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Since becoming the country's top-ranked team in the most recent national poll, the Blue Devils have responded with characteristic poise in wins over North Carolina and Presbyterian.
Right now, Duke is struggling. The team just suffered its worst loss in 15 years-against archrival UNC, no less-and is quite clearly the third-best team in the ACC. The Blue Devils have only one true quality win, against then-No. 4 Rutgers before Christmas. The person expected to carry the offense, junior preseason All-American guard Abby Waner, has not been able to hit her shooting stride all season.
In two dominating wins this season, the Blue Devils have showcased their veteran talent to intimidate overmatched opponents in Bucknell and Vermont.
Following a tumultuous week in which the Blue Devils lost two games and their sense of ACC invincibility, Duke appears to have exorcised those demons after a comfortable win over Big East minnows St. John's Saturday.
Just 17 days ago, the Blue Devils traveled to College Park, Md. as the ACC's untested leaders, while Maryland came in as a bubble team that had just claimed its biggest win of the year-a defeat of then-No. 2 North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
Facing their toughest competition of the season, the No. 15 Blue Devils dropped two tight matches against ranked teams at the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center this weekend.
Entering their second official match of the spring season against Princeton Tuesday, the No. 15 Blue Devils had looked quite sharp in the early going, boasting wins in the Duke Invitational last week and over Elon Saturday.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - After 20 minutes of play Wednesday night in Tallahassee, the Seminoles seemed to have no answers for a Duke squad brimming with confidence.
Visiting teams rarely win at Cameron Indoor Stadium, but when they do, they tend to go a bit overboard in their celebrations.
CORAL GABLES, Fla. - Before Saturday's game against Miami, the No. 11 Blue Devils had won six straight games with relative ease. The Hurricanes, meanwhile, had lost five of seven, including a home defeat to a 2-9 Maine squad Dec. 29. For most of the first half, though, the two teams appeared evenly matched.
A season that began with such high expectations ended in disappointment Friday, as head coach John Rennie and 13 seniors finished their careers with a 1-0 loss to Louisville (11-6-4) in the first round of the NCAA tournament. The match, which was played in near-freezing temperatures at Cardinal Park in Louisville, Ky., marked the end of an era for both the players and their coach.
This weekend in Cameron Indoor Stadium, the No. 24 Blue Devils will be honoring one of the most decorated senior classes in school history while clashing with two of its biggest rivals.
Last season, Miami was expected to struggle, and it did.
Maryland opens this season having lost several established starters, and so the Terrapins have no choice but to rely on their freshman class to contribute right away if they hope to return to the NCAA Tournament.
For 10 minutes Saturday, Division-II Barton did more than just hang around against No. 13 Duke--the Bulldogs dealt with the Blue Devils' aggressive defense, made open shots and stretched their lead to 16-11.
It wasn't the way Duke wanted to close out its fall season.
Despite surging back from a five-stroke deficit Monday, the Blue Devils only came away with a frustrating tie in the Duke Classic.
During their four-game winning streak, the Blue Devils had been consistent defensively even without senior co-captain Tim Jepson.
When long-time head coach Rod Myers passed away last spring, the Blue Devils still had plenty of golf left ahead of them.
After a disappointing end to the 2007 team season, the Blue Devils return to the court this weekend, albeit in an individual format, determined to improve on last year's finish.
