Duke men's golf's inconsistency continues at Valspar Collegiate
(03/18/21 4:48pm)
Inconsistency has been a trademark of Duke's season, and this week was no different.
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Inconsistency has been a trademark of Duke's season, and this week was no different.
Duke men’s tennis is riding high on momentum.
Duke suffered a setback in an otherwise smooth-sailing season this week, placing 12th out of 15 teams in the Seminole Intercollegiate this past weekend in Tallahassee, Fla. The lackluster finish came on the heels of fourth and second-place finishes in previous tournaments.
There’s an argument to be made that no team was hurt more by the cancellation of the 2020 spring sports season than men’s tennis. With five elite freshmen, two highly-touted international transfers and two top seniors, Duke’s roster was especially positioned to contend.
Duke had a tough start to its season, opening with consecutive losses to then-No. 20 South Carolina and Northwestern and also suffering back-to-back defeats at the hands of No. 10 Tennessee and No. 19 Kentucky.
Suffering under the weight of its first losing record since 1999, Duke (7-8, 5-6 in the ACC) will head to Raleigh Saturday hoping to get back in the win column against in-state rival N.C. State (8-8, 4-7). Here are some key storylines ahead of the 4 p.m. matchup: