SPORTS
Duke downed 12-6 in ACC final by No. 3 Virginia
By from Staff Reports | April 21, 2003Apparently, lightning doesn't strike twice. Or at least not for the Duke men's lacrosse team.
Apparently, lightning doesn't strike twice. Or at least not for the Duke men's lacrosse team.
No. 1 Duke fired a school record 277 in the final round of competition, propelling the Blue Devils to their eighth-straight ACC Championship title and proving why Duke is the nation's top team.
In their semifinal ACC Championship matchup on Friday, Virginia (12-4, 2-2 in the ACC) dominated the game early and, never relinquishing their lead, defeated Duke 12-9. Playing in Charlottesville, Va.
While improving on a last place finish a year ago, the men's golf team could only manage fifth this weekend at the ACC Championships in New London, N.C.
RALEIGH - Up 6-2 in a first set tiebreak, men's tennis star Michael Yani tossed the ball into the air and unwound for a trademark serve that sent his Clemson opponent Sander Koning reeling.
When the women's lacrosse team met Wednesday, head coach Kerstin Kimel wrote the phrase "1-6" on the board.
The No. 13 men's lacrosse team is in Charlottesville, Va.
Both the men's and women's tennis teams had no trouble protecting their No. 1 seeds in the ACC tournament.
If you're in Durham come late April, you better be heading down to Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Once he completes the Devil Rays' extended spring training program in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Junior first-team all-ACC defensive end Shawn Johnson said he never committed to transfer to Fordham University, as a March press release indicated.
The baseball team turned on its offense late as it beat Davidson (13-19) yesterday 8-3, bringing the Blue Devils' record to 14-22.
In the past 12 years, Duke has ruled the ACC in tennis, both men's and women's. In fact, the parallels between the two programs are so similar it's eerie.
CHAPEL HILL - He's not in Kansas anymore.
In sports, teamwork and individual accomplishment are often set in opposition to one another.
Kevin Cassese could not find enough peace and quiet.
With a pair of road victories over top-25 teams this weekend, the women's tennis team (23-2, 8-0 in the ACC) clinched the ACC regular season title and the No. 1 seed for next weekend's ACC tournament.
No. 11 Ohio State set the pace in the morning session, sweeping Duke in all four varsity events.
Kate Kaiser is not a member of the All-ACC 50th Anniversary team for nothing.
It is very difficult to make an assessment of a football team while watching a squad scrimmage itself, as Duke did in its annual Blue-White Game Saturday.
After suffering a femoral stress fracture last year and sitting out the 2002 spring season, women's pole vaulter Laura Chen returned to top form this weekend at the Charlotte Invitational.