Duke baseball selected as No. 2-seed in Conway Regional for NCAA tournament
(05/30/23 6:30pm)
The Blue Devils are headed to Myrtle Beach.
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The Blue Devils are headed to Myrtle Beach.
Every week, the Blue Zone breaks down an outstanding spring athlete, looking at their weekly performance and their season as a whole. Up next is Jake Naso:
The last time the Blue Devils played the Hurricanes, lightning delayed the game before Miami pulled away 10-1. This time around, the Hurricanes were able to weather a two-home-run day from junior Luke Storm by pouring in three late runs.
In April, the Blue Devils were in the middle of a 15-3 stretch that saw them climb into the top 10 nationally. In March, they struggled to string together consistency near the bottom of the conference. And in February, no one had any expectations for an inexperienced Duke team with plenty of question marks.
Before Duke starts its path to win the ACC tournament Tuesday, three Blue Devils have already taken home some hardware.
The weather reflected the Blue Devils’ fate Saturday afternoon, as sunny skies made way for storm clouds in a matter of minutes, just as a promising regular season flattened out at its end.
Head coach Kara Lawson just added another big recruit.
After a sizzling April, the Blue Devils have finally cooled down.
The second-seeded Blue Devils needed a flawless game to take down the top-seeded Seminoles in the ACC tournament final Saturday. Up until the seventh inning, they had it; leaping grabs, layout catches and timely Florida State errors had the game knotted up at 1-1.
The last time Duke faced Clemson in the ACC tournament, in the 2021 championship game, Shelby Walters and Peyton St. George held the Tigers to just three hits and the Blue Devils took home their first ACC tournament title. The latest meeting may have been even more memorable.
They say the devil is in the details. But in Durham, the Blue Devils are in the details — and numbers:
On Feb. 28 when Duke took down then-No. 20 Eastern Carolina 9-0, it was a shock to many who predicted the Blue Devils to finish near the bottom of the ACC. However, head coach Chris Pollard said it was a sign that “we can play with anybody in the country.” Now, with its third-straight ranked series win, this time against No. 11 Virginia, No. 16 Duke has established itself as not just capable, but ready to compete for an ACC title.
After leading Duke to a Final Four, five Blue Devils heard their names called in the 2022 NBA Draft. The Blue Zone breaks down their rookie seasons at the professional level:
Duke head coach Jon Scheyer, who has produced two straight top-notch recruiting classes, is already working on his next squad.
CARY, N.C.—Throughout the season, the Blue Devils have found success up and down their lineup; their team-wide dominance is exactly what earned them the No. 2 seed in the ACC tournament.
After coming close to winning two-of-three against consecutive ranked opponents — Wake Forest and North Carolina — the Blue Devils were finally able to win the rubber match.
After more than two weeks of return and departure announcements by Duke’s star freshmen and junior captain Jeremy Roach, the final domino fell Tuesday morning with the news that ACC Rookie of the Year Kyle Filipowski will return for his sophomore season. Shortly after, five-star prospect and top-ranked Mackenzie Mgbako announced his decommitment, adding another foil to the developing roster puzzle for head coach Jon Scheyer in year two.
Often, the postponements and cancellations that come along with inclement weather can cause pitchers to lose their rhythm and make for messy, high-scoring affairs. However, even after two days of heavy rain postponed Duke’s weekend series against Virginia Tech and canceled a game Saturday, both sides brought pitchers firing on all cylinders.
For freshman forward Mark Mitchell, nicknamed “Easy” by his teammates and head coach Jon Scheyer, the decision to remain with the team for another year was one he put a lot of thought into.
Last season, when the Blue Devils played North Carolina, they split the first two games of the series before falling in the rubber match. As the saying goes, history repeats itself. Just over a year later, this time in a road series at Chapel Hill, Duke showed resilience in its Friday victory but ultimately dropped the final game and the series Saturday.