No. 11 Duke Posts 4-1 Win Over Notre Dame

Friday, March 7

South Bend, Ind.

5:00 PM

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Duke earned a 4-1 victory against Illinois to extend its winning streak to five matches.

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No. 11 Duke Posts 4-1 Win Over Notre Dame

3/7/2025 9:28:00 PM | Men's Tennis

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SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The No. 11 Blue Devils remained perfect in ACC play as Duke men's tennis posted a 4-1 win at No. 52 Notre Dame Friday night. With the win, head coach Ramsey Smith reached 300 career victories, a milestone only one Blue Devil men's tennis coach has hit before.

To start off the match, the Blue Devils clinched the doubles point with wins on courts one and two. At the top spot, the No. 71 doubles pairing of sophomore Cooper Williams and graduate student Andreja Petrovic posted a 6-2 win and graduate student Theo Winegar and senior Connor Krug followed with a 7-6(4) victory.

In singles play, Petrovic cliched his match at the second spot in straight sets (6-2, 6-1). Graduate student Remy Dugardin clinched his match in two sets on court four (7-6(3), 6-0). Senior Jake Krug claimed the team win for the Blue Devils by posting a victory in two sets that was decided by tie break on court six (6-4, 7-6(4)).

How It Happened

Williams and Petrovic clinched the first doubles victory for Duke on court one, jumping out to a 2-0 lead before Jameson Corsillo and Yu Zhang took a game. The Blue Devil pair then went on a three-game run, allowing the Fighting Irish just one more win before closing out the match 6-2.
At the second spot in doubles play, Winegar and Connor Krug were in a back-and-forth battle with Sebastian Dominko and Noah Becker. The match evened out six times before it went to a deceive tie break. They clinched their match in tie break to claim the doubles point for Duke.
In singles play, Petrovic extended Duke's lead to 2-0 on court two with a straight-set victory. In the first set, he pulled away from a 2-2 tie against Zhang and didn't drop another game, winning 6-2. In the second set, he once again broke a 1-1 tie and went on a five-game run to secure a 6-1 victory.
Notre Dame responded with a win on court one, where No. 34 Dominko defeated No. 66 Williams 6-4, 7-5, making the score 2-1.
On court four, Duke extended its lead to 3-1 with a two-set win from Dugardin against Corsillo. After trailing 3-1 in the first set, Dugardin fought back to tie it at 3-3. The match remained tight, with ties at 5-5 and 6-6, before Dugardin pulled ahead in the tiebreak, winning 7-3. He then dominated the second set, winning 6-0 to clinch his match.
Jake Krug clinched the match for Duke with his straight set win on court six. Krug took a 5-1 lead in the first set, but Notre Dame's Kyran Magimay fought back with a three-game run. Krug responded with a decisive game win, taking the first set 6-4. In set two, he led 5-3, but Magimay rallied to take a 6-5 advantage. Krug forced a 6-6 tie, sending it to a tiebreak. He led 3-2 early and carried that momentum to a 7-4 tiebreak win, clinching the overall match for the Blue Devils.

Senior Connor Krug and sophomore Alexander Visser's matches remained unfinished on courts three and five.

Quotes
"It was it was a great team win against a tough Notre Dame's team. They're especially tough at their place, so leaving with the win feels really good. We had two new doubles teams that we put together this week. I thought we did a great job pulling out the doubles point."

"I thought Andreja did amazing. That was one of his best matches he's played all year. He played aggressive and absolutely dominated against a very good player at the at the two spot. I am especially proud of Jake. He's somebody that hasn't played much this year. He's put his head down and worked extremely hard. He always puts the team first and he played tremendous tonight to clinch the team win for us." – Head Coach Ramsey Smith

Up Next
Duke remains on the road for another ACC match against Louisville March 9 at noon.

Results
Doubles (1,2)
1. #71 Cooper Williams/Andreja Petrovic (DU) def. Jameson Corsillo/Yu Zhang (ND) 6-2
2. Theo Winegar/Connor Krug (DU) def. Sebastian Dominko/Noah Becker (ND) 7-6
3. Gerard Planelles Ripoll/Remy Dugardin (DU) vs. Luis Llorens Saracho/Peter Nad (ND) 6-6, unfinished

Singles (2,4,1,6)
1. #34 Sebastian Dominko (ND) def. #66 Cooper Williams (DU) 6-4, 7-5
2. Andreja Petrovic (DU) def. Yu Zhang (ND) 6-2, 6-1
3. Connor Krug (DU) vs. Peter Nad (ND) 5-7, 6-5, unfinished
4. Remy Dugardin (DU) def. Jameson Corsillo (ND) 7-6 (7-4), 6-0
5. Alexander Visser (DU) vs. Luis Llorens Saracho (ND) 7-6(4), 4-1, unfinished
6. Jake Krug (DU) def. Kyran Magimay (ND) 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)

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