Duke women's basketball player preview: Kyra Lambert
(11/02/15 5:52am)
Kyra Lambert
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Kyra Lambert
Conner Hartmann dominated on a national stage Sunday night, signaling the beginning of an exciting time for Duke wrestling.
Duke’s roster boasts several electric backcourt players this season, but the guard that may have the biggest impact on the team will never see the floor during a game.
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With the Blue Devils trailing 17-14 in the first set and the momentum seemingly shifting toward Wake Forest, Duke head coach Jolene Nagel called a timeout to settle her team.
Duke returns a strong core from last year’s Sweet 16 team, but new faces during the team’s Blue-White scrimmage proved the Blue Devils have the potential to contend for more this year.
The bell of the Blue Zone stock exchange has just rung again, meaning it's time to take another look at who is rising and falling with their performances for Blue Devil sports teams. Each week The Blue Zone will look at whose stock is on the rise and whose stock has taken a hit from the week in the world of Duke athletics.
Although Duke was off this weekend, its main competitors in the Coastal division kept winning to make it crowded atop the division standings. The Blue Zone takes a look at how the ACC teams in action performed this weekend:
The last time the Blue Devils faced their biggest rival, North Carolina ended Duke’s season in the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament. The Blue Devils can avenge that loss when they travel to Chapel Hill this weekend.
With Duke finishing up its non-conference slate, several critical conference matchups were on tap this week in the ACC. The Blue Zone takes a look at how all 15 ACC teams performed this weekend:
Senior harrier William Hague put his shaky past at the Royals Challenge behind him to lead Duke’s B-Team to an impressive showing Friday afternoon.
Duke will hit the road for the first time since its season-opener against Tulane and take on Army at Michie Stadium at noon Saturday. Last weekend against Boston College, Duke squeaked out a 9-7 victory behind a stout defensive performance and three Ross Martin field goals. The Blue Devils take an impressive 4-1 record into West Point, N.Y., but there is still plenty of room for improvement before the team hits the meat of its schedule. Here are three keys to Duke’s final non-conference game of the season:
Two weeks after finishing in fourth place at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate, No. 7 Duke will look to build on that performance this weekend in a tournament closer to home.
Alyssa Chillano entered Sunday's game against Longwood without a goal this season. She finished the game with three.
Duke never found the end zone against Boston College, but three Ross Martin field goals were good enough to support another excellent performance by the Blue Devil defense in a 9-7 victory. After jumping out to a 9-0 halftime lead, Duke missed several opportunities to put the Eagles away and had to survive a nerve-wracking finish. With the win, the Blue Devils improved to 4-1 overall and 2-0 in ACC play, cementing their status as a Coastal division contender.
Former Duke ace Marcus Stroman and the Toronto Blue Jays had to wait an extra day to clinch their first American League East title since 1993 after a rainout Tuesday. But the suspense didn’t last long during Wednesday’s makeup game against the Baltimore Orioles. Stroman pitched eight strong innings, giving up just one run on five hits with eight strikeouts, and his lineup gave him more than enough support in the team's 15-2 rout. Following the game, it seemed as if the former Blue Devil was more than pleased with his performance.
Duke’s three consecutive losses have all been against ranked teams, but its resume still lacks a signature win.
Duke and Georgia Tech faced off in the only conference matchup of the week, while numerous other schools played strong non-conference foes. The Blue Zone recaps how the 10 ACC teams in action performed this weekend.
Northwestern took advantage of several Duke miscues to rally from an early seven-point deficit and leave Durham with a 19-10 road victory. The Blue Devil defense continued their strong start to the season, holding Northwestern’s offensive unit to just one touchdown. But, the Blue Devils could not find many holes in a strong Wildcats defense and fell to 2-1 on the season.