Blue Devils Fall on the Road at No. 32 Notre Dame

Friday, April 12

South Bend, Ind.

3:30 p.m.

Duke University

Notre Dame

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Blue Devils Fall on the Road at No. 32 Notre Dame

4/12/2024 7:37:00 PM | Women's Tennis

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NOTRE DAME, Ind. – The 21st-ranked Duke women's tennis team traveled to 32nd-ranked Notre Dame on Friday and dropped a 4-2 decision to the Irish at the Eck Tennis Pavilion in Notre Dame, Ind.

The Blue Devils fall to 13-8 overall and 6-6 in the ACC, while the Irish improve to 16-7, 7-5.

How It Happened

The Blue Devils came out and got a win in doubles on court two very quickly.Playing together for the first time this season, Emma Jackson and Shavit Kimchi posted a 6-1 victory over Carrie Beckman and Akari Matsuno.
The Irish collected wins on court one and three to clinch the doubles point.
On court one, Duke's duo of Karolina Berankova and Katie Codd led 5-3 and had match point leading 5-4, but the Irish's 44th-ranked Page Freeman and Julia Andreach came back to win and take a 6-5 advantage.Berankova and Codd won a key deuce point to even the score, 6-6, but Notre Dame won the tiebreaker, 7-5.
The Blue Devil tandem of Brianna Shvets and Iuliia Bryzgalova trailed 4-1 early, but roared back to even the score, 4-4.Yashna Yellayi and Nibi Ghosh responded by winning two games to get the victory, 6-4.
Duke evened the score in singles, 1-1, as Berankova posted her third straight victory with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Matsuno on court six.After trailing 3-2 in the first set, Berankova battled back to win the first set, 6-3.She also trailed, 2-0, in the second, but made another comeback.
Notre Dame regained the lead with a 6-2, 6-4 win by Yellayi on court five over Shvets.
The Irish put their third point on the board as Bojana Pozder posted a 6-4, 7-6 (7-1) win over 81st-ranked Bryzgalova.In the first set, Bryzgalova led, 3-2, but went on to drop the set.After trailing 5-2 in the second set, Bryzgalova battled back to even the match, 6-6, but fell in the tiebreaker.
The Blue Devils then cut into the Notre Dame lead as Duke's 58th-ranked Kimchi posted a 6-4, 7-6 (8-6) win on court two against Freeman.Both players went back and forth in the first set until the match was tied, 4-4.Kimchi then won two games to take the first, 6-4.In the second set, Kimchi led 2-1, but then fell behind, 5-4, before winning two consecutive games to go ahead, 6-5.Freeman evened the score, 6-6, but Kimchi was able to take the tiebreaker, 8-6.
Notre Dame clinched the match on court one as 28th-ranked Andreach collected a 7-5, 7-5 win over Duke's 87th-ranked Jackson.After trailing early 3-0 and 4-2, Jackson fought back to even the score, 5-5, but eventually fell, 7-5, in the first set.Jackson got off to another slow start trailing 2-0 in the second, but won four straight games to take a 4-2 lead.Andreach came back to win three consecutive games and then took the set, 7-5.
Codd was leading on court four against Ghosh, 6-4, 6-6 (5-1), when the match was clinched.

Notes

Karolina Berankova collected her third consecutive win to improve register her 11th singles win and fifth in ACC action this season.
Berankova and Katie Codd played together in doubles for the first time this season.
Duke dropped just the fourth match against the Irish in school history, moving the series record to 26-4.
Rookie Shavit Kimchi collected her sixth win over her last eight matches and moved to 15-10, 6-5 in the ACC.
Duke is now 2-4 in road matches this season.

Quotes

"I just told them we keep giving ourselves opportunities to win. We're doing a really good job of putting ourselves in positions to win. We just have to be better in those moments and not let the moment get too big and not let the moment become more important than the point we're playing.We had match points in doubles and definitely had some chances that we left on the court for that. It's disappointing. Again, we competed and gave ourselves a shot, but we are leaving too many points when they're big points on the court." -- Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth

Next Match

Duke will close the regular season at Louisville on Sunday, April 14 at 12 p.m.

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#32 Notre Dame 4, #21 Duke 2
April 12, 2024
Eck Tennis Pavilion * Notre Dame, Ind.

Doubles
1. #44 Page Freeman/Julia Andreach (ND) def. Karolina Berankova/Katie Codd (DU) 7-6 (7-5)
2. Emma Jackson/Shavit Kimchi (DU) def. Carrie Beckman/Akari Matsuno (ND) 6-1
3. Yashna Yellayi/Nibi Ghosh (ND) def. Brianna Shvets/Iuliia Bryzgalova (DU) 6-4

Singles
1. #28 Julia Andreach (ND) def. #87 Emma Jackson (DU) 7-5, 7-5
2. #58 Shavit Kimchi (DU) def. Page Freeman (ND) 6-4, 7-6 (8-6)
3. Bojana Pozder (ND) def. #81 Iuliia Bryzgalova (DU) 6-4, 7-6 (7-1)
4. #107 Katie Codd (DU) vs. Nibi Ghosh (ND) 6-4, 6-6 (5-1), unfinished
5. Yashna Yellayi (ND) def. Brianna Shvets (DU) 6-2, 6-4
6. Karolina Berankova (DU) def. Akari Matsuno (ND) 6-3, 6-3
Order of Finish: Doubles (2,3,1*), Singles (6,5,3,2,1*)