ACC play to begin with Maryland
Following a tough week in which the Blue Devils dropped two road games by double-digit margins, the baseball team hopes to start afresh with the ACC portion of its schedule.
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Following a tough week in which the Blue Devils dropped two road games by double-digit margins, the baseball team hopes to start afresh with the ACC portion of its schedule.
Following a 19-5 beating at the hands of East Carolina last week, the Blue Devils (4-7) once again suffered a double-digit defeat to the Pirates, losing, 17-4, Wednesday afternoon.
Duke shortstop Brett Bartles wasted no time. With two outs in the bottom of the first, Bartles laced a solo shot out of Jack Coombs Field to put the Blue Devils on the board.
Coming off a series victory against Seton Hall, the Blue Devils could not keep their momentum rolling Wednesday.
Neither rain nor snow could keep Duke from winning its first game of the season and taking two of three games in its weekend series against Seton Hall.
Coming off a 5-1 defeat to High Point in their season-opener Wednesday, the Blue Devils are ready to get into the swing of things.
This weekend, the wrestling team traveled to Las Vegas to face new opponents in a new setting. Despite placing 36th out of 52 teams in their first ever appearance in the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, the Blue Devils and head coach Clar Anderson felt that the gamble paid off.
It was only fitting that the intense back -and-forth ACC field hockey semifinal battle between third-seeded Duke and second-seeded Maryland went down to the wire.
With fatigue setting in as Sunday's game against Florida State reached the 105th minute mark, Seminole Mami Yamaguchi fought off a leg cramp and netted a shot to the back post to lift Florida State to a 2-1 victory over Duke.
The outcome of the Duke women's first swimming and diving meet of the year was decided in the blink of an eye.
The last time the women's soccer team met Virginia, the Blue Devils dashed the Cavaliers 2004 NCAA title hopes with a 3-0 victory that advanced Duke to the round of 16. But in Sunday's match at Koskinen Stadium, Virginia avenged that loss.
With less than four minutes remaining in the second half, Cara-Lynn Lopresti squeaked a slow roller into the back of the net to knot the score at two.