Blaszak's career peaks near end
As Katie Blaszak began her junior year at Duke, she did not wonder what spot she would fill on the Blue Devils’ lineup. Instead she wasn’t sure if she would play tennis at all.
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As Katie Blaszak began her junior year at Duke, she did not wonder what spot she would fill on the Blue Devils’ lineup. Instead she wasn’t sure if she would play tennis at all.
Going into Wednesday’s ACC battle with N.C. State, Duke had lost the doubles point in five consecutive matches. The early struggles cost the Blue Devils a win against William & Mary and forced the team to rely on its singles players.
By the time Stanford scored its first goal with 11:52 remaining in the second period Saturday, Katie Chrest had tallied five, Kristen Waagbo had five assists and starting goalie Megan Huether was on the sidelines.
A dominant second-half performance lifted the sixth-ranked Duke women’s lacrosse team past No. 19 Vanderbilt Thursday in Nashville, Tenn.
Jackie Carleton was having a tough winter.
Down 1-0 in a third-set tiebreak that would decide the match, Jackie Carleton went to serve but stopped before her toss, wincing in pain. The junior slammed her fist into her thigh and tried to serve again but stopped mid-motion. Finally, the chair umpire penalized Carleton a point for a time violation.
Saras Arasu won a third-set tiebreaker, 7-3, to bring Duke back from a 3-0 deficit against Notre Dame Friday in South Bend, Ind.
In four of five matches this season Duke has won the doubles point. The Blue Devils have won those four, but lost the fifth.
Dora Vastag and the rest of Indiana’s women’s tennis team spent most of Saturday afternoon watching winners whiz by them inside the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center.
After taking the first three points of the match Sunday, the women’s tennis team only needed one more. That was all the Blue Devils would get.
Less than two minutes into the meet Friday, Duke let Davidson know that it was going to be a long night for the Wildcats at Taishoff Aquatic Center. In front of a home crowd for the first time during the spring semester, the Blue Devils began the night with one-two performances in the medley relay on both the men’s and women’s sides.
In its first meet since a second-place finish at the Patriot Invitational Nov. 21, the Duke men"s swimming and diving team (2-5, 0-3 in the ACC) defeated James Madison 162-80 but dropped the other half of the dual meet to Rutgers by 49 points Saturday. The women"s team (2-5, 0-3) fell to both of its opponents, losing to Rutgers 164.5-77.5 and to Richmond 154-88.
A quick launch can make a huge difference.
Shannon Rowbury always thought of herself as a track runner. And Shannon Rowbury’s race was the mile.
The Duke women’s rowing team and hundreds of other competitors met in Boston this weekend for The Head of the Charles, the world’s largest regatta.
Led by an All-American caliber performance from senior Nick Schneider, the Duke men’s cross country team earned a 10th-place finish at the Pre-National race at Indiana State University Saturday afternoon.
The Duke women’s cross country team built on its already strong momentum Saturday when it finished second at Penn State’s Pre-National event. Coping with adverse weather conditions and injuries, the Blue Devils relied on the depth of their lineup.