CLEMSON, S.C. – The Clemson men’s tennis team (10-7, 1-4 ACC) forced tiebreakers in all three doubles matches and pushed in doubles but ultimately came up short against No. 15 Duke (12-5, 5-1 ACC) on Friday night, 7-0. Despite the Blue Devils having two ranked doubles pairs, the Tigers played great tennis, pushing every court to a tiebreaker as Courts 1 and 2 ultimately fell to give Duke the doubles point. Trey Stinchcomb and Max Smith were down 5-2 on Court 2 and extended the match to 6-6 before it went unfinished. Duke took its momentum into singles play, winning matches on Courts 5, 3, 6 and 2 before Jorge Plans Gonzalez forced a third set for a battle on Court 2. Despite his best efforts he was unable to secure the victory. Ryuhei Azuma impressed on Court 1, pushing No. 17 Garrett Johns to a 10 point tiebreak, losing a heartbreaker, 13-11 to give the Duke the 7-0 lead. Up next, the Tigers will host No. 11 North Carolina on Sunday at noon at the Duckworth Family Tennis Facil
CLEMSON, S.C. The No. 33 Clemson women's tennis team (14-7, 2-6 ACC) earned a huge 4-3 win over No. 24 UCF on Saturday at Duckworth Family Tennis Facility. With the scored tied 3-3, Dani Medvedeva won a third set to clinch the Tigers' second top-25 victory in as many weeks. I am so proud of Team 48 for their willingness to find a way today, said Head Coach Amy Sargeant. This week we have been working on establishing who we are and who choose to be. Today we chose to stay out there as long as we needed, by hunting down every ball and playing tennis on our terms. The Knights (7-9, 0-0 AAC) started on the front foot, taking two doubles matches to quickly go up 1-0 headed into singles. The Tigers picked up two victories on Courts 1 and 2 as UCF was forced to medically retire on both courts. The Knights picked up a point on Court 4 to level the score but Alexandra Anttila won her match in straight sets to advance to 5-0 on the season and give Clemson a 3-2 lead. Sophia Hatton w
FRIDAY, MARCH 24 🐾 Clemson vs. No. 15 Duke 📍 Clemson, S.C. (Duckworth Family Tennis Facility) 🗓 Friday, March 24 • 5 p.m. 📊 Live Stats 📺 Live Stream 📱 Twitter • Instagram • Facebook SUNDAY, MARCH 26 🐾 Clemson vs. No. 11 North Carolina 📍 Clemson, S.C. (Duckworth Family Tennis Facility) 🗓 Sunday, March 26 • 12 p.m. 📊 Live Stats 📺 Live Stream 📱 Twitter • Instagram • Facebook CLEMSON, S.C. – The Clemson men's tennis team will play Duke on Friday at 5 p.m. before taking on North Carolina on Sunday at noon. Live stream for both matches is available here. Duke leads the all-time series against the Tigers 34-47. Most recently, the Tigers upset then No. 22 Duke in exciting 4-3 fashion in the second round of the ACC tournament to advance to the quarterfinals for the first time since 2015. North Carolina leads the series 27-56 against Clemson and has won the last eight matches. Most recently the Tigers defeated Boston College in Weymout