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For the two Duke golfers who advanced to the match play portion of the U.S. Women’s Amateur the format proved as unpredictable as ever, and both were eliminated from the tournament in the second round. At the Kahkwa Club in Erie, Penn., junior Liz Janangelo lost on the first playoff hole, while senior Niloufar Aazam-Zanganeh defaulted after 13 holes with a leg injury.
Over the weekend, a record 2200 athletes--250 more than the previous high--will converge on Wallace Wade Stadium for the annual Duke Invitational track meet. The athletes will come from over 70 colleges and universities and 63 track clubs, and up to a dozen Olympic hopefuls.
The last time the women's basketball team faced Northwestern State, in Alana Beard's Louisiana homecoming game Dec. 20, 2003, the Demons were completely overmatched in a 105-53 loss. The Blue Devils, who are the top seed in the Mideast region of the NCAA women's tournament, will face 16th seed Northwestern State (24-6) in a first round matchup Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
When Matt Zash or Dan Oppedisano hunkers down against the Virginia Military Institute's midfielder for the opening face-off of Tuesday night's game, more than the game's first possession could be at stake: Duke's ability to control the ball coming out of face-offs could be the deciding factor in the competition.
It is not going to be Duke-Carolina in the traditional sense at the fencing dual meets Friday and Saturday.
The women's rowing team closed its fall season with a strong showing in Sunday's Rivanna Romp held in Charlottesville, Va.
Before Duke won its last ACC game in November of 1999, Chris Douglas and the rest of the current fifth-year seniors stood on the sidelines of Wallace Wade as redshirt freshmen. They watched as their eldest teammates were honored on Senior Day, and they watched as Duke defeated Wake Forest.
Men's Tennis
After Friday night's shutout loss to Florida State, women's soccer coach Robbie Church vowed there would be changes to his offense. Wednesday night in Cary, N.C., the changes paid off for the No. 18 Blue Devils (9-4-1, 2-2 in the ACC) with a 3-1 win over N.C. State (7-6-1, 0-4).
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Linebacker Ryan Fowler triumphantly held the ball in the air and pointed it toward the Duke end zone, displaying his prize for stripping Maryland running back Bruce Perry and falling on the fumble. The crowd of 50,084 fans in Byrd Stadium fell so silent you could almost hear the air rushing out of their Thundersticks. Though the Blue Devils (2-4, 0-3 in the ACC) trailed 20-0, the momentum seemed to have swung and Duke appeared ready to capitalize.
With a dominating 2-0 victory over No. 7 Michigan State (5-3), the No. 4 field hockey team (6-1) defeated its second top-10 opponent in two days, and is well on its way to realizing its goal of reaching the nation's upper echelon. After controlling the Spartans for the first half, but failing to capitalize on numerous scoring opportunities, the Blue Devils took the lead 43 seconds into the second half. Katie Grant dribbled down the right side on a partial fast break and knocked the ball past the goalie into the right side of the net.
