UNC own-goal lifts Devils
With 20 minutes left in a 1-0 game against North Carolina Friday night, Duke was one man down on the field.
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With 20 minutes left in a 1-0 game against North Carolina Friday night, Duke was one man down on the field.
The Duke-North Carolina rivalry may get more publicity for what happens on the hardwood, but over the last few seasons, it's been just as intense on the pitch.
It had been 20 days and over 250 minutes of play since Duke last celebrated a goal in front of its home crowd.
Duke is looking to take a big step toward improving its future by obtaining a verbal commitment from Oregon's Kyle Singler to become a Blue Devil in 2007.
One game after a second-half offensive explosion carried Duke past Wake Forest, the fifth-ranked Blue Devils couldn't find the back of the net in a 0-0 double-overtime tie with No. 24 Virginia Tech Tuesday night at Koskinen Stadium.
Four games into his senior season, Chris Loftus is finding himself in unfamiliar territory.
In their first game against a ranked opponent in 2006, the No. 14 Blue Devils used a dominating first half to defeat No. 18 South Florida, 1-0, and win the Duke/Adidas Classic.
Even after two impressive wins to open Duke's season, head coach John Rennie knows his team still has plenty of room to improve.
Despite seeing his 7-5 team lose three of its defensive stars to the NFL Draft, North Carolina State head coach Chuck Amato sees no reason to refrain from his characteristic optimism.
Following disappointing postseason exits the last two seasons, the Blue Devils are ready to get defensive.
On Selection Sunday, George Mason head coach Jim Larranaga waited anxiously to see if his school's name would be called.
One season after allowing conferences to decide individually whether to adopt instant replay, the NCAA Football Rules Committee has implemented a universal review system.
Duke culminated its season with a thrilling come-from-behind, walk-off win over UNC-Asheville May 17. Trailing 4-2 entering the bottom of the ninth, the Blue Devils (15-40) got a clutch two-out, two-run double from senior Javier Socorro and a wild pitch to stun the Bulldogs.
Duke ended its season in style Wednesday, using a ninth-inning rally to walk off with a 5-4 win over UNC-Asheville at Jack Coombs Field.
North Carolina continued its decade-long dominance of Duke, sweeping a three-game series at Jack Coombs Field over the weekend.
To say that North Carolina has Duke's number on the baseball diamond is an understatement. The Tar Heels are 11-1 at Jack Coombs Field since 1998-the lone Duke victory coming in 2004. UNC is 23-3 overall against the Blue Devils in that eight-year span.
One year after losing all 18 of its road games, Duke won its second consecutive ACC road series this weekend. The Blue Devils (14-30, 6-15 ACC) exploded for 29 runs in three games to take two of three from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va.
The only thing better than the weather Wednesday night at Jack Coombs Field was the Duke offense.
After splitting the first two games of its weekend series with Virginia, Duke's defense failed solid pitching in the final game, as the Blue Devils fell, 11-3, to the 18th-ranked Cavaliers.
Duke won its first road game and its first conference series of the season over the weekend, taking two of three from Boston College at Campanelli Stadium. The Blue Devils (10-23, 3-9 in the ACC) won the rubber game of the series Sunday afternoon, 14-7, behind two home runs from freshman Nate Freiman.