DURHAM, N.C. –The No. 22 Virginia women’s tennis team (12-5, 5-4 ACC) closed out an two-week stretch of matches on the road with a 6-1 loss at No. 3 Duke (15-2, 7-1 ACC) on Sunday afternoon at the Ambler Tennis Center.

The Cavaliers had won back-to-back road matches, including a win at No. 23 Michigan, before the Sunday loss to the Blue Devils.

Junior Camille Favero (Sacramento, Calif.) delivered the point for Virginia with her straight-set win at the six spot in the singles lineup.

The teams split action on courts one and two in doubles to get the match started, with Virginia’s Chloe Gullickson (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.) and Amber O’Dell (New Milford, N.J.) taking a 6-3 win on court one before Duke would secure a win on court two. With the third doubles court tied at 5-5, the homestanding Blue Devils won the next two games on court three to take a 7-5 victory and claim the doubles point.

Duke then won back-to-back singles matches on courts two and one, respectively, to take the overall match score out to 3-0 before Favero claimed her 7-5, 6-3 win over Margaryta Bilokin on court six.
 
The Blue Devils clinched the match with a win on court five, while Virginia’s Gullickson and O’Dell had each won their second set to force a decisive third set on courts three and four. Duke closed out the match, rallying for the wins in both cases for the final 6-1 margin of victory.

Virginia will return to action with a pair of home matches this week, beginning with a 3 p.m. match against Old Dominion on Thursday (March 28). The Cavaliers will then step back into conference play on Sunday (March 31) with a noon match against No. 37 George Tech.

No. 3 Duke 6, No. 22 Virginia 1
Singles

1. No. 22 Kelly Chen (Duke) def. No. 39 Meghan Kelley vs.  – 6-2, 7-5
2. No. 15 Maria Mateas (Duke) def. Vivian Glozman – 6-2, 6-1
3. No. 14 Meible Chi (Duke) def. No. 69 Amber O’Dell – 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
4. Ellyse Hamlin (Duke) def. No. 108 Chloe Gullickson – 6-1, 4-6, 6-1
5. Kaitlyn McCarthy (Duke) def. Sofia Munera – 6-1, 7-5
6. Camille Favero def. Margaryta Bilokin (Duke) – 7-5, 6-3
Order of Finish: 2, 1, 6, 5, 4, 3

Doubles
1. No. 70 Chloe Gullickson/Amber O’Dell def. No. 69 Kelly Chen/Ellyse Hamlin (Duke) – 6-3 
2. No. 36 Meible Chi/Kaitlyn McCarthy (Duke) def. Vivian Glozman/Sofia Munera – 6-4
3. Margaryta Bilokin/Maria Mateas (Duke) def. Hunter Bleser/Meghan Kelley – 7-5
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3