Blue Devils to Face Georgia at 11 AM (ET) in NCAA Quarters
DURHAM, N.C.— The Duke women’s tennis team will make its 23rd overall appearance in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championship on Thursday, May 15 as the eighth-seeded Blue Devils will face top-seeded Georgia (26-3) at 11 a.m. (ET), at the Hurt Tennis Center in Waco, Texas. Thursday’s match will be aired live on ESPN+.
Eighth-ranked Duke (24-3) registered a thrilling, four-hour victory Friday in Durham against ninth-ranked Auburn, 4-2, to advance to the quarterfinals. Blue Devil head coach Jamie Ashworth has now guided Duke to 17 appearances in the quarters in his 29 seasons as the head coach.
The eight teams remaining include third-seeded Michigan, Oklahoma State, fifth-seeded North Carolina, 13th-seeded LSU, second-seeded Texas A&M and 10th-seeded Tennessee. The 23 appearances in the NCAA Quarterfinals ranks fifth nationally – Stanford (39), Florida (30), Georgia (30), UCLA (27), Duke (23), California (22) and Southern California (16).
The Blue Devils and Bulldogs will meet for the 32nd time in series history and the ninth time in NCAA Tournament action. The teams last met in the NCAAs on May 13, 2022 in the round of 16 with Duke collecting a 4-1 victory.
Duke seniors Ellie Coleman and Emma Jackson continue to lead the Blue Devils on the season and will be making their second appearance in the quarterfinals and the first since their freshman campaign.
The tandem has turned in impressive final seasons for the Blue Devils as they have combined for 53 singles wins, 33 dual match singles victories, 18 ACC singles and doubles wins, 50 doubles victories and 35 dual match doubles wins.
Over their career, Jackson and Coleman have combined for a staggering 172 singles wins, 104 dual match singles victories, 52 ACC singles wins, 154 doubles victories, 95 dual match doubles wins and 41 ACC doubles victories.
Coleman and Jackson became the 32nd and 33rd student-athletes in Duke history to register three 20-win singles seasons. Coleman also is just the 34th Blue Devil with multiple 20-win doubles seasons and 27th Duke player with multiple 20-20 seasons (20 wins in both singles and doubles).
In the Duke Record Book
Duke is moving up in the season and career record charts during the year as well.
Season Record Book
The Blue Devils posted 14 home victories, which ranks as the tied for second-most in program history
Ellie Coleman’s 11 wins at No. 6 singles ranks tied for 15th
Shavit Kimchi’s 12 victories at No. 5 singles ranks tied for 13th
Coleman became just the fifth Blue Devil to go undefeated in ACC singles action with 10 or more wins (10-0)
Emma Jackson’s 22 dual match doubles wins ranks tied for 11th
Career Record Book
Coleman’s 27 ACC singles wins ranks tied for 16th
Jackson’s 25 ACC singles wins ranks tied for 20th
Jackson owns 27 singles wins at the No. 3 slot to rank fifth
Coleman’s 20 singles wins at No. 6 ranks tied for eighth
Jackson has logged 18 match-clinching wins to ranked fourth, while Coleman’s 14 match-clinching victories is tied for 11th
