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After making a splash against nonconference foes in their inaugural season, the Blue Devils look more than ready to dive straight into ACC play.
In a season marked with seemingly alternating highs and lows, the Blue Devils desperately needed a strong showing to prove they have what it takes to hang tough against top competition.
Auburn Tigers: 25-7, 13-5 in the SEC
Michigan State Spartans: 29-4, 16-2 in the Big Ten
After a tough 2016-17 season, the Blue Devils have been fighting to prove that last year is well behind them.
BLACKSBURG, Va.—Facing its last true road game of the season, the No. 5 Blue Devils entered Virginia Tech territory looking for a strong win before taking on North Carolina.
For the first 10 minutes of the play, Duke looked like it was a team gunning for a national championship.
With the indoor season winding down, the Blue Devils looked to the ACC championships as a primer before taking to nationals and switching gears to outdoor competition.
When the Blue Devils last faced their rival down the road back in January, Duke had all the pieces in place to steal the thunder out of a celebratory night for North Carolina head coach Sylvia Hatchell and notch a key road win.
Coming off of a successful showing at the Janis Hape Dowd Nike Invitational, the Blue Devil women’s team went into the ACC championship looking to finish near the top of the conference standings.
CHAPEL HILL—After struggling through a tough conference season, the Blue Devils looked to upset North Carolina to gain momentum leading into the postseason.
During a hot start to the season, the Blue Devils have looked dominant at all points on the field.
Thursday was a historic day for Duke athletics. With a road debut four years in the making, all eyes were on the Blue Devils to see how Duke’s 27th varsity sport would fare in its grand debut on the NCAA field.
After a fall season full of deep runs in individual tournaments, the Blue Devils looked to last weekend to see if that success would translate to a dual-match format.
Coming off a clutch win against Navy just a week ago, the Blue Devils looked to translate that success to the ACC and notch their first conference victory.
The last time the Blue Devils faced Navy, Duke’s success fell squarely on the shoulders of then-redshirt junior Jacob Kasper in a final heavyweight bout. Unfortunately for the home team, Kasper came just short of a pin to ultimately give the dual to the Midshipmen.
Coming off a 2017 season with multiple Blue Devils garnering All-American accolades in last year’s NCAA tournament, Duke looked to continue that success in the new year against nationally-ranked competition.
It’s hard to believe that early in one of Gary Trent Jr.’s most efficient games in his collegiate career, he found himself bending over a trash can on the sidelines, subbed out early due to an illness that nearly sidelined him for the game.
Against a much more aggressive team than Pittsburgh and missing the leadership of head coach Mike Krzyzewski, the Blue Devils faced a much bigger test in Wake Forest for their sometimes questionable defense.
After a disappointing 2017 season, the Blue Devils looked to put the past behind them with a deep team.