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The men's swimming and diving team set three new school records in College Park, Md., over the weekend on its way to an eighth-place finish at the ACC Championship with a score of 88 points. Virginia, which replaced North Carolina as the dominant team in ACC swimming about four years ago, won all but two events on the way to a win with an unprecedented 872 points.
The women's swimming and diving team returned from College Park, Md. with nine new school records and a seventh-place finish in the ACC Championship meet. North Carolina claimed its third straight conference title, amassing an incredible score of 686.5 to top second-place Virginia by more than 50 points.
The men's and women's swimming and diving teams had an impressive weekend in Chapel Hill, shattering seven school records at the NCAA Nike Cup Invitational Championship. Out of a field of eight teams, the women finished fifth with 370 points, while the men placed sixth with a score of 261 points. UNC won the meet on both sides, its women tallying 874 points to destroy second-place Virginia Tech (639 points), and its men winning an only slightly closer race over Louisiana State, 875-764.
After spending four-and-a-half hours on a bus to arrive at a facility that bears a remarkable resemblance to a dungeon, the men's swimming and diving team finally got to enjoy its first win of the season over the weekend. In fact, they liked it so much they decided to make it a double. The swimmers swept through Old Dominion and Towson State at a tri-meet in Norfolk Saturday, defeating the Monarchs by a score of 132-100 and crushing the Tigers 153-77.
It was a day of mixed emotions for the swimming team when it took to the water Saturday. Looking for its first win of the season against long-time rival UNC-Wilmington, the women's team came up with a big 142.5-100.5 victory. Things did not go so well for the men, however, as the Seahawks handily defeated them by a score of 150-91. The split improved the women's team record to 1-2, but dropped the men to 0-3. The competition was the first dual meet of the season for UNCW.
The men's and women's swimming and diving team took on N.C. State Saturday in front of a packed parents' weekend crowd at the Taishoff Natatorium. The swimmers put on an impressive performance for their families, taking first in eleven events.
The men's and women's swimming and diving teams opened their season against Maryland in College Park Saturday. The Blue Devils struggled in both sides of the meet against the Terrapins; the men were beaten by a score of 155-77 and the women lost 146-91. The losses drop both Duke teams to a record of 0-1, while the Maryland men improved to 1-2 and their women's team to 2-1.
Duke and Northwestern are two schools with a lot in common. They attract the same kind of top students, are both situated on beautiful campuses, and play in two of the most elite sports conferences in the NCAA.
Two members of the Duke swimming team had the opportunity to live the dream of thousands of young athletes across the country this past summer. Juniors Ryan Spoon and John Samotyj traveled to Fresno, California to swim in the Phillips 66 Summer National Championship, the fastest long-course meet held inside the United States. At stake were slots on the U.S. National Team at this year's Goodwill Games, to be held in Brisbane, Australia later this month.
Following its first-ever trip to the ACC tournament final, the fourth-ranked women's lacrosse team is preparing for two more games before heading into the NCAA tournament for the fourth straight year. Remaining for Duke are regular-season matches with James Madison tomorrow and Dartmouth Sunday.
Fifteen seconds was all the time Duke's fourth-ranked women's lacrosse team (7-2, 1-1 in the ACC) needed to take control of No. 12 William & Mary (4-4) Saturday. That was when junior Kate Kaiser scored the first of her game-high four goals, leading the Blue Devils to a 16-3 rout of the Tribe.
There was a bitterly chill wind blowing at Koskinen Stadium last night, but not even the cold could slow the pace of the fourth-ranked women's lacrosse team. The Blue Devils (6-2, 1-1 in the ACC) ran circles around the visiting Davidson Wildcats (3-7) to outscore them 14-5. This is the third win in a row for Duke, after a pair of victories on the road over No. 2 Georgetown and No. 17 Johns Hopkins this past weekend.
Last weekend, Lauren Cornet became the first Duke swimmer since 1981 to compete in the NCAA swimming and diving championships when she finished 20th and 21st in the 100- and 200-breaststroke events, respectively.
With the sun shining brightly in a clear blue sky, it was a perfect day for the third-ranked men's tennis team. As the Blue Devils faced off across the nets with the Terrapins, the results were as favorable as the weather.
The Duke rowing team took part in the Tom White Invitational Spring Training Regatta in Oak Ridge, Tennessee Saturday, competing against Wisconsin and Louisville. Wisconsin swept the Blue Devils early in the day, winning all four races of the morning session. Duke fared better against Louisville in the afternoon, capturing all three races and posting a 1-2-3 finish in the Varsity 4 at the end of the day.
The women's swimming team completed its season in good form, setting five new school records and numerous personal best times at the ACC Championship in Charlottesville, Va., this weekend. The University of North Carolina successfully defended its title, winning the meet for the second year in a row with 823 points. Host Virginia claimed second at the meet with its total of 639.5 points, while the Blue Devils scored 159 to place seventh.
The swimmers concluded their regular season this weekend by sweeping Davidson College Saturday.
The men's and women's swimming teams faced a tough weekend of competition in back-to-back duel meets against top-tier ACC opponents. On Saturday the swimmers traveled up to Charlottesville to take on Virginia's 11th-ranked men's team and 12th-ranked women's team. The Cavalier men swept the Blue Devils 162-118, their women by a score of 156.5-121.5. Following the meet, Duke returned home for a Sunday afternoon meet against No. 16 Maryland, which likewise swept the Blue Devils.
When the men's and women's swim teams head down to the South Carolina coast, they generally expect a warm reception from their friendly rivals at the College of Charleston before competing in a close meet.
Overcoming illness and physical exhaustion, the men's and women's swimming teams returned to competition after by sweeping William & Mary Saturday after their training trip to Florida. With most of the team sick after toughing out record low temperatures in unheated Florida pools, the Blue Devils were forced to rely on the depth of their young squad.
