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(10/15/97 4:00am)
After a disappointing performance at the National Clay Courts last weekend, the women's tennis team bounced back with a solid performance at last weekend's Wake Forest Invitational. Junior Vanessa Webb stole the show, winning titles in both Flight A singles and doubles.
(10/03/97 4:00am)
This weekend's Duke adidas Women's Soccer Classic is a tournament of extremes. While it boasts two established top-flight teams, No. 1 North Carolina and No. 8 Duke, the other two teams, Pennsylvania and Alabama, are still trying to establish their programs.
(09/23/97 4:00am)
Of the six starters on last year's women's tennis team, all but two have left. When No. 4 Duke traveled to William & Mary last weekend to take on three top-15 teams, it was the two returning starters that led the Blue Devils to an impressive showing in their first tournament of the season.
(09/17/97 4:00am)
What a difference a year makes. This season the women's tennis team will shoot for its 11th-consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference championship, but the squad that will try to keep the streak alive will look quite different from last year's squad.
(09/16/97 4:00am)
Golf is a game of rhythm. This past weekend the women's golf team played in its first tournament, and while it was apparent it was not quite in sync yet, it proved that it will be a team to contend with as the season continues.
(09/10/97 4:00am)
In recent years, no volleyball team has been as dominating as fourth-ranked Stanford. The current senior class has won two national championships and tallied a career record of 97-8. This Wednesday, the Cardinal look to continue their winning ways as they travel to Durham to take on Duke.
(09/08/97 4:00am)
Of the volleyball team's seven matches this season, four have come against ranked opponents. While there is no need for panic, all four of these matches have ended in defeat, three of them in straight sets.
(09/05/97 4:00am)
A lot of change has taken place in College Park this off season. Maryland now sports new uniforms, a new logo, a new head coach in Ron Vanderlinden, and new optimism about the future.
(04/28/97 4:00am)
Despite being the leading scorer on the men's lacrosse team, junior John Fay has had a quiet season in the shadow of the Blue Devils' senior-led defensive unit. This past Saturday in New York, however, Fay jumped out of the darkness and onto center stage.
(04/22/97 4:00am)
There I sat, staring down my opponent. He was an intimidating brute known only as "The Bear." "The Bear" was a daunting foe, an enemy of great size and strength. With "Rocky" music playing in the background, I mustered up every last ounce of courage in me and slew the mighty beast, and in the process became a man.
(04/21/97 4:00am)
NORCROSS, Ga. - To many, single-elimination tournaments conjure up images of shocking upsets and nail-biting finishes. The woman's tennis team denied fans this type of drama, however, by steamrolling the competition this weekend en route to its tenth consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference championship.
(04/18/97 4:00am)
On March 1, the men's lacrosse team, then ranked eighth, traveled to College Park to take on then-No. 5 Maryland in its first game of the season. With 1:26 left in the contest, senior Scott Allen shot past Maryland goalie Sean Keenan, winning the game for the Blue Devils 11-10.
(04/11/97 4:00am)
In the Atlantic Coast Conference's 43-year history of men's lacrosse, one would be hard-pressed to remember a bigger game than the one the Blue Devils will play this weekend. It is a battle between No. 2 and No. 3, and the winner will be crowned the regular season champions of the ACC.
(04/07/97 4:00am)
It would not be going out on a limb to say that the fourth-ranked women's tennis team had a good weekend.
(04/03/97 5:00am)
The men's tennis team was missing its number one singles player against N.C. State. The result? A longer match, but still a convincing victory over a weaker foe.
(03/25/97 5:00am)
Collegiate tennis is a sport whose outcomes are often determined by one individual match. As the men's tennis team challenged four of the nation's best teams last week, the success of its trip came down to two singles matches.
(03/24/97 5:00am)
The men's lacrosse team had a more productive spring break than most Duke students. During the week, the Blue Devils faced off against two of the best teams in the nation, and came up with two big wins, securing their spot among the nation's elite.
(03/14/97 5:00am)
The men's tennis team will be heading south this spring break. But instead of sleeping on the beach, the Blue Devils will be on a three-state tour competing with some of the best teams in the nation.
(02/21/97 5:00am)
If the women's basketball team had closed its eyes and really used its imagination, it probably could have envisioned an easier way to finish off its regular season.
(02/13/97 5:00am)
It has become the trend in college sports to pad a team's schedule with weak, easily beatable teams to start the year. Florida State did it with Duke's football team, the men's basketball team did it with St. Joseph's and the No. 8 men's tennis team did it with Furman Wednesday afternoon.