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The No. 6 Blue Devils took the morning off yesterday, in an effort to gain both rest and momentum following Wednesday night's loss to the University of North Carolina. Head coach Liz Tchou said that Duke was "pretty much spent" emotionally, mentally and physically, and told her players that Thursday morning's three-hour long practice would be canceled.
A year's experience can do funny things to sports teams. In one year, the Northwestern football team went from being the doormat of the Big Ten to being conference champions. In one year, the UCLA basketball team went from a national title to a first-round NCAA tournament loss to Princeton. In one year, the Duke men's golf team appears to have made a similar transition.
Years ago, the United States Army was as much a power on the gridiron as it is on the battlefield. Ardent fans considered the Army-Navy game the peak of a college football season, often deciding the national champion. Even the perennially mighty University of Notre Dame needed a prayer and memories of the Gipper to win games against the military powerhouses of football.
Duke men's cross country opened its season in high style on Saturday at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke's 25th annual invitational meet. It came home with a near-perfect score, six top-ten runners, and a meet win.
The Duke volleyball team continues its tough early season schedule this weekend with matches against Wisconsin and Nebraska. The Blue Devils (2-2) will face both teams in Cameron Indoor Stadium, taking on the defending national champion Cornhuskers on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and the Badgers on Sunday at 12:30 p.m.
It's tough to find true class in top-level football programs these days. One has only to look as far as reigning national champion Nebraska to find players who have spent time out due to suspensions, ineligibility and even jail. The search for an uncorrupted program, laden with student-athletes and devoid of scandals, becomes more difficult. To find not one but two such teams, playing each other on one football field, is truly a rarity.
John Fay has already begun the practice of leaving his mark with the Duke men's lacrosse team. The sophomore from Canton, N.Y., has made a huge impact on this year's team, currently ranking second in the Atlantic Coast Conference with 31 goals scored.
The third-ranked women's tennis team's match with No. 8 Notre Dame on Monday did not start off as expected, but its ending produced the same result as usual-with a victory for the Blue Devils, as Duke downed Notre Dame in a 5-2 decision.
It wasn't supposed to happen this way. After a loss last Saturday to 16th-ranked Harvard, the men's lacrosse team was prepared to rebound with a victory this Saturday over No. 18 University of Massachusetts. Unfortunately, things don't always go as planned, and a third-quarter rally was not enough to stop the Minutemen from taking the contest, 13-9.
Jeremy Kahn, a junior and a captain of the men's fencing team, traveled to the NCAA Tournament this weekend as the third seed from the Mid-Atlantic South Region. He returned a national champion.
A second-half rally by the women's lacrosse team put the program's second win within reach on Wednesday afternoon. But it was not to be, as Towson State's defense held on over the last 10 minutes to beat Duke, 10-8.
The Blue Devils wrestled with both high winds and Golden Eagles Tuesday, but managed to come out with a victory. The men's lacrosse team (1-1, 0-1 ACC) put on quite a show for its fans at the Duke Lacrosse Stadium as the Blue Devils beat Boston College (0-1), 23-10.
Twelve members of Duke's fencing team traveled to the Mid-Atlantic South Regional Championships this past weekend with the hopes of qualifying for the NCAA tournament finals later this year. Two returned with top-five finishes and automatic slots in the NCAAs, while two others will find out the status of their NCAA bids on March 15.
Over the weekend of Feb. 16, four members of Duke's fencing team traveled to the Junior Olympics in Louisville, Kentucky. Under the leadership of head coach Alex Beguinet, three freshmen and a sophomore competed. Their efforts in the under-20 foil, epee and saber events garnered mixed results, including one gold medal.
The defending Atlantic Coast Conference champion women's tennis team travels to Georgia for its fourth dual meet of the season at noon on Saturday. The Blue Devils will attempt to improve upon their current winning record of 2-1. The fourth-ranked Bulldogs have built up a strong rivalry with No. 5 Duke over the years. Georgia leads the overall series 12-7, and the Bulldogs won both of last year's matchups.
The women's tennis team looks to open the dual meet season with a bang this weekend. The No. 5 Blue Devils, who are the eight-time defending Atlantic Coast Conference champions, head to Utah for a three-day weekend of meets. During the weekend, they will face Brigham Young, Utah and the University of California at Santa Barbara.
