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The arrival of four blue-chip freshmen aside, the biggest difference in the men's basketball team this year will likely take place not on the court but on the sidelines.
With two weeks of preseason now just a memory, the field hockey team commences its second season of the Liz Tchou era Saturday when it travels to Harrisonburg, Va. to take on James Madison at 1 p.m.
Rarely is a newlywed so busy that she must forego her honeymoon. But rarely do summers offer as much opportunity as this one has for Gail Goestenkors.
Resident sports demigods Mike and Joel leave behind their world of women's tennis and Buffy the Vampire Slayer and head out to the movies to review Men In Black.
At this point last summer, the women's tennis team was already focused on a singular goal-a goal it maintained from day one to the NCAAs: winning a national championship.
Perhaps no class of players in the history of Duke's football program has witnessed a greater rise and fall than Tawambi Settles and the upcoming year's senior class.
On Monday, Jamie Ashworth was named permanent head coach of the women's tennis team for the upcoming year. Associate athletic director Joe Alleva made the announcement, which removed the word 'interim' from Ashworth's title.
Last summer at this time, Vanessa Webb was trying to coax Karin Miller into attending Duke and playing doubles with Webb. Miller agreed, and the duo teamed up to record a 19-1 mark and advance to the NCAA quarterfinals last month.
ARLINGTON, Tex. - Twice in his career, Mike Trombley has looked to the split-finger fastball as a means of becoming a better pitcher.
The coach wants to come back.
Over the past month, the men's golf team found that blustery weather conditions can be both friend and foe.
STANFORD, Calif. - In the grand scheme of things, Karin Miller's straight-set loss to Lilia Osterloh last Thursday will be best remembered, upon the announcement of her decision to turn pro, for bringing an end to Miller's brief collegiate career.
A break-even record was far more than a break-even proposition for the women's lacrosse team in 1997.
STANFORD, Calif. - Last August, women's tennis player Karin Miller decided to put her professional tennis career on hold in order to attend college. The freshman chose Duke and flourished, becoming the first player in Atlantic Coast Conference history to be named both Freshman and Player of the Year in the same year in any sport.
It's often hard for a team to turn around its play in a month by only playing three times, but the men's golf team did just that in this past weekend's NCAA East Regionals.
STANFORD, Calif. - Through two days of competition in the individual portion of the women's tennis NCAAs, Duke is more than making up for its disappointing loss to Stanford in the team semifinals. The Blue Devils boast one doubles team and three singles players headed into the quarterfinals.
Four weeks ago, Arizona's men's basketball team upset three top seeds on its way to a stunning national championship. This past weekend, Duke's men's club volleyball team played on the Wildcats' home court and turned in an even more remarkable performance.
Back in the fall of 1993, the women's tennis team added a freshman from Kenilworth, Ill., who brought with her tremendous athleticism but mild expectations. Even though she had recently become the first girl from Illinois to win both the singles and doubles state titles, in a program like Duke's-which makes Atlantic Coast Conference titles a yearly tradition-she was a project, a player who may or may not make a significant contribution.
An eerie sense of d*j^ vu lurks over the practice field during football's spring practice.
The second-year women's lacrosse team has made a statement about its progress by deciding that it will no longer accept moral victories against the nation's top teams.
