'Quite a year' anticipated for cross country teams
Four superlative sophomores and a pair of top-notch seniors have the women's cross country team aiming for the top 10
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Four superlative sophomores and a pair of top-notch seniors have the women's cross country team aiming for the top 10
Scoring three goals in just two games in this her sophomore campaign, women's soccer star Carolyn Riggs is off to the same hot start she had last year.
Despite having an experienced starter in Adam Smith who threw for over 2,000 yards last season, head coach Carl Franks plans to rotate other quarterbacks into the game when the team kicks off their 2003 campaign tomorrow.
NEW YORK--Now five months since being named head basketball coach at North Carolina, Roy Williams' list of priorities is topped with the responsibilities of unpacking a seemingly endless number of boxes and getting to know the on and off the court tendencies of his new team.
NEW YORK-- His jersey does not hang in the rafters in the north end of Cameron Indoor Stadium, nor does he have any of Duke's three national championship rings. Yet entering his fifth NBA season, Elton Brand just might be on his way to becoming the Blue Devil product with the most successful professional career.
For both the men's and women's lacrosse programs, the 2003 season was marked by inconsistency and a disappointing finish to the year - neither team achieved its preseason expectations, with the women losing in the opening round of the NCAA tournament, and the men failing to qualify. Yet, the anticipation for the upcoming seasons is already building as both programs have recruited classes that rank among the best in the nation.
Last year at this time, Duke players were dominating NBA draft-day buzz.
In a contest that was ultimately more fun than competitive, energetic No. 4 Duke (13-3) dominated Davidson (1-15) 21-6 Saturday.
In their semifinal ACC Championship matchup on Friday, Virginia (12-4, 2-2 in the ACC) dominated the game early and, never relinquishing their lead, defeated Duke 12-9. Playing in Charlottesville, Va., the Cavaliers controlled the tempo of the game and dominated the time of possession to tire the defense of the Blue Devils (11-3, 2-2).
While improving on a last place finish a year ago, the men's golf team could only manage fifth this weekend at the ACC Championships in New London, N.C. Clemson mounted a charge with six holes remaining to clip Wake Forest by a single stroke and take the championship.
When the women's lacrosse team met Wednesday, head coach Kerstin Kimel wrote the phrase "1-6" on the board. After pausing for a moment, she proceeded to explain that the numbers represent Duke's (11-2, 2-1 in the ACC) all-time ACC tournament record.
With a pair of road victories over top-25 teams this weekend, the women's tennis team (23-2, 8-0 in the ACC) clinched the ACC regular season title and the No. 1 seed for next weekend's ACC tournament. Saturday, the Blue Devils defeated No. 17 Clemson (17-4, 7-1) by a score of 4-3 and followed it up with a Sunday 5-2 win over No. 23 Georgia Tech (13-5, 5-3).
Unfortunately for the men's golf team, an exciting finish at this weekend's ASU Invitational was not something in which they were included. Duke ended up 14th place, making too many mistakes on Sunday to move up from its eleventh position after 36 holes.
The No. 10 men's lacrosse team (7-4, in the ACC) was crushed Saturday 19-6 by No. 1 Johns Hopkins (6-1) at Homewood Field in Baltimore, Md. The Blue Jays came out and controlled the game from the opening face off as Blue Devils struggled defensively.
While Duke and Tennessee match up very well, Duke should have the advantage in quickness. On the other hand, anchored by leading scorer Gwen Jackson, Tennessee will try to dominate the Blue Devils in the low post.
Coming off a disappointing loss to No. 20 Vanderbilt, the No. 2 women's (9-2, 1-1 in the ACC) lacrosse team will look to rebound against No. 4 Virginia (9-2, 1-1) Sunday in Charlottesville, Va. The matchup is also a preview of the first round ACC Championships which will also be played in Charlottesville.
In sports, it's rare that an athlete lives up to all the hype; but super-frosh Katie Chrest is doing just that. Unscathed by the pressure, the Hempstead, Md. native is leading Duke's No. 3 women's lacrosse team in both goals and points midway through the season.
After struggling Friday to an 11-1 defeat, unable to hit against one of the best collegiate pitchers, the baseball team (13-15, 0-5 in the ACC) came back Saturday with a strong performance but again fell 7-4 at No. 19 Wake Forest (19-7, 5-2).
Duke struggled to a tough 4-3 victory yesterday afternoon over No. 32 Wake Forest. The match began outside at Ambler Stadium but was moved inside to the Sheffield Indoor Center midway through the slate of singles matches due to rain. After Duke had built a two to one lead, four matches remained on the court and each headed into a third set.
Jason Zimmerman to the rescue-the script read Saturday at the Ambler Tennis Stadium.