Tennis DIVISION I WOMEN’S Highlights Blue Devils trump Golden Bears in women’s tennis: Duke charged past California to capture this year’s Division I women’s tennis team title. The Blue Devils defeated the Golden Bears, 4-0, on May 19 at Texas A&M to claim their first national championship in the sport. The Blue Devils closed the season on an 18-match winning streak and ended the year with 29 victories, the second most in the program’s history. Two seniors, Melissa Mang and Jessi Robinson, won their singles matches within minutes of each other to secure the championship for Duke. Robinson, a co-captain for the Blue Devils playing the No. 6 position, easily took the first set of her match against California’s Marion Ravelojaona, 6-2. Although she fell behind 4-1 in the second frame, Robinson battled back to clinch the set, 6-4, and claim the match in straight sets. Moments later, Mang planted a forehand winner to end her match with a 6-1, 6-3, victory over Stephany Chang to complete the Blue Devils’ championship match sweep. Reka Zsilinszka, named as the tournament’s most outstanding player, posted five wins in tournament play, including a straight sets win over Mari Andersson at No. 3 singles in the championship match. Zsilinszka and Ellah Nze helped Duke take an early lead with an 8-4 win over Bojana Bobusic and Chang at No. 3 doubles. The Blue Devils’ Mallory Cecil and Robinson fol- lowed with a decisive 8-5 victory against Marina Cossou and Claire Ilcinkas to take the doubles point. “I’m so proud of them,” said Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth. “I couldn’t ask for more out of these girls. We grinded out most of the year with six players, and you can’t ask for anything more than what they gave every single day at practice and matches. To come through like they did and beat a great Cal team, it’s just unbelievable.” In the individual portion of the championships, Duke’s Cecil defeated Laura Vallverdu of Miami (Florida) in straight sets on May 25 to earn the singles crown. Cecil became the second Blue Devil women’s tennis player in program history to earn the individual title. Cecil fought off multiple break points in the sixth game of an evenly played first set before finally breaking Vallverdu twice to take the first set, 7-5. In the second set, Cecil raced to a 5-1 lead then weathered a furious comeback attempt by Vallverdu, who closed to within a game at 5-4. The Duke freshman then regained her composure to close out the match, 6-4, and secure the title. Cecil finished the year with a 32-4 record. California’s Andersson and Jana Juricova captured the women’s doubles national title Monday after posting a 6-3, 6-4 win over Stanford’s Hilary Barte and Lindsay Burdette. The duo is the fifth in the program’s history to claim the doubles crown, and the first since 2003. Ranked seventh nationally, Andersson and Juricova completed the season with a 25-3 record together. Barte and Burdette, who were aiming to become the first Stanford duo to earn the doubles title since 2005, finished 27-8 overall. Duke 5, Georgia 2 2009 Team Results SECOND ROUND May 9-10 CHAMPIONSHIP Northwestern 4, Kentucky 1 May 19 at Texas A&M FIRST ROUND Fresno St. 4, Illinois 3 California 4, Texas 1 May 8-9 Duke 4, California 0 Georgia Tech 4, Mississippi 1 Doubles: No. 1—Mari Andersson-Jana Juricova, Northwestern 4, Miami (OH) 0 Baylor 4, SMU 2 Kentucky 4, Ohio St. 0 California, vs. Amanda Granson-Melissa Mang, Duke, Fresno St. 4, Eastern Ky. 0 Stanford 4, LSU 0 7-5 (did not finish); No. 2—Jessi Robinson-Mallory Illinois 4, Vanderbilt 3 Notre Dame 4, Michigan 1 Cecil, Duke, def. Marina Cossou-Claire Ilcinkas, California 4, Long Island 0 Clemson 4, North Carolina 0 California, 8-5; No. 3—Reka Zsilinszka-Ellah Nze, Duke, UCLA 4, Arizona St. 3 def. Bojana Bobusic-Stephany Chang, California, 8-4. Texas 4, Pepperdine 1 Miami (FL) 4, FIU 0 Georgia Tech 4, Jackson St. 0 Singles: No. 1—Mallory Cecil, Duke, vs. Jana Juricova, Mississippi 4, Denver 1 Arkansas 4, TCU 3 California, 6-4, 3-2 (did not finish); No. 2—Marina Baylor 4, Texas-Arlington 0 Duke 4, Virginia 1 Cossou, California, vs. Ellah Nze, Duke, 6-3, 2-4 (did SMU 4, Texas A&M 1 South Carolina 4, Tennessee 3 not finish); No. 3—Reka Zsilinszka, Duke, def. Mari Washington 4, Southern California 3 Andersson, California, 6-1, 6-2; No. 4—Amanda Stanford 4, Wichita St. 0 Florida 4, Florida St. 2 Granson, Duke, vs. Bojana Bobusic, California, 6-0, LSU 4, Long Beach St. 0 Georgia 4, Boise St. 0 6-6 (did not finish); No. 5—Melissa Mang, Duke, def. Notre Dame 4, Ill.