Soccer Scorecard 9/17/12
(09/17/12 10:46pm)
This weekend, the men’s team remained home to take on Clemson in their ACC home opener, while the women’s team ended a five-day road trip against Miami.
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This weekend, the men’s team remained home to take on Clemson in their ACC home opener, while the women’s team ended a five-day road trip against Miami.
This weekend the men’s team traveled to Virginia Friday night and the women’s team took on San Diego Friday and Marquette Sunday while hosting the Duke Nike Classic.
With two scoreless exhibition matches in the preseason, the Blue Devils will be looking to improve their offense in their first match of the regular season.
After storming back from a 3-0 deficit to bring the match down to the final point, Duke fell short in one of its closest matches of the season.
In a match where singles play determines six out of seven points, the doubles point can often be overlooked. Duke, however, has placed special emphasis on developing teamwork.
Today the Blue Devils will host a Tobacco Road matchup with more than just a rivalry at stake.
The Blue Devils took on two visitors from the Sunshine State over the weekend, avenging last year’s loss in the ACC tournament to Florida State, and defeating conference-leading Miami.
After three weeks of road conference matches, the Blue Devils return to their home court this weekend to take on two ACC opponents.
Accepting the head coaching position of a team fresh off a national semifinal appearance may seem like a dream. Continuing a tradition of excellence, however, can quickly become a daunting experience.
The Blue Devils captured a perfect 6-0 conference road record this weekend, with two wins against top 25 opponents.
Duke swept through the state of Virginia this weekend, defeating two of its programs.
In a matchup of two top-five teams Wednesday, Duke was unable to withstand the bite of the defending national champion Florida Gators, falling 5-0 to end its nonconference season.
Despite defeating three top-25 teams over the weekend, the Blue Devils fell short of capturing the program’s second ITA National Indoor Championship title.
It has been nine years since the Blue Devils captured the only ITA National Indoor Team Championship in school history, and Duke will open this year’s tournament in prime position to add a second title to its trophy case.
Duke continued its rebound Tuesday night, gaining its third consecutive win after a six-game losing streak.
It was a weekend of fighting for the Blue Devils at Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center, as the Fighting Illini and the Fighting Irish visited Durham for dual matches. No. 10 Duke defeated both of those teams and captured a third victory over N.C. Central to move to 6-0 in dual-match play.
The Blue Devils continued their roll through the young season, taking down Illinois Saturday to remain undefeated.
DULUTH, Ga. — In their sixth straight conference victory, the Blue Devils shot their best field goal percentage during head coach Joanne P. McCallie’s tenure, hitting 62.3 percent of their shots against Georgia Tech.
The Blue Devils had just come off one of their worst losses of the season. Now they found themselves down 17-9 in a crucial third set against an even stronger opponent. Instead of folding, though, Duke went on a 12-0 run and took the set behind the play of Christiana Gray and Sophia Dunworth.
Last year’s Duke team often fell back on its senior leader Jasmine Thomas to take the game into her own hands. The graduation of Thomas and two other seniors will leave the Blue Devils without that same level of veteran leadership, or even many veteran players at all. But with the arrival of four talented freshmen, in addition to a strong corps of sophomores, the team remains poised to contend on the national stage.