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The team announced Friday afternoon that three seniors will use their extra season of eligibility granted by the NCAA.
The Blue Devils shot out to a 23-4 overall record before the season was cut short.
Duke tripped up in the first two games before bouncing back to round out the series with a 6-2 win at Duke Softball Stadium.
Everything’s bigger in Texas, including Duke softball’s wins.
“They’re just in a good place, having a lot of fun, playing for each other,” Young said. “That’s what we want to see this time of year.”
The tale of the Blue Devils’ young season so far is batting, baserunning and battening down the hatches.
Led by starting pitcher Shelby Walters's four innings of shutout ball, Duke secured its second consecutive home victory.
The Blue Devils' loss marks an end to an up-and-down second season of softball in Durham, with Duke also suffering a first round ACC tournament exit in the program’s inaugural campaign last year.
Duke failed to get its bats going, recording only three hits on the day, whereas the Wolfpack left 10 stranded in a game they had many chances to win.
The Blue Devils continued their dominance of Virginia across the entire weekend, outscoring the hosts 16-4 to climb back above .500 in conference play.
Despite a late offensive surge, the Blue Devils could not keep up with the Chanticleers.
The Blue Devils fell to a struggling Panthers squad at home.
After a combined 11 hits and four runs in the opening three frames, both teams posted goose eggs the rest of the way.
Duke won two and lost two in the Puerto Vallarta Challenge against some of the better competition the country has to offer.
In the span of the next three days, Duke will face just as many top-25 teams as it did last season.
The Blue Devils cruised to a pair of victories in their season debut.
After a historical inaugural season, the Blue Devils are no longer the new kids on the block.
Although Duke's season came to a close Wednesday, the Blue Devils' performance this season is an encouraging sign of things to come.
With 13 conference victories in their pockets, the Blue Devils will tackle yet another first come Wednesday afternoon—their first postseason.
Duke has won three straight series for the first time in program history.