Duke basketball plays Virginia in Charlottesville
(02/28/13 9:55am)
With two games in three days, No. 3 Duke (24-3, 11-3 in the ACC) will be tested as though the postseason has already arrived.
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With two games in three days, No. 3 Duke (24-3, 11-3 in the ACC) will be tested as though the postseason has already arrived.
No member of the current N.C. State team has ever won a game at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.— Sometimes there is nothing a team can do to make the shots go in. Sometimes everything falls. The most a team can do is put itself in a position to shoot a high percentage.
No Blue Devil on the current roster has ever experienced back-to-back losses during the regular season.
Duke has beaten three conference champions on its road to the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals.
The Blue Devils have competed in the NCAA Tournament for 10 consecutive seasons. Their opponent, Miami of Ohio, is at this stage for the first time since 2002. But the red-hot RedHawks enter this game as the only team in Division I with 20 wins this year.
Despite not playing a competitive game in 13 days, Duke showed no signs of rust. Behind Kaitlyn Kerr’s first career hat trick, the Blue Devils overpowered Loyola Maryland to advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Third-seeded Duke was never threatened, defeating the Greyhounds 6-0 with five first-half goals.
The Blue Devils will need to win six games to become national champions. Last year, Duke won five and narrowly lost to Stanford in the final.
Nobody has ever said it’s easy to be a Duke football fan. But in 1973, almost four decades ago, a well-known figure at the University began following the Blue Devils. This support has not wavered in the 39 years since.
updated 1:30 a.m. Oct. 29
This was not how it was supposed to end. For the seven Blue Devils recognized on senior night, this final conference game was supposed to be Duke’s first win against No. 7 North Carolina since 2005.
The No. 6 Blue Devils (11-4-1) will look to bounce back from a disappointing senior night loss in their final game of the season against non-conference opponent Francis Marion (6-8-1) 2 p.m. Sunday at Koskinen Stadium.
Duke faced Wake Forest three times in the 2011 season, more than any other opponent. The Blue Devils defeated the Demon Deacons 2-0 during the regular season, lost 2-1 in the ACC tournament semifinals and overcame these familiar foes 4-1 to advance to the College Cup final.
While most Duke students were getting settled into the Fall semester here in Durham, junior Mollie Pathman and sophomore Kelly Cobb were in Japan representing the United States at the U-20 Women’s World Cup.
Duke’s 4-0 lead suddenly looked to be in jeopardy after two quick Marquette goals in the span of three minutes cut the Golden Eagle deficit in half, but Gilda Doria strode into the box and volleyed a cross home three minutes later to quell any hope of a Marquette comeback.
Recruited as a defensive player, Kim DeCesare never thought she would be playing striker. But that is what she has been doing this season, scoring six goals and notching three assists to lead the No. 4 Blue Devils to a 4-1 start.
After taking Duke to its second-ever national championship game, the entire starting lineup from last season is returning to Durham for another run. And with seven players who will be playing their fourth year at Duke—five seniors and two redshirt juniors—the team’s experience is its core.
Last year the Nike Carolina Classic was a turning point for the Blue Devils. Down 1-0 against Notre Dame—then the defending national champions—Duke rallied back in the second half to defeat the Fighting Irish for a 3-1 win that set the tone for the season, in which they reached the national championship game.
Coming off a 4-1 win at William and Mary, Duke held its home opener in a damp Koskinen Stadium looking to get its second win of the weekend.
One of Duke’s goals is preparing students to enter the workforce upon graduation. The same holds true for a professional soccer career.