-Chicago 0 Stephany Chang, California, 6-1, 6-3; No. 6—Jessi Michigan 4, Sacramento St. 2 Robinson, Duke, def. Marion Ravelojaona, California, Clemson 4, Winthrop 0 ROUND OF 16 6-2, 6-4. North Carolina 4, Georgia St. 0 May 15 at Texas A&M Arizona St. 4, UNLV 0 Northwestern 4, Fresno St. 0 UCLA 4, Boston U. 0 California 5, Georgia Tech 0 FIU 4, Princeton 3 Baylor 4, Stanford 3 2009 Individual Results Miami (FL) 4, Army 0 Notre Dame 4, Clemson 0 TCU 4, Tulsa 1 Miami (FL) 4, UCLA 2 Arkansas 4, Oral Roberts 0 Duke 4, Arkansas 2 SINGLES Virginia 4, VCU 0 South Carolina 4, Washington 0 At Texas A&M Duke 4, Richmond 0 Georgia 4, Florida 2 First Round – May 20 South Carolina 4, Wake Forest 0 Maria Mosolova, Northwestern, def. Andrea Remynse, Tennessee 4, East Tenn. St. 0 QUARTERFINALS UCLA, 6-3, 2-6, 6-1; Noemi Scharle, Florida St., def. Washington 4, San Diego St. 0 May 17 at Texas A&M Jenni Heinser, San Francisco, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2; Melanie Southern California 4, Fairfield 0 California 4, Northwestern 2 Gloria, Fresno St., def. Irina Falconi, Georgia Tech, Florida St. 4, Auburn 0 6-0, 6-1; Reka Zsilinszka, Duke, def. Caitlin Whoriskey, Florida 4, Col. of Charleston 1 Notre Dame 4, Baylor 3 Duke 4, Miami (FL) 1 Tennessee, 6-3, 6-2; Chelsey Gullickson, Georgia, def. Boise St. 4, Alabama 3 Georgia 4, South Carolina 3 Michaela Kissell, Miami (FL), 6-2, 6-4; Nadia Abdala, Georgia 4, South Carolina St. 0 Arizona St., def. Beier Ko, Harvard, 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-4; Jana Juricova, California, def. Katrina Tsang, North Carolina, SEMIFINALS 6-4, 6-3; Mallory Voelker, Denver, def. Venise Chan, May 18 at Texas A&M Washington, 6-4, 6-3; Ani Mijacika, Clemson, def. Marta California 4, Notre Dame 2 Lesniak, SMU, 6-7(3), 6-4, 7-5; Laura Vallverdu, Miami 2 DIVISION I Women’S TENNIS—Individual Results (FL), def. Kelcy Tefft, Notre Dame, 6-1, 6-4; Megan Round of 16 – May 22 Hadziselimovic, Clemson, def. Nadja Gilchrist-Chelsey Falcon, LSU, def. Chisako Sugiyama, Michigan, 3-6, Mosolova, Northwestern, def. Zsilinszka, Duke, 4-6, Gullickson, Georgia, 7-6(5), 6-3; Natalie Pluskota-Caitlin 6-0, 6-1; Gira Schofield, South Carolina, def. Katrina 6-2, 6-4; Gullickson, Georgia, def. Juricova, California, Whoriskey, Tennessee, def. Carolyn McVeigh-Jessica Zheltova, Sacramento St., 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-4; Hilary Barte, 6-3, 7-6(5); Vallverdu, Miami (FL), def. Falcon, LSU, 3-6, Nguyen, Stanford, 6-4, 6-3; Kristy Frilling-Kelcy Tefft, Stanford, def. Lenka Broosova, Baylor, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1; Alex 7-5, 6-0; Boonstra, Florida, def. Barte, Stanford, 7-5, Notre Dame, def. Irina Falconi-Amanda McDowell, Haney, Auburn, def. Maria Sanchez, Southern California, 6-1; Cecil, Duke, def. Eichkorn, Miami (FL), 6-2, 7-5; Georgia Tech, 6-4, 6-4. 6-3, 6-4; Marrit Boonstra, Florida, def. Bojana Bobusic, Miseviciute, Arkansas, def. Bek, Clemson, 6-3, 6-4; Marand, North Carolina, def. Gioia, Furman, 6-1, 6-1; Round of 16 – May 22 California, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(5); Christy Striplin, Georgia Tech, Cohen, Miami (FL), def. Nze, Duke, 6-4, 6-4. Kucerkova-Petukhova, Fresno St., def. Fahoum- def. Samantha Murray, Northwestern, 6-4, 6-4; Bianca Haarhoff, Old Dominion, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2; Andersson- Eichkorn, Miami (FL), def. Taylor Ormond, Baylor, 6-1, Quarterfinals – May 23 Juricova, California, def. Kissell-Vallverdu, Miami (FL), 6-1; Yasmin Schnack, UCLA, def. Yvette Hyndman, Gullickson, Georgia, def. Mosolova, Northwestern, 6-1, 7-5, 6-4; Hein-McKenna, Arizona St., def. Boonstra- Georgia, 6-3, 6-3; Amanda McDowell, Georgia Tech, 6-4; Vallverdu, Miami (FL), def. Boonstra, Florida, 6-1, Mather, Florida, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3; Borsanyi-Broosova, def. Jackie Wu, Vanderbilt, 6-3, 6-2; Mallory Cecil, 6-7(9), 6-3; Cecil, Duke, def. Miseviciute, Arkansas, 6-3, Baylor, def. Boxx-Nijssen, Mississippi, 7-6(6), 6-2; Barte- 6-3; Cohen, Miami (FL), def. Marand, North Carolina, Burdette, Stanford, def. Lesniak-Malyarschikova, SMU, Duke, def. Sarah Fansler, Southern California, 6-4, 7-5, 5-7, 6-1. 6-2, 6-0; Lui-Rose, Northwestern, def. Escamilla-Lilley, 6-1; Kristy Frilling, Notre Dame, def. Katie Rybakova, Kentucky, 6-3, 6-1; Bek-Hadziselimovic, Clemson, def. Florida St., 6-1, 6-2; Josipa Bek, Clemson, def. Anastasia Semifinals – May 24 Harkins-Sydorska, TCU, 7-6(5), 6-4; Pluskota-Whoriskey, Petukhova, Fresno St., 3-6, 6-4, 6-0; Marina Cossou, Vallverdu, Miami (FL), def.