Duke sweeps weekend
(04/11/11 8:00am)
After taking care of Boston College Saturday, Duke had just enough left in the tank to hold off Brown in a double-overtime thriller on Sunday.
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After taking care of Boston College Saturday, Duke had just enough left in the tank to hold off Brown in a double-overtime thriller on Sunday.
Mollie Mackler could only put the team on her back for so long.
Four goals by Kat Thomas and a second-half surge helped Duke reel off its sixth straight victory with an 11-8 win at Virginia Saturday. After watching a 5-1 lead evaporate in the second half, the No. 3 Blue Devils (9-1, 2-1 in the ACC) regained their poise and held on for their fifth consecutive win over a ranked opponent.
All season-long, Duke has looked for senior Jasmine Thomas to hit the big shots that capped its improbable comebacks.
Duke’s trademark the entire season has been its ability to generate points from its suffocating defensive pressure.
The Blue Devils used seven unanswered goals in the first half to cruise past Virginia Tech 18-8 Wednesday at Koskinen Stadium and earn head coach Kerstin Kimel her 200th career victory.
In 13 years of play, Duke has never lost to Virginia Tech. And if last week’s results are any indication, the No. 5 Blue Devils (6-1, 0-1 in the ACC) appear poised to make that 14 years.
With just under a minute remaining in the first half, things looked good for the Blue Devils. They were tied with the No. 1 team in the country on its home turf, and they seemed to be in prime position to upset the defending national champions.
Head coach Kerstin Kimel and many of the Blue Devils are heading home, in a way, for the team’s first road game of the season against Maryland.
After missing all of last season with an injury, Emma Hamm wants to play in as many lacrosse games as she can.
Head coach Joanne P. McCallie and her team would lead you to believe this is just another game, but the Blue Devils’ upcoming contest against No. 2 Connecticut is different. No. 3 Duke will travel to Gampel Pavilion Monday night with the opportunity to extract revenge for last year’s 33-point loss in Cameron Indoor Stadium and make a statement against the premier team in women’s basketball.
There would be no need for an epic comeback this time.
The Blue Devils’ NCAA Tournament run ended in heartbreaking fashion as they fell 1-0 in overtime against South Carolina Sunday in Columbia, S.C. With just 59 seconds remaining in the first period of extra time, freshman Bradlee Baladez scored a sudden-death goal to send the Gamecocks into the Sweet 16 and put an end to Duke’s season.
Duke opened its season with the annual Blue/White scrimmage Sunday afternoon at Cameron Indoor Stadium, returning to the court for the first time since its heartbreaking loss to Baylor in last year’s Elite Eight.
After outplaying Maryland for much of the first half, Duke fell victim not to the No. 8 Terrapins, but the referee’s whistle.
Last night’s contest versus UNC-Wilmington was Duke’s first trip away from Koskinen Stadium this season, and the Blue Devils’ first road game was a success.
The Blue Devils, fresh off an emotional match against Virginia, in which they battled back in the game’s final minutes to force a tie against the defending national champions, hope to continue their unbeaten streak today. They will try to accomplish that by taking a break from ACC play and hosting George Washington (1-3-0) tonight at 7 p.m. in Koskinen Stadium.