April 13, 2003
ATLANTA — Georgia Tech women’s tennis seniors Jaime Wong and Mysti Morris closed out their home careers with singles wins, but it wasn’t enough as the Yellow Jackets fell to fifth-ranked Duke by a 5-2 score at the Bill Moore Tennis Center on Sunday afternoon.
The Jackets (13-5, 5-3 ACC) fell behind the Blue Devils (23-2, 8-0 ACC) early on, as Duke won a pair of doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead in the team match. The Devils’ sixth-ranked team of Amanda Johnson and Julie DeRoo defeated Tech’s team of Mysti Morris and Lyndsay Shosho at No. 2 doubles by an 8-5 score give Duke the doubles point. The Yellow Jackets did get a win at No. 1 doubles, as the team of Kelly Anderson and Jaime Wong defeated the Blue Devils’ 10th-ranked team of Kelly McCain and Hillary Adams by an 8-4 score.
In singles play, Duke put the match out of reach by winning the first three singles matches of the day at Nos. 1, 5 and 2. A win by the Blue Devils’ Amanda Johnson at No. 2 singles over Tech’s Kelly Anderson by scores of 7-5, 6-0 clinched the overall match for Duke.
Morris was the first singles winner of the day for the Jackets, as she downed Julie DeRoo at No. 4 singles in straight sets. She won the first set by a 6-4 score and then cruised to a 6-2 victory in the second to claim the match. Wong was equally solid in earning her win at No. 2 singles over 49th-ranked Saras Arasu. After winning the first set by a 6-4 score, Wong dominated the second set, winning by a 6-1 count to claim the match.
Georgia Tech will be back in action on April 18-20, when it travels to compete in the ACC Championship s at the Millbrook Exchange Tennis Center in Raleigh, N.C. Seeds and pairings for the tournament will be announced on Monday.
#5 DUKE 5, #23 GEORGIA TECH 2DOUBLES1. #45 Anderson/Wong (GT) d. #10 Adams/McCain (D), 8-42. #6 DeRoo/Johnson (D) d. Morris/Shosho (GT), 8-53. #60 Smith/Granson (D) d. Gunn/Nieto (GT), 8-3
SINGLES 1. #3 Kelly McCain (D) d. Catherine Gunn (GT), 6-0, 6-2 2. #18 Amanda Johnson (D) d. Kelly Anderson (GT), 7-5, 6-0 3. #51 Jaime Wong (GT) d. #49 Saras Arasu (D), 6-4, 6-1 4. Mysti Morris (GT) d. #98 Julie DeRoo (D), 6-4, 6-2 5. Hillary Adams (D) d. Lyndsay Shosho (GT), 6-0, 6-0 6. #60 Katie Blaszak (D) d. Sekita Grant (GT), 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
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