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WOMEN’S TENNIS

Blue Devils expand win streak to 10 with blowouts by Lucas Hubbard The Chronicle

Coming off a big win Wednesday against No. 9 Northwestern, top-ranked Duke had to watch out for a letdown in two road matches against teams at the bottom of the ACC standings. The top-ranked Blue Devils were more than up to the task DUKE 7 this weekend, winMARY 0 ning 13 of a possible 14 points and boostDUKE 6 ing their win streak 1 to 10 matches, a PITT streak that dates back to Feb. 23. “We talked a lot about playing the ball and not playing the opponent,” head coach Jamie Ashworth said. “This was our first time playing at Pitt, and a lot of people watching who were maybe seeing us for the first time. So we put an emphasis on not just being the topranked tennis team but being the topranked team, in terms of the effort and attitude we brought to the court.” Duke (18-1, 8-1 in the ACC) got off to a fast start at doubles Sunday, clinching wins at the first and third spots. Junior Annie Mulholland and senior Marianne Jodoin, playing third doubles, made quick work of Panthers Kimmy Borza and Amanda Wickman in a 8-1 romp, and then the sixth-ranked duo of sophomore Beatrice Capra and senior Hanna Mar notched an 8-2 win against Audrey Ann Blakely and Taylor Washington to take the doubles point. From there, the Blue Devils cruised against Pittsburgh (4-9, 0-9). Both Mulholland and freshman Chalena Scholl took spots in the singles lineup and claimed victories for the second time this weekend. “All year we’ve talked about how we need to have eight players contributing,”

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The Blue Devils cruised through two weekend matches to expand their current winning streak to 10. Ashworth said. “We’ve rested Chalena as long as we can to try to get her healthy and keep her fresh for this ACC stretch run… and Annie’s always been able to provide some good depth for us.” Mulholland was the first singles victor for Duke, leading 6-1, 3-0 when opponent Amanda Wickman retired at fifth singles. Then Jodoin continued her pattern of pasting all comers at the sixth spot, notching a 6-0, 6-0 win against Jocelyn Lu. The match was clinched when freshman Alyssa Smith, ranked 89th nationally, defeated Borza 6-3, 6-2 at fourth singles. Scholl notched a win at second singles despite dropping the opening set to Taylor Washington. She regained her

composure, roaring back to claim the final two sets for a 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 victory. “She did a good job of not getting frustrated after the first set, and was able to do what she wanted to in the second and third sets,” Ashworth said. “She kept her composure. She lost her serve just one time in the first set, but that didn’t really affect her moving forward.” Duke was even able to give fifth-ranked Capra a break at the first singles spot. Junior Ester Goldfeld, ranked 24th in the nation, filled Capra’s shoes capably there, beating No. 114 Blakely 7-6 (7-4), 6-1. In the last match of the day, No. 31 Mar was unable to complete the sweep, as Lolade Ogungbesan battled back to claim a three-

set victory, 1-6, 6-4, 10-7. The Blue Devils opened the weekend with another dominant performance against Maryland. Playing in College Park, Md., the Blue Devils swept the Terrapins (5-9, 1-7) without dropping a single set to both avenge last season’s defeat to Maryland and give Ashworth his 400th career win. The victory was extra special for Ashworth as he completed this feat in College Park, where he was a four-year letterwinner for the Terrapins. Was he able to celebrate the milestone at some of his old College Park stomping grounds? “None of those places are around anymore,” Ashworth said, laughing. “So, no, not really.” After securing the doubles point with identical 8-2 wins, Scholl spotted Duke a 2-0 advantage with a win at third singles, knocking off Kristina Hovsepyan 6-2, 6-1. Mulholland dropped just one game in the sixth spot to top Olga Gaistruk 6-1, 6-0, and finally Capra gave the Blue Devils the overall win with a 6-0, 6-2 at first singles, defeating Alexandra Stanova. In the other matches, Mar won 6-3, 6-4 against Welma Luus at fourth singles, Goldfeld won 6-3, 6-1 at second singles, knocking off Nataliya Bredikhina, and Rachel Kahan cleaned up in the fifth slot with a 6-3, 6-3 victory against Olga Bredikhina. The Blue Devils face off against N.C. State Friday before moving onto a highly-anticipated match Sunday against ACC leader Miami, a team that’s currently undefeated in league play. “The big thing for us will be the weather and getting outside. It’s supposed to get up to 80 [degrees] this week instead of 50, and a team like Miami is used to that,” Ashworth said. “We have to work on our conditioning and be prepared so this doesn’t feel like a home match for them.”

