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The No. 12 women's basketball team fell one game short of winning the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament this past weekend, losing to Clemson 71-54 in the championship game. But the Blue Devils aren't hanging their heads too low, for in two weeks they begin a run in the NCAA Tournament.
ROCK HILL, S.C.-When the No. 12 women's basketball team took the court for the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament finals Sunday, it had everything going its way. With top-seeded Virginia ousted by Clemson in the semifinals, the second-seeded Blue Devils were favored over the Tigers to win their first ACC title.
Duke head women's basketball coach Gail Goestenkors was just a sophomore in high school when she had her first taste of coaching. A point guard on her high school team, she had a coach who had never played basketball and knew nothing about the game. So Goestenkors, who knew a little bit about basketball from her coaching father and her basketball-playing brothers, met with her head coach to plan strategy.
The No. 12 women's basketball team earned a dubious honor this past Monday when All-Atlantic Coast Conference teams were announced by the Associated Press. For only the second time in the history of the post-season honors, the team that finished second in the ACC did not have a first team All-ACC selection.
With 10 seconds left in Friday's game against North Carolina, junior guard Kira Orr found herself at a familiar place-the free-throw line. The Blue Devils led 59-56, and Orr was facing a one-and-one scenario.
Women's basketball head coach Gail Goestenkors hates it when her team is outhustled on the floor.
After Sunday's 19-point win over No. 16 UCLA, Duke guard Jeff Capel had a message for those who are on the NCAA Tournament selection committee: "Let us in. We feel like we are definitely one of the top 64 teams in the country."
In mid-October, college basketball coaches across the nation are all asked the same question: How do you think your team is going to do this year? And the answer always has the same word-potential. We have the potential to achieve this, we are capable of doing that.
Before Saturday's contest against Georgia Tech, Duke women's basketball coach Gail Goestenkors told her Blue Devils that the Yellow Jackets were very similar to the Maryland Terrapins. The Terrapins are the only Atlantic Coast Conference team to have upset the Blue Devils this season, winning by 10 in College Park, Md.
When the men's basketball team faces N.C. State Saturday afternoon in Cameron Indoor Stadium, it will be coming off possibly the biggest win of the season in its 10-point comeback win over Virginia Wednesday night.
When the media tabbed its preseason lists for All-Atlantic Coast Conference teams, Tyish Hall was no where to be found. Virginia's Wendy Palmer was selected as preseason conference player of the year. N.C. State's Chastity Melvin was also high on the list.
The No. 14 women's basketball team broke its two-game losing streak Wednesday night with an impressive 85-66 win over Wake Forest. But the Blue Devils won't have too much time to ponder their win, as they travel to Virginia this Saturday.
The women's basketball team learned a valuable lesson in Monday's loss at Maryland-if you're going to play badly, don't do it on the longest bus ride of the year. The No. 14 Blue Devils played their worst game of the year Monday in a 63-52 loss to the unr
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For the first time this season, the No. 14 women's basketball team suffered back-to-back losses as it was upset by the Maryland Terrapins 63-52. The loss pushed the Blue Devils into fourth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference with a 7-4 ACC record, 18-5 overall. The 52 points was Duke's lowest point total of the year, breaking the 57 points it scored in its first contest against Maryland this year.
Going into Friday night's game against No. 14 N.C. State, the 12th-ranked women's basketball team had everything going its way--a home crowd, a six-game winning streak and possible sole possession of first place in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Duke even managed to break out of the pattern of a lethargic first half, taking a 41-37 lead into the locker room at halftime.
When Kerstin Kimel was a senior in high school pursuing collegiate women's lacrosse programs, she often wished that Duke had such a program. "Wouldn't it be great if Duke had a women's lacrosse team?" she pondered.
Two years ago, Diana Spadea decided to attend UCLA to play collegiate tennis. The native of Boca Raton, Fla., wanted to experience the West Coast, much to the chagrin of her parents in Florida. So to appease them, Spadea said she would stay at UCLA for two years, not knowing for sure if her forecast would be true.
Remember those "What did you do over your summer vacation?" essays that you had to write before college? For freshman women's golfer Jenny Chuasiriporn, the answer was always the same-play golf, play golf and then play more golf.
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