Jackets Drop Friday Match at No. 24 Duke

DURHAM, N.C. – Georgia Tech women’s tennis fell to No. 24 Duke in a road contest Friday evening, 4-0. 

The Blue Devils (13-6, 7-2 ACC) managed to rally and grab the doubles point after a strong start on courts one and two from the Yellow Jackets (10-10, 4-5 ACC). In singles action, No. 66 Alejandra Cruz and Sabritt Dozier earned first-set wins but were unable to complete their matches before Duke secured the 4-0 decision. 

Cruz was leading, 4-1, in the third set against the 15th-ranked player in the country, Irina Balus, at the time of the stoppage. She was one point away from going up 5-1. 

Doubles 

1. Alejandra Cruz/Seri Nayuki (GT) vs. Irina Balus/Shavit Kimchi (Duke) 6-6, unfinished 
2. No. 84 Eleana Yu/Claire An (Duke) def. Taly Licht/Sabritt Dozier (GT) 7-5 
3. Liv Hovde/Aspen Schuman (Duke) def. Given Roach/Eleni Karantali (GT) 6-0 

Order of finish: 3,2 

Singles 

1. No. 66 Alejandra Cruz (GT) vs. No. 15 Irina Balus (Duke) 6-2, 3-6, 4-1, unfinished 
2. No. 77 Aspen Schuman (Duke) def. Taly Licht (GT) 6-1, 6-2 
3. Liv Hovde (Duke) def. GIven Roach (GT) 6-2, 6-1 
4. Claire An (Duke) def. Seri Nayuki (GT) 6-1, 6-4 
5. Olivia Carneiro (GT) vs. Shavit Kimchi (Duke) 5-7, 1-5, unfinished 
6. Sabritt Dozier (GT) vs. Katie Codd (Duke) 6-4, 3-4, unfinished 

Order of finish: 2,3,4 

The Yellow Jackets ready up for an Easter Sunday clash with No. 5 North Carolina Sunday on April 5 at 1:00 p.m. in Chapel Hill, N.C. 

Full Steam Ahead 

Full Steam Ahead is a $500 million fundraising initiative to achieve Georgia Tech athletics’ goal of competing for championships at the highest level in the next era of intercollegiate athletics. The initiative will fund transformative projects for Tech athletics, including renovations of Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field (the historic home of Georgia Tech football), the Zelnak Basketball Center (the practice and training facility for Tech basketball) and O’Keefe Gymnasium (the venerable home of Yellow Jackets volleyball), as well as additional projects and initiatives to further advance Georgia Tech athletics through program wide-operational support. All members of the Georgia Tech community are invited to visit atfund.org/FullSteamAhead for full details and renderings of the renovation projects, as well as to learn about opportunities to contribute online. 

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