Pair of Blue Devils balances obligations
Most of Duke's players will never have the chance to play for a team better than a top-ranked collegiate program.
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Most of Duke's players will never have the chance to play for a team better than a top-ranked collegiate program.
After many months filled with tough practices, teams always look forward to playing in their home stadium for the first time of the year.
Forget about scrimmaging the best in the country. No. 3 Duke prepared for its regular season by playing the best in the world last weekend.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - If offense wins games and defense wins championships, then No. 3 Duke discovered Thursday that it needs plenty more work with the latter to be a championship-level team.
Last weekend in Los Angeles, with only five teams in the country still alive in the NCAA tournament, the Blue Devils discovered that sometimes, the California sunshine is not all that bright, as top-seeded UCLA eliminated Duke 6-1 in the national quarterfinals.
A team with already-tremendous camaraderie became even closer this season-even after welcoming six new players.
No matter the result, all that coaches can ask of their players is that they lay their hearts out on the field. At the end of the game, they want their players to have no regrets and to have given their full effort.
When playing on the home turf is not an option, a home away from home is always a nice alternative.
Sometimes a reality check is all a team needs to get back on track.
If everything went according to plan, Duke would have celebrated its senior day with a victory in its regular-season finale.
The jersey will be different and her hair will be straighter, but when freshman midfielder Tara Jennings looks across the Katz Stadium field Saturday, it will be as if she is looking into a mirror.
As if playing on the road wasn't difficult enough, Duke had to deal with cold, rainy weather this weekend in Virginia.
Sometimes even the most competitive of sporting events can provide forums to recognize bigger causes.
The Blue Devils entered matches against No. 13 Boston College and Boston University this weekend disappointed in their recent offensive production.
It was a tale of two halves Saturday for No. 9 Duke against reigning national champion No. 5 North Carolina.
Any good team is measured by how well it responds to a loss.