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After a perfect fall season, the No. 1 Blue Devils have opened the spring with consecutive losses. The third-place finish at the Lady Gator Golf Invitational marks the first time since 2002 Duke has failed to win back-to-back tournaments.
Eight was enough.
With the score knotted at eight in the bottom of the ninth, Duke reliever Danny Otero sacrificed a triple to right centerfield, leaving Elon (6-3) a fly ball away from a victory.
Duke opened its season out of the national championship picture. As the season has progressed, however, this picture has changed. The Blue Devils, currently No. 3 in the nation, have reached the top of the AP poll and have emerged as a contender for that coveted title.
The first-place team in the ACC will take on the last-place team at Cameron Indoor Stadium tonight at 7 p.m.
As the women’s golf team did in three of its five tournaments during the fall, Duke trails the leader heading into the last day of play. In each of those three events, the Blue Devils outplayed their opponents in the final round and won all of them.
RALEIGH — With 46 seconds remaining, the top-ranked women’s basketball team found itself down a single point to No. 25 N.C. State. Duke designed a play to get the ball to its star player, Monique Currie, and after successfully putting the ball in her hands and setting up a double screen near the baseline, the junior still faced two Wolfpack defenders.
North Carolina entered this season thinking it would take control of the ACC after five years of Duke dominance. The Blue Devils lost five key players, while the Tar Heels added post presence to a team returning all of its starters. And Alana Beard was gone—finally.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- The No. 1 Duke women"s basketball team ran its winning streak to 10 games against Virginia Friday night. Facing the Cavaliers (12-4, 2-1 in the ACC) as the top-ranked team for the third consecutive years, the Blue Devils (16-1, 2-0) took control in the second half and cruised to an 87-65 victory at University Hall.
The women"s basketball team is riding high after this weekend"s victory over Virginia Tech to open its ACC season. With top-ranked LSU falling to Rutgers earlier in the week, the Blue Devils (15-1) moved up in the polls and currently hold the top spot in the country.
In its toughest matchup of the season, the No. 10 Duke women’s basketball team faces No. 4 Tennessee in Knoxville tonight, looking to upset a squad that has a 4-2 record against the Blue Devils.
With her teammates in the clubhouse and the score tied at two victories apeice, the weight of the Hooters Collegiate Match Play Championship semifinals was squarely on the shoulders of junior Liz Janangelo.
The No. 6 women’s basketball team notched two blowout victories this weekend against unranked opponents in the opening rounds of the WNIT.
Looking at the scoreboard, the Blue Devils appeared dominant, but on the court the team was sloppy Monday night.
The women’s tennis team concluded a disappointing fall on a positive note. This weekend at the Kitty Harrison Invitational at North Carolina, Duke emerged victorious against all its opponents except UNC, which it tied 3-3 Saturday.
The Virginia Cavaliers finished seventh in the ACC last season and will be hard-pressed to repeat that performance in a conference as competitive as this year’s ACC.
Head coach Gail Goestenkors suspended junior Lindsey Harding indefinitely Wednesday after a violation of team policy. The duration of the suspension is uncertain, but Goestenkors said it is "not likely" that Harding will return for the season opener Nov. 12 against Davidson. Harding did not dress for Wednesday night's exhibition game against the EA Sports All-Stars, but the point guard sat on the bench as the Blue Devils cruised to an easy victory.
