Coach G signs 4 for ’05
Women’s basketball coach Gail Goestenkors has landed the second-best recruiting class in the nation, according to Blue Star Report and All-Star Girls Report.
“I think this is an exceptional class as the players fit in very, very well to what we like to do both offensively and defensively,” Goestenkors said. “From running the ball, spreading the floor and motion. Both offensively and defensively, they will help make us a good pressing and motion team next year.”
The group is headlined by Abby Waner, Blue Star Report’s No. 2 prospect in the nation. The 5-foot-10 guard, a Colorado native, averaged 31.2 points, 6.2 rebounds, 7.4 assists and 5.4 steals per game in her junior season while earning the label of best shooter in the country.
She will join her sister Emily, who is redshirting this season after transferring from Colorado, when the two suit up for the Blue Devils at the start of the 2004-2005 season.
Forwards Carrem Gay, Keturah Jackson and guard Brittany Mitch round out the class. All three players are 6-feet or taller and each has been ranked among the top 25 players in the class of 2005 by at least one recruiting publication.
“This class could rival the class of Alana [Beard], Iciss Tillis and Vicki Krapohl in what they are going to help us accomplish,” Goestenkors said. “It is a great foundation to continue the success we have had at Duke.”
Seven field hockey players named All-South
Field hockey placed a team record seven players on the STX/NFHCA All-South Region teams. Forward Nicole Dudek and midfielders Hilary Linton and Amy Stopford were first-team selections.
Dudek leads the team in goals, and Linton and Stopford have guided the Duke attack to the highest goals per game average in the nation.
Four other players—forwards Johanna Bischof, forward Katie Grant, defender Gracie Sorbello and goalkeeper Christy Morgan—were named to the All-South second-team.
Duke competes for a national title this weekend at Wake Forest.
ACC schedules through 2015 set
The ACC released the conference games-only portion of its football schedule through 2015. Duke is in the Coastal Division along with Virginia, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Miami and Virginia Tech.
The Blue Devils will play all five of their divisional opponents as well as Wake Forest every year and will play two other ACC games per year, against rotating opponents.
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