Duke digs out 1-1 record at Buckeye Classic
The volleyball team was teetering on the brink of a winless weekend.
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The volleyball team was teetering on the brink of a winless weekend.
For all of us who consider ourselves Duke Football fans (and I know it's an increasingly dwindling number, but bear with me), it's really sad to see how awful they've looked this season. And it's even worse going to games and watching the team play in front of a nearly empty stadium.
After losing to Rice at the Crowne Plaza Rice Invitational last weekend in Houston, volleyball coach Jolene Nagel implored the Blue Devils to improve their defense. Duke (2-1) was better in that area in the team’s next game at the Rice Invitational, a sweep over Sacramento State, but Nagel is still not satisfied.
It was time for the volleyball team to get down to business.
When practice ends on a Wednesday afternoon, the quarterbacks file off the field. Wide receivers and linebackers break off into separate groups with their respective position coaches to go through end-of-practice conditioning drills.
When Justin Kitchen was a freshman there was only one senior on the Blue Devil roster, leaving his class with few teammates to look up to. Now, Kitchen is one of 15 seniors offering assistance to a crop of talented freshmen.
Surprise, surprise: “The U” is loaded with talent again.
As the wind and rain from Hurricane Katrina pounded the gulf coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, many students watched on television as the rising water flooded houses and swept cars down streets that resembled rivers.
August 16, 2005 will go down in Duke lore as the day the football program finally turned itself around.
Last year’s volleyball team finished third in the ACC with a 20-10 record. The Blue Devils ranked 38th in the final Ratings Percentage Index and they advanced to the semifinals of the conference tournament before losing to eventual champion Maryland. Despite their impressive credentials, they did not receive an invitation to the NCAA Tournament.
NAME Josh McRoberts
Most Duke students with summer internships at New York investment banks spend their free time on the job pondering important questions such as “Which bar am I going to tonight?” or “How did I get lucky enough to land an internship in New York City?”
Coming off a season in which her team reached the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament despite a roster of only eight players, Gail Goestenkors could have taken it easy this off-season. Instead, she chose to challenge herself this summer—and said she’s relishing her decision.
Duke’s Varsity Eight knew that it had to come through with a strong showing in the preliminary heat of the NCAA South/Central Regional Championship May 14-15 in Oak Ridge, Tenn. to have any chance at a bid to the NCAA Championships.
All Shannon Rowbury could see ahead of her was the finish line. Well, that and the first-ever Penn Relays title for women’s track.
All it took was three ground-ball singles in the bottom of the ninth inning to break the tie and give Duke the win.
When he swallowed two bottles of over-the-counter pain medication and a fifth of 151-proof rum in Fall 2002, former Duke baseball player Aaron Kempster was precariously close to joining Taylor Hooton, Rob Garibaldi, Efrain Marrero and others in a fraternity that no athlete ever wants to join.
In his 15 years as Duke’s head coach, Jay Lapidus has learned a few things about a Duke-UNC men’s tennis matchup.
Josh McRoberts, Eric Boateng and Greg Paulus are lovin’ it.
The NCAA Tournament is full of distractions. Players have to navigate practices in strange buildings, hotel rooms in new cities, sessions with the national media and the tough task of turning their six-ticket allotment into enough to take care of their family and friends.