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Duke and UVA vie for title
By Michael Baker | April 13, 2012Knocking off the No. 1 team in the country often requires specific and complex scheming.
Knocking off the No. 1 team in the country often requires specific and complex scheming.
Duke scored seven unanswered goals to open the second half in order to clinch the victory in its final game before the ACC tournament.
Duke will host High Point Wednesday night at Koskinen Stadium in the Blue Devils’ last regular season game before the ACC tournament.
The Blue Devils were afforded one last chance to improve before their regular-season finale.
Winning the draw control battle propelled the Blue Devils to victory in their final ACC game of the regular season.
The Blue Devils will have one last chance to improve before taking on No. 1 Virginia next week in the regular season finale.
The Blue Devils held North Carolina to just four goals, but they could not muster up enough.
Duke’s recent struggles in the fourth quarter have been no secret.
In order to halt a rare two-game losing streak, the Blue Devils will need to upset the one-loss Tar Heels.
When Duke and Syracuse last faced off, the Orange held on to win 13-11 in a game that is still fresh in the mind of Duke players.
The Blue Devils have struggled to close out games. And this matchup against Brown was no exception.
Last Saturday against then-No. 18 Georgetown, Duke won its fourth straight game.
In their fourth attempt of the season, the Blue Devils finally have a road victory.
An uncharacteristically poor performance at controlling the draw in the second half doomed the Blue Devils to their fourth loss of the season.
Although it was St. Patrick’s Day weekend, the Big Green did not have the luck of the Irish.
Dartmouth snapped Duke’s five-game win streak Saturday in Hanover, N.H., notching the game-winning goal in double overtime to defeat the Blue Devils 9-8.
Playing its sixth road game of the season, No. 4 Duke recorded a dominant 18-8 victory over Virginia Tech (4-4, 0-2 in the ACC), notching its fifth straight win to remain perfect in ACC play.
Duke gave head coach John Danowski the best birthday gift a team can give for three quarters, and then nearly gave it away as Harvard staged a furious fourth-quarter rally.
Behind a season-high 18 saves from Mollie Mackler, the Blue Devils limited a high-octane Hoya offense to just seven goals to extend their win streak to four games.
BALTIMORE — With about 12 minutes to play in the third quarter, Duke trailed by three as it attempted to clear the ball from its defensive zone.