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Reynolds Coliseum has not been a friendly place to play for Duke during the past few years. The Blue Devils traveled to Raleigh Sunday eyeing their 11th straight win and their first victory at N.C. State since 2010, but the Wolfpack had other ideas.
Top 10 Shake-up
In Monday’s American Volleyball Coach’s Association poll, Duke was unranked but received 68 votes. When the next poll is released Oct. 14, the Blue Devils might find themselves in the top 25.
In 2009, Duke started five freshmen on a squad that finished the season 8-9-4 and was knocked out in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Two years later, those players—goalkeeper Tara Campbell, midfielder Nicole Lipp and defenders Maddy Haller, Libby Jandl and Erin Koballa—led the Blue Devils to the national championship match.
Duke’s offensive firepower was on display Sunday, as the Blue Devils won their ninth straight match.
With one of the nation’s toughest nonconference schedules now in the rearview mirror, tough tests continue to pile up for the Blue Devils as they enter conference play.
When the New York Yankees made the familiar call to the bullpen for Mariano Rivera Thursday afternoon, they figured to have the odds on their side. Rivera, baseball’s all-time saves leader with 631, was entering into the bottom of the 18th inning of a marathon game against the Oakland Athletics at the Oakland Coliseum. Summoned after a one-out single to John Jaso, Rivera surrendered a bloop single to Seth Smith and an intentional walk to Jed Lowrie. Rivera found himself backed against a wall. Bases loaded. One out.
Over the next three weeks, The Blue Zone will be counting down the top five performances from each of Duke’s graduating seniors during their collegiate careers. This week, we continue with guard Seth Curry.
Members of the Duke basketball team met with the media Wednesday afternoon, where they discussed the team's preparation and mentality going into this weekend's ACC Tournament, the recent lineup shuffle, and the tournament's future. Here are the highlights of what they said:
With the regular season in the books and tournament season right around the corner, The Blue Zone will review the seasons of all the Blue Devils, beginning with the freshmen Tuesday and ending with the seniors Thursday.
With the regular season in the books and tournament season right around the corner, The Blue Zone will review the seasons of all the Blue Devils, beginning with the freshmen Tuesday and ending with the seniors Friday.
With the regular season in the books and tournament season right around the corner, The Blue Zone will review the seasons of all of the Blue Devils, beginning with the freshmen Tuesday and ending with the seniors Friday.
First round action at the 2013 ACC Tournament got underway Thursday at the Greensboro Coliseum, with a full slate of four games. Results were as follows:
Each week The Chronicle will take a look at the ACC Women's Basketball standings and update you on who is in position to win the Atlantic Coast Conference regular season crown. Here are the ACC standings as of today:
Each week The Chronicle will take a look at the ACC Women's Basketball standings and update you on who is in position to win the Atlantic Coast Conference regular season crown. Here are the ACC standings as of today:
Last year’s NCAA tournament loss to Penn State in the quarterfinals marked the end of an era for the Duke program, as Tara Campbell had played her last game in goal for the Blue Devils. Head coach Robbie Church knew that replacing the four-year starter would not be easy, but felt confident in Ali Kershner and Meghan Thomas, the two goalkeeper waiting in the wings.
Mired in a season-long offensive slump, Duke head coach Robbie Church maintained confidence that the goals would come for his Blue Devils. Thursday night at Koskinen Stadium, the floodgates finally opened.
The prevailing question entering the 2013 season was how Duke was going to replace three starters on its defensive line and its starting goaltender from last year. But six games into the campaign, it is offensive struggles that continue to plague the Blue Devils.
Duke ended last weekend’s Campus USA Credit Union Invitational with a straight-set loss to the host school, then-No. 9 Florida. This time around, the Blue Devils are looking for a different ending.
Duke left the UNC Nike Classic having achieved its top priority—two games, two wins. But back-to-back 1-0 victories by the Blue Devils against Kennesaw State and New Mexico were marred by a slew of injuries, leaving plenty of questions as the team prepares for a tough home tournament this weekend.
