Sports Briefs

Blue Devils win regular-season awards

Fifty-five media members of the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association voted Alison Bales and Lindsey Harding to the 2007 first-team All-ACC women's basketball team Monday. Sophomore Abby Waner was named to the second-team, while Wanisha Smith earned an honorable mention nod.

Both Harding and Waner garnered the highest number of votes for the first and second teams respectively. This season is the seventh straight that at least three Duke players have been named to the teams to continue the longest streak in the ACC.

Also on Monday, Alison Bales was named ACC women's basketball Player of the Week after leading the Blue Devils to victory over the No. 4 Tar Heels Sunday night.

The senior recorded a double-double performance in the game against UNC, as well as a team-leading 16 points. Bales also moved into fourth place on the all-time NCAA blocked shots list with 414, and helped Duke conclude the regular season with an overall record of 29-0, and a record of 14-0 in-conference

Men's Lacrosse moves up in poll

After their two victories this weekend over Dartmouth and Denver, the Blue Devils advanced three spots to place them at third in the most recent Inside Lacrosse Media Poll Monday. The poll shows the fluidity of the college lacrosse scene, with a new team, Princeton, taking hold of the top spot for the third consecutive week. Georgetown sits between the top-ranked Tigers and Duke.

The Blue Devils next face Maryland in College Park, Md. Friday at 7:30 p.m.