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baseball

Breaking out the brooms at Coombs

Blue Devils sweep Tar Heels for first time since 1994 by Alex Serebransky The Chronicle

The last time Duke swept North Carolina, eight Blue Devils had yet to be born. Notching three straight victories against the No. 24 Tar Heels at Jack Coombs Field, Duke swept North Carolina for the first 2 time since 1994. UNC DUKE 3 The Blue Devils knocked off the 8 Tar Heels 3-2 FriUNC DUKE 9 day before taking Saturday’s con4 test 9-8 in 12 inUNC DUKE 6 nings and got the brooms out with a 6-4 victory Sunday for the team’s first sweep against its Tobacco Road rivals in 20 years. “It’s a great weekend for our club,” head coach Chris Pollard said. “I hope that our guys will build off of it. I told them in our postgame meeting that I’m happy for them. They deserved this. They put a lot of work in for 20 months, and this is what we hope is the tip of the iceberg. But they need to take the next six or sevens hours and let this soak in because they put a lot in to get to this point.” A gem of a performance on the mound by starting pitcher Drew Van Orden lifted the Blue Devils (17-12, 7-5 in the ACC) to victory in Friday’s series-opener. The senior allowed just one run on five hits in eight innings, striking out a career-high 12 Tar Heels in the process. Duke didn’t need much offense behind the stellar job by Van Orden, as

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Matt Berezo’s two sacrifice flys were enough offense to give the Blue Devils a series-opening 3-2 victory.

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Duke topped North Carolina in a pitcher’s duel Friday and refused to look back, recording a three-game sweep of the Tar Heels. Mark Lumpa scoring on a wild pitch and two sacrifice flies by Matt Berezo were enough for Duke to capture the win 3-2, snapping a nine-game losing streak to North Carolina (15-12, 5-7). “We’d never beaten Carolina in the past three years,” redshirt junior Aaron Cohn said. “So coming in and getting that first win on Friday really set the tone for the weekend.” The second game of the series was the most thrilling of the set, as the Blue Devils put in a come-from-behind performance to win it in 12 innings. Duke battled back from a 6-1 deficit, chipping away at the North Carolina lead to send the game into extra innings. With the bases loaded in the bottom of the 12th, redshirt senior Ryan Deitrich lined a single down the left field line to give the Blue Devils the 9-8 walk-off win, clinching the series win for Duke. “Baseball’s just a huge game of momentum,” Cohn said. “So not only the walk-off but then clinching the series right there for us really helped coming in [to Sunday], but it also had to hurt Carolina just as much.” In the series finale, Duke got off to an auspicious start, scoring two runs in the first inning despite not recording a single hit, as Tar Heel pitcher Zac Gallen struggled to get the ball over the plate, hitting three batters and walking two before being pulled after recording just a single out. North Carolina continued to struggle with its command throughout the afternoon, walking nine Blue Devil batters in the game. North Carolina tied the game in the fourth when Tom Zengel smacked a double to the right field gap off Blue Devil pitcher Michael Matuella to drive in Michael Russell. The double was the first hit and first run allowed by Matuella all

season after 13.2 innings of hitless work. After falling behind 3-2 in the fifth, Duke scored four unanswered runs to take a 6-3 lead. It was all the insurance they would need, as the bullpen followed up Matuella’s strong performance with a rock solid job of their own, allowing just two runs in five innings. “It was a really good outing by Matuella,” Pollard said. “We had to run three guys back out there on the mound that had pitched yesterday and those guys

gutted it out and were competitors.” The sweep also marks first time since 1994 that Duke has swept two ACC opponents in the same season. As ACC play heats up, a historic sweep could be just what the Blue Devils need. “It gives us a ton of momentum,” Cohn said. “Since I’ve been here we’ve never really had such a trademark win like we’ve had here. We’ll just take it one day at a time, but really build off of this for the future.”

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Allowing a run on two hits, Conner Stevens picked up the win for Duke as the Blue Devil bullpen buckled down to preserve the sweep.

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men’s tennis

Blue Devils notch comeback win against No. 9 ND After Hemmeler fights off 3 match points, Semenzato seals win by Sammy Solomon The Chronicle

Heading to South Bend for the first time to take on ninth-ranked Notre Dame without their top-ranked player, the Blue Devils remained unphased. No. 14 Duke was just a set away from dropping its second straight match before gutting out two three-set DUKE 4 victories to top the 3 Fighting Irish 4-3 FriND day at the Eck Tennis DUKE 7 Pavilion. Sophomore 0 Bruno Semenzato BC took the deciding match for Duke, winning 7-5, 4-6, 6-2. The Blue Devils followed that upset win up with a 7-0 dismantling of Boston College Sunday. “Bruno stepped up big time,” head coach Ramsey Smith said. “He mentally prepared himself and played exactly the right way—he played really aggressive and he looked incredibly comfortable out there. He was just absolutely ready to be in that position and win a huge match for us on the road.” Semenzato—now ranked No. 71 in the nation—found himself in a similar spot two weeks ago with a chance to clinch a victory for Duke against then-No. 2 Oklahoma. The sophomore

