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The first of May marked the beginning of a new era in Duke field hockey as Liz Tchou was promoted from assistant to head coach. Tchou replaces Jacki Silar, who made the move, after 15 years of running the program, to become Duke's Senior Women's Administrator on a full-time basis.
As the NCAA Tennis Individual Championships got into full swing last week, both men's and women's teams had members advance deep into the tournaments.
Hard play and consistency-that is what wins baseball games, and that is what earned Duke third baseman Jeff Becker a spot on the 1996 Mizuno Freshman All-America Team, as well as Atlantic Coast Conference Rookie of the Year honors.
The men's tennis team saw its season come to an end Saturday, falling to No. 5 Southern California, 4-1, in the first round of the NCAA Championships in Athens, Georgia.
After a tough weekend in Tallahassee, the baseball team returned home to the friendly confines of Jack Coombs Field Tuesday to destroy the Crusaders of Belmont Abbey, 12-6.
Although the baseball season has not come to a conclusion yet, senior pitcher Scott Schoeneweis received a tremendous honor on Friday-an invitation to tryout for the 1996 USA Baseball Team. The bids given to Schoeneweis and Providence outfielder Peter Tucci brought the total number of invites thus far to 32.
The baseball team headed down to the sunshine state this weekend to do battle with unbeaten conference heavyweight Florida State. Duke left Tallahassee having hung with the Seminoles for the majority of all three games, but came home empty-handed nonetheless.
The baseball team travels to Tallahassee this weekend for its biggest challenge of the year-a three-game tilt against one of the nation's best programs, sixth-ranked Florida State. The Seminoles have continued their dominance of the Atlantic Coast Conference this year by posting a 12-0 conference mark thus far, coupled with their 34-8 record overall.
The baseball team put itself back on the winning track Wednesday afternoon at Jack Coombs Field by downing East Tennessee State 10-4. The win comes on the heels of a tough weekend series in which Duke dropped two of three to N.C. State and comes before the Blue Devils' weekend series against Florida State. The bats were potent, the pitching strong and the defense solid as Duke took full advantage of the opportunity to regroup and regain its winning form.
The Duke women's lacrosse team has endured a season full of frustration, but for more than 45 minutes on Saturday afternoon it was able to taste true success.
RALEIGH-The baseball team headed into its weekend series at N.C. State knowing that it would take the Blue Devils' best effort of the season to come away victorious. Duke got strong hitting, pitching and fielding in all three games, but came away with only one win to show for its efforts.
The Duke baseball team heads to Raleigh this weekend to face N.C. State in a showdown for fourth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Currently the two teams are separated by a half game, with Duke holding the lead at 6-5, compared to N.C. State's 6-6 conference mark.
The bats were alive again Thursday afternoon as the Duke baseball team destroyed its second non-conference foe in as many days, downing the Aggies of North Carolina A&T 14-4. The win moved the Blue Devils to 30-7 on the year, marking the fifth consecutive year in which they have reached the 30-win plateau.
The Duke baseball team reignited their early-season firepower Wednesday afternoon as it destroyed Wofford 14-2 at Jack Coombs Field. The Blue Devils had been struggling in their non-conference contests as of late, most noticeably last week's home loss to Davidson, but an 11-run third inning propelled Duke to the blow-out victory.
The 21st-ranked Duke baseball team got a surprising wake-up call Wednesday afternoon at Jack Coombs Field as non-conference foe Davidson downed the Blue Devils 10-7.
The women's lacrosse team journeyed to Chapel Hill Tuesday night to open yet another chapter in the tobacco road rivalry as they faced No. 14 North Carolina. The game was played before a filled grandstand at Fetzer Field as the two teams, each in their first year at the varsity level, squared off.
The Duke women's lacrosse team came away with its second win of the season on Saturday with a 10-7 victory over Stanford in Nashville.
The Duke baseball team is off to the best start in team history, and at the center of it all is senior Mike King. On a team comprised almost entirely of freshmen and sophomores, King finds himself as the lone senior among the everyday players. With that as the case, King by default is left with the task of leading the team, something he chooses to do less by words and more by actions.
The Duke baseball team continued to roll over the weekend, cruising to three wins at home over Youngstown State and one on the road over East Tennessee State.
The baseball team came back to defeat Yale, 11-9, Thursday afternoon at Jack Coombs field.
