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Despite a mixed performance from some of its top players, Duke had no problem handling Miami Tuesday night, cruising to an easy 79-45 victory in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
One of the biggest areas of concern for Duke this season has been offensively stagnant second-half play. In fact, going into Saturday’s game against Virginia, the Blue Devils had outscored only Elon following the halftime break.
The 2010-11 season marks the beginning of a new era for Demon Deacon basketball. With the departure of former head coach Dino Gaudio, along with four of last year’s starting five, Wake Forest will be one of the youngest and least experienced teams in the ACC. Yet, with the arrival of head coach Jeff Bzdelik comes great optimism that the Demon Deacons may be a larger threat than the preseason predictions indicate.
Saturday marked not only the final road game of the season for Duke, but also its biggest margin of victory as the Blue Devils blew out Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va.
Seven weeks ago, the Duke defense could not buy a stop as it surrendered 54 points to a pedestrian Wake Forest offense. Fast forward to Saturday, and the Blue Devils’ defense beared little resemblance to its former self.
Coming off of its biggest win of the season Friday against No. 10 Boston College, Duke looks to continue its winning ways as it travels to Elon tonight at 7 p.m.
Following a heartbreaking loss to North Carolina Friday night, Duke will look to bounce back as it faces UNC-Wilmington today at 7 p.m.
WINSTON-SALEM — The newly renamed BB&T Field earned itself a nickname Saturday afternoon: The Defense-Free Zone.
Kicking off the regular season with the third annual Duke/Nike Classic, the No. 11 Blue Devils used sophomore standouts to take two favorable results over the weekend at Koskinen Stadium.
For the first time in 16 years, the Blue Devils will make it to a bowl game. Remember where you heard it first.
Despite solid play in its first performance of the season, No. 11 Duke managed to fall just short against UNC-Greensboro, losing 1-0 under the lights of Koskinen Stadium Saturday night.
Despite the departure of starters Jon Scheyer, Lance Thomas and Brian Zoubek, Duke remains the overwhelming favorite this year to cut down the nets in Houston.
Friday morning marked an abrupt and shocking end to Duke’s ACC season as the Blue Devils were upset by Florida State in the ACC tournament quarterfinals.
Spurred by the performance of sophomore pitcher Eric Pfisterer, Duke kept its nonconference road record unblemished by downing Liberty 4-1 Tuesday night.
Wednesday night marked Duke’s biggest pitching duel of the season as the Blue Devils managed to scratch out a 1-0 win over UNC-Greensboro.
Following its impressive victory over then-No. 7 Michigan Sunday, Duke managed to sweep crosstown rival N.C. State en route to its first ACC victory of the season Thursday at the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center. For the No. 6 Blue Devils (10-1, 1-0 in the ACC), the match also marked an important moment for head coach Jamie Ashworth. With Thursday night’s victory over the Wolfpack (3-3, 0-1), Ashworth earned his 300th career victory and cemented his place in tennis history. “It’s a great accomplishment,” Ashworth said. “And it says a lot about the players we’ve had here... to the quality of individuals we’ve been able to recruit.” On such a momentous occasion for Duke, both Ashworth’s 300th and the ACC opener, the Blue Devils did not play like the national contenders they have shown to be earlier this season. Despite winning eight of nine matches on the day between singles and doubles, Duke’s sets were incredibly close. At many points, it even appeared that the Wolfpack was about to pull away. Duke’s training, coaching and heart, however, allowed it to bounce back in every close game. Down 7-6 in their pro-set doubles match, the 28th-ranked team of sophomore Monica Gorny and freshman Jessica Stiles managed to force a tiebreak , but lost the match 8-7. But that was the only match N.C. State would win all day. In singles, junior Reka Zsilinszka managed to storm back from being down 4-2 to take the first set, 6-4. Zsilinska then quickly returned to form and earned a straight-set victory. The highlight of the night for the Blue Devils came from junior Ellah Nze. Playing against her close friend and former junior French Open roommate, Sandhya Nagaraj, Nze pulled out an incredible second set in which she overcame a 5-1 deficit. Storming back and winning six straight games, including three breaks of serve, Nze secured the victory in one of her toughest matches of the season. “Being down 5-1 was obviously tough,” Nze said. “But I’ve come back before against other great players. Also, looking over and seeing [senior] Liz [Plotkin] clinch the win in her match, it gave me a new confidence.” Plotkin earned a hard-fought victory as well. After struggling in her opening set, Plotkin managed to turn her game around and defeat her opponent, 6-4, 6-2, to stay unbeaten on the year. Going into Saturday’s matchup against No. 9 Florida, Duke will need to play more consistently, as the contest against the Gators presents the greatest road challenge of the year for the Blue Devils. “Florida has always been a tough place to play. In our programs history we have only won twice,” Ashworth said. “They’re expecting close to 1,000 people for that match, and it should be an exciting and fun place to play.... Our team likes playing three times a week, and today play helped us get into that match mode.”
Two months ago, Mary Clayton and Jessica Stiles were seniors in high school undergoing the stresses of school dances, the 7:30 bell, and, of course, college applications.
Tuesday night marked the beginning of Duke’s national title defense, and the Blue Devils dominated Memphis en route to a sweep at the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center.
Four months ago, freshman Henrique Cunha and junior Reid Carleton had never met each other.
Running together at the NCAA Championships for the first time in nine years, the men’s and women’s cross country teams finished their seasons with varied showings Monday.
