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The men's soccer team continued its impressive roll through the 1995 season with a 2-0 victory over Furman on Sunday afternoon. The Paladins realized early on that this was one of their biggest games of the year and made sure that Duke, the second-ranked team in the nation, did not walk out without a fight.
There were many things said at Monday's press conference about the way Duke performed on Saturday night, but when it came down to it, everyone was expressing the same sentiments.
After Saturday night's 41-28 loss to Maryland, the football team finds itself in a position that it has experienced before--mediocrity. Every year at this time, the seniors on this Duke team have been able to tell where their season was headed. In the 1992 and 1993 campaigns, the Blue Devils started off the season being blown out by powerhouses Florida State and Virginia, while also dropping a close game to an out-of-conference opponent to start both of those seasons at 1-3. Those seasons never turned around as Duke ended up at 2-9 in 1992 and barely improved to a record of 3-8 in 1993.
Just eight minutes into in the first quarter against Rutgers, the Blue Devils' defense was looking for an opportunity to give Duke an early advantage in what was a 0-0 ballgame. It had caused a fumble near midfield earlier in the quarter, but the Blue Devils could not score any points from it, so the defense decided to get a little closer to the Scarlet Knights' offense. On first-and-10 from the Rutgers 10-yard line, the defense pressured and wrapped up Rutgers quarterback Ray Lucas, causing a fumble that Duke recovered on the 12-yard line.
The early-season goal for the women's volleyball team was to compete against as many teams as possible to gain experience against different styles of play. The Blue Devils have gained plenty of experience, but unfortunately they may not like the experiences they are receiving.
Avenging an earlier loss can often be the highlight of a football season. This Saturday night at 7 p.m. in Wallace Wade Stadium, Duke would get double the pleasure out of that idea with a victory over the Rutgers Scarlet Knights.
Polish nightmare
Game commentary
While most teams like to use the first few games of the season to see what kind of shape they are in, the Duke volleyball team may have taken that idea a little too seriously.
After losing to Florida State 59-20 last year on the road, the Duke football teamwas happy that this season's game would not force them to return to Tallahassee. Wallace Wade State didn't seem like much of a good luck charm for the Blue Devils either, since the Seminoles had routed Duke 45-7 in Durham in the first game of the 1993 campaign.
During the offseason, all teams have holes to fill and problems to solve. If there was ever a team which could be defined by these types of question marks, it would be the 1995 Duke volleyball team.
Whenever a team wins a sporting event these days, there always seems to be a trip straight to Disney World to celebrate.
The Duke lacrosse team has set many firsts in recent years. Saturday afternoon, 2,475 fans saw No. 5 Duke set a few more program firsts as it faced No. 15 Notre Dame, the Great Western Lacrosse League champions, in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
After losing a close game to an Atlantic Coast Conference opponent at home, any Duke team would relish the chance to play that team again in a rematch.
In the last few years, the lacrosse team has been making history by beating Atlantic Coast Conference opponents and also by winning an NCAA tournament game. Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Duke Lacrosse Stadium, the Blue Devils (9-2 overall, 0-2 in the ACC) don't want to make history against the Virginia Cavaliers (9-1, 2-0)--they simply want to repeat it.
The women's track and field team traveled to Atlanta, Ga., on Saturday, hoping to set the pace for the rest of its season. After finishing fifth out of 34 teams and having 11 different personal records broken, Duke is ready to continue its improvement through the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.
The lacrosse team took to the road this weekend, but that did little to slow its winning ways, as Duke travelled to beat No. 11 Georgetown, 14-9. The Blue Devils (6-1) have now won five straight contests since falling 8-6 to Maryland in their second game of the season.
After four straight days of rain, it was doubtful that the Duke baseball team would even be able to take the field for this weekend's games against the Navy Midshipmen. The sun smiled upon the Blue Devils, though, as the clouds parted and the field dried up enough that Duke was able to play on Sunday afternoon.
Any time Duke faces North Carolina in a sporting event, a win means a great deal to both schools simply because of bragging rights. And in a typical women's basketball game between the two schools, bragging rights are about all that are at stake.
The men's and women's swim teams had to deal with mixed results as they held their first home meet in two months, Sunday, at the Duke Aquatic Center against Old Dominion University.
