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Almost 11 minutes into a scoreless game, Duke has a third-and-11 on its opponent's 20. The other team has already given the Blue Devils several opportunities to score, turning the ball over in its first two possessions, then going three-and-out deep in its own territory, but they so far they haven't been able to capitalize.
The fifth-ranked women's soccer team, which entered this weekend's adidas/Lady Foot Locker Classic 5-0, had yet to allow a single goal. The squad which left South Bend, Ind., Sunday lost both its games by a combined 8-0 score.
By the time freshman defender Robert Russell headed a corner kick into the net with 17:22 remaining in Wednesday night's game, the men's soccer team was already well on its way to a 5-0 victory over the College of Charleston, and the crowd at Duke Soccer Stadium could concentrate on enjoying Russell's animated celebration.
Six of the volleyball team's first 10 matches have been against ranked opponents, and all six have resulted in losses. But based on Duke's performance this weekend at the USA Cup in Chicago, the tough early-season schedule is paying off.
For two-and-a-half of the four games in Tuesday night1s 3-1 victory at Riverside High School in Durham, the volleyball team outscored UNC-Charlotte 40-7.
LOS ANGELES - In the doubles competition of Sunday's NCAA Championship quarterfinals at the Los Angeles Tennis Center, the men's tennis team seemed unintimidated by the fact that its opponent, UCLA, was not only the host school for this event, but also the No. 1 seed. With 8-6 victories at both the No. 1 and 2 positions, 10th-ranked Duke captured the doubles point and an early 1-0 lead.
The men's golf team virtually guaranteed itself a spot in the NCAA Regionals this weekend, and set a tournament record in the process, as it captured the championship of the Wofford Invitational at the 10th-annual event in Spartanburg, S.C.
NORCROSS, Ga. - It was only appropriate that in a match so close, with so many points decided by only a matter of inches, that the final ball hit by Duke's Alberto Brause would become lodged in the net. As it hung suspended in time just below the tape, the Clemson players stormed the court and mobbed teammate Bruce Li, celebrating their first Atlantic Coast Conference Championship since 1989.
This is the second installment in a two part series featuring the men's basketball team's spring signees. Today: forward Elton Brand.
The rain was pouring down in Charlottesville on Saturday, where No. 5 Virginia poured in six unanswered goals during the second half to down the women's lacrosse team 11-4.
You know you have a tough schedule when a 19th-ranked opponent is the easiest competition you've faced in weeks.
The third-ranked women's tennis team took care of business over the weekend, handily defeating two Atlantic Coast Conference opponents.
On Wednesday, June 25, at approximately 8 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, David Stern, commissioner of the National Basketball Association, will step up to the podium at the Hive in Charlotte and announce, "The [insert the name of your favorite bad pro basketball team here] select Tim Duncan, from Wake Forest University, with the first pick of the 1997 NBA draft."
The eighth-ranked men's lacrosse team wasted little time in proving it is a force to be reckoned with on the national scene, upsetting No. 5 Maryland at College Park on Saturday, 11-10.
On Feb. 20, 1996, the N.C. State wrestling team, on its way to an Atlantic Coast Conference championship, shut out Duke, 36-0, leaving the Blue Devils winless in the ACC for the season.
Pick up a copy of yesterday's Chronicle and take a look at the latest Associated Press Basketball Poll. All of the Atlantic Coast Conference teams are in bold and there's a whole lot of bold near the top of the list.
The eighth-ranked men's tennis team, competing without its number one singles player, went 1-2 over the weekend at the National Team Indoor Championship in a tournament which was marred by key injuries for the Blue Devils.
The women's tennis team, currently No. 3 in the country, will have the opportunity to prove it deserves its high ranking as it battles the nation's elite programs at the National Team Indoors in Madison, Wis., this weekend.
When people think about college athletics, they usually think about the revenue sports of football and basketball, with their television contracts, sneaker deals and players leaving before graduation to reap millions in the pros. But there are thousands of varsity athletes at colleges across the country competing far from the limelight, doing their best to help their teams while balancing sport and studies.
When the women's basketball team trailed N.C. State by eight with 1:24 left in Wednesday night's game, it looked very much like a Wolfpack win in the making. When Duke fell behind by six with 44 seconds to go, it looked very much like an inevitable notch in the Blue Devil's loss column. And when the deficit was five with 0:22.1 remaining, it looked like this contest was over.
