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The women's lacrosse team (8-4) will conclude its regular season this Friday and Sunday when it will host two more top-20 opponents, No. 20 Stanford (7-5) and No. 9 Johns Hopkins (11-1).
The No. 4 women's lacrosse team (8-4) returned from its road trip Sunday with mixed results--after losing to No. 5 Loyola 10-8 in Baltimore, Md. Friday, the Blue Devils assuaged the sting of their loss by defeating Richmond 12-7 Sunday.
The women's tennis team extended its wining streak to 15 matches Wednesday, thanks to a nail-biting 4-3 victory over Big 12 nemesis No. 14 Texas (15-4). The Blue Devils (16-1) won their 26th consecutive home dual match in dramatic fashion--the evening saw 19 total lead changes over the course of nine matches.
In his first two tours of duty around the ACC, Duke forward Shelden Williams has seen some of the best big men the NCAA has to offer. Despite the plethora of premier talents with whom Williams has knocked elbows, the general consensus is that the sophomore never has, and most likely never will, be required to go against a player of a higher caliber than the man who will stare him down at Saturday night's tip-off-Connecticut's Emeka Okafor."Okafor is going to be the best player he's played against," Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. "You're not going to be able to stop Okafor. He's going to be good, you just don't want himto play great against you."
An overcast sky loomed ominously over Koskinen Stadium Sunday afternoon when the No. 7 women's lacrosse team (6-3) took the field desperately needing a win against No. 9 Vanderbilt (5-2) to right its ship after back-to-back losses to No. 1 Princeton and No. 2 Georgetown.
The good vibrations continued for the women's tennis team Wednesday night at Ambler Stadium. The Blue Devils (11-1, 2-0 in the ACC) dispatched N.C. State (5-7, 0-4 in the ACC) by a 6-1 margin in a victory that extended their overall winning streak to 10, their home winning streak to 23, and their winning streak against the Wolfpack to 43.
Who will win it all? That is the pivotal question any aspiring pundit will inevitably face. As fun as it is to correctly guess the winner of that first round UAB-Washington game, there is nothing more important than filling the center square on your bracket.
The roller coaster ride continued over the break for the baseball team; the Blue Devils (10-10) defined streaky play--they lost four games in a row to Michigan and North Carolina A&T, won three games in a row against Navy and Princeton, then finished the week with back-to-back losses to the Tigers.
Midway into the second quarter of its opening game of the 2004 season, the men's lacrosse team proved just how deadly its transition game could be.
With 11:10 left to play and her team trailing by 14 points, Maryland freshman Kalika France made a decision--her team would not whimper away in its final home game of the season, and she would ignite the Terrapins' comeback.
Until Saturday night, no one on the women's swimming and diving teams, save head coach Bob Thompson, had known what it felt like to finish anywhere but dead last in the ACC Championships. All that changed, however, when the Blue Devils defeated N.C. State by a 33-point margin in a meet that witnessed the demise of 11 Duke records.
When the women's swimming and diving teams departed for Charlottesville, Va. and the 2004 ACC Championships, they undoubtedly left with high hopes. Not even the most optimistic Blue Devil, however, would anticipate that after two days of competition Duke would be in fifth position and boast an ACC champion to its credit.
Over the next five days, the women's swimming and diving teams will be on a mission to prove themselves at this week's ACC Championships in Charlottesville, Va. Although Duke, which possesses the conference's only non-scholarship program, is usually light-years behind the rest of the league. This team, however, certainly feels that it is no longer the doormat of the ACC.
The men's and women's swimming and diving team (5-5) finished off their home season in style Saturday, as the Blue Devils decisively defeated the College of Charleston Cougars (3-7, 3-12). The Duke men earned a 133-78 victory, while the women won by a 160-73 margin. The Blue Devils drew their largest crowd of the year on Senior Day, and those who attended did not go home disappointed--Duke only failed to win one event the entire afternoon.
Saturday morning, on the practice fields behind Koskinen Stadium, the spring sports season officially began.
The men's and women's swimming and diving team , which are both 4-5, will defend its home pool for the final time this season when the Cougars of the College of Charleston come to Taishoff Aquatics Pavilion Saturday for the Blue Devils' final dual meet of the season. ���
After their sub-par offensive performance against Tennessee, it was imperative for the Blue Devils to establish their game plan from the onset of Friday's game against N.C. State. Against the Volunteers, Duke shot .358 from the field--a lowly number that had only been equaled a week before, when the Blue Devils shot .328 against Virginia.
In their penultimate dual meet of the year, both them men's and women's Duke swimming and diving teams were victorious against William & Mary Saturday afternoon. The men won 138-91, while the women triumphed 134-102.
The No. 8 Duke men's tennis team (1-0) started off its season in convincing fashion yesterday, defeating No. 41 William & Mary (2-2) by a 5-2 margin in the Sheffield Tennis Center.
It's not easy to compete with a juggernaut, especially for Duke, the ACC's only non-scholarship swimming and diving team. When the Blue Devils faced off against Virginia Saturday at Taishoff Aquatics Pavillion, the end result was never in doubt. Going into the meet, the Cavaliers possessed the nation's 11th best men's team and the No. 17 women's squad. In spite of superior competition, the Blue Devils performed admirably--the Duke men lost by a score of 145-83, while the women fell to Cavaliers by a 124.5-111.5 margin.
