Blue Devils reflect on trip to Japan
Some weeks, like this upcoming one, Duke goes on short road trips to scenic locations like Dalton, Ga. When the players are lucky, they travel to Puerto Rico, which they will do later this year.
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Some weeks, like this upcoming one, Duke goes on short road trips to scenic locations like Dalton, Ga. When the players are lucky, they travel to Puerto Rico, which they will do later this year.
For the second consecutive day, the Blue Devils played solid golf, putting themselves in fourth place in the TOPY Cup U.S.-Japan Intercollegiate Golf Championship in Fukushima, Japan.
Although the Blue Devils continue to emphasize the forward progress of their program, the fans Saturday did otherwise.
In the winter of 2005, the immediate future of Duke women's soccer looked extremely bright.
Duke's 2006-07 season will be remembered not for what the Blue Devils won, but for what they lost. Legendary head coach Rod Myers passed away from leukemia in the spring, capping a difficult year for the team on and off the course.
CORAL GABLES, Fla. - Duke has made some giant strides on the baseball diamond this season, winning games against Florida State and Virginia, two of best teams in the nation. The Blue Devils were unable to end their season on a high note, however, losing all three games to a surging Miami team last weekend at Mark Light Stadium.
Before No. 14 Duke took the court in its NCAA tournament second-round match with No. 17 Alabama Saturday, the Blue Devils appeared very relaxed, focusing during warm-ups but also joking around and encouraging one another.
After Duke's hard-fought 7-6 overtime win against then-No. 2 Virginia April 15, an emotional letdown for the final regular season game before the ACC tournament was almost expected.
Duke went into the ACC tournament this weekend looking to win its 12th ACC tournament championship in the last 17 years, but came up empty-handed after falling at the first hurdle.
After surviving a challenging regular season that included matches against 11 opponents ranked in the nation's top 20, Duke will begin its defense of the ACC tournament crown it won last year.
Coming into the weekend, Duke had been playing some of its best tennis of the season, winning seven of its last eight matches.
All season long, Duke had been waiting for that one breakthrough match in which it faced a higher-ranked opponent, on the road, and proved it could win the big one.
Duke wrapped up its home schedule for the season in style this weekend, recording two dominating 7-0 wins against ACC rivals Boston College and Maryland.
All good things must come to an end, and Duke's home win streak did Wednesday afternoon against No. 11 Wake Forest at the Ambler Tennis Stadium.
Duke extended its unbeaten home record to 7-0 over the weekend, recording hard-earned victories against conference rivals Florida State and Miami Friday and Sunday, respectively.
Duke finished off its non-conference schedule during spring break, recording two wins and a loss during a week-long trip to Texas.
A year ago this week, Syracuse salvaged a poor regular season with an impressive run in its conference tournament.
The atmosphere Tuesday afternoon at Koskinen Stadium for the matchup between No. 1 Duke and St. Joseph's was nothing like the emotional one in the stadium last weekend.
Throughout three consecutive days of playing some of the nation's top teams, the No. 11 Blue Devils had their share of disappointment and success at the prestigious National Team Indoor Championships in Chicago.
Last weekend, Duke took its first road trip of the season and was soundly beaten by both Notre Dame and Illinois, two of the top 15 teams in the country.