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(04/19/02 4:00am)
Almost exactly a year ago, I was sitting at my sorority's last meeting of the year. Feeling bored and wanting to leave, I almost snuck out early, but sheer laziness made me stay. At this particular meeting the seniors were saying their goodbyes and one of them said something I will never forget.
(04/11/02 4:00am)
In a suspenseful game against East Carolina (24-8-1), the Duke baseball team (17-17) scored nine runs in the last three innings, but fell Wednesday to the 20th-ranked Pirates 12-10 at Harrington Field in Greenville.
(04/08/02 4:00am)
The men's tennis team improved to 12-9 and 6-0 in the ACC this weekend with two big wins. The No. 13 Blue Devils wiped out No. 25 Texas Christian Saturday en route to upending the Clemson Tigers 6-1 yesterday in their 47th straight ACC victory.
(04/01/02 5:00am)
After falling 5-2 to No. 12 Baylor, the No. 16 men's tennis team (8-9) defeated the No. 38 Miami Hurricanes 7-0 to split the weekend's matches.
(03/25/02 5:00am)
The No. 14 Duke men's tennis team defeated both of its opponents this weekend. Sunday, the Blue Devils (7-8, 3-0 in the ACC) completely swept the Virginia Cavaliers 7-0, and Friday, Duke downed Maryland 5-2. The win against the two conference teams mark the 44th consecutive ACC win for the Blue Devils.
(03/19/02 5:00am)
The men's tennis team took two big wins and one loss in its tour of California over spring break. The No. 21 Blue Devils (5-8) swept UC-Irvine 7-0, hit a speed bump against UCLA in a 6-1 loss on their way to upending No. 6 Pepperdine 4-3.
(03/04/02 5:00am)
For the first time in the program's history, the men's tennis team defeated a No. 1 ranked team this weekend, beating Illinois 5-2. The No. 19 Blue Devils (3-6, 1-0 in the ACC) also earned their first conference win of the season against Georgia Tech 4-3 Saturday.
(03/01/02 9:00am)
The last home game against Florida State was sad for women's basketball fans. Even though the Blue Devils checked all ACC teams off their list with that outstanding win, sophomore Alana Beard collected her 1,000th career point and Duke gained the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament, there was still sadness. It was the fact that Duke fans will never again get to see senior Krista Gingrich donning that white uniform and sprinting down Coach K Court, making her trademark treys--71 of them over the years--to topple opponents' hopes of containing her.
In each of Gingrich's four years, she has experienced dramatically different types of team chemistry. True to her versatility, she flourished in all but one of her years at Duke. Now, she is the only senior on a team of women who, other than her, have never been to a Final Four. Going from a wide-eyed rookie to experienced senior leader is something that Gingrich found easy to do.
"I think I can help the team keep a level head and know that we're there to get the job done," Gingrich said. "[This year] is still my favorite because the ending is not set yet, and that's really exciting for me.
"I think this month is going to be important for me to be a leader because I am the only one who has ever been to a Final Four. There are more people at your practice at the Final Four than people [who] go to watch us in Cameron. It's just unbelievable."
Coming to Duke as a highly-touted freshman, Gingrich was overshadowed on an extremely talented team. The experience gave her a taste of the top that she strove to achieve again the rest of her Duke career. That year she scored double figures in nine games and finished second on the team in three-point goal percentage. Against UConn, she had a career night, going 6-for-6 in free throws and hit two three-pointers.
"Everyone is a star coming out of high school and the goal at the collegiate level is to know your role and help the team win, and I think in that sense I really fulfilled my goals," Gingrich said. "If the team needed me to bring the ball down court to set up the offense, that's what I did. If I needed to hit a big three, then that's what I tried to do. I think it was basically knowing my role and giving what Coach G needed."
Sophomore year, Gingrich finally solidified herself as a starter on the team. In the season opener of 1999, she played efficiently against UNC-Greensboro, logging 13 minutes and scoring nine points--six of which came from three-point range. That year, she also made several key three-pointers--notably at Virginia Tech when she hit a trey in the final four minutes of the game that helped the Blue Devils secure a 70-61 win. That Blue Devil team advanced to the NCAA East Regional Finals, receiving a significant contribution from Gingrich all along the way.
