Women's soccer endured highs, lows this season
The peaks and valleys of the women's soccer team's season were somewhat reminiscent of a classic Clint Eastwood film entitled, "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly."
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The peaks and valleys of the women's soccer team's season were somewhat reminiscent of a classic Clint Eastwood film entitled, "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly."
During the regular season, there were only three teams in the ACC that the volleyball team did not defeat. Unfortunately for Duke, one of those teams is Virginia, Duke's first-round opponent in the conference tournament this weekend.
CLEMSON, S.C. - As the Clemson football team prepared to enter Memorial Stadium, the crowd rose to its feet in anticipation the Tigers' entrance, "the most exciting 25 seconds in college football."
It was everyone's first look at this year's men's basketball team against an opponent other than itself. And it was good.
Heading into the upcoming ACC tournament, the women's soccer team wanted to use its game this weekend against UNC-Greensboro to gain some momentum. And that is exactly what it did.
The volleyball team did its best to prevent Wake Forest from getting its school-record 20th victory of the season but the Demon Deacons would not be denied.
This just in... after undergoing numerous tests in a Florida State medical facility, the improbable was announced: coach Bobby Bowden has no backbone. While it appears from a glance that this is not the case, he is what scientists call an "invertebrate."
Charlottesville was not kind to the Duke volleyball team.
There was a point in receiver Ben Erdeljac's football career when he thought he might never set foot on a football field again. Last Saturday against Georgia Tech, however, he found himself in a starting role.
In the late 1980s, Ronnie Lott, an All-Pro defensive back for the San Francisco 49ers, broke his finger in the middle of the season. Lott was given two options: have surgery and miss the rest of the season or have it amputated. Lott finished the season with only nine fingers.
There is a book out there entitled, Everything I Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. That may work for some people.
Going into the weekend, women's soccer coach Bill Hempen knew his team needed a win. But with a 12-game ACC winless streak and No. 7 Wake Forest coming to town, the Magic Eight Ball read: outlook not so good.
After the volleyball bus went flying down a hill this past weekend against ACC foes North Carolina and N.C. State, it was able to finally put the brakes on with the timely appearance of its friendly neighbor, East Carolina, Tuesday night.
As the East Carolina volleyball team rolled into town this afternoon, it should have been serenaded by the Blue Devils with an old '80s tune: "You give me just what I needed."
JACKSONVILLE - The promotions group at AllTel Stadium knew it needed a catchy phrase to sell the Duke-Florida State game. After weighing many factors, they decided to call the contest the "River City Raid."
Over the past three years, the volleyball team has had its share of mountainous peaks and deep valleys. Different players, different coaches, different win-loss records. Senior outside hitter Dominique Philipp has experienced it all.
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Heading into yesterday's match against Duke, it was the Clemson volleyball team's offensive attack that scared most teams. Last night, however, the defense proved to be the key, as the 15th-ranked Tigers took out the Blue Devils 3-0 in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
In sports, it is certainly not easy to achieve perfection. But thus far this season, the Clemson volleyball team has come pretty close.
The Ball State volleyball team was certainly looking forward to Duke's visit to Muncie, Ind. this year for the Ball State-Nike Challenge. Last season in Durham, the Blue Devils stole a victory right out of the hands of the Cardinals in a five-set epic, and the host school had revenge on its mind.