Duke men's tennis welcomes touted recruiting class to campus with big expectations
By Evan Kolin | August 23, 2019Men's basketball isn't the only sport bringing one of the nation's top recruiting classes to Durham.
Men's basketball isn't the only sport bringing one of the nation's top recruiting classes to Durham.
During her time as a Commodore, Dvorak registered a career-high doubles ranking of No. 24 this past fall alongside Fernanda Contreras and a singles ranking of No. 96 in November 2017.
Kelly Chen made history by advancing to the NCAA semifinals, but could not get past second ranked Jokic.
Kelly Chen won three matches in a row at the USTA National Campus to advance to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Individual Singles Championship with wins against two top-10 opponents. Chen is just the ninth player in program history to advance to the quarterfinals and the first since 2014.
Fifth-seeded Duke fell 2-4 against top-seeded Georgia at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla.
In the waning minutes before the clock struck midnight, fourth-seeded Duke knocked off fourth-seeded South Carolina 4-1 to advance to the Final Four.
In front of a packed Ambler Tennis Stadium Friday evening, No. 5 seed Duke stormed past No. 12 seed N.C. State 4-0 to punch its ticket to Orlando, Fla., for the Elite Eight.
Duke is just one win away from advancing to its second consecutive Elite Eight.
In the first round of the NCAA Tournament, Duke swept James Madison Saturday afternoon before the Blue Devils defeated Arizona State 4-0 less than 24 hours later.
Duke, by virtue of its 13 ACC regular-season victories, earned a double bye, meaning the Blue Devils didn't have to start their postseason run until Friday.
Duke falls yet again to Florida State in the ACC tournament, effectively ending the Blue Devils' season.
A win on Friday would likely bring a matchup against third-seeded Florida State Saturday afternoon.
With their loss the Blue Devils will need three records in the ACC tournament for a chance at the NCAA tournament.
Although the Blue Devils had moments of sloppiness, Duke took down Virginia with ease.
In the deciding 10-point super tiebreaker, Bilokin won 10-7 to finish out the team’s fourth conference victory on the season.
Duke mixed up the tandems once again and this time, the senior duo of No. 24 Kaitlyn McCarthy and Ellyse Hamlin were split apart.
After their second loss of the season to the Tar Heels, the Blue Devils will likely not matchup against until the ACC tournament championship.
On Court 1, freshman phenom Maria Mateas will likely give North Carolina a run for its money.
In singles, the Blue Devils steamrolled through their first four victories.
The Blue Devils lost the doubles point early on and the Tar Heels rolled from there.