Blue Devils Net Road Win at No. 31 Wake Forest, 4-1

Friday, March 22

Winston-Salem, N.C.

3:30 p.m.

Duke University

Wake Forest

Photo by: Bri Shaw, Duke Athletics

Blue Devils Net Road Win at No. 31 Wake Forest, 4-1

3/22/2024 7:15:00 PM | Women's Tennis

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.– The 23rd-ranked Duke women's tennis team went on the road Friday afternoon to Winston-Salem, N.C., and came away with a key road victory as the Blue Devils posted a 4-1 win over 31st-ranked Wake Forest (12-7, 4-2 ACC) at the Wake Forest Tennis Center.

After dropping the doubles point, the Blue Devils (11-5, 4-3 ACC) collected four straight singles wins en route to claiming their fourth ACC victory of the season and first on the road. Sophomore Katie Codd improved to 8-0 at the No. 4 singles slot and clinched the victory for Duke.

How It Happened

Wake Forest jumped out in doubles action with the advantage early leading on all three courts.
Mia Ahmad and Sankavi Gownder of the Demon Deacons went on to register a 6-1 victory on court three against Duke's Brianna Shvets and Iuliia Bryzgalova.
Wake Forest clinched the doubles point with a 6-2 win on court two as Whitley Pate and Casie Wooten posted a 6-2 victory over Emma Jackson and Karolina Berankova.
Marcella Cruz and Brooke Killingsworth of Wake were leading Duke's Shavit Kimchi and Katie Codd, 5-4, when the point was clinched.
During doubles action, inclement weather forced the match to be moved indoors.
Duke turned the momentum around in its favor in singles by winning the first set on five of the six courts.
In a span of a few minutes, the Blue Devils turned a 1-0 deficit into a 3-1 lead as Shvets collected a 7-5, 6-4 win on court five against Gownder.
Berankova won her fourth match out of the last five contests on court six as she posted a 6-4, 6-4 win over Pate.
Bryzgalova moved to within one victory of 100 over her collegiate career with a 6-3, 6-3 win on court three versus Cruz.
Duke clinched the win on court four as Codd totaled a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Nevena Carton of Wake Forest.
When the match was clinched, Kimchi was leading on court one, while Jackson was trailing on court two.

Notes

Katie Codd clinched the victory for Duke for the second time this season.
Iuliia Bryzgalova collected her 99th career singles victory and is now 5-1 in ACC play this season.
Duke played its seventh straight match without junior Ellie Coleman, who is ranked No. 83 nationally in singles.
Karolina Berankova posted her fourth ACC singles win of the year.
Sophomore Katie Codd moved to 8-0 at the No. 4 singles slot and is now 15-6 on the season in singles.
Brianna Shvets totaled her 98th all-time singles win and improved to 5-2 in ACC play this year. She has now won 13 out of her last 16 matches.
Duke improved to 1-3 on the road this season.

Quotes

"Yeah, we did not have a good doubles point at all.I thought that it was way too many free points and not enough energy, which was disappointing.We gave away way too much in doubles.After the doubles, I said to them make them earn their points.We are not even giving them a chance to earn the points.Use this as just an opportunity to get better.I don't care about the scores, I don't care about the match scores - just go out and try to get better and figure out a way to get better and we did that.We played well. I mean, we got big wins down low.We got three right in a row there pretty quickly.I think looking at the scoreboard, it's motivating. Shavit won the first set, Emma was down, but came back and lost a tough first set.Karolina and Brianna did great jobs. It was a good team match." - Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth
"We needed it to be honest with you.We have some other road matches coming up. This time [of the year] anytime we can win in this conference, it gains some confidence for us." - Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth on getting the road win

Next Match

Duke will make the short trip to Raleigh, N.C., on Sunday, March 24 to face 14th-ranked NC State at 2 p.m.

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#23 Duke 4, #31 Wake Forest 1
March 22, 2024
Wake Forest Tennis Center * Winston-Salem, N.C.

Doubles
1. Shavit Kimchi/Katie Codd (DU) vs. Marcella Cruz/Brooke Killingsworth (WFU) 4-5
2. Whitley Pate/Casie Wooten (WFU) def. Emma Jackson/Karolina Berankova (DU) 6-2
3. Mia Ahmad/Sankavi Gownder (WFU) def. Brianna Shvets/Iuliia Bryzgalova (DU) 6-1

Singles
1. #90 Shavit Kimchi (DU) vs. #38 Casie Wooten (WFU) 7-5, 4-5, unfinished
2. Brooke Killingsworth (WFU) def. #97 Emma Jackson (DU) 5-7, 4-5, unfinished
3. Iuliia Bryzgalova (DU) def. Marcella Cruz (WFU) 6-3, 6-3
4. #94 Katie Codd (DU) def. Nevena Carton (WFU) 7-5, 6-1
5. Brianna Shvets (DU) def. Sankavi Gownder (WFU) 7-5, 6-4
6. Karolina Berankova (DU) def. Whitley Pate (WFU) 6-4, 6-4
Order of Finish: Doubles (3,2*), Singles (5,6,3,4*)