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After a disappointing first-round loss in the main draw of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Riviera All-American Championships in Pacific Palisades, Calif., women?s tennis player Amanda Johnson picked up several quality wins in the backdraw before falling in the consolation finals on Sunday.
When Joe Alleva came to Duke University in 1976 fresh off earning his Master's of Business Administration from Lehigh, he expected to begin a career as an administrator in Duke Hospital. Twenty-seven years later, after dramatic change in career plans, he now holds one of the most powerful positions at Duke and one of the most prestigious in all of college athletics.
The women's tennis team continued play on Wednesday at the week-long Riviera All-American tournament in Pacific Palisades, Calif., with the doubles team of senior Amanda Johnson and freshman Tory Zawaki winning two matches in the qualifying event to advance to the main draw.
Three Duke freshmen competed in the women's prequalifying singles draw this weekend at the Riviera All-American in Pacific Palisades, Calif., but none advanced to Tuesday's qualifying rounds.
The women's rowing team competed in its second race of season this weekend at the Head of the Mon regatta in Morgantown, W.Va., where it faced ACC foes Clemson and Virginia, as well as Louisville and West Virginia.
Just one week after making her official visit to campus, 6-foot-5 center Chante Black decided to forgo her remaining recruiting trips to Georgia, LSU and Connecticut and commit to the women's basketball program at Duke.
One week before their first collegiate tournament, women's tennis players Kristin Cargill and Tory Zawacki tested their games on the professional tour in the $25,000 Coca Cola Tennis Classic in Raleigh, N.C.
One week after receiving a commitment from high school prospect Laura Kurz, the women's basketball program hopes to impress another potential member of its class of 2007, as six-foot-five center Chante Black makes her official visit to Duke today.
The women's basketball program continues to stockpile some of the nation's best talent, as it received a verbal commitment Friday from 6-foot-1 guard/forward Laura Kurz of Germantown Academy in Fort Washington, Pa., the same high school that produced current Duke sophomore Lee Melchionni.
One week after suffering a 27-0 shutout at the hands of Virginia, Duke (1-1) took an important step in the right direction Saturday night, snapping its eight-game losing streak with a 29-3 drubbing of Division I-AA Western Carolina (0-2).
The last time that Duke (0-1) and Western Carolina (0-1) met on the football field, the Blue Devils defeated their intrastate rivals 24-10 at Wallace Wade Stadium on opening day of the 1998 season. Five years later, Duke will once again be hosting the Division I-AA Catamounts, but this time both teams will looking to even their records at 1-1.
Four superlative sophomores and a pair of top-notch seniors have the women's cross country team aiming for the top 10
Last year, Wynter Whitley was the only member of the class of 2005 to play on the women's basketball team, as then-sophomore Monique Currie tore her anterior cruciate ligament in the first exhibition game and was lost for the season.
As seniors at Duke, women's basketball stars Alana Beard and Iciss Tillis are accustomed to playing against some of the toughest competition in the country. This summer, though, the two Wooden Preseason All Americans joined forces with their collegiate counterparts on a pair of ultra-talented 12-member USA basketball squads.
After competing against each other for four years in high school and AAU basketball, Brittany Hunter and Alison Bales are happy to be joining forces on the Duke women's team this fall.
In 2002 the Duke women's golf team won its second national championship in four years. This impressive feat was accomplished with the top collegiate golfers in the world.
Duke's Virada Nirapathpongporn, the 2002 NCAA Individual Champion, found out first-hand last week just how good 13-year-old phenom Michelle Wei really is.
Five Duke coaches expressed their opinions regarding ACC expansion and the invitations of Miami and Virginia Tech to increase the size of the conference to 11 schools. Reaction ranged from resignation to optimism.
After netting the No. 1 recruiting classes in the nation in 2002 and 2003, the women's basketball program looks to add to its impressive streak when two of the top rising high school seniors visit Duke today.
The women's tennis team, which lost five players from last year's third-ranked squad, took an important step this week in rebuilding its perennially talented roster, when it announced the signing of Tory Zawacki for the fall of 2003.
