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Chemistry is an unknown quantity in sports. Teams with large quantities of talented players may struggle because of a lack of it, while teams with little to no talent may succeed because of it. The Duke football team has a mixture of both-unproven talent and unproven chemistry.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Not often can a team lose by 37 points and emerge with a smile on its face. But the Blue Devil defense could be seen beaming following its 44-7 loss to Florida State, and for good reason.
Heading into preseason practice, women's soccer head coach Bill Hempen might have been tempted to swing by Eckerd's and pick up a package of nametags.
CHAPEL HILL - The women's soccer team entered the season with a number of questions and an opening-game date with No. 1 North Carolina. The Blue Devils exited the opener with a number of answers, a loss and the understanding that they may have let a golden chance slip away.
Hope abounds for the men's cross country team heading into the 1996 season.
Four years ago, Grant Hill was quite the big man on Duke's campus. He was a member of the defending two-time national champion men's basketball team, a preseason All-American and one of the most versatile and exciting players in college basketball. The one thing he was not was an Olympian.
The best leader on the men's basketball team may very well be someone who did not play a single minute last season.
Mention Duke University to 10 people and the first thing nine of them will likely think of is the men's basketball team. Back-to-back national championships, seven Final Fours in nine years, a level of excellence that is unsurpassed in the past two decades. But that level has fallen in the last two seasons, and head coach Mike Krzyzewski is determined to return Duke to its place atop the throne.
In his first season at Duke, Fred Goldsmith led the football team to an 8-4 record and a berth in the Hall of Fame Bowl. The Blue Devils stumbled to 3-8 last year, though, as injuries plagued them throughout the season. Entering his third season in Durham, Goldsmith's mission, should he choose to accept it, is to right Duke's ship with the youngest team he has ever had and guide them to a winning record.
While many Duke students journeyed across the globe for summer jobs at the start of the summer, many Blue Devil athletic teams still had unfinished business to take care. The teams accomplished a number of firsts as they competed throughout the month of May.
Change is an integral part of college athletics as students have only four years of eligibility with a school. The women's soccer team is in the midst of a major change, having graduated nine players from last year's squad.
The Olympic Torch rolled through Durham last weekend on the same day Team USA played in the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. So what does Durham do for an Olympic encore? Simple host the last major track meet in the United States before the Olympic Games.
Less than a month before it will take the field in the Olympics, Team USA rolled into Durham Sunday with the label of being the best hitting team the U.S. had ever assembled. By the end of the night it was clear that tag is most likely true, but manager Skip Bertman was left with more questions about his inexperienced pitching staff.
Buoyed by large cheering crowds, the Olympic Torch made its way through Durham on Sunday bringing with it the spirit of the Olympics.
Individual awards often come to those whose team accomplishes much during the course of a season. But for junior Tyler Hardy, such is not the case, as he was named the William F. Schmeisser Division I Defensive Player of the Year by the Lacrosse Foundation at its annual awards banquet last Saturday night, despite the Blue Devils finishing a disappointing 6-6 on the season.
Canadian hockey fans must be rolling over in their graves.
The women's golf team entered the NCAA Championships with high hopes of returning from California with the title trophy. Instead, the Blue Devils' top player got blown away by the harsh western winds, and Duke struggled home in seventh place, unable to break 314 on any of the four days.
Like most young girls, Stacy Sunny grew up dreaming of what she wanted to be as an adult. However, Sunny's dreams weren't limited to typical female professions. She knew all along that she wanted to be a professional baseball player.
Golf tournaments are not won on the first day, but they can be lost in the opening round. Facing a strong wind all day, the women's golf team put itself in a good position at the NCAA Championships with a adequate first round.
There was controversy, surprise performances, good defense and solid pitching. But there was no timely hitting, as the baseball team exited the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament after three games with a 7-3 loss to Florida State last Friday afternoon.
