{"id":683213,"date":"2026-05-21T02:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T02:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/683213\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T02:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T02:09:08","slug":"six-blue-devils-listed-in-final-ita-womens-tennis-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/683213\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Blue Devils Listed in Final ITA Women\u2019s Tennis Rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"

DURHAM, N.C. \u2013 The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) released its final team, singles and doubles rankings for the 2025-26 campaign Wednesday with six members of the Duke women’s tennis team listed.\u00a0
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\nAs a team, the Blue Devils closed the year ranked No. 14 nationally, after collecting a 20-8 overall record and advancing to the NCAA Super Regionals.\u00a0 Duke has been ranked in the top-15 nationally to conclude the season in 26 of the 30 years under Ashworth.\u00a0
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\nIn the singles rankings, sophomore Irina Balus<\/a> (No. 9), freshman Aspen Schuman<\/a> (No. 58) and sophomore Liv Hovde<\/a> (No. 95) were ranked.\u00a0 Four different doubles teams received recognition \u2013 Shavit Kimchi<\/a>\/Hovde (No. 49), Eleana Yu<\/a>\/Claire An<\/a> (No. 55), Kimchi\/Balus (No. 77) and Hovde\/Balus (No. 82).\u00a0
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\nA native of Bansk\u00e1 Bystrica, Slovakia, Balus closed the year in the top 10, after registering a 22-9 overall record and 17-4 dual match ledger.\u00a0 She advanced to the NCAA Singles Championship round of 16 to earn All-America accolades for the second year in a row, while also earning All-ACC First Team in singles and All-ACC Second Team in doubles.\u00a0 Balus registered 13 singles wins against ranked opponents, including a pair of victories against the nation’s No. 12 and No. 2 players.\u00a0
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\nBalus is just the 18th Blue Devil in program history to reach the top 10 in the national rankings during her career.\u00a0
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\nSchuman made an immediate impact with the Blue Devils after joining the squad in January.\u00a0 She totaled a 16-5 overall record and 10-1 ACC mark, while totaling five wins against ranked opponents.\u00a0 Schuman, who is from Menlo Park, California, posted four match-clinching wins and was 5-2 in three-set matches.\u00a0
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\nA product of Daniel Island, South Carolina, Hovde collected 15 singles wins, including four victories over ranked opponents in her second year with the Blue Devils.\u00a0 Her four match-clinching wins ranked tied for the most on Duke’s squad.\u00a0
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\nThe Blue Devil doubles team of Kimchi\/Hovde totaled a 12-7 record with three wins against ranked opponents.\u00a0 The duo knocked off Ohio State’s 13th-ranked tandem of Hephzibah Oluwadare\/Teah Chavez for their highest ranked victory of the year.\u00a0
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\nYu\/An notched a 13-9 record in doubles action and collected their highest-ranked win of the year in the NCAA Tournament second round against 21st-ranked Catherine Aulia\/Leyla Britez Risso of Tennessee.\u00a0 Kimchi\/Balus began playing together at the end of March and registered a 3-5 record with victories over Virginia’s eighth-ranked team and Clemson’s 35th-ranked tandem.\u00a0 Four of their five losses came against ranked foes.\u00a0
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\nHovde and Balus only played together twice and notched a 2-0 ledger with a victory against the ninth-ranked team from Virginia.\u00a0
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\nTo stay up to date with Blue Devils women’s tennis, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching “DukeWTEN”. \u00a0<\/p>\n

#GoDuke

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