"My sophomore year was really special because no one picked us to win anything," Gingrich said. "They thought we were going to have a down year and we were the underdogs and we loved it. Everyone knew how to step up and played hard and played together. I liked that year because we were all over-achievers. No one really expected us to win and we did."
A junior year plagued with calf injuries made Gingrich a bystander for much of the 2000-2001 season, as she appeared in only 19 games. Her highlight came against Clemson, when she scored a season-high eight points in 13 minutes of action.
But the most important development of Gingrich's season was the strengthening of her friendship with team captain Georgia Schweitzer, who now serves as an assistant coach for the Blue Devils.
"Last year was special because I got to experience the Georgia Schweitzer that everyone loved," Gingrich said. "Unfortunately, it was from the sidelines that I enjoyed just watching and helping when I could. Obviously, you never want to be injured and you want to be giving all that you can. I thought the world was going to end, but all throughout the season, I decided to maintain a positive attitude and to keep encouraging my teammates, and I think through that I encouraged myself to stick with it."
As the NCAA Tournament approaches, Gingrich hopes the 2001-2002 Blue Devils can take things a step further than the 1998-1999 team that fell just short of accomplishing its goals. Maybe this year, she will be part of the team that wins it all.
(02/22/02 5:00am)
In a night filled with nostalgia for the women's basketball team, the Blue Devils were only looking toward the future. On what was both Senior Night, as well as the last home game of the regular season, Duke (22-3, 15-0 in the ACC) handily defeated the Florida State Seminoles (13-12, 4-11) 88-55.
(02/11/02 5:00am)
In a surprisingly close game and after a tough start, the Duke women's basketball team (21-0, 13-0 in the ACC) defeated the Clemson Lady Tigers (14-9, 6-6) Sunday 77-69.
(02/04/02 5:00am)
The weekend was disappointing for the men's tennis team, but the Blue Devils remain confident for important National Team Indoors next week. The No. 9 Blue Devils fell to 0-3 this weekend with losses to No. 14 Texas A&M (4-3) and No. 20 Texas (4-1) Friday and Saturday, respectively.
(01/18/02 5:00am)
The men's tennis team will kick off its spring season tomorrow when it travels to Winston-Salem to compete in the ACC Indoors, its first regular-season individual tournament of the year.
(01/14/02 5:00am)
RALEIGH -- Right when the Wolfpack (12-4, 2-2 in the ACC) needed to be prepared for a week of tough ACC play, Duke (14-1, 3-1) completely stopped it in its tracks. The Blue Devils handily beat N.C. State in the Entertainment and Sports Arena Sunday night, 76-57. Mike Dunleavy and the Duke defense were no match for the outplayed Wolfpack.
(12/03/01 5:00am)
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski summed it up in a few words: "It was kind of a weird game, there were just some strange things."
(11/12/01 5:00am)
The women's tennis fall season ended Saturday, in the last tournament of the year, the Omni Hotels National Indoors, held at the Brookhaven Country Club in Farmers Branch, Texas.
(11/08/01 5:00am)
Krista Gingrich has a lot on her shoulders this year.
(11/08/01 5:00am)
Most folks in Raleigh value a little stability. Maybe they shouldn't watch N.C. State basketball this year.
(10/29/01 5:00am)
It was the battle between two teams with the worst records in their respective conferences. The Vanderbilt Commodores (2-5), had just as high hopes of winning Saturday's game as the Duke Blue Devils (0-7, 0-5).
(10/23/01 4:00am)
"He's definitely a team leader," said Duke cross country coach Norm Ogilvie, who has plenty of good things to say about Sean Kelly, the star senior on his team.
(10/17/01 4:00am)
Duke sophomore and top seed Phillip King, as well as juniors Michael Yani and Yorke Allen competed in the ITA All-American Championships held in Stone Mountain, Ga. this past week. The championships frequently field the strongest crop of players from around the nation.