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Finishing sixth in the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate, Duke competed hard throughout, but ultimately could not string together enough consecutive shots to win. The Blue Devils finished round three with a score of 284 and an overall score of 2-over 854 at the Bulls Bay Golf Club in Awendaw, S. C.
Despite the relative weakness of the conference—the ACC only has one ranked team in the most recent AP poll—if all trends continue, it could replicate its showing from last year’s NCAA tournament by getting seven teams in. Nevertheless, only Duke and Wake Forest are in control of their own destiny. Beyond the top two teams, the picture is much less clear.
Despite coming off a strong performance at the end of the fall season, Duke came up short this week at the Palos Verdes Golf Club, finishing tied for sixth at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge. Southern California (876) won the title while Pepperdine, which finished three shots back, was its closest challenger. The No. 6 Blue Devils hoped to do much better, but Duke understands it is still very early in the season.
Despite sporting a roster filled with six players from outside the U.S, Old Dominion’s international appeal proved no match for the No.1 Blue Devils Friday night at Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center. After sweeping the Monarchs (1-1) in the doubles competition, the Blue Devils (2-0) dropped one match in singles to win 6-1 in their second straight victory.
Coming off the best season in school history and an NCAA championship, the Blue Devils will look to avoid complacency this season. Duke is the preseason No. 1 team in the country and has four players ranked in the top 100 in the nation.
Coming off of its worst loss of the season to Maryland, the Blue Devils looked to bounce back and come away with a solid performance against a formidable opponent.
The North Carolina men’s basketball team isn’t the only team in Chapel Hill defending a national championship, and Thursday, Duke gets a shot at the other one.
