No. 48 Ranked Women's Tennis Falls to No. 4 Ranked Duke

Saturday, March 31

Durham, NC

12 p.m.

University of Louisville

Duke

Photo by: Jeff Reinking | Louisville Athletics

No. 48 Ranked Women's Tennis Falls to No. 4 Ranked Duke

April 01, 2018 | Women's Tennis

Cards end three match road trip in Durham.

By: Nancy Worley

The No. 48-ranked University of Louisville women's tennis team fell 6-1 to No. 4 Duke Sunday afternoon in Ambler Tennis Stadium.

Louisville moves to 13-6 overall and 3-5 in conference while .Duke improves to 16-1 on the season and 8-0 in the ACC.

In doubles, at No. 2, Ariana Rodriguez and Sena Suswam were tied at three before falling 6-3 to Kaitlyn McCarthy and Ellyse Hamlin. The Cards had a 4-2 lead at both No. 1 and 3 before Dukes's fifth-rnaked pair of Samantha Harris and Kelly Chen tied the score against No. 51-ranked Mariana Humberg and Abbie Pahz at No. 1. Duke's Meible Chi and Hannah Zhao tied Raven Neely and Maya Smith and then pushed through for the 7-5 win to clinch the doubles point for Duke. The match at No. 1 was unfinished.

The Blue Devils struck first in singles when No. 73-ranked Ellyse Hamlin beat Raven Neely 6-1, 6-2 at the No. 5 slot. Tiffany Huber was the next to fall for the Cardinals, when No. 29-ranked Kelly Chen was victorious at No. 4 with a score of 6-1, 6-2. The match was clinched at the No. 1 slot, when No. 7 ranked Samantha Harris beat Aleksandra Mally 6-2, 6-2. The Cards got their lone point from the No. 3 spot, when Abbie Pahz defeated No. 69-ranked Kaitlyn McCarthy 5-7, 6-4, 13-11.

The Cards return home April 6 when they face NC State at 3 p.m. and then April 8 when they face North Carolina at 11 a.m. Both matches will be played at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center.

Tennis Match Results
Louisville vs Duke University Women's Tennis
Mar 31, 2018 at Durham, N.C.
(Ambler Tennis Stadium)

#4 Duke University Women's Tennis 6, Louisville 1

Singles competition
1. #7 Samantha Harris (DUKE) def. Aleksandra Mally (LOU) 6-2, 6-2
2. #60 Meible Chi (DUKE) def. Mariana Humberg (LOU) 6-3, 6-3
3. Abbie Pahz (LOU) def. #69 Kaitlyn McCarthy (DUKE) 5-7, 6-4, 1-0 (13-11)
4. #29 Kelly Chen (DUKE) def. Tiffany Huber (LOU) 6-1, 6-2
5. #73 Ellyse Hamlin (DUKE) def. Raven Neely (LOU) 6-1, 6-2
6. Hannah Zhao (DUKE) def. Sena Suswam (LOU) 6-3, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. #5 Samantha Harris/Kelly Chen (DUKE) vs. #51 Mariana Humberg/Abbie Pahz (LOU) 6-5, unfinished
2. #6 Ellyse Hamlin/Kaitlyn McCarthy (DUKE) def. Ariana Rodriguez/Sena Suswam (LOU) 6-3
3. Hannah Zhao/Meible Chi (DUKE) def. Maya Smith/Raven Neely (LOU) 7-5

Match Notes:
Louisville 13-5, 3-4 ACC
Duke University Women's Tennis 15-1, 7-0 ACC; National ranking #4
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (5,4,1,6,2,3)