Duke wins series with late rally
(04/28/08 4:00am)
Playing in a critical weekend series against Maryland, the Blue Devils let a ninth-inning lead slip away in the rubber game Sunday at Jack Coombs Field.
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Playing in a critical weekend series against Maryland, the Blue Devils let a ninth-inning lead slip away in the rubber game Sunday at Jack Coombs Field.
The Blue Devils finished a wild weekend series with Clemson at Jack Coombs Field with a win, a loss and, surprisingly, a tie.
After getting off to a promising start to their 2008 ACC schedule, the Blue Devils have hit a rut the last two weekends, dropping five consecutive games to conference rivals, including a three-game sweep at the hands of Boston College.
Fresh off a pair of out-of-conference wins this week, the red-hot Blue Devils will take on No. 3 Miami in a three-game series this weekend at Jack Coombs Field with games at 7 p.m tonight, 2 p.m. Saturday, and 1 p.m. Sunday.
A day after needing extra innings to keep their perfect out-of-conference record intact, the Blue Devils needed no such heroics Wednesday night as they dominated North Carolina Central, 10-2, in front of 1,017 fans at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
The undefeated Blue Devils have made a habit of trouncing every opponent they have faced this season. Of their 11 wins coming into Wednesday's matchup with Valparaiso, only two have been by fewer than four runs.
The Blue Devils continued their hot start Tuesday afternoon, knocking off Alabama A&M in a lopsided contest behind a strong pitching performance from sophomore Christopher Manno and a great day at the plate from junior Nate Freiman.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The Blue Devils found themselves in an unfamiliar position Sunday night. For the first time all season, fourth-ranked Duke trailed at halftime.
New head coach Joanne P. McCallie got her career at Cameron Indoor Stadium off to a good start.
As fellow Duke students dressed up in costumes and prepared to head to Franklin Street on Halloween, the baseball team put on their warm-up uniforms and went to George Watts Montessori Magnet Elementary School off East Campus to lead a pair of baseball clinics for the students there.
The Durham Bulls took Game 2 of the Governor's Cup Thursday night at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park, beating the Richmond Braves 5-1 to square the best-of-five series at one game apiece.
The Durham Bulls dropped a 4-2 heartbreaker to the Richmond Braves in Game 1 of the Governor's Cup Tuesday night at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
After getting off to a quick start Tuesday afternoon and pushing a run across the plate in the first inning, the red-hot Blue Devils ran into serious trouble in the second against Temple.
Without a lead at the half for the first time since their last meeting with Maryland, the Blue Devils struggled through the second period to take back control Wednesday night in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
With the Blue Devils clinging to a one-run lead in the sixth inning and the heart of the order due up to the plate, senior Jonathan Anderson led off with a perfect bunt down the third-base line.
If the first few weeks of the college basketball season are any indication of what is to come, there is going to be a great deal of excitement all the way until early April.
It's no secret that Duke is a young team this year. J.J. Redick, Shelden Williams, Sean Dockery and Lee Melchionni are gone, and there is not a single scholarship senior on the roster.
In a year when the Blue Devils are welcoming four scholarship freshmen, one stands out above the rest-literally.
In its first season as a member of the ACC, Boston College fell just short of knocking off Duke in the conference's championship game.
Basketball season starts Sunday, and it won't be long until Krzyzewskiville springs to life outside Cameron Indoor Stadium. I'm personally a big fan of K-Ville, but it's time to give it a facelift and install artificial turf to replace the natural grass that is annually destroyed in the winter.