Duke beats VMI, falls to Virginia Tech
By Staff Reports | February 18, 2008The Blue Devils split a home doubleheader Saturday in Cameron Indoor Stadium, losing 22-18 to Virginia Tech but taking a 22-12 win over VMI.
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The Blue Devils split a home doubleheader Saturday in Cameron Indoor Stadium, losing 22-18 to Virginia Tech but taking a 22-12 win over VMI.
The Duke men finished 5-0 Friday to win the foil and saber team trophies at the Duke Fencing Invitational in Card Gym.
Wrestling four matches in one weekend, Duke routed Belmont Abbey, UNC-Pembroke and Campbell Saturday at the Campbell Duals in Buies Creek, N.C. before dropping a 19-15 decision to Virginia Sunday...
On Senior Night in Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke was plagued by illness and could not capitalize on a fast start, ultimately losing 30-13 to UNC-Greensboro (9-4).
In its tour of Virginia this weekend, the Blue Devils lost two conference meets to opponents Virginia and Virginia Tech.
Although the Blue Devils (7-5, 0-2 in the ACC) gave a commendable effort against the Tar Heels (7-6, 4-1), there was just too much working against them as UNC came away with a 30-12 win.
Knotting the score at four in the third period of the last bout of the night Saturday, Duke's 125-pound Kellan McKeon forced Maryland's James Knox to battle through two overtime periods before...
Hitting the mats Saturday after 10 days without competition, Duke's second longest competitive dry spell of the season could have been enough to allow some dust to settle on the team.
From the beginning of the UPenn Invitational, the Blue Devils were counted out. Duke (2-1 in dual meets) had only one ranked wrestler in all 10 weight class brackets. The tournament was not...
Duke split up its grapplers into starters, who faced off at three dual meets, and backups and redshirts, who wrestled at the Pembroke Open. The team had a tournament winner at Pembroke but at the...
Duke head coach Clar Anderson knows his squad has been working hard this season-it's hard not to notice the 20 gallons of sweat he said the team perspires collectively each practice.
Duke finished a disappointing regular season with a 27-12 win at Princeton Friday.
Duke quickly recovered from its 30-7 defeat against Columbia (8-8), and found itself tied 21-21 with Harvard after a hard-fought, back-and-forth match with one bout remaining.
Despite individual successes, the Duke grapplers were unable to pull through in their final home match of the season against Virginia (11-5, 3-1 in the ACC) Saturday. Duke (2-10, 0-5) remained...
After taking home its first win of the season Feb. 4 against Campbell, the wrestling team (1-9, 0-4 in the ACC) could not continue its momentum Thursday against Virginia Tech in Cameron Indoor...
In its first dual meet of the new year, the Duke wrestling team met a similar fate.
This weekend, the wrestling team traveled to Las Vegas to face new opponents in a new setting.
The Blue Devils gained valuable experience and exhibited signs of improvement against grapplers from the North Carolina area at the Carolina Open Saturday.
In what was a hectic weekend for the wrestling team, the Blue Devils were edged out in three duals at the MatJam Duals in Boone, N.C., Sunday.
After finishing fourth in the ACC in 2005, the wrestling team is preparing for its 2006 campaign without five of its key contributors from a year ago.