Clemson women鈥檚 tennis falls to No. 6 Duke Blue Devils
CLEMSON, S.C. (BVM) – No. 6 Duke defeated the Clemson women鈥檚 tennis team Sunday afternoon 6-1. For doubles on court one, the Duke tandem of Meible Chi and Margaryta Bilokin defeated the Clemson duo of Eleni Louka and Jenna Thompson 6-3. At court two, the Duke pair of Chloe Beck and Karolina Berankova defeated the Tiger tandem of Cristina Mayorova and Mackenzy Middlebrooks 6-4. Lastly, the Duke duo of Kelly Chen and Georgia Drummy beat the Tiger team of Ali Despain and Laura Marti 6-3.聽
In singles play, Duke secured wins on all but one court. Duke鈥檚 Kelly Chen, Georgia Drummy, and Chloe Beck defeated Clemson鈥檚 Eleni Louka, Jenna Thompson and Cristina Mayorova on courts one, two, and three. On court four, Duke鈥檚 Meible Chi defeated Clemson鈥檚 Mackenzy Middlebrooks 6-0 in the first set. Middlebrooks was able to put up a stronger fight in the second set however Duke still secured the victory 6-4. On court 5, Clemson鈥檚 Ali Depsain聽 was defeated by Duke鈥檚 Margaryta Bilokin 6-1 in the first set and 6-4 in the second set. Lastly, on court six Duke鈥檚 Karolina Berkanova won the first set 6-3, but Clemson鈥檚 Lana Sipek came back to win the second 6-2. In overtime, Sipek secured the win 10-7. This was Sipek鈥檚 second career match against a top 125 opponent, and the first ranked win of her career.
鈥淚 came into the match confident and I believed that I could win,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 knew after Friday that I needed to step up a little bit more and I鈥檓 excited that I was able to pull out the win.鈥�
The final score of the match was Duke, 6, Clemson, 1. Duke鈥檚 overall record is 10-2 with an ACC record of 5-1. The Tigers have an overall record of 6-10 and ACC record of 0-7, and take on No. 28 Furman University on Wednesday. The first serve is slated for 3 p.m.聽聽
