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After an opening game that featured six ties and three lead changes, the volleyball team appeared to be pulling away from a pesky N.C. State squad. The Blue Devils led 26-22 after a kill by middle blocker Jourdan Norman, and the Wolfpack called timeout to regroup.
John Talley sits in a swivel chair, looking like he would rather be just about anywhere else.
Rabid surfers of the Duke Basketball Report website will notice a curious quote from an even stranger source. The quote is taken from a football player discussing why he considered playing for Duke. "I figured I'd get good seats for the basketball games," he said.
CHAPEL HILL - North Carolina midfielder Xan Funk tore through the Blue Devil defense and unleashed a wicked shot from the top of the circle towards the right side of the cage. With just over three minutes to play in a 1-1 game, Funk's shot zoomed towards the goal, the seeming capper on a 2-1 Tar Heel victory.
First-year baseball coach Sean McNally arrived at Duke staring at a huge challenge: How was he going to turn around a program that had finished 14-39 the year before?
It is a frequent theme in collegiate athletics: a star player graduates and her team is left scrambling to replace her during the off season and the beginning of the next year.
The volleyball team was teetering on the brink of a winless weekend.
For all of us who consider ourselves Duke Football fans (and I know it's an increasingly dwindling number, but bear with me), it's really sad to see how awful they've looked this season. And it's even worse going to games and watching the team play in front of a nearly empty stadium.
After losing to Rice at the Crowne Plaza Rice Invitational last weekend in Houston, volleyball coach Jolene Nagel implored the Blue Devils to improve their defense. Duke (2-1) was better in that area in the team’s next game at the Rice Invitational, a sweep over Sacramento State, but Nagel is still not satisfied.
It was time for the volleyball team to get down to business.
When practice ends on a Wednesday afternoon, the quarterbacks file off the field. Wide receivers and linebackers break off into separate groups with their respective position coaches to go through end-of-practice conditioning drills.
When Justin Kitchen was a freshman there was only one senior on the Blue Devil roster, leaving his class with few teammates to look up to. Now, Kitchen is one of 15 seniors offering assistance to a crop of talented freshmen.
Surprise, surprise: “The U” is loaded with talent again.
As the wind and rain from Hurricane Katrina pounded the gulf coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, many students watched on television as the rising water flooded houses and swept cars down streets that resembled rivers.
August 16, 2005 will go down in Duke lore as the day the football program finally turned itself around.
Last year’s volleyball team finished third in the ACC with a 20-10 record. The Blue Devils ranked 38th in the final Ratings Percentage Index and they advanced to the semifinals of the conference tournament before losing to eventual champion Maryland. Despite their impressive credentials, they did not receive an invitation to the NCAA Tournament.
NAME Josh McRoberts
Most Duke students with summer internships at New York investment banks spend their free time on the job pondering important questions such as “Which bar am I going to tonight?” or “How did I get lucky enough to land an internship in New York City?”
Coming off a season in which her team reached the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament despite a roster of only eight players, Gail Goestenkors could have taken it easy this off-season. Instead, she chose to challenge herself this summer—and said she’s relishing her decision.
Duke’s Varsity Eight knew that it had to come through with a strong showing in the preliminary heat of the NCAA South/Central Regional Championship May 14-15 in Oak Ridge, Tenn. to have any chance at a bid to the NCAA Championships.
