Blue Devils Sweep Crimson on Saturday to Improve to 6-0

Saturday, February 4

Durham, N.C.

12 p.m.

Duke University

Harvard

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Blue Devils Sweep Crimson on Saturday to Improve to 6-0

2/4/2023 3:25:00 PM | Women's Tennis

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DURHAM – The fourth-ranked Duke women's tennis team continued their homestand on Saturday with a 7-0 victory over Harvard inside the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center in Durham, N.C.

With the win, the Blue Devils improved to 6-0 on the year, while the Crimson dropped to 3-3. Duke collected its 17th straight home win in the process.

How It Happened
•   For the sixth straight match to open the season, the Blue Devils took the doubles point with victories on all three courts.
•   Duke's 13th-ranked duo of Chloe Beck and Cameron Morra were impressive from the start taking a 3-0 lead on Sophia Ho and Maxi Duncan, before closing the match with a 6-1 win.
•   Emma Jackson and Iuliia Bryzgalova then clinched the doubles point for the Blue Devils with a 6-3 victory over Charlotte Owensby and Angel You on court No. 3. The Duke tandem went ahead, 3-1, but the Crimson battled back to cut the Blue Devil lead to 4-3. Jackson/Bryzgalova won the final two games to clinch the point.
•   On court No. 2, Duke's Ellie Coleman and Karolina Berankova jumped ahead, 2-0, but Rachel Arbitman and Iveta Daujotaite responded by winning three straight games to go ahead, 3-2. Coleman and Berankova came back and went ahead, 4-3. After Harvard evened the match, 5-5, Duke won the final two games to win, 7-5.
•   Coming off providing the clinching point against Wisconsin last weekend, senior Georgia Drummy put Duke's second point on the board with a 6-1, 6-1 singles win on court No. 4 against You.
•   Duke's 22nd-ranked Jackson put the Blue Devils ahead, 3-0, with a 6-2, 6-0 win on court No. 3. Jackson dropped the first game, before winning six out of the next seven to win the first set and did not drop a game in the second set.
•   For the second time this season and 10th time in her career, Beck clinched the victory for Duke with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Owensby on court one.
•   With the Blue Devils leading, 4-0, Coleman registered a 6-1, 6-2 win over Sany Gawande on court five.
•   After dropping the first set, 4-6, and trailing 2-3 in the second set, Morra made an impressive comeback against Duncan. With the match even, 3-3, in the second, Morra trailed 30-40, but was able to come back and hold serve to take a 4-3 lead. Morra broke serve to take a 5-3 lead and eventually win the second set 6-3. In the third set 10-point tiebreaker, Morra trailed 5-8, but mounted a huge comeback to win the match, 10-8.
•   Brianna Shvets faced Mihaela Marculescu on court six, which came down to a thrilling finish. Shvets won the first set, 6-3, and then Marculescu won the second set, 6-3. Shvets was down for most of the third set tiebreaker, before coming back to take the match, 13-11.

Notes
•   Duke won its 32nd consecutive match when winning the doubles point.
•   Chloe Beck and Cameron Morra improved to 18-3 on the season and 5-0 in dual match action with the doubles win on court No. 1.
•   Beck registered her eighth straight singles win to improve to 88-23 over her career.
•   Morra now owns an 11-6 overall record this season and 98-39 ledger over her career.
•   Emma Jackson has now won eight out of her last 10 singles matches to improve to 10-5 on the season and 4-0 in dual match action.
•   Georgia Drummy won her 10th straight singles dual match and improved to 60-19 over her career in dual matches.
•   Ellie Coleman moved to 10-3 on the year with five straight wins.
•   The Blue Devil duo of Jackson and Iuliia Bryzgalova are now 5-1 overall and 5-0 in dual match action.
•   Brianna Shvets moved to 11-4 overall, 4-0 in dual match action and 70-30 over her career in singles.
•   Duke registered its 17th-straight home victory.
•   The Blue Devils moved to 6-0 all-time in the series against Harvard and won their 27th straight match against an Ivy League opponent.

Quotes
"It was great. We are super lucky that we are playing at home. I just really enjoyed everyone's support. The crowd, I thought, was giving me a lot of energy. So, I really appreciated that. I thought the girl I played did a great job picking up on my weaknesses and pushing me back. Hats off to her. I really dug in as much as I could and just started thinking about the team and that got me really fired up. That got me through the match." -- Duke graduate student Brianna Shvets on the win

Next Match
Duke will close an eight-match homestand on Sunday, Feb. 5 as the Blue Devils host Georgetown at 2 p.m., and North Carolina Central at 6:30 p.m.

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Duke 7, Harvard 0
Feb. 4, 2023
Durham, N.C. (Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center)

Doubles
1. #13 Chloe Beck/Cameron Morra (DU) def. Sophia Ho/Maxi Duncan (HAR) 6-1
2. Ellie Coleman/Karolina Berankova (DU) vs. Rachel Arbitman/Iveta Daujotaite (HAR) 7-5
3. Emma Jackson/Iuliia Bryzgalova (DU) def. Charlotte Owensby/Angel You (HAR) 6-3

Singles
1. #3 Chloe Beck (DU) def. Charlotte Owensby (HAR) 6-3, 6-1
2. #28 Cameron Morra (DU) def. Maxi Duncan (HAR) 4-6, 6-3, 10-8
3. #22 Emma Jackson (DU) def. Sophia Ho (HAR) 6-2, 6-0
4. Georgia Drummy (DU) def. Angel You (HAR) 6-1, 6-1
5. Ellie Coleman (DU) def. Sany Gawande (HAR) 6-1, 6-2
6. Brianna Shvets (DU) vs. Mihaela Marculescu (HAR) 6-3, 3-6, 13-11
Order of Finish: Doubles (1,3,2), Singles (4,3,1,5,2,6)