Second-half surge leads Duke victory
It was not a repeat of last year by any stretch, but UNC-Wilmington still put up a fight for the first half.
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It was not a repeat of last year by any stretch, but UNC-Wilmington still put up a fight for the first half.
Heading into its first away game of the regular season tonight at 7 p.m. against UNC-Wilmington, Duke seems to have hit its stride.
Six games into the season, Duke has already lost as many games as they did through the entire regular season last year.
After the game, it's easy to tell which players are freshmen. They're the ones on the sidelines after every other Blue Devil has left, still busy collecting the pinnies, the soccer balls, the cones-the dirty work.
For a team that is ranked in the top two in the country, Duke still feels as if it has a lot to prove.
Though they struggled to score for most of the game, the No. 4 Blue Devils felt as if they were going to beat Valparaiso one way or another.
Although No. 4 Duke only needed to take small steps this year to improve upon its national quarterfinals finish last season, the team took a giant leap forward during the offseason, bolstering its roster with the No. 1 recruiting class in the nation.
PHILADELPHIA - For the third time in three years, the Blue Devils ended their season just one step short of the National Championship game. Second-seeded Duke let a nine-goal lead slip away to lose 14-13 to No. 3 Virginia Friday night at Franklin Field.
More than just a rivalry win will be on the line tonight in the annual Duke-North Carolina game.
Coming off its worst loss in five years, No. 4 Duke (10-2, 2-1 in the ACC) is preparing to regain some of the confidence and momentum it lost after being ousted 17-5 by No. 1 Northwestern April 7.
Saturday afternoon was a humbling experience for the Blue Devils.
Looking at the scoreboard at halftime, the Blue Devils probably would not have believed that their senior captain Leigh Jester would eventually call Saturday's contest at Virginia the "most unbelievable lacrosse game" that she has ever been a part of.
Midway through the first half Friday night, No. 5 Duke had nothing going on offense.
GREENSBORO, N.C. - All year long Lindsey Harding stood for Duke basketball. And as Harding stepped to the line for her team with virtually no time left in the Sweet 16 matchup against Rutgers, she stood for Duke again.
Practice went longer than expected for the Blue Devils Wednesday.
It's hard to criticize a team with a perfect record. It's even harder when that team's greatest weakness might actually be its greatest strength.
With four minutes left in the first half, an errant Wanisha Smith lob down the court sailed wide of its intended target, Alison Bales. But instead of flying out of bounds, the ball was plucked out of midair underneath the basket by freshman Bridgette Mitchell, who took it and scored with a smooth lay up.
This week the Blue Devils were rewarded for their school-best 26-0 start with a unanimous No. 1 ranking in the polls. To that, head coach Gail Goestenkors had only one thing to say.
Duke was out of its element in more ways than one Wednesday night.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - There was no 19-0 run to start the game for the Blue Devils Thursday night against Florida State.