Becker returns for 2nd try at senior campaign
(02/08/00 5:00am)
Following his most successful season in a Blue Devil uniform, Jeff Becker's dream came true.
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Following his most successful season in a Blue Devil uniform, Jeff Becker's dream came true.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The bus carrying Duke's women's basketball team safely navigated the four-hour drive amidst ice-covered roads and occasional hail Saturday on its way from Durham to Charlottesville, but as soon as the Blue Devils stepped onto the floor of University Hall yesterday, the journey quickly derailed.
For the first time since last Wednesday, the fifth-ranked Blue Devils won't be battling for first place in the ACC when they take the court tomorrow.
The Blue Devils made the journey to UNC-Greensboro last night only to find a familiar fate awaiting them: defeat.
When Gail Goestenkors walked into the Hall of Fame room inside Cameron Indoor Stadium to meet with the assembled media following Duke's 60-51 victory over Clemson Sunday afternoon, the Blue Devil coach had but one complaint.
When senior Missy West replaced Krista Gingrich with just under five minutes remaining in last night's game against visiting Wake Forest, the senior joined reserves Sheana Mosch, Lello Gebisa, Janee Hayes and Michele Matyasovsky in a fairly familiar situation.
On Tuesday night, Chris Carrawell refused to let No. 16 Illinois spoil his coach's homecoming as Duke won its first game over a ranked opponent and Mike Krzyzewski improved to 4-0 all-time at the United Center in his hometown of Chicago. Tomorrow at 7 p.m., another streak is on the line as Carrawell and the 17th-ranked Blue Devils (4-2) return home to face the first ranked opponent to visit Cameron Indoor Stadium this season.
In May 1997, Jan Samuelson-Ogilvie took over as head coach of the women's cross country team, sharing a dream with her husband and associate coach Norm Ogilvie.
The players are the same, the coach is the same, the uniforms are the same. But the Blue Devil squad stepping onto volleyball courts these days is clearly a different team than the one which struggled through the first half of ACC play with only two conference wins.
Like father, like son.
Isis Dallis only saved one shot, but the Duke defense didn't even need the third-year goalkeeper last night as the Blue Devils suffocated Elon for a 3-1 victory at Koskinen Stadium in the first round of the NCAA Women's College Cup.
Nearly everyone inside Cameron Indoor Stadium last night anticipated a long evening for the Down Under Bandits, and Nate James didn't make anyone wait too long for the expected result.
The seventh-seeded Blue Devils open up the ACC Championships in Chapel Hill's Fetzer Field at 3 p.m. today, hoping to exact revenge against a Maryland team that stole a victory from them a month and a half ago.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - While children everywhere spent Saturday perfecting their Halloween costumes, the Blue Devils were busy serving Maryland's postseason hopes a rather cruel trick.
Twelve days removed from their heartbreaking three-point defeat to Princeton at the IC4As, the Blue Devils now have their sight set on another demon of recent years. Next week at the ACC Championships in Chapel Hill, Duke will attempt to dethrone four-time reigning ACC champion N.C. State.
Eleven days ago, Duke battled Maryland in a three-hour marathon before the Blue Devils finally prevailed in a dramatic five-game match that included a 16-14 loss in the third game and a 17-15 triumph in the fifth and decisive game. Last night, the rematch at College Park wasn't nearly as close.
The volleyball team saw a two-game winning streak, an early lead and its intensity level disappear in a three-game sweep to Wake Forest Friday night in Winston-Salem.
This weekend's IC4A men's and ECAC women's meets have both squads thinking about one thing: solidifying possible at-large bids to the NCAA Championships in November.