Upcoming Event: Women's Tennis versus ITA Sectionals on November 5, 2026 at All Day
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All Day
Women's Tennis
vs ITA Sectionals
Thursday, November 5
Philadelphia, Pa.
All Day
Duke University
vs
ITA Sectionals
Photo by: Bri Shaw, Duke Athletics
11/4/2026 2:43:00 PM | Women's Tennis
DURHAM, N.C. – The Duke women's tennis team will have three Blue Devils – Nina Vargova, Eleana Yu and Claire An -- competing this week at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) East Sectionals in Philadelphia from Nov. 5-8.
The ITA Sectionals will be the last chance for student-athletes to earn bids to compete in the NCAA Individual Championships, which will take place Nov. 17-22. A total of 24 players will qualify for the NCAA Singles Championship from four sectional sites around the country.
Vargova received the No. 1 seed and opens play at 10 a.m., Thursday against Wake Forest's Claire Hill. Yu faces Leena Friedman of Yale at 12:30 p.m., and An takes on Avery Nguyen of North Carolina at 10 a.m.
Duke already has three NCAA Singles Championship qualifiers, as Mimi Xu, Irina Balus and Aspen Schuman earned berths at the ITA All-American Championships in Cary in September.
All draws and results will be posted here.
#GoDuke
ITA Sectionals
Thursday, Nov. 5
Singles
Round of 32
#79 Nina Vargova (Duke) vs. Claire Hill (WFU) at 10 a.m.
Eleana Yu (Duke) vs. Leena Friedman (Yale) at 12:30 p.m.
Claire An (Duke) vs. Avery Nguyen (UNC) at 10 a.m.
The ITA Sectionals will be the last chance for student-athletes to earn bids to compete in the NCAA Individual Championships, which will take place Nov. 17-22. A total of 24 players will qualify for the NCAA Singles Championship from four sectional sites around the country.
Vargova received the No. 1 seed and opens play at 10 a.m., Thursday against Wake Forest's Claire Hill. Yu faces Leena Friedman of Yale at 12:30 p.m., and An takes on Avery Nguyen of North Carolina at 10 a.m.
Duke already has three NCAA Singles Championship qualifiers, as Mimi Xu, Irina Balus and Aspen Schuman earned berths at the ITA All-American Championships in Cary in September.
All draws and results will be posted here.
#GoDuke
ITA Sectionals
Thursday, Nov. 5
Singles
Round of 32
#79 Nina Vargova (Duke) vs. Claire Hill (WFU) at 10 a.m.
Eleana Yu (Duke) vs. Leena Friedman (Yale) at 12:30 p.m.
Claire An (Duke) vs. Avery Nguyen (UNC) at 10 a.m.
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