 Ellie Coleman/Karolina Berankova (DU) 6-3
3. Jennifer Kerr/Sarah-Maude Fortin (WASH) def. Emma Jackson/Iuliia Bryzgalova (DU) 6-1

Singles
1. #5 Chloe Beck (DU) def. Hikaru Sato (WASH) 6-4, 7-5
2. #28 Cameron Morra (DU) def. Sarah-Maude Fortin (WASH) 6-3, 7-5
3. #21 Emma Jackson (DU) def. Astrid Olsen (WASH) 6-3, 6-4
4. Ellie Coleman (DU) vs. Jennifer Kerr (WASH) 6-3, 6-6 (2-4), unfinished
5. Iuliia Bryzgalova (DU) def. Melissa Sakar (WASH) 6-3, 6-3
6. Brianna Shvets (DU) vs. Erika Matsuda (WASH) 6-4, 3-6, 3-2, unfinished
Order of Finish: Doubles (3,2), Singles (5,3,2,1)