Duke defeats Army attack
By Greg Czaja | April 25, 2005One last regular-season hurdle remained for the men’s lacrosse team. With the postseason quickly approaching, it was very possible that Duke could have lost its concentration against the No.
One last regular-season hurdle remained for the men’s lacrosse team. With the postseason quickly approaching, it was very possible that Duke could have lost its concentration against the No.
Duke’s offense was clicking from the opening faceoff, and the Blue Devils’ bid for a second-straight ACC regular season title would not be denied.
CHAPEL HILL — With Roy Williams by their side and Dean Smith lurking in the tunnels of the facility that bears his name, Sean May, Raymond Felton and Marvin Williams all declared for the June...
Shannon Rowbury got the best of rival Erin Donohue from North Carolina once again as the Blue Devil broke her own school record in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:14.
CARY, N.C. — The 15th-ranked Blue Devils entered the ACC Championship seeking their 16th title in 18 years.
The second-seeded men’s tennis team (18-5, 8-3 in the ACC) had a major letdown at the ACC Tournament, losing to seventh-seeded North Carolina 4-2 at the Cary Tennis Center Friday.
The Duke tennis team, ranked in the nation’s top-10 all season, will enter the postseason without the gritty Stephen Amritraj.
The seventh-seeded Blue Devils made quick work of 10th-seeded N.C. State Thursday, defeating the Wolfpack 4-0 in the first round of the ACC Championships at the Cary Tennis Center.
The No. 2 men’s lacrosse team (12-1) will finish the regular season Saturday at noon against No. 7 Army (10-2) in West Point, N.Y.
With their goal of winning back-to-back ACC regular season titles within reach, the No. 2 Blue Devils (11-3, 2-1 in the ACC) have only one major obstacle to overcome—a 6 p.m.
Duke’s hopes of bringing the Carlyle Cup home for a third-straight year will be at stake on the diamond this weekend.
All it took was three ground-ball singles in the bottom of the ninth inning to break the tie and give Duke the win. The first, straight up the middle past a diving Davidson second baseman, put the...
It is hard to believe that Duke goalie Aaron Fenton, the NCAA Division I leader in goals-against-average and save percentage, had to fight for his starting position on the men’s lacrosse team...
When the ACC women’s tennis tournament starts today, 15th-ranked Duke will be in a strangely unfamiliar position—seeded seventh.
CHAPEL HILL — The most pressing problem in intercollegiate athletics, according to a panel of assorted sports figures who spoke Tuesday at the University of North Carolina, is the increasing...
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...
Last season, Duke won its first-ever regular-season ACC title, but neither Caline McHenry or Lane Fogarty could contribute on the field to the accomplishment because of injuries that forced them to...
After four years as a sports reporter and two-and-a-half years as a columnist for The Chronicle, this will be my final sports column.
What goes around comes around in college basketball.
Let’s break down what we learned last Friday.