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Anxious hitters, rattled pitchers, tough late-inning decisions—all occasional problems that hurt the Blue Devils throughout the season, but never with major consequence. That changed Sunday.
After a month with its back up against the wall, Duke has finally taken care of business.
Better the blue devil you know than the devil you don’t.
Despite the historic breakthroughs of “Team Four,” most of Duke’s 2021 season has come without major in-game dramatics.
It was one of the boldest ideas in recent memory.
It is generally a bit difficult to get on base in softball. The task requires near-instantaneous recognition of a talented pitcher’s offerings, all while further deciding which strikes are even worth swinging at, for a few pitches every at-bat—it takes extended work.
Sportswrap is your one-stop shop for everything Duke athletics, where we’ll recap how each of Duke’s sports currently in competition performed over the last week and give a brief look ahead. Here’s our recap for the week of May 4-10.
The Blue Devils opened the weekend with four first-inning home runs, tying a team record for most in an entire game. They closed the weekend having scored 33 runs, a school record for an ACC series, and having locked up the No. 3 seed in the conference tournament, also a program-best.
The road to the College Cup is long and winding, but sometimes, if you can weave through traffic just right, you can set your cruise control and just ride for a few miles.
Sportswrap is your one-stop shop for everything Duke athletics, where we’ll recap how each of Duke’s sports currently in competition performed over the last week and give a brief look ahead. Here’s our recap for the week of April 27-May 3.
GREENVILLE, N.C.—If styles make fights, then one shared style makes for a long, slow, painful battle to the death. A battle where one Maggie Graham-Sophie Jones connection was enough to provide the fatal blow.
And, for their last trick, the Blue Devils will pull another wing out of the transfer portal.
Same sets, different day.
The most-anticipated domino of them all has fallen.
After Duke’s longest regular season ever and a nonconference schedule designed to prove the team's worth, the Blue Devils are in the NCAA tournament for the sixth straight year.
For the second time in the past five days, the Blue Devils have added to their frontcourt.
Momentum is a fickle mistress.
Another day, yet another Blue Devil.
Garrett Johns split close sets with the No. 13 player in the country and Duke’s new doubles team had match point over the nation’s No. 13 doubles pair, but the shorthanded Blue Devils came up just short against Wake Forest.
Another day, another Blue Devil.