No. 17 Ohio State Upends No. 14 Duke, 4-3

Friday, February 14

Durham, N.C.

5:00 PM

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No. 17 Ohio State Upends No. 14 Duke, 4-3

2/14/2025 9:54:00 PM | Women's Tennis

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DURHAM, N.C. – In a tight battle of top 20 ranked teams, No. 17 Ohio State women's tennis defeated No. 14 Duke, 4-3, on Friday evening inside the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center in Durham.

With the loss, the Blue Devils dropped to 5-2 overall, while the Buckeyes moved to 6-1.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Duke opened the match by taking the doubles point as the Blue Devils won on courts two and three to take a 1-0 advantage.
After Duke's 11th-ranked Ellie Coleman and Irina Balus dropped a 6-4 decision on court one to Luciana Perry and Teah Chavez, the Blue Devils took control of courts two and three.
Duke's Shavit Kimchi and Ava Krug opened with a 3-1 advantage, but Sydni Ratliff and Sophia Cisse came back to cut into the lead, 3-2.Kimchi and Krug then won three straight games to earn a 6-2 win on court two.
On court three, Emma Jackson and Eleana Yu faced 63rd-ranked OSU's Alessia Cau and Dani Schoenly.The Blue Devils jumped ahead, 4-0, but the Buckeyes came back to even the ledger, 4-4.Jackson and Yu responded by winning the next two games to clinch the doubles point for the Blue Devils.
Ohio State quickly gained the momentum in singles by winning on courts two, four and five to take a 3-1 lead.
No. 55 Chavez defeated Duke's No. 29 Jackson, 6-1, 6-2, on court two and Ratliff posted a 6-3, 7-5 win on court five against Coleman.After winning the first set, 6-2, Duke's No. 51 Kimchi dropped the next two sets against No. 107 Nao Nishino, 6-2, 6-1.
The Blue Devils were able to even the score, 3-3, with a couple of wins of their own.
Yu, who is ranked No. 23 nationally, remained unbeaten in dual match play for her career with a 7-5, 6-4 win against Shelly Bereznyak on court three.
Then on court one, it was a battle of two players ranked in the top 11 of the country – Duke's No. 11 Balus versus No. 9 Perry.Balus took the first set, 6-4, but dropped the second one, 2-6.In the third set, Perry led 5-3, but Balus mounted an impressive comeback by winning four straight games to take the set, 7-5.
It all came down to court six with Duke's Katie Codd going up against Audrey Spencer.Codd jumped out to the quick lead by taking the first set, 6-3.In the second, Codd led 2-1 early and ended up 4-4 late.Spencer won the next two games to take the set, 6-4. In the third set, Spencer controlled early by taking a 4-0 lead.Codd, who is from Carlsbad, Calif., started making a comeback.She won three straight games and trailed 4-3.Spencer took a 5-3 lead, but Codd would not back down fighting off three match points to eventually even the score, 5-5.Codd then took a 6-5 lead, but Spencer fought back and sent the match to a tiebreaker.In the tiebreaker, Codd led 3-2, but Spencer went on to win five out of the next six points to clinch the win for Ohio State.

NOTES

Eleana Yumoved to 9-0 over her singles career in dual match play. She is 3-0 as a Blue Devil.
Irina Balus totaled her second career win against a top 10 ranked opponent and is now 7-1 against ranked opponents in singles play. She moved to 13-2 overall and 6-0 in dual match play in singles.
Emma Jackson and Yu totaled their second win against a nationally-ranked opponent and is 2-1 against ranked foes on the year.
Shavit Kimchi and Ava Krug played together for the first time this season in doubles and won their contest.
Duke lost at home for only the sixth time over the last 18 years.

QUOTES

"We did a great job with Katie and Irina, giving ourselves a chance. You know, a little bit disappointing in the middle of the match there. We thought we had some momentum, after winning a good doubles point and winning four first sets in singles. That doesn't happen to us a lot, where we're in that situation and get beat. I am proud of that effort and proud of the fight, like I said, to give us a chance, but we just we cannot let what happened in the middle of the match happen.I think we got into a 'Okay, we've won four first sets. And let's take the foot off the gas a little bit. And if I don't win, my teammate will win for me.' I think there was a dip in our energy level and dip in the support level across the board and it came back and got us." -- Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth

NEXT MATCH

Duke will close the weekend with a non-conference contest Sunday, Feb. 16 at 11 a.m., against No. 6 Michigan.

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#17 Ohio State 4, #14 Duke 3
February 14, 2025
Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center * Durham, N.C.

Doubles
1. Luciana Perry/Teah Chavez (OSU) def. #11 Ellie Coleman/Irina Balus (DU) 6-4
2. Shavit Kimchi/Ava Krug (DU) def. Sydni Ratliff/Sophia Cisse (OSU) 6-2
3. Emma Jackson/Eleana Yu (DU) def. #63 Alessia Cau/Dani Schoenly (OSU) 6-4

Singles
1. #11 Irina Balus (DU) def. #9 Luciana Perry (OSU) 6-4, 2-6, 7-5
2. #55 Teah Chavez (OSU) def. #29 Emma Jackson (DU) 6-1, 6-2
3. #23 Eleana Yu (DU) def. Shelly Bereznyak (OSU) 7-5, 6-4
4. #107 Nao Nishino (OSU) def. #51 Shavit Kimchi (DU) 2-6, 6-2, 6-1
5. Sydni Ratliff (OSU) def. Ellie Coleman (DU) 6-3, 7-5
6. Audrey Spencer (OSU) def. Katie Codd (DU) 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4)
Order of Finish: Doubles (1,2,3*), Singles (2,5,4,3,1,6*)