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Sophomore Bruno Semenzato fought back for a three-set victory as Duke upset ninthranked Notre Dame on the road. dropped a three-setter, and the Blue Devils went on to lose the match. This time, Semenzato would not be denied. “He was in a similar type of situation against Oklahoma where [he] could clinch, and he played a bit tentative,” Smith said. “He was frustrated with how he played in that match.”

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The Blue Devils (12-5, 4-1 in the ACC) would not have even found themselves in that situation had junior Raphael Hemmeler not saved three match points to take a 6-2, 1-6, 7-5 win against Notre Dame’s Ryan Bandy. Trailing 5-3 in the third and final set, Hemmeler broke serve twice to keep his team in the match.

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“Raphael just dug deep and found a way to win the match,” Smith said. Notre Dame (13-7, 3-3) had a distinct advantage at the top singles spot with Duke’s Michael Redlicki suspended, but 48th-ranked Jason Tahir cruised to a 6-2, 6-3 win against No. 29 Greg Andrews. Smith called the victory Tahir’s “best match of the year.” After collecting an emotional victory, the Blue Devils headed north to Boston and dismantled Boston College 7-0 Sunday to cap off the weekend. Taking control of the match from start to finish, Duke prevented the Eagles (4-10, 0-6) from winning a single set in the contest. The Blue Devils placed an emphasis on doubles in the Boston College match after dropping the doubles point to both Virginia and Notre Dame in the team’s previous two matches. Duke was able to get back on track in its doubles play as the pairing of Hemmeler and Fred Saba posted an 8-4 victory and Tahir and Jason Levine recorded an 8-3 win to give the Blue Devils early momentum. With another pair of ACC wins under its belt, a more confident Duke team will hit the road again this weekend, traveling south to face Miami. “The Notre Dame match was a big emotional win for us, and I thought we did a really good job of refocusing,” Smith said. “We took some big steps forward this weekend. We came together as a team.”

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on the platform in NCAA history. “Even though he was down a fairly large margin and had to put up a big dive on the last one, everybody knew he was capable of doing it,” head coach Dan Colella said. “I was standing amongst the Arizona athletes and coaches, and they were all standing there with a look of anticipation with Nick as the last diver. When he ripped the dive, you could hear the air come out of them.” McCrory’s first three national championships did not come in such dramatic fashion. The closest any competitor had come to besting McCrory was when Stanford’s Kristian Ipsen, a junior, finished a full 43 points behind him at the 2013 NCAA Championships. As he approached the platform for the final time in his collegiate career, McCrory calculated the score he would need to win. After taking his leap of faith, the four-time national champion was unsure he had hit his mark. “To be honest I didn’t think I got it when I hit the water,” McCrory said. “I was surprised by the scoreboard. I saw my dive and I guess it was better than I thought.” After posting the top score in the preliminary round with a season-best 480.35 points, the Olympian faltered on his third and fourth dives in the final round and found himself in fifth place with two rounds left. McCrory moved up the scoreboard to fourth place after his fifth dive—a back two-and-a-half somersault. Regaining the sudoku_419B form that had won

him his first three national championships on his final dive, McCrory etched his name—as well as Duke’s—into the NCAA record books. “I’m just really proud for my school,” McCrory said. “They’ve done so much to support me and get me here and keep me going. I’m really happy to be representing Duke.” McCrory also earned bronze on the 1-meter board on Thursday. Earning a total of 412.15 points over six dives, the Blue Devil took third behind Texas’ Michael Hixon and Ipsen, who tallied 443.50 and 436.55 points, respectively. Struggling with his third dive on the 3-meter board in the preliminary round, McCrory hit the water with his hands and feet at nearly the same time. With little chance of making finals after a score of 4.65 points on the dive, the senior withdrew from the event for precautionary measures. “He dove solidly on the 1-meter and would have like to have done a little better than he did, but it was still a great performance,” Colella said. “He was inspired to do a great job the next day, but halfway through the competition, we have having issues with his knee. With any kind of injury to the knee, they made the right decision to withdraw, especially because he came back the next day and defended his national title and won the platform.” On the swimming side, senior Hunter Knight competed in two events in his first NCAA Championships. In the 100yard breaststroke on Friday, the senior turned in a time of 53.98 seconds to take 33rd place. Knight placed 37th in

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