Senior Column: Breaking up is hard to do
(04/22/02 4:00am)
Last night I had to do one of the hardest things of my life.
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Last night I had to do one of the hardest things of my life.
It wasn't enough that Duke garnered its first-ever national ranking two weeks ago.
Since the 1996-97 season, No. 7 Duke had not lost a team point to N.C. State. In 38 meetings, the Blue Devils had never lost to the Wolfpack.
CHAPEL HILL -- It was more than just another Carlyle Cup point--this year it was domination.
It was no surprise that fourth-ranked Duke (7-1) steamrolled No. 66 Princeton (1-2), 7-0, Saturday at the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center.
Ordinarily Electronic Arts Sports is known for manufacturing realistic sports games like March Madness 2001, where ordinary players have the chance to alter sports history from the comfort of their own homes. But as the EA Sports real-life All-Stars learned Monday night, probably the only way to beat the No. 1 team in the nation will be by pressing the B button.
Four days after Duke ended its ACC regular season with a 2-1 loss to eighth-ranked Virginia (13-6) in Charlottesville, the Blue Devils fell to the same fate in the first round of the ACC tournament Thursday afternoon, 3-1.
In all three of Duke's ACC battles this season, two things have remained the same: The Blue Devils have only played other ACC teams when those teams are ranked No. 1 and Duke has yet to topple a top-ranked opponent.
After field hockey's disappointing loss to 20th-ranked William and Mary 2-1, earlier this weekend, coach Liz Tchou decided to scrap her usual emphasis on a coach-oriented game plan and allow her senior captains to motivate the team.
In Johanna Bischof's hometown of North Vancouver, British Columbia, you are more likely to find youngsters playing hockey with pucks than balls, but this freshman forward hasn't been found lacking in experience.
Going into this weekend, only two of the top 10 teams in the nation were undefeated.
When asked about her aspirations for this season, first-year forward Johanna Bischof listed starting every game and "maybe" scoring 10 goals.
Garnering another point for the Carlyle Cup this Saturday, the Duke women's crew team placed third in the ACC championships ahead of its Tobacco Road rivals.
CHAPEL HILL - A sizable number of sodden Duke rowers and fans focused on their own rivalry with the Tar Heels Saturday morning at North Carolina's University Lake.
All her life, Virginia's leading scorer, Schuye LaRue, has been dealing with misinterpretations and mispronunciations of her name.
Last night a not-so-new program aired at Cameron Indoor Stadium as the nearly 4,000-strong crowd witnessed what is quickly becoming known as The Alana Beard Show.
Eleven minutes into the second half, Florida State's 6-foot-10, 350-pound center Nigel Dixon wandered the key wearily, drenched in sweat, as he tried to keep an eye on Duke's Casey Sanders.
Fresh off three straight road victories, a fired-up Duke wrestling team opened its ACC season this weekend with a hard-fought 19-15 loss to the Virginia Cavaliers in Charlottesville, Va.
ATLANTA - As the United States celebrated the peaceful transfer of power from one president to the next Saturday, Georgia Tech fans watched the less-than-peaceful continuation of Duke's ACC dominance at Alexander Memorial Coliseum.
ATLANTA - It had happened before, but not in front of these fans, not in their house.