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On a day when the rest of the Duke bats decided to take a day off, designated hitter Ed Conrey brought his lumber to work and almost singlehandedly lifted Duke to a come-from-behind victory over the Wofford Terriers.
Remember that phrase about kicking your opponent while he's down? Well, Duke took that phrase to the next level and for all practical purposes pounded North Carolina A&T until it was unconscious for the third time this season.
After dropping its first two Atlantic Coast Conference contests to Wake Forest last weekend, the baseball team will get plenty of chances next week to prove its 18-1 start was more than just a fluke.
It didn't begin as the best of Saturdays for Corey Slavik.
The first time wrestling coach Clar Anderson saw Chris Heckel compete, he decided he had seen enough of Heckel. Heckel, then a freshman, had just manhandled a tough wrestler from N.C. State, where Anderson was working as an assistant coach.
In a move that seemingly defied all baseball logic, coach Steve Traylor decided to shift his three most-often used starters from last season to the bullpen and insert two freshmen into the starting rotation at the beginning of this season.
CHARLOTTE - Saddled with a team that lost two of its best players to graduation, women's basketball coach Gail Goestenkors has done many things right in guiding the Blue Devils to their first Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title in the program's 22-year history.
Who would've thought one of the most storied and passionate rivalries in intercollegiate athletics began when someone thought a sportswriter was not only qualified to serve as the president of a fledgling college, but also as its head football coach?
Although the night was billed as "senior night" for the wrestling team, Chris Heckel knew the night was far from being entirely his.
Almost two years ago, shortstop Vaughn Schill arrived in Durham from Audubon, N.J., hoping to provide an additional boost to Duke's steady ascent in collegiate baseball. If the Blue Devils current No. 18 national ranking, the highest in school history, serves as any indication, Schill has certainly done his part.
A little more than a year ago, Mike Krzyzewski would've been absolutely elated to find out that in the stretch run of this season, Baron Davis would have developed into one of the nation's premier freshman guards, showcasing his talent in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
When an undefeated team plays a winless team, the contest usually becomes more of a showcase than a game.
On Jan. 14, 1976, Sylvia Hatchell paced the sidelines for the first time as a head coach, some butterflies in the stomach and a nervous tingle in her heart. Five hundred and five wins after leading tiny Francis Marion past Voorhees 88-62 in her collegiate coaching debut, Hatchell is guiding a school a little bigger, and with a bit more national prestige-North Carolina.
With 6:33 left in the first half of Duke's 86-72 win last night against Florida State, freshman Chris Burgess stepped to the free throw line, where it has been anything but charity for him this season. Burgess took his typically deliberate pre-shot routine and, to the amazement of the Cameron faithful, swished the freebie.
Why hasn't the baseball team won every scheduled game this year? Blame it on the rain.
Start the countdown. The launch of DevilNet, a comprehensive web site and the University's first online community, is only 72 hours away.
In the Atlantic Coast Conference/Disney Baseball Blast in Orlando this weekend, the Blue Devils took the opportunity to schmooze with Mickey and Donald and proceeded to hit like Mickey Mantle and pitch like Donald Drysdale.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The Blue Devils found themselves in a hole-down by a point and forced to inbound the ball underneath their own goal with a precious few ticks left on the clock.
The confines were reassuring-a warm Cameron Indoor Stadium and a throng of fans who have gathered to cheer on the women's basketball team. Junior guard Naz Medhanie felt at home, secure in the knowledge that she was almost 20 years and over 10,000 miles away from a time and place when she had no home.
RALEIGH - After getting out of the gates quickly this season, Payton Black endured a three-game stretch earlier in the month during which she averaged a mere 12 minutes and 6.3 points per contest. One of Duke's top inside weapons was struggling, and head coach Gail Goestenkors knew it and did not like it.
