DURHAM, N.C. – For the second time this season, Duke freshman Kelly Chen has been selected as ACC Freshman of the Week as announced by the conference office on Tuesday.
Chen went 2-1 in singles play at the ITA Indoor Team Championships last weekend. The Cerritos, Calif., native started the tournament with a 1-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-1 win over South Carolina’s Ingrid Gamarra Martins. The highlight of the tournament came in the next match against No. 4 Georgia. With the team score tied at three, Chen beat the Bulldogs’ No. 39 Marta Gonzalez 6-4, 7-6 (7-1) as her multiple aces in the second set tiebreaker led to a raucous Blue Devil celebration.