Heading into the ACC TOURNAMENT

Dear Duke Tennis Fans,

            For those that have been following us recently we have had a pretty rough schedule. The girls had a huge win against Florida St. at their home courts! Unfortunately they came up short against Miami, UNC, and Maryland. Due to the unfortunate events that happened in Boston the match against BC was cancelled.

 Although the results haven’t been exactly what we have wanted, DWT refuses to give up and continues to fight. We continually talk about how we need to believe in ourselves and no matter how many people we have out there, if we play how we know we can play we can win. We have also talked a lot about how there is no pressure on us, no team wants to lose to a team with 5 players so we should embrace the adversity and play with a chip on our shoulders.

I am currently not playing but I am so proud to say I am a part of DWT and despite this crazy year that we have had the spirits of the girls have been incredible, and the way that they support each other cannot be found on any other team.

Up next is the ACC tournament out in Cary where we will take on Virginia Tech at 3pm on Thursday. We really could use the support so please come out to Cary!!!! Our season isn’t done yet and DWT is not going anywhere without a fight!!!  

Rachel and the rest of DWT 

Dear Blue Devil Fans,

First of all hope you all had a Happy Easter! DWT had an amazing weekend. Our first match of the weekend was against Virginia and we always have close matches with them. Just like last year we pulled out a close one 4-3. Although we lost the doubles point against Virginia the girls bounced right back and played really well and when we met up in the locker room before heading out to singles we made sure to forget the doubles point and come out strong in the singles. Annie had a close match winning 7-6, 7-5 to give us a 3-2 lead. Ester competed extremely well but just couldn’t get the win making the match tied at 3-3. Our number 1 singles Hanna was on the spot. Fighting back from down 5-2 in the set and down 5-0 in the tiebreaker was able to grind and fight and pull out the win. We had an extremely loud crowd that supported us this weekend that really helped the girls. This match was huge for DWT confidence and kept us undefeated in ACC play. Next we had Virginia tech and we talked a lot about bringing the same amount of energy and fight and after an emotional day the day before making sure that we took care of business. DWT certainly took care of business winning the match 4-1 in only a little over 2 hours. After the match concluded we got to sing Annie happy birthday as she turned 20!!!!

Up next we have Clemson and Georgia tech that will be our last home matches of the season where we will be honoring our senior Mary Clayton. Mary has been an incredible leader on this team and has showed some great heart and fight at her time here at Duke!!!

Thank you everyone who came out to the matches can’t wait to see you this weekend!!!

Rachel and the rest of DWT!