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COLLEGE PARK, Md. - When the Maryland women's lacrosse team was preparing the menu for Friday night's game against Duke, it only needed to include one item: revenge-a dish best served cold.
When Van Halen lost lead singer David Lee Roth in the mid-eighties, it did not take time to rebuild the band. Instead, it reloaded with new lead Sammy Hagar.
The only thing that could have possibly helped the Flying Dutchwomen of Hofstra yesterday afternoon would have been the Flying Dutchman himself. Unfortunately for Hofstra, Rik Smits did not show, as the Duke women's lacrosse team dominated the visitors from New York for a 14-3 victory at the Duke Lacrosse Stadium.
The Atlantic Coast Conference has been one of the toughest conferences in swimming all season. The Blue Devils got their final shot at the rest of the ACC over the weekend, but could manage no better than a last-place finish at the ACCs held in College Park, Md.
While professional wrestling, specifically the WWF, has currently reached new heights in popularity one could never have dreamed of, it has reached new lows in class that could only appear in a nightmare.
In the mid-eighties, the Houston Rockets were led by two seven-footers, Ralph Sampson and Hakeem Olajuwon, who were known as the Twin Towers. Last night in Cameron Indoor Stadium, No. 8 Duke (22-5, 14-1 in the ACC) displayed its own version of the Twin Towers, as Michele VanGorp and Payton Black sparked the Blue Devils to a 75-67 win over N.C. State (15-10, 8-7).
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - With 11:49 left in the second half of last night's game, the crowd at the Leon County Civic Center reached a high-pitched roar... as Chief Osceola tossed tee shirts into the crowd.
Four years ago, women's lacrosse coach Kerstin Kimel would sit in her office and be unable to concentrate, for she would always hear someone playing around on the racquetball court upstairs. But this did not upset her one bit.
As I look at the NCAA college basketball Top-25 polls this week, I can't help but wonder what these sports writers are actually thinking. Or, more accurately, are they thinking at all?
At this point last season, the women's lacrosse team was training hard to try and improve on a difficult 1997 campaign. Duke was concerned with finishing the season above .500, not even thinking about the postseason. This year, however, the phrases Final Four and National Championship are uttered as realistic possibilities for the Blue Devils.
After defeating seventh-ranked North Carolina by 22 points on the road and then traveling to Florida State for a 17-point victory just three days later, the ninth-ranked women's basketball team got exactly what it needed: rest.
With 3.8 seconds left in last season's regular season finale, North Carolina point guard Ed Cota stood at the line with his team down two and an opportunity to tie the game. Cota, an 82-percent free-throw shooter, missed them both as Duke went on to claim a 77-75 victory.
CLEMSON, S.C. - All season long No. 2 Duke has owned the second half. Last night at Littlejohn Coliseum against Clemson (12-7, 1-5 in the ACC) was no different, as the Blue Devils (18-1, 7-0) used runs of 9-0 and 18-3 in the second stanza to turn a 32-29 game at the half into an 82-60 final.
Three years ago, two teammates from Saint Louis' Cardinal Ritter high school were signed into the ACC: Loren Woods and Chris Carrawell. Today, the highly touted Woods sits at the end of the bench at the University of Arizona waiting to become eligible after transferring from Wake Forest. Carrawell, on the other hand, has merely started every game this season for the second-ranked team in the nation.
For the opening weeks of the season, the N.C. State men's basketball team has not been seen around Raleigh. The Wolfpack has been living the good life in Cupcake City, but all that may change Saturday night.
When fans think of Florida State football, they think of Peter Warrick. When fans think of FSU men's basketball, they think of Terrell Baker or Karim Shabazz. But when fans think of FSU women's basketball, they think of Latavia Coleman.
The volleyball team's tough season suffered an even tougher ending last night in the ACC Tournament.
Charles Barkley has been known to say that the first 82 games of the year are the preseason and that the real season starts at playoff time. Well, the Duke volleyball team heads into the ACC Tournament in Maryland this weekend with that same attitude.
CHARLOTTE - It was not what one might call "poetry in motion," but Duke reaffirmed its No. 1 ranking with a 94-61 win over a pesky Davidson College team last night in Charlotte.
The volleyball team traveled to Gainesville Friday with upset on its mind, but No. 6 Florida would have nothing of the sort. The Gators (24-2) put on a clinic for the home crowd, defeating the Blue Devils (9-17, 4-10 in the ACC) in three games, 15-4, 15-5, 15-4.
