ACC teams adapting to BC's style
In their first season in the ACC, the 2005 Boston College squad played to a 9-3 overall record, and nearly made the conference title game, missing out in a tiebreaker.
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In their first season in the ACC, the 2005 Boston College squad played to a 9-3 overall record, and nearly made the conference title game, missing out in a tiebreaker.
Joe Germanese, a transfer to Duke this fall, is not afraid to make his presence known.
The 14th-ranked Blue Devils kicked off the 2006 season with two solid wins at home this weekend, outscoring their opponents 9-3 in successive 5-2 and 4-1 victories.
BOSTON - Duke was inches away from its first trip to an NCAA title game.
BOSTON - When the Blue Devils faced off against Northwestern in the semifinals of the NCAA Championships in Boston May 26, they were sporting more than goggles and mouthguards.
Carolyn Davis has begun her college career at Duke with a bang.
Everyone is gunning for the nation's top team.
NEWTON, Mass. - Duke disposed of its final ACC opponent of the season on the strength of two 9-0 runs in its 19-5 win over Boston College Saturday. It was the first time in more than four years that the Blue Devils played as the No. 1 team in the country.
The No. 4 Blue Devils had their most successful weekend of the season, ousting defending national champion Northwestern (10-1) to break the No. 1 Wildcats' 31-game win streak and downing 10th-ranked Notre Dame (10-2) in a Friday-Sunday turnaround at Koskinen Stadium.
Duke suffered its first loss of the season Saturday, falling to No. 4 Virginia, 11-10, at home. The No. 2 Blue Devils (9-1, 3-1 in the ACC) jumped out to an early 2-0 lead on goals from Katie Chrest and Michelle Menser, but a 6-1 Cavalier run in the second half proved to be too much for Duke.
Duke rolled over No. 6 Georgetown Saturday to open its season with seven consecutive wins. The No. 2 Blue Devils (7-0), who were led by junior Kristen Waagbo, topped the Hoyas, 10-8, and improved to 5-0 against ranked teams.
CHAPEL HILL - In the first Duke-North Carolina matchup since last Saturday's event in Cameron Indoor Stadium, the Blue Devils took some revenge Wednesday night in Chapel Hill, defeating the No. 3 Tar Heels, 10-8, at Fetzer Field.
The Duke women's lacrosse team downed Maryland in its home opener Saturday, using an 8-0 run to erase a three-goal deficit to defeat the Terrapins, 9-7.
The men's swimming and diving team opened the ACC Championships at the University of Maryland Wednesday, and after two competitions Duke is in ninth place.
The women's lacrosse team took no time securing the lead in its win over No. 18 Richmond Sunday, scoring just nine seconds into play to kick off an 18-8 victory.
Just one event after the United States' 4x400 relay team broke the indoor world record, the Blue Devils set a record of their own.
The rowing team wrapped up its season with a trip to the west coast Sunday. The team finished eighth in the Championship Eight, sixth in the Championship Four, and fifth in both the JV Eight and 3V Eight at the Head of the Lake Regatta in Seattle.
CARY - In what the announcer called "the first course of a four-course soccer feast" over the loudspeaker at the SAS complex in Cary, N.C., fifth-seeded Duke men's soccer took on fourth-seeded Virginia Tech Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the ACC Championship.
Braving clouds, drizzle and 40-degree temperatures, the women's rowing team took to the Charles River Sunday for the 41st Head of the Charles Regatta.
Duke women's tennis made its presence known at the Maryland Invitational this weekend, with Blue Devil's competing in the A flight finals in both singles and doubles.