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CHARLOTTE -- With 6:09 remaining in a five-point game, Duke rotated the ball around the perimeter to Shavlik Randolph, who hoisted up a three-pointer from the top of the key. The ball clanged off the rim and Davidson grabbed the rebound.
The women's soccer team's most successful season of the past decade came to a screeching halt Saturday in Los Angeles. No. 11 UCLA (16-6) knocked the 18th-ranked Blue Devils (15-8) out of the NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16 with a 2-0 shutout.
The mottos the women’s soccer team has lived by this season include “Have a chip on your shoulder,” “Pride in Zeros,” “Turn the page” and “Believe.”
The Victory Bell has been ringing loud in the Yoh Football Center for almost a year now, and its ownership will be on the line once again when North Carolina comes to Wallace Wade Saturday. The game against the Tar Heels signifies much more than a battle over a bell, however. It has the potential to define the immediate future of the Duke program..
The Blue Devils said all week they deserved to host the opening two rounds of the 2004 NCAA Tournament. They proved it by defeating third-seeded Virginia 3-0 in one of the biggest wins in school history in Charlottesville, Va., Sunday
After getting over the initial disappointment and shock of not hosting the opening rounds of the Women’s College Cup, Duke has “turned the page” just as it has done all season long, head coach Robbie Church said.
The women’s soccer team gathered at the Varsity Ale House in Durham Monday afternoon to await the unveiling of the 2004 Women’s College Cup bracket. But when Duke finally appeared on the projection screen, no one in the room made a sound or even moved.
After turning the ball over five times against Florida State Saturday, Duke will emphasize protecting the football in practice this week as it prepares to face against Clemson.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — For the first time in the two teams’ 13 meetings, Duke held Florida State without a touchdown in the opening half. But while the defense gave the Blue Devils a chance, turnovers by the offense killed the team’s upset hopes.
When the presidents voted to expand the ACC from nine to 11 schools in the summer of 2003, many traditionalists feared that expansion would dilute and hurt basketball, the sport that gave the league its reputation. A glance at the conference this season proves that, at least in the short run, those skeptics were wrong.
Duke’s NCAA Tournament runs have come to crashing ends each of the last two seasons, and both times J.J. Redick had the ball.
CARY — In her first game since being named 2004 ACC Offensive Player of the Year, senior Casey McCluskey proved she deserved the honor. Her first-half goal provided all the scoring that 17th-ranked Duke (13-6) needed as it shut out Wake Forest (10-6-2) in the quarterfinals of the ACC Women’s Soccer Championship, 3-0.
CHAPEL HILL — Duke executed its game plan almost perfectly, but it still could not defeat perennial power No. 1 North Carolina. The Tar Heels’ Jaime Gilbert scored on what both coaches called a “world-class” shot to down the No. 15 Blue Devils 2-1 Thursday night in Chapel Hill.
Young women’s soccer players grow up either loving or hating North Carolina, junior Kate Seibert said. Those who end up at Duke learn to detest the elite program the day they arrive in Durham.
Head coach Ted Roof called Saturday's loss to Virginia the "most physical" game of the season. Now, the Blue Devils must regroup and prepare for this weekend's contest at Wake Forest, where they will seek revenge for last year's humiliating 42-14 loss.
Starting defensive end Justin Kitchen reveals his life's passions: music, community service and of course, football. He delves into his close relationship with his mother, who is his biggest fan. Kitchen, who turned down scholarship offers from South Carolina, Vanderbilt and Virginia, believed Duke would give him the best chance to succeed after college.
Monday, Oct. 18, 2003, the football team ran out on the field in Wallace Wade Stadium on Homecoming Weekend ready to play in-state rival Wake Forest. The Duke players walked back into the locker room at halftime demoralized and embarrassed by the 42-0 deficit that stared each of them in the face. The following day, head coach Carl Franks was fired. Ted Roof took over in an interim capacity for the remainder of last year and became the permanent head coach in December.
The Duke women’s soccer players will attempt to do something Friday night that none of the them have done: beat Clemson.
Although Nate James graduated in 2001 with a National Championship, he has struggled to mimic the same level of success in his professional career. This past week, however, the former Duke captain found himself back in Cameron Indoor Stadium on a quest to make his first NBA regular season roster.
The Philadelphia 76ers caped off their preseason training camp at Duke Tuesday with a victory in their first exhibition game. The 76ers stormed back from a 15-point deficit to top the Wizards 114-107 in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
