#10 Duke (16-2, 5-1 ACC) at #29 Syracuse (11-3, 4-3)
Friday, March 24 at 3 p.m. (ET)
Drumlins Country Club * Syracuse, N.Y.
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#10 Duke (16-2, 5-1 ACC) at #48 Boston College (9-6, 2-5)
Sunday, March 26 at 2 p.m. (ET)
The Weymouth Club * Weymouth, Mass.
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DURHAM – Riding a five-match winning streak, the 10th-ranked Duke women's tennis team hits the road for its final two-match road swing of the regular season as the Blue Devils (16-2, 5-1 ACC) take on Syracuse on Friday, March 24 at 3 p.m., followed by a contest at Boston College on Sunday, March 26 at 2 p.m.
The Series with Syracuse
Duke and Syracuse will meet for the 13th time in school history with the Blue Devils leading the series, 12-0. The Blue Devils feature a 5-0 ledger in matches played in Syracuse. Blue Devil head coach
Jamie Ashworth owns a 9-0 record against Syracuse.
Scouting Syracuse
Syracuse is currently ranked No. 29 and features an 11-3 overall and 4-3 ACC record heading into the weekend. In matches played at home, the Orange have registered a 9-1 record this season with a win against No. 23 Miami, 5-2.
In the latest ITA rankings, Zeynep Erman is No. 95 in singles.
The Series with Boston College
Duke and Boston College meet for the 19th time in school history with the Blue Devils leading the series, 18-0. The Blue Devils are 8-0 in road matches against the Eagles. Blue Devil head coach
Jamie Ashworth owns a 16-0 record against the Eagles.
Scouting Boston College
Boston College is currently ranked No. 48 and owns a 9-6 overall and 2-5 ACC ledger. The squad is coming off its first win in school history at Clemson on Sunday. The Eagles are 5-4 this year in matches played at home.
In the latest ITA rankings, Maria Aguiar is No. 71 in singles.
On the Road
Duke features a 4-1 record on the road this season with the lone loss coming to then 20th-ranked Virginia on Feb. 26.
What is Next?
The Blue Devils return home for a key four-match homestand against No. 13 Miami (March 31), No. 35 Florida State (April 1), No. 25 Wake Forest (April 6) and No. 8 NC State (April 8).
The Duke Record Book
Senior
Chloe Beck ranks in the top-10 in numerous categories in the Duke record book. In the career record book, she ranks 10th in ACC singles wins (30), second in consecutive ACC singles wins (21), ninth in doubles wins (99), 10th in singles wins at the No. 1 position (20) and ninth in career doubles wins (99).
Duke's doubles duo of Beck and
Cameron Morra already ranks tied for 10th on Duke's most doubles wins in a season with 25. With two more wins, the tandem will move into a tie for eighth.
In the Rankings
Duke is currently ranked 10th in the ITA poll, which is sponsored by Tennis-Point. The Blue Devils have been listed in the top 10 of the team rankings in five of the seven polls this spring. With the preseason top-10 ranking, the Blue Devils have been tabbed in the top 10 in seven straight years under the direction of head coach
Jamie Ashworth. In his 27th season at the helm, Ashworth has guided Duke to a total of 20 top-10 preseason rankings since 2001.
In the latest ITA singles rankings,
Chloe Beck is No. 2,
Emma Jackson is No. 31 and
Cameron Morra is No. 70. With a 24-4 ledger on the season, Beck/Morra are 32nd nationally in doubles.
Playing at Home
Duke features a 22-match home winning streak, tied for fifth-longest in school history. The Blue Devils are 11-0 at home this season. The longest streaks in school history are – 54 (2017-21), 28 (2008-10), 28 (2011-13), 26 (2002-04), 22 (1990-92, 2022-23) and 21 (2014-15).
In the ACC, Duke's 22-match winning streak ranks second as North Carolina owns a 71-match streak dating back to 2018.
Emma Jackson and
Chloe Beck both own an 8-0 ledger in singles at home in 2023. In fact, Beck has collected a 35-0 record at home in dual match action over her four-year career. The duo of Beck and
Cameron Morra is 9-0 in doubles in home matches.
100-Win Club
Blue Devil senior
Chloe Beck is one win away from 100 wins for her career, featuring a 99-24 ledger. Beck also owns a 64-8 dual match record and has won 19 straight matches.
Graduate student
Cameron Morra became the 28th Blue Devil to reach the 100-win mark at the ITA National Team Indoor Championship recently.
Win Streak in ACC Action
Senior
Chloe Beck has a 21-match regular season winning streak against ACC foes dating back to her sophomore campaign. Beck went 13-0 last season becoming just the fourth Blue Devil to go undefeated in ACC play with 10 or more wins. She has opened 2023 ACC play with a 6-0 ledger. Overall, Beck has notched a 30-2 ACC singles mark and a 23-4 ACC doubles ledger in her career.
Brianna Shvets boasts an undefeated, 5-0, record in ACC action in 2023.
Duke's new doubles team of
Georgia Drummy and
Iuliia Bryzgalova has collected a 7-0 record this season, including a 6-0 ledger in ACC play.
Doubles Play
After winning the doubles point in the first eight matches, Duke dropped the doubles point in three of the next five contests. Duke is coming off winning the doubles point in five straight matches. The Blue Devils have dropped the doubles point in both losses this season (Oklahoma and Virginia).
Noting the Blue Devils
• Head coach
Jamie Ashworth owns 589 victories, which ranks fifth-nationally among active coaches.
• The Blue Devils have won 41 straight matches when winning the doubles point. Duke has not dropped a match at home when winning the doubles point since May 14, 2016 against Texas in the NCAA Tournament second round.
•
Chloe Beck owns a 19-match winning streak in singles, while
Brianna Shvets has won 14 in a row.
• Duke has been in the top-5 of the ITA national rankings in 19 out of the last 23 years under the direction of head coach
Jamie Ashworth.
• Of the 16 victories this season,
Chloe Beck owns six match-clinching points to lead the Blue Devils, while
Ellie Coleman and
Emma Jackson have three. Beck has clinched 14 matches over her career.
• Both
Chloe Beck and
Cameron Morra have been tabbed ACC Player of the Week this season.
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