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With just one win in their two conference road matches entering Sunday, the Blue Devils were wary of playing on Louisville’s home courts for the first time in program history.
The Blue Devil women’s historic season came to a close Saturday when seven swimmers gave their encore postseason performances on the national stage.
After struggling in their third week of ACC play, the Blue Devils will have to find their footing on the road as they continue their stretch of four matches away from Durham.
In 2015, the Duke men and women sent a combined seven swimmers to the NCAA championships.
Yale Bulldogs
Holy Cross Crusaders
Providence Friars
It was almost déjà vu. With just two competitors left in the women’s pole vault, Megan Clark found herself sharing the runway of the indoor national championship with an Arkansas vaulter for the second straight year.
Senior Megan Clark posted a new personal, program and conference best in the pole vault in early February, clearing 15 feet, 1 inch to win the Armory Collegiate Invitational—a mark that would have matched the winning vault from the past two national championships.
After four-time NCAA champion and Olympic bronze medalist Nick McCrory graduated in 2014, it looked like the Blue Devils’ dominant run in the diving well was over.
A year after falling one place short of competing on the national stage, sophomore MaryEllen Targonski will have another chance to climb back up on the platform.
Florida State: 18-12, 8-10 in the ACC
Four years after capturing gold in the pentathlon of the ACC championships in Boston as a freshman, redshirt senior Karli Johonnot climbed up to the top of the podium at the Reggie Lewis Center again—but this time, not on crutches.
GREENSBORO, N.C.—A year after capturing the silver medal, Duke's 200-yard medley relay squad climbed the blocks with two goals in mind—punching their tickets to the national championships in Atlanta March 23-26 and earning a spot up on the ACC podium again.
Despite a sluggish start with nothing falling in the opening minutes of play, the Blue Devils appear to have found their shooting strokes.
Ever since Amile Jefferson went down with a fractured right foot, Duke has counted on at least one player to break out for a big scoring night.
The Blue Devils fended off a late comeback by Texas with a 4-3 victory after racing out to a 3-0 start Sunday, but cannot afford to rest on an early lead as they kick off their slate of conference dual matches.
After wrapping up the regular season with their highest ranking in program history, the Blue Devil women will face three more squads in the national standings as they aim to add their highest-ever finish at the conference championships to a season already full of highlights.
The Blue Devils’ season has featured a number of program firsts, and the final CSCAA poll added yet another—the squad will head into the postseason ranked for the first time in program history.
With the Blue Devils ahead 3-1 but trailing in the third set on two courts, redshirt freshman Christina Makarova clinched the match for Duke to fend off a Longhorn comeback.
