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Senior Leah Goldman has had quite the ending to her Duke career. After sealing the Duke women’s second-ever win against North Carolina last month, she didn't slowed down.
Last month, Duke beat North Carolina in a thrilling Senior Day meet at Taishoff Aquatics Pavillion. This weekend at the ACC championships, the Blue Devils met the Tar Heels again, as well as all the other top swimmers in the ACC.
It came down to the last race: the women’s 400-yard relay. The Duke men had secured the win, and now the women had a chance to upset No. 20 North Carolina.
With the end of 2017 quickly approaching, The Chronicle's sports department takes a look back at the biggest sports stories of the year. Each day, The Blue Zone will review a major game, event or storyline that helped shape the course of the year in Blue Devil athletics.
With the end of 2017 quickly approaching, The Chronicle's sports department takes a look back at the biggest sports stories of the year. Each day, The Blue Zone will review a major game, event or storyline that helped shape the course of the year in Blue Devil athletics.
Duke wasn’t the only team to be upset this week. Half of the top-10 lost, including Kansas, Florida, Texas A&M and Notre Dame, leading to big shakeups in the AP poll:
The Blue Zone recaps how some former Blue Devils are doing in the NBA:
Duke continued their spiral out of bowl contention, dropping their fifth straight game this time to No. 13 Virginia Tech. After losing to a 2-5 Pittsburgh Panthers team with no Power Five wins and a backup quarterback last week, the Blue Devils had low expectations against the Hokies. Although Duke’s defense held their own against Virginia Tech, limiting Hokies' quarterback Josh Jackson to 200 yards and a sub-50% completion percentage. The Duke offense, however, remained stagnant, and only could muster a 31-yard field goal in the second quarter.
One year ago, N.C. State swimmer Ryan Held won an NCAA Relay Title with his 400-free relay team. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Held swam with Michael Phelps and won a gold medal in the free relay for the U.S. Friday, Held will take on Yusuke Legard, Miles Williams, Sean Tate and Max St. George on Duke’s free relay team, which is coming off a strong first meet.
They say the devil is in the details. But in Durham, the Blue Devils are in the details—and numbers.
The crowd of more than 1,300 people, packed into the 500-seat stadium and on a hill in right field, cheered on Duke President Vincent Price as he stepped in the pitcher’s circle. Price swung his arm back, lunged forward and hurled the yellow softball underhand to sophomore Raine Wilson for the first pitch in Duke softball history.
On a penalty corner five minutes into the game, sophomore Margaux Paolino crossed the ball into the shooting circle, and Louisville goalie Ayeisha McFerran kicked away a Blue Devil shot from senior Alyssa Chillano. Junior Rose Tynan collected the bouncing ball, wound up and sniped the upper right-hand corner of the cage for her team-high fifth goal of the season.
