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Women's Tennis Falls to No. 5 Duke, 6-1
4/11/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 11, 2002
DURHAM, N.C. - Playing its seventh top-10 opponent of the season, the fourth-ranked Wake Forest women's tennis team fell to No. 5 Duke, 6-1, on Thursday evening at Duke's Ambler Tennis Stadium. With the loss, Wake drops to 18-4 on the season, 4-2 in the ACC. Duke improves to 19-3 with a 6-0 mark in the league.
The Blue Devils kicked off doubles action by cruising to an 8-2 victory at the second position as the tandem of Amanda Johnson and Julie DeRoo downed Wake's Karin Coetzee and Maren Haus, who played together for just the fourth time this season. Wake Forest then responded with an 8-4 win at No. 3 by the freshman duo of Katie Martzolf and Danielle Schwartz over Susie Abromeit and Katie Granson. It was the first loss of the season for the Duke duo.
In the featured doubles match at the No. 1 position, Wake Forest's top-ranked Janet Bergman and Bea Bielik jumped out to a 5-1 lead over Hillary Adams and Kelly McCain. Duke battled back, however, to take the doubles point for the Blue Devils with a 9-7 victory. The loss for Bielik/Bergman was their first dual match loss of the season (18-1) and only their third loss of the season (31-3).
In singles action, Wake Forest evened the score 1-1 as Coetzee quickly downed Ioana Plesu 6-3, 6-1 at the fourth slot. At center court, third-ranked McCain was matched up with top-ranked Bielik. It marked a rematch of the Nov. 10 match when Bielik easily defeated McCain 6-3, 6-1 in the National Indoor Championships. McCain took control early on, winning the first set 7-6 with a 7-5 tiebreaker. In the second set, Bielik suffered a sprained ankle and was forced to retire to put the Blue Devils up 2-1 in the match. The loss for Bielik was her first dual match loss of the season (18-1) and the victory for McCain improved her to 26-6 on the season.
Duke quickly took a 3-1 lead as 77th-ranked Saras Arasu downed 108th-ranked Martzolf (6-3, 6-2) at number five. Johnson, ranked 30th, next clinched the victory for the Blue Devils as she battled back to take a 1-6, 6-4, 6-0 victory over 16th-ranked Bergman. In the final two singles matches, Duke's Granson knocked off Schwartz (6-1, 4-6, 6-2) at No. 6 and DeRoo defeated Haus (7-5, 6-4) at No. 3.
Wake Forest returns home to play its final two regular season matches this weekend, hosting Maryland on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. and Virginia on Sunday at 12 noon. Both matches will take place at Leighton Tennis Stadium.
#5 Duke 6, #4 Wake Forest 1
Ambler Tennis Stadium * Durham, N.C.
Doubles
1 - Hillary Adams/McCain (DU) def. #1 Bielik/Bergman (WFU) 9-7
2 - #42 DeRoo/Johnson (DU) def. Coetzee/Haus (WFU) 8-2
3 - Martzolf/Schwartz (WFU) def. Granson/Susie Abromeit (DU) 8-4
Duke wins doubles point
Singles
1 - #3 Kelly McCain (DU) def. #1 Bea Bielik (WFU), 7-6 (7-5), 2-1, ret. inj.
2 - #30 Amanda Johnson (DU) def. #16 Janet Bergman (WFU), 1-6, 6-4, 6-0
3 - #26 Julie DeRoo (DU) def. Maren Haus (WFU), 7-5, 6-4
4 - Karin Coetzee (WFU) def. Ioana Plesu (DU), 6-3, 6-1
5 - #77 Saras Arasu (DU) def. #108 Katie Martzolf (WFU), 6-3, 6-2
6 - Katie Granson (DU) def. Danielle Schwartz (WFU), 6-1, 4-6, 6-2
Records: Wake Forest 18-4 (4-2 ACC), Duke 19-3 (6-0 ACC)
