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It felt like a high-school homecoming: Bright stadium lights on a Friday night, stands packed with parents and classmates, rowdy cheers echoing across the bleachers. A big rival school from out of town — welcome back, ACC soccer — and exciting bursts of energy from the players on the field perfected the illusion of a classic hometown showdown.
Like any dedicated academic, Riley Leonard had to face Duke-student reality while he wrapped up his high-commitment extracurricular activity Monday night. With his task for the evening neatly settled, the studious junior was reminded, while caught in a throng of celebrating classmates, that his homework was overdue.
With 12 minutes left to play in the first half, the Blue Devils were visibly incensed. Frustration emanated from every blue-clad player on the field as Duke fought to even the score following a triumphant, soaring goal from Wofford’s Nikolai Rojel.
2022 was a season of great promise with middling results for the Blue Devils. After a difficult 2021 season, expectations were high for the women’s team thanks to the addition of freshman Dalia Frias and transfer Ashlyn Ramos. Meanwhile, the men’s team added several first-years and returned many of its top seven runners, including senior Zach Kinne and graduate student Chris Theodore.
On Friday night, Koskinen Stadium is coming back to life. Ringing in its season with a match against Jacksonville, Duke will be back in action and ambitious as ever.
Duke men’s basketball is adding an exciting new class of signees and transfers for head coach Jon Scheyer’s second season at the helm, and the Blue Zone is here to analyze film on each of the incoming Blue Devils. We have already looked at Jared McCain and Neal Begovich. Next up is Sean Stewart:
After exceeding expectations a season ago, Duke women's basketball is bringing in an elite group of talent from the recruiting trail and the transfer portal. The Blue Zone will analyze film on each of the newcomers for the 2023-24 season. We've already seen Camilla Emsbo and Jadyn Donovan. Next up is Delaney Thomas.
On Thursday evening, Dereck Lively II and Dariq Whitehead will anxiously await their names being called at the NBA Draft at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. The Chronicle offers its predictions on where the two former Blue Devils will end up, plus the rest of the lottery.
Some endings aren’t dramatic. Most of the time, really, things just come to an end.
Florida in the summer has it all: Beaches, sunshine, palm trees — and track facilities.
It wasn’t even close.
They say the devil is in the details. But in Durham, the Blue Devils are in the details — and numbers:
Every week, the Blue Zone breaks down an outstanding spring athlete, looking at their weekly performance and their season as a whole. Up next is Pedro Rodenas:
When it’s spring at Duke and the weekend rolls around, it’s clear what’s going on: It must be time for a track meet.
Every week, the Blue Zone breaks down an outstanding spring athlete, looking at their weekly performance and their season as a whole. Up next is Lauren Tolbert:
On Saturday afternoon, Duke’s season became a losing one. The Blue Devils traveled to Louisville where the Cardinals delivered them their eighth loss of the year in a tight 14-13 battle that put their season record at 7-8, which is now 7-9 after a Thursday loss against North Carolina. Given the trajectory of the last couple of months, these defeats do not come as much of a surprise. Hopes were high at the start of the season for this Blue Devil squad, whose early NCAA tournament exit last year was largely regarded as an unfortunate ending to a wildly successful season. Now, Duke is struggling to win against other ACC teams. Aside from a tight victory against Pittsburgh, it has not yet claimed a win over another conference competitor. So what is going on with the Blue Devils?
In late February, the world of collegiate track went wild. Runner’s World subscribers from all over the country spammed online chat forums and message boards, swapping theories and opinions about the one event that had grabbed the attention of everyone with the shared interest of collegiate indoor track.
In a sudden turn of events, Celeste Taylor has entered the transfer portal. A team spokesperson confirmed the news to The Chronicle Wednesday evening after initial reports by The Athletic’s Chantel Jennings but declined to comment further.
Duke’s season has not been what the Blue Devil faithful hoped. But Tuesday’s game served as a reminder of why they started the season with high hopes.
The Blue Devils had a field day.
