Blue Devils seek upset over Gators
By Mike Van Pelt | September 3, 2004Some of the best women’s soccer programs in the country will showcase their skills on Fetzer Field in Chapel Hill this weekend, and Duke (1-1) considers itself one of them.
Some of the best women’s soccer programs in the country will showcase their skills on Fetzer Field in Chapel Hill this weekend, and Duke (1-1) considers itself one of them.
Wednesday night�s soccer game men�s soccer game was Duke� season opener, but it sure seemed like another exhibition.
“I don’t really have any individual goals, I just want to do the best that I can for the team,” Casey McCluskey said.
The Blue Devils showcased their hard summer training in a friendly competition against local schools Wednesday.
The cross country teams will kickoff their season tomorrow with a small meet on Wake Forest’s wooded course in Winston-Salem.
Carlos Boozer has always been an exception to the rule.
Head coach John Rennie's highly-touted freshmen class makes its debut tonight in Koskinen Stadium against Emory & Henry in the team's season opener.
Although Tuesday nights are usually quiet in Durham, 7,014 fans packed into Durham Bulls Athletic Park to see the final regular-season home game and made plenty of noise.
Monday evening was muggy, and the effects of Tropical Depression Gaston could still be felt.
Duke has a pretty impressive football history, though it may not seem that way.
Duke is readying for its season opener against Navy when the Blue Devils will have to contend with a pounding option-oriented offense and a ferocious defense.
Before Sunday’s game against Michigan State, Duke starting keeper Christie Morgan’s head was pounding. After the game, everyone’s head was hurting.
Before a large crowd Friday night, the men’s soccer team played its final exhibition match against the 18th-ranked Connecticut Huskies.
Up 3-1 against Tennessee with only six minutes remaining, Duke appeared to be in control of Friday�s season-opening contest.
The floodgates opened up Sunday evening in Durham, but it had nothing to do with the weather.
“We want more in ’04.” The words roll off the tongue of an excitedly optimistic Jolene Nagel, Duke’s head volleyball coach. Nagel quickly noted, however, that although this...
At the end of last year’s cross country season, the women’s team was celebrating a 20th place finish at the NCAA Championships.
The No.
Most teams that plan to use freshmen to fill in several vacancies in the starting lineup do not have a bright outlook. But that is certainly not the case for the men’s soccer team.
It is not easy to play women’s soccer in the same conference as North Carolina—the team that has won 15 conference tournaments and 18 national championships over the past 23...