Saturday is Senior Day for the Blue Devils. Their opponent is a familiar one: ACC rival and frequent Senior Day foe Virginia. Two years ago Duke defeated the No.
Jack Coombs Field was virtually silent this week, with steady rain relegating the baseball team indoors and forcing Wednesday's game against East Carolina to be postponed.
The fifth-ranked women's tennis team beat a depleted Wake Forest squad in Winston-Salem 7-0 Wednesday night, claiming the doubles point and sweeping all six singles matches in convincing fashion.
CHAPEL HILL - Sophomore Peter Shults is becoming accustomed to deja vu when squaring off against North Carolina.
Come on, Roy Williams, and do us all a favor. Accept the job as head coach at North Carolina, and do what needs to be done: Restore Duke-UNC as the most intense rivalry in college basketball.
It seems the men's tennis team just likes close calls.
Unfortunately for the men's golf team, an exciting finish at this weekend's ASU Invitational was not something in which they were included.
At a time of the year when most duffers are dusting off their clubs and starting to think about tee times, the women's golf team had pulled down two victories already going into this past weekend.
Opening day in the major leagues is a time when hope springs eternal, and all teams can, at least for a short while, dream.
ATLANTA -- One year removed from an NCAA semifinal loss to Oklahoma, the Duke women's basketball team worked all year to climb the next rung in the ladder of national prominence.
The No. 10 men's lacrosse team (7-4, in the ACC) was crushed Saturday 19-6 by No. 1 Johns Hopkins (6-1) at Homewood Field in Baltimore, Md.
Eighteen minutes into the game against Virginia in Charlottesville, the women's lacrosse team seemed unstoppable.
During a season that typically takes it far afield to various meets across the country, the track teams relish their single annual home meet, the Duke Invitational, as an opportunity to show their...
ATLANTA -- For the last game of the year, observers could sing the same old refrain they've been singing since January: Alana Beard is a one-woman team.
ATLANTA -- With 12:25 left to play, the mighty Connecticut women's basketball team found itself trailing 50-41 to underdog Texas. At no time this year had the Huskies faced a larger deficit.
All said, the No.
The 24th-ranked women's crew team raced to a second place finish at the Jessop-Whittier Cup Petite Final in San Diego this weekend.
Students in The Great Hall watch the women's basketball team's loss to Tennessee Sunday night. A large screen was set up in the main eating area for the game.
While Duke and