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(02/11/22 6:57pm)
In their four full seasons as a team, Duke softball has improved by leaps and bounds, but so have a lot of its ACC foes. The Blue Devils battled their way to the ACC Championship last season, yet were ranked fourth in the conference this preseason behind Florida State, Clemson and Virginia Tech. The good news: Duke is as primed as it's ever been. Accolades abound for multiple of the team’s more experienced members who make up the core of the superb pitching staff and improved lineup, including Softball America top-100 preseason selections for pitchers Peyton St. George and Shelby Walters and infielder Deja Davis. This young program has shown flashes of brilliance beyond its years; what comes now is building consistency and confidence to prolong them in the face of big-time pressure. -Molly Honecker
(02/11/22 1:20am)
With just over three seconds left, down three, in a game the Blue Devils had shot under 30% from three, it looked like things were over for Duke. But when point guard Shayeann Day-Wilson popped open in the corner and fired up a perfect rainbow to the rim, it looked like the Blue Devils had found a miracle.
(02/08/22 2:36pm)
After trading schematic blows for nearly 40 minutes, Duke finally had the upper hand. It thought it had the perfect weapon to slay the Cavaliers. It turned out the Blue Devils were gripping tightly to a double-edged sword.
(02/08/22 12:46am)
No. 7 Duke had a short break between its 20-point Saturday win in Chapel Hill to a 7 p.m. home tipoff against Virginia. The Blue Devils came out flat and allowed the Cavaliers to jump out to an 8-2 lead to start. They battled back, but Virginia holds a 34-29 lead at the half. Here’s five of our observations from the opening 20 minutes.
(02/02/22 6:32am)
Even Feb. 1 is Groundhog Day for these Blue Devils.
(02/01/22 3:37am)
The Blue Devils have been running the same script on repeat for over three weeks. But unlike Bill Murray’s classic Groundhog Day, nobody’s laughing.
(01/16/22 11:07pm)
RALEIGH—A winter storm was forecasted across the mid-Atlantic, causing the University to activate severe weather and emergency conditions. What wasn’t forecasted, though, was it raining indoors in Raleigh.
(01/16/22 5:13pm)
Amid frigid air and snowy grounds, Kara Lawson will finally get her first Tobacco Road rivalry game.
(01/15/22 9:35pm)
The ACC is made of veteran teams with years of established chemistry. For Duke, being an exception is only an impediment.
(01/05/22 7:31pm)
The Blue Devils will have to wait a little longer to establish an ACC winning streak.
(01/01/22 9:40pm)
In a sport where over half the scheduled games are being canceled every day, it was inevitable that Duke would have to deal with COVID at some point. But Thursday night, it showed it still has to find a way to deal with absences from the rotation.
(12/24/21 10:11pm)
As 2021 comes to a close, The Chronicle's sports department takes a look back at the biggest stories of the year in Duke athletics. Each day, we will review a major game, event or storyline that helped shape the course of the year for the Blue Devils.
(12/18/21 11:23pm)
It took 11 months from the first pick to the last, but now all three of Duke’s super-senior captains are going pro.
(12/18/21 8:59pm)
Caitlin Cosme may have been snubbed from ACC accolades the past couple years, but Saturday, she received an even bigger reward.
(12/16/21 2:05am)
Two years ago, the Blue Devils traveled to Columbia, S.C., where a Duke team that would finish third in the ACC lost by 43. Wednesday, the 15th-ranked Blue Devils hosted an even more talented South Carolina squad, and finished better than multiple top-10 teams.
(12/07/21 1:28pm)
It’d been a few years since the Blue Devils had a first-team All-American. For one last mark in her historic season, striker Michelle Cooper changed that.
(12/06/21 9:56pm)
After their first ranked win of the season, the Blue Devils have entered the top 25, and the Blue Zone is here with our thoughts on the latest rankings:
(12/05/21 7:53pm)
PHILADELPHIA—Coming off a landmark upset against No. 9 Iowa, you’d be tempted to think the Blue Devils would have a “big-win hangover.” But Sunday, Penn was the one quaking in its boots.
(12/03/21 3:52am)
It had been 655 days since the Cameron Crazies had seen a ranked upset at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Six-hundred-sixty-five days since Duke had announced its resurgence to national contention.
(11/27/21 1:36am)
Two years ago, at Koskinen Stadium, the beleaguered Blue Devils had a signature win against then-No. 19 Santa Clara, breaking a long streak of Bronco overtime wins. Santa Clara didn’t forget about that.
