No. 1 Duke set for Alaska after destroying Bulldogs by 64
(11/23/98 5:00am)
Everybody knew they would never forget Corey Maggette's first dunk attempt in Cameron. They just would have never guessed why.
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Everybody knew they would never forget Corey Maggette's first dunk attempt in Cameron. They just would have never guessed why.
Apparently coach Clar Anderson didn't want to wait long to see just how competitive his wrestling team would be this year.
In a season where so much went right, it was sometimes easy to ignore what went wrong. As Gail Goestenkors and her Blue Devils pushed their way into the uncharted ground of the NCAA Elite Eight, it was tough to find many fingers of accusation pointed at Duke.
It's safe to say there were a lot of fingernails left unbitten in Cameron last night.
It was billed as the ITA Southeast Regional Indoor Championship, but for all intents and purposes, for the Duke women's tennis team it could have been called practice.
Let the rivalry begin.
When team history can be measured entirely by the last regatta's showing, setting a new squad record doesn't add much to a performance. Fortunately for the women's rowing team, its four medals and slew of top-10 finishes at Saturday's Head of the Tennessee are achievement enough.
You can call him Sir Shane-the would-be ruler of a should-be empire.
It's probably safe to assume last Saturday afternoon's performance won't make page one of the Vanessa Webb senior-year scrapbook.
It's not that Katherine Peterson didn't believe her coach. It's not that she didn't have faith in her team. But before Saturday's season-opening regatta, Peterson found it difficult to believe that Duke truly could be competitive against top varsity crew teams in the first month of its inaugural season.
RALEIGH - For all the shanked punts, overthrown receivers and poor snaps in Saturday's 27-24 N.C. State victory in Carter-Finley Stadium, there was one target neither team could miss-its own feet.
It's about as familiar as any coaching adage: Win the games you're supposed to win and take your chances in the rest. Familiar to everyone except N.C. State's head coach Mike O'Cain, who is single-handedly seeking to answer a different question: What happens when you lose the games you're supposed to win and win the games you're supposed to lose?
For most people, Oct. 17 will roll around with the speed of any autumn Saturday. For Sonia Shjegstad, it will have come with all the speed of a warmup row at the paddle.
Shadows don't come much bigger.
The boats might not have arrived on time. The boathouse might not be exactly perfect. The team's conditioning might leave something to be desired. All in all, the women's crew team is still lacking a few things.
New job. New location half the way across the nation. Same pesky younger sister.
It wasn't a big-name school. It wasn't a big name tournament. It wasn't dramatic. But, in a season light on top-ranked, non-conference competition, it was what exactly what it was supposed to be-a win.
You might see the N.C. State faithful start up a book club this fall. After all, they have to have something to talk about.
There was no international audience watching her sink an improbable 40-foot putt on the 18th green to force a playoff. There was no steel-eyed professional standing across the green looking for her second major title of the year.
Following the women's tennis team's domination at the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament in Atlanta this weekend, you can't help but be reminded of a Paul Simon song lyric-after changes upon changes, things are more or less the same.