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The Duke wrestling team just cannot catch a break.
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The Duke wrestling team just cannot catch a break.
The women's tennis team notched another impressive road victory Sunday on its way to the National Team Indoors.
ATLANTA - Due to technical difficulties, the Alexander Memorial Coliseum scoreboard labeled the visitors from Durham as Boston College several times throughout the game Wednesday.
FORT WORTH, Texas - It took Laura Kurz's inspired play and Lindsey Harding's best Sean Dockery impersonation to pull No. 2 Duke out of a 19-minute first-half funk and past TCU (2-5) Tuesday, 92-52.
AUSTIN, Texas - It's not often a 2-4 opponent legitimately scares the second-ranked team in the nation.
Less than 20 years after Maryland introduced the first black head basketball coach in ACC history, the conference has moved to the national forefront in the diversity of its basketball coaches.
AUSTIN, Texas - Without Mistie Williams in the game, Duke had trouble exploiting its size advantage in the post. Without the senior forward, the Blue Devils had difficulty even rivaling the presence of Texas' athletic frontline.
AUSTIN, Texas - In a game in which head coach Gail Goestenkors pleaded with her team multiple times to "get tough" in the first half, the play got awfully tough in the second period.
For two teams who rarely share anything but a home state, Duke and Davidson have a surprising amount in common this season.
Whatever caused Duke's slow start Monday, it was conspicuously absent in the team's 93-40 drubbing of Seton Hall Wednesday.
With the women's soccer team a single tick away from overtime, Duke's season came to an abrupt and shocking end.
With only seven conference games remaining in a year with no ACC postseason, the volleyball team will host a pair of pivotal games this weekend when it takes on No. 24 Maryland Friday and Boston College Saturday.
A year after shocking its new conference with seven ACC wins, Miami is adjusting to its new role as a known threat.
Last year was a banner year for the ACC by all accounts, as the conference led the nation by sending a league-record seven teams to the NCAA Tournament. This year, however, could be the best ever for the now 12-team ACC, which welcomes a Boston College team that spent all of last year in the AP Top 25.
With less than 13 minutes left in Duke's exhibition win over Concordia Thursday, and the game's result far from in doubt, the Stingers' Chris Blackwood made a routine jump shot to bring his team within 44.
Of all the question marks surrounding Duke football entering the season, there was little doubt one of the Blue Devils' strengths was their tight ends.
Facing a Florida State team that has run its inferior opponents off the field with big plays early on, Duke had a simple game plan: Don't give up the deep ball.
Duke women's swimming and diving (3-1) edged out both UNC Wilmington and Richmond by scores of 136-107 and 141-101, respectively, after falling to both teams last season. The men's team (1-2), meanwhile , lost 151-90 to UNC Wilmington at the Taishoff Aquatic Pavilion Saturday in Duke's second home match of the year.
Once again, Duke is set to face a talented ACC team looking for revenge.
Fans excited by the lofty expectations surrounding the Duke basketball team and curious about the heralded freshman class will have to wait one more week to see the Blue Devils in action.