Blue Devils Blank Eagles, 5-0, in ACC Home Opener Friday in Durham

Friday, February 20

Durham, N.C.

3:00 p.m.

Duke University

Boston College

Photo by: Andy Mead

Blue Devils Blank Eagles, 5-0, in ACC Home Opener Friday in Durham

2/20/2026 6:07:00 PM | Women's Tennis

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DURHAM, N.C. — The 19th-ranked Duke women's tennis team registered a 4-0 victory Friday afternoon against Boston College in the ACC home opener at Ambler Tennis Stadium in Durham. The Blue Devils won their 16th home match in a row to improve to 7-2 overall and 1-0 in the ACC.

Duke debuted its brand-new video board in the match Friday. Boston College dropped to 6-3, 0-1 in the ACC.

How It Happened

The Blue Devils kicked off doubles on a high note winning the first three games on all three courts.
On court three, Duke's tandem of Irina Balus and Aspen Schuman went ahead, 3-0, before dropping the only game of their match.The Blue Devils then won the next three games to take the match, 6-1.
The clinching point for doubles came from court one as 12th-ranked Liv Hovde and Shavit Kimchi collected a 6-2 victory over Natalie Eordekian and Seren Agar.Hovde and Kimchi opened with a 3-0 lead and after dropping a contest she took a 4-1 advantage.Leading 4-2, the duo won the next two games to win, 6-2.
On court two, Duke's 39th-ranked Claire An and Eleana Yu registered a 6-2 win over Olivia Benton and Leyden Games.
Balus, who is ranked No. 22 nationally, kept the Duke momentum going on court one as she didn't drop a game in the first set against Benton winning 6-0.In the second set, Balus lost the first game and then won the next six to give Duke a 2-0 lead and won the set, 6-1.
On court two, Hovde opened with a 3-1 lead, but Agar battled back to even the match, 3-3.A product of Daniel Island, South Carolina, Hovde then won the final three games to take the first set, 6-3.In the second, Hovde won the first game, but Agar won the next two to take a 2-1 lead.Hovde took control winning the next three games to take a 4-2 lead.She won two out of the next three games to put a third point on the board for Duke and take the match, 6-3.
Both An and Schuman went to match point at the same time and An was able to officially clinch the victory for Duke with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Glowacka.Schuman concluded her contest with Eordekian a few seconds after An clinched.
An, who saw action on court four Friday, dropped the first game in the first set, but reeled off six wins in a row to take the first set, 6-1.She then went ahead 2-0, against Glowacka, but her opponent battled back to cut the lead to 4-3.An was able to win the final two games to clinch the victory with a 6-3 second set win.
Coming off earning the first singles ranking of her career at No. 86, Schuman trailed 1-0 and 2-1 early on court three, but won five straight games to take the first set, 6-2.In the second set, she never trailed winning, 6-1.
On court five, senior Katie Codd was trailing Games, 3-6, 1-2 when the match was clinched.Sophomore Ava Krug won the first set, 6-2, against Barteck, but was trailing in the second when the match was clinched.

Notes

Irina Balus and Aspen Schuman moved to 4-1 on the season and registered their first ACC win.
Liv Hovde and Shavit Kimchi became the first Duke doubles team to reach 10 wins on the year with a 10-4 ledger.
Claire An and Eleana Yu are now 8-3 win a win Friday in doubles.
Balus moved to 11-6 on the season and winner of six out of her last seven matches.She is 6-1 this season in dual match action at the No. 1 slot.Balus also notched her third career ACC win.
Hovde won her 10th singles match of the season, while An collected her seventh.
Schuman moved to 5-1 on the year in singles play.

Quotes

"Yeah, I mean, it was great to be outside.We've been looking forward to being outside -- new scoreboard, new kind of a new look to the facility out here. And great to be out here for anACC match as well, not just a regular matches. So, glad we got off the court quickly since we play on Sunday and a good start to the ACC season for us."-- Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth
"Against a team, a team like that, we just can't give them any confidence to build on. And I thought that we handled ourselves really well. We were in our first match outside. It was pretty clean and pretty efficient. So, it was good."-- Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth

Next Match

Duke will remain at home Sunday, Feb. 22 as the Blue Devils host Syracuse at 12 p.m. It will mark a Royal Blue Match with free food available for fans.

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#19 Duke 5, Boston College 0
February 20, 2026
Durham, N.C. * Ambler Tennis Stadium

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