Takin' on Tommy's Boys
(11/14/03 5:00am)
Clemson (6-4, 4-3) and Duke (3-7, 1-5) both entered the 2003 season with high aspirations. But, by mid-season both school's head coaches' jobs were on the line.
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Clemson (6-4, 4-3) and Duke (3-7, 1-5) both entered the 2003 season with high aspirations. But, by mid-season both school's head coaches' jobs were on the line.
The men's soccer team (8-9-1) has won six out of its last seven games. Unfortunately for the Blue Devils, their only loss during the streak came against Wake Forest (14-3), which happens to be Duke's first-round opponent in the ACC Championships beginning today at the SAS Soccer Park in Cary. The game is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. following the conclusion of the No. 4 North Carolina and No. 5 N.C. State matchup set to kick off the championship at 3:00 p.m.
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Head Coach: Skip Prosser: @ Wake Forest: 46-19, 3rd season; Overall: 211-97, 11th year. National Championships: 0; Final Four appearances: 0
Duke started the Hooter's Women's Collegiate Match Play Championship on shaky footing, but was able to eke out a victory over 16th-seeded Purdue. As the two schools split a quartet of matches, and the No. 1 player in the nation, Duke' Liz Janangelo, halved her match with Beth Hermes, the Blue Devils relied on a pair of big wins by Virada Nirapathpongporn and Brittany Lang to take the tiebreaker.
Duke (7-9-1, 2-4 in the ACC) trailed No. 3 Wake Forest 1-0 at halftime and came out of the intermission ready to attack. While marshaling three quality scoring opportunities within the first 10 minutes of the second period, the Blue Devils were unable to muster a goal.
Flipping through the ACC record book, the accomplishments of N.C. State senior quarterback Philip Rivers are nothing short of remarkable. The 6-foot-5 pocket passer is now in his fourth year starting under center for the Wolfpack--a rarity in college football--and if he can throw for 361 yards Saturday against a porous Duke secondary, he will become the first ACC quarterback to eclipse the 3,000 yard mark in three consecutive seasons.
Three recruits who have given verbal commitments to play football at Duke starting in the 2004 season have spent the days following the firing of head coach Carl Franks reconsidering their options.
The women's golf team continued a flawless fall this weekend, winning its third consecutive tournament, the Stanford/Pepsi Intercollegiate, shooting a school-record three-day total of 845.
The fallout from the firing of head coach Carl Franks extends beyond the current Duke roster. As a result of Sunday's announcement, a number of Blue Devil recruits could reconsider their respective decisions to attend Duke.
The No. 3 Duke women's field hockey program has never seen a bigger weekend, and under first-year head coach Beth Bozman, a program that usually meanders near the bottom of an ultra-competitive ACC has finally come of age.
After being handled by No. 1 North Carolina Wednesday night at home, dropping its first ACC contest in the process, Saturday's game against No. 9 Wake Forest (8-1-1, 0-0 in the ACC) takes on a critical importance for the women's soccer team.
With 17 national championships, the North Carolina women's soccer program is nothing short of a dynasty. Even so, after earning a tie last year on the Tar Heels' home field and getting off to a strong start in the 2003 season, the Blue Devils thought they had a legitimate shot at victory. But that dream was crushed after just six minutes of play as Lindsay Tarpley knocked in a pair of goals, less than a minute apart, to help No. 1 North Carolina (12-0, 1-0 in the ACC) earn a 4-0 victory over No. 10 Duke (7-3-1, 0-1) last night at Koskinen Stadium.
Without dropping a set in the entire tournament, Duke sophomore Ludovic Walter captured the Adidas Tennis Classic Sunday with a dominating 6-1, 6-3 win over Notre Dame's Matt Scott.
After squandering opportunities to score and chances to stall Seminole drives in the first half, Duke (2-3, 0-2 in the ACC) was dominated by Florida State (5-0, 4-0) 56-7 Saturday night in Wallace Wade Stadium.
With the score notched at 2-2 and less than two minutes remaining in regulation, Gracie Sorbello slammed a corner opportunity into the back of the net to catapult Duke over No. 5 Old Dominion (4-4) Sunday at Williams Field.
In dramatic fashion, the women's golf team claimed the NCAA Fall Preview title, defeating host school Auburn on the first playoff hole. The two schools were notched at six-over-par at the completion of three rounds in the fall season's most important event.
Does incredible individual talent result in a national championship? For last year's women's golf team, it was only good enough for 10th.
For head coach Norm Ogilvie, the three-team Covered Bridge Open was not a time to show the nation the strength of the Duke cross country programs. Instead, Ogilvie used the season's opening meet to test his respective teams' depth and give some of his younger runners a chance to gain collegiate experience.