Duke field hockey notches 2 victories thanks to seniors and freshmen
(09/02/13 10:19am)
With eight seniors on the team, Duke field hockey is loaded with leadership.
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With eight seniors on the team, Duke field hockey is loaded with leadership.
Many things have changed for Duke since 2012—Jack Katz Stadium was renovated, three seniors have graduated and all players are finished with international tournaments for the year.
The Scoop: After scoring only 20 goals in 18 games last year, the Blue Devils need to galvanize their offense and hope to do so with position changes and a strong incoming freshman class. Their entire back line remains intact, but Duke will need to adjust to a transfer goalkeeper.
This season, it’s all about balance.
The Scoop: With eight seniors, the No. 22 Blue Devils will depend on veteran leadership to make an impact in the ACC after finishing winless in conference play last season.
Lauren Blazing entered the fieldhouse after a long day of preseason practice, but she noticed there was something missing from her locker. Crossing the room, Lauren approached the second locker labeled “Blazing,” belonging to her sister, Robin.
The biggest difference between Duke field hockey in 2012 and the upcoming 2013 season: there’s not a 12-day tournament right in the middle of the schedule.
After being shut out in its first scrimmage, Duke’s offense exploded against Old Dominion, defeating the Monarchs 4-2 in its final exhibition game before opening the 2013 season.
PHILADELPHIA—Kyle Turri was never supposed to play in the national championship game.
PHILADELPHIA—In Duke’s first six trips to lacrosse’s championship weekend since 2007, it has left empty-handed all but once.
PHILADELPHIA—After a slow first half, Duke looked like a different team coming out of the locker room to start the third quarter. The Blue Devils capped an 12-1 run by scoring on seven of eight shots to open the third period and took a commanding 14-6 lead.
Sitting in 10th place in the ACC standings, Duke needs to play its best baseball yet to sneak into the ACC Tournament as the eighth seed.
The last time Duke split the first two games of a three-game ACC series, the team relied on the 33rd man on its roster to propel the Blue Devils to victory.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—After winning two series against ranked ACC opponents this season, Duke traveled down Tobacco Road to face its archrival, No. 1 North Carolina. The Tar Heels, however, lived up to their top ranking and swept the Blue Devils in a three-game weekend series.
After being swept by No. 6 Florida State, which broke up Duke’s 8-for-9 win streak, Duke head coach Chris Pollard knew his team had to bounce back when North Carolina A&T (13-24) came to Jack Coombs Field.
Duke head coach Chris Pollard was nervous that his team would be complacent after beating ACC powerhouse Georgia Tech in a three-game series this past weekend.
With its weekend series against No. 15 Georgia Tech coming down to the final game, Duke decided that it needed an extra boost to stay loose and snag the series victory against the Yellow Jackets. So, at the request of the upperclassmen, the songs of Michael Jackson replaced the team’s usual walk-up music, allowing the Blue Devils to win game three and a thriller of a series.
It was easy for Duke to shrug off Davidson’s visit to the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Davidson is in last place in the Southern Conference, and the Blue Devils had just swept ACC foe Boston College.
The team that took the field for the final game of Duke’s three-game series against Clemson was not the same team that gave up 15 runs and had seven errors in games one and two.
It was as if Duke were saving a spot in the lineup for Chris Marconcini when he arrived in 2010.