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When I sat down to write this column, I didn't know where to begin. Quite literally, I would still be sitting here with nothing had there been no deadline. That I had already missed. Twice.
CHAPEL HILL - With two outs and the winning run on first in the bottom of the ninth, Duke held a one-run lead over No. 1 North Carolina in the rubber game of the series-and the nearly 3,000 Tar Heel fans at Boshamer Stadium were trying to cheer away.
The pressure had been slowly mounting in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
At first mention of his injury-prone knees, Dave McClure stands and walks over to the wood table in the middle of the room.
First came the crutches. Then, the pool and the stationary bike. Finally, the elliptical.
Duke returned to Durham and doubly took care of business Wednesday.
Despite two blowout wins, a team batting average of .356 and a combined 36-10 margin of victory on the weekend, the secret to the Blue Devils' four-game sweep of Columbia was found not at the plate, but in the field.
Even though they were beating Miami Saturday 38-31 at half, the No. 3 Blue Devils entered the locker room for the third consecutive game having played a lackluster first period.
Taking full advantage of their brief break from ACC play Tuesday night, the Blue Devils (19-9) not only notched an 11-7 road victory over Campbell (5-22), but got their offense back on track as well.
After victories over then-No. 5 Princeton and No. 16 Vanderbilt last week, Duke capped off its week with a win over Georgetown Sunday in Washington, D.C.
Duke continued its non-conference dominance as the Blue Devils swept Holy Cross this weekend in a three-game series at Jack Coombs Field.
The Public Interest Law Foundation hosted its 11th annual Auction and Gala in style Saturday night at the Nasher Museum of Art.
For the first 15 minutes of Monday night's game against Virginia Tech, Duke did not look like the No. 1 team in the country.
Knotting the score at four in the third period of the last bout of the night Saturday, Duke's 125-pound Kellan McKeon forced Maryland's James Knox to battle through two overtime periods before ultimately falling 6-5 to the Terrapin grappler on a major decision.
While a heartbreaking 3-2 loss to San Diego ended the Blue Devils run in the NCAA tournament last Saturday, the defeat is by no means indicative of Duke's overall success in the 2006 season.
The Blue Devils had a lot to be thankful for over Thanksgiving break.
With resounding sweeps of Virginia and Virginia Tech on the road Thursday and Friday, the Blue Devils return to Durham with much more than just those two wins under their belt.
Duke set a positive tone for the first of its two consecutive away trips as the Blue Devils bested both Maryland and Boston College on the road this weekend.
Last season, Duke was just six seconds away from clinching the program's first National Championship.
With the score tied at 34 in a grueling, back-and-forth battle, the Blue Devils rose above Wake Forest with two clutch kills to notch the decisive second-game win in Cameron Indoor Stadium.