Duke survives late scare to win 11th game
Last year, Duke took 33 games to reach its 10th win of the season.
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Last year, Duke took 33 games to reach its 10th win of the season.
COLLEGE PARK, MD - This season, Duke has shown consistently that it can win by whatever means possible under any circumstances.
In a three-game sweep in its season-opening series with Mount Saint Mary's, the Blue Devils simply did what they were supposed to do-beat an overmatched opponent.
Prior to Monday night's tipoff, fourth and fifth graders in a choir that sang the national anthem engaged in a heated debate.
Anonymous and mediocre are monikers that most people do not like.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The top-ranked Blue Devils walked into the sparsely populated, yet vociferous, Donald L. Tucker Civic Center and must have imagined themselves on a playground.
RALEIGH - The Wolfpack came into Thursday night's matchup with brash confidence, telling The Technician, N.C. State's campus newspaper, that it thought it would take down the top team in the nation.
Even coaches who have been inducted into seven different halls of fame have their weaknesses. For N.C. State head coach Kay Yow, breast cancer has proven-at least temporarily-to be that stopping force.
Duke may have won its last game by 32 points, but head coach Gail Goestenkors doesn't care. She called her team's effort against Virginia Tech Jan. 7 disappointing, as the Hokies put up 54 points-more than any other team has scored on the No. 3 Blue Devils (16-0, 2-0 ACC) this season.
Duke and Vanderbilt have only played each other three times in their histories. But for some Blue Devils, Cameron Indoor Stadium will play host to familiar faces tonight.
Just about everything is different for Indiana this year-even the practice shorts.
After losing to Kansas in Birmingham, Ala. Sunday, Sept. 10, women's soccer head coach Robbie Church and his players caught a plane to Atlanta and prepared to depart for Durham on a connecting flight. The only problem: they missed the last plane out from Atlanta that night.
Given their recruiting hype, Joy Cheek and Bridgette Mitchell could eventually become Duke's most dynamic duo since last year's pair of Mistie Williams and Monique Currie.
Florida State could not close out several close games last year, and for the second year in a row they could not close in on an NCAA Tournament bid, falling short despite a 20-10 record.
Good things may come to those who wait, but they only come to those who work for them.
The most potent pair in the ACC will face off against one of the league's most powerful players tonight.
CHAPEL HILL - Just playing in itself tonight was a victory.
N. C. State's very first serve slammed right into the net. The rest of the Wolfpack's night did not get much better.
With a 70-17 record and three national-title game appearances under its belt, the most successful field hockey senior class in Duke's history won its final home game Saturday at Williams Field.
Put this one down in the record books-Duke head coach John Rennie now holds the most wins of any coach at an ACC school.