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After 36 holes in about 10 hours of play Saturday, Duke overcame fatigue to clinch second place at the Irish Creek Collegiate Tournament as every Blue Devil climbed the leaderboard during the final round.
For the first time in over 30 years, two Blue Devils scored at the NCAA championships, earning All-America honors.
The reigning champion Blue Devils were able to force playoff holes to determine the outcome of the Callaway Collegiate Match Play tournament in Bradenton, Fla., but ultimately fell short of a championship at the hands of No. 1 seed Arkansas. Duke’s final round against the Razorbacks was neck-and-neck, but Arkansas ultimately proved victorious by winning three of five matches and halving one.
Postseason play is always a late-season test of endurance, as teams are forced to play multiple games in a weekend. In preparation for the closely-packed playoff schedule, No. 4 Duke (25-4, 12-2 in the ACC) heads to Winston-Salem tonight for its third game in six days with less than two weeks until the ACC tournament.
Julian Suri had to check his hardware at the gate on his way back from the 36th annual John Burns Intercollegiate Tournament in Kahuku, Oahu, Hawaii.
Despite its unblemished ACC record, Duke has little breathing room down the stretch—even against one of the conference’s weakest teams.
Winning a basketball game while shooting less than 25 percent from the floor would be a difficult feat in any game. Doing so against a behemoth in the world of college basketball was too much to ask Monday night for Duke.
Duke faces its toughest conference matchup of the early ACC slate Friday, facing off against Florida State at 7 p.m. at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The No. 7 Blue Devils (12-2, 3-0 in the ACC) will then hit the road to Blacksburg, Va. to take on Virginia Tech (6-10, 2-1) Sunday at 2 p.m.
The Blue Devils will have their hands full with an undefeated Kentucky team when the two take the hardwood Thursday at 6 p.m. in Lexington, Ky.
After ruining Florida State’s undefeated conference record Sunday in an exhilarating five-set match against the top team in the ACC, Duke heads up the Atlantic coast this weekend. It faces Maryland Friday night and then Boston College Sunday.
Florida State is the last ACC team with a perfect in-conference record, and Duke has a chance to spoil that when the Blue Devils and Seminoles face off in Cameron Indoor Stadium Sunday at 1 p.m. Florida State swept the Blue Devils (17-8, 11-5 in the ACC) in three sets in Tallahassee over a month ago, but Seminole head coach Chris Poole thinks Sunday’s match will be more competitive, despite the fact Florida State is currently the team to beat in the ACC with an impressive record of 15-0.
After tallying two key wins against conference opponents Virginia and Virginia Tech last weekend, Duke returns to the floor Thursday at 7 p.m. as they take on another ACC foe, Miami at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
In early October, Duke made a road trip through Virginia, taking on both ACC schools in the state and coming home with a pair of 3-2 wins. Last weekend, those teams—Virginia and Virginia Tech—came to Cameron Indoor Stadium in search of revenge. Duke needed even fewer games to take down the two opponents at home, though.
After a shaky road trip this past weekend, Duke is happy to be back in the comfortable confines of Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Kellie Catanach became just the third player in Duke history to hit the 5,000 assist mark, piling up 83 total in the Blue Devils’ road games against Clemson and Georgia Tech.
Duke heads south this weekend looking to expand on its six-game win streak.
After exciting back-to-back wins against Georgia Tech and Clemson this past weekend, Duke heads down to the Sunshine State to take on No. 22 Florida State (9-4, 3-0 in the ACC) and No. 20 Miami (11-1, 2-1).
Despite having revenge on its mind, Duke still could not avoid an upset at the hands of the Demon Deacons.
When the Blue Devils take the court on Friday for their ACC opener, last season’s gut-wrenching loss to the Demon Deacons will likely be on their minds.
