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Several years ago, on a long night in February of my freshman year, I sat through my first annual multi-hour sports editor elections for the Chronicle. One of the aspiring candidates, who eventually won the job, avowed in his speech that he desperately wanted this position because he had been a lifelong fan of Duke men’s basketball.
When the women's basketball team hosted Tennessee January 24 at Cameron Indoor Stadium, former Lady Vols star and three-time WNBA All-Star Chamique Holdsclaw gushed about the possibility that Duke senior Alana Beard could be selected by her Washington Mystics in the 2004 draft.
For the third consecutive year, the No. 20 women's rowing team came in second at the ACC Championships. Sixth-ranked Virginia won its fifth-straight conference title with 40 points, while the Blue Devils (25 points) defeated Clemson (23) and North Carolina (11).
The women's tennis team, winners of 15 of the last 16 ACC championships, will find itself in an unusual place when it opens play Friday as the No. 2 seed in the event. The fifth-ranked Blue Devils (17-3, 5-1 in the ACC) have been the No. 1 seed in all but three of the past 19 conference tournaments, but a loss last Sunday to Clemson allowed the Tigers to claim the top spot.
One year ago, former Duke tennis star Kelly McCain was preparing to help the Blue Devils win their 15th ACC championship in the last 16 years.
Despite a slew of close losses by its top singles players, the third-ranked women's tennis team (12-1, 3-0 in the ACC) pulled out a 4-3 victory over No. 35 Florida State (19-5, 5-1) Sunday in Tallahassee, Fla.
There is no doubt that Connecticut senior Diana Taurasi is a great basketball player. She will probably be the No. 1 pick in April's WNBA draft, and if so then the Phoenix Mercury will have themselves a franchise player.
In the 2003 men's NCAA Tournament, the Marquette Golden Eagles played giant killer, defeating top-seeded Kentucky to advance to the Final Four.
Six minutes into Sunday afternoon's blowout victory over Northwestern State, with Duke owning a commanding 13-0 lead, the reporter sitting next to me said, "I wonder if they'll ever score."
Six more games.
One year after becoming the first team in conference history to win four straight ACC tournament titles, the second-ranked women's basketball team (24-3, 15-1 in the ACC) will have a chance to extend its record streak, as it goes for its fifth consecutive championship this weekend in Greensboro, N.C.
For the first time this season, the tenth-ranked women's tennis team (4-1) swept all six singles matches, as it defeated No. 36 Indiana (4-2) by a 6-1 margin on Sunday in Bloomington, Ind.
One week after narrowly falling 4-3 to top-ranked Illinois in the quarterfinals of the National Indoor Championships, the sixth-ranked men's tennis team (5-1) will get a chance for revenge, as it hosts the Fighting Illini (7-0) Saturday at 6 p.m. in the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Six days after a disappointing loss to Tennessee, the second-ranked women'sbasketball team (15-2, 6-0 in the ACC) resumes its conference play tonight, as it hosts N.C. State (10-10, 2-5) at 7 p.m. tonight in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Despite the disappointment of losing to No. 2 Tennessee, Saturday night belonged to Duke senior Alana Beard, who became the first woman in Duke history to have her number retired in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Despite the disappointment of losing to No. 2 Tennessee, Saturday night belonged to Duke senior Alana Beard, who became the first woman in school history to have her number retired in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
With a showdown against No. 2 Tennessee looming Saturday night, the top-ranked women's basketball team (14-1, 5-1 in the ACC) will look to stay focused on conference foe Maryland (12-5, 4-2), which will be traveling to Durham for tonight's 7 o'clock game at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Another home game against a highly ranked opponent, another impressive victory for the Blue Devils.
The hallowed rafters of Cameron Indoor Stadium, previously home to the numbers of 11 of Duke's greatest male basketball players, will have to make room for a 12th jersey, as Alana Beard will become the first woman in school history to have her number retired prior to Saturday night's game against Tennessee.
Another home game against a highly ranked opponent, another impressive victory for the Blue Devils.
