Easy-going attitude suits track senior
(04/24/96 4:00am)
Assistant women's track coach Scott Yakola used to always worry about senior Betsy Keever.
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Assistant women's track coach Scott Yakola used to always worry about senior Betsy Keever.
In the 16 years Mike Krzyzewski has been at the helm of the men's basketball team, no player has left Duke early for the NBA. That streak may end over the next few years as the Blue Devils recruit some of the nation's top players, some of whom have expressed an interest in turning professional before they finish college.
For the second time in three games, the women's lacrosse team faced one of the nation's top teams. But unlike last weekend, when the Blue Devils surprised No. 3 Virginia and kept the game close, Duke was blown away by 10th-ranked Georgetown 18-2 Sunday afternoon in Washington, D.C.
Freshman Jeff Becker was ranked during the preseason as one of the Top 50 collegiate freshman baseball players in the nation. But he would be the last person to tell you that.
When I began writing sports for The Chronicle, my ultimate goal was to be able to cover men's basketball. Duke was the team I had watched for years on television. And when your first official visit to the school comes on the day after the national championship game and Duke's first title, it's kind of hard not to get caught up in the excitement of Cameron.
Kerstin Kimel and Casey Stengal seemingly have nothing in common. One was one of the most famous baseball managers of all time, the other is one of the more famous women's lacrosse players in recent memory. Yet if Stengal were alive, the manager of baseball's worst team probably could have given Kimel a lot of advice on the frustrations of being at the helm of a first-year program.
It took over fours hours and went down to the final match, but in the end the No. 10 men's tennis team couldn't pull off a win over arch-rival and 17th-ranked North Carolina, losing to the Tar Heels 4-3.
If you look up freshman tennis player Kristin Sanderson in the Duke directory, it lists her hometown as Edina, Minn. Yet in the Duke women's tennis media guide, it says she's from Pinellas Park, Fla. Same person. Different homes.
Imagine this scene in ancient Greece. The guy who unintentionally invented the marathon is running up his final hill. His side awaits the message this brave soldier has carried with him for 26 miles. His mouth opens, and these magic words fall from his lips: Just do it.
The women's lacrosse team enters Friday's 4 p.m. home contest against William & Mary hungry for its third victory of the year.
Women's lacrosse head coach Kerstin Kimel should feel fortunate that freshman Meghan McLaughlin never liked ballet. As a way to avoid early ballet lessons, McLaughlin begged her mom to let her play lacrosse in third grade. Years later, what started out as just an activity to pass the time evolved into a passion, and then a ticket to Duke in the form of a scholarship.
Photos by Tom Hogarty
The day after the women's basketball team lost to the University of San Francisco in the NCAA Tournament, head coach Gail Goestenkors opened a letter from Missy West, one of the Blue Devils' four recruits. West described how she had scored 27 points in her state's final four and been named Ms. Basketball for the state of New York.
A 20-point deficit with under 10 minutes in the game. Problem? Not for this Duke team, one that came from 13 behind at halftime to win at Virginia for the first time in school history. That was just one of the numerous records the 1995-96 edition of the women's basketball team accomplished this year-26 wins, 12 conference wins. And added to that list was supposed to be a trip to the Sweet Sixteen.
The women's lacrosse team entered spring break searching for the first win in the program's history. Three games later, a frustrated Blue Devil team is still looking for win number one, as it lost all three of its matches.
If Duke women's basketball head coach Gail Goestenkors gave out a game ball after Saturday's first-round NCAA Tournament game against James Madison, she would have had to slice it five ways.
The No. 13 women's basketball already knows what it's like to get to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Blue Devils have been there three times in school history, the most recent time being a quadruple-overtime 121-120 loss to Alabama in the 1995 Tournament.
Stan Brunson will never forget the first time he walked into Cameron Indoor Stadium as a member of the men's basketball team. It was Dec. 28, 1992. Forward Antonio Lang was injured, and Brunson had just joined the 1992-93 Blue Devils as a walk-on. The current senior from Newark, Del., wasn't even wearing a Duke jersey when he made the walk from the locker room onto the court.
When Jay Heaps and Baker Perry joined the men's basketball team in January, they never expected to be big-time contributors. As a matter of fact, they weren't even sure if they would make an appearance on the floor of Cameron Indoor Stadium during a real game.
In just five days, the fate of nearly 80 teams will be decided upon by a roomful of men in coats and ties, surrounded by facts and figures from each team. The numbers will range from the obvious-win-loss record and conference standings to the mundane-like the number of times a team has won on a Tuesday. And among all of the mess, one list of numbers will shine-the Rating Percentage Index standings.