Blue Devils Open Florida Trip with 4-0 Sweep of Florida State

Friday, April 10

Tallahassee, FL

4:00 p.m.

Duke University

Florida State

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Blue Devils Open Florida Trip with 4-0 Sweep of Florida State

4/10/2026 7:05:00 PM | Women's Tennis

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The 22nd-ranked Duke women's tennis team opened its final regular season road trip Friday with a 4-0 sweep of Florida State at the Scott Speicher Memorial Tennis Center in Tallahassee.

With the victory, the Blue Devils moved to 16-6 overall and 9-2 in the ACC, while the Seminoles dropped to 6-15, 2-9.

How It Happened

Duke came out and took leads on all three doubles courts.
The Blue Devil duo of Liv Hovde and Aspen Schuman remained undefeated as they defeated M.B. Deatherage and Cade Cricchio, 6-4, on court three. Duke jumped out to a 2-0 lead, but the Seminoles responded by winning three games in a row to take a 3-2 lead. Hovde and Schuman came back by winning three games of their own to go ahead, 5-3. The Blue Devils finished off the match by winning, 6-4.
Duke's 75th-ranked Eleana Yu and Claire An fell behind, 2-1 and 3-2, against Tina Li and Kristyna Lavickova, but came back to win four games in a row to clinch the doubles point for the Blue Devils, 6-3, on court two.
When the doubles point was clinched, Duke's Irina Balus and Shavit Kimchi were tied, 5-5, with Eva Shaw and Laura Putz.
The Blue Devils had a solid start in singles and put another two points on the board quickly.
Senior Katie Codd totaled a 6-0, 6-1 win over Laura Anderson at No. 6, while Duke's 123rd-ranked Yu collected a 6-1, 6-1 win against Cricchio at No. 5.
For the second match in a row, 70th-ranked Schuman clinched the victory for Duke as she collected a 7-6 (7-4), 6-1 win at the No. 2 slot against Deatherage.
When the match was clinched, Balus was leading 98th-ranked Shaw, 1-6, 6-3, 4-3, at No. 1, An was ahead of Li, 6-4, 4-2, and Kimchi was leading Putz, 6-4, 4-2.

Notes

Duke's doubles duo of Aspen Schuman and Liv Hovde moved to 6-0 overall and 5-0 in the ACC.
Eleana Yu and Claire An, who are ranked No. 75 nationally, won their third match in a row and are now 11-6 and 3-2 in ACC action.
Katie Codd moved to 7-4 overall and 3-0 in ACC play on the season.
Eleana Yu improved to 10-9 and 2-2 in ACC action.
Duke improved to 40-7 all-time in the series with Florida State and snapped a two-time losing streak to the Seminoles.
Schuman moved to 14-3 overall and 9-1 in ACC action in singles.

Quotes

"I thought that was kind of a methodical match for us. I thought the doubles got off to a little bit of a slow start. I think coming off that emotional match on Wednesday night, it took us a little while to get going. And then, obviously, the same with singles. I thought once we got our legs and our feet under us, then we were able to take control of pretty much every court." – Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth
"Katie's usually not one of the first ones done, but she was really efficient on the point she was playing. Elena was very vocal and invested a lot into that match. So, it was good to get those two quickly." – Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth on Katie and Eleana's quick wins
"That's our goal on these weekends [to win and get off the court quickly]. I thought that we handled ourselves well. We were very deliberate with what we were doing on the court. Very methodical, other than the first set Irina played, I thought we played the big points well and got off the court like we needed to." – Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth

Next Match

Duke will close the regular season Sunday, April 12 at 12 p.m., against No. 35 Miami.

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#22 Duke 4, Florida State 0
April 10, 2026
Tallahassee, Fla. * Scott Speicher Memorial Tennis Center

Doubles
1. Irina Balus/Shavit Kimchi (DU) vs. Eva Shaw/Laura Putz (FSU) 5-5, unfinished
2. #75 Eleana Yu/Claire An (DU) def. Tina Li/Kristyna Lavickova (FSU) 6-3
3. Liv Hovde/Aspen Schuman (DU) def. M.B. Deatherage/Cade Cricchio (FSU) 6-4

Singles
1. #16 Irina Balus (DU) vs. #98 Eva Shaw (FSU) 1-6, 6-3, 4-3, unfinished
2. #70 Aspen Schuman (DU) def. M.B. Deatherage (FSU) 7-6 (7-4), 6-1
3. Claire An (DU) vs. Tina Li (FSU) 6-4, 4-2, unfinished
4. Shavit Kimchi (DU) vs. Laura Putz (FSU) 6-4, 4-2, unfinished
5. #123 Eleana Yu (DU) def. Cade Cricchio (FSU) 6-1, 6-1
6. Katie Codd (DU) def. Laura Anderson (FSU) 6-0, 6-1

Order of Finish: Doubles (3,2*), Singles (6,5,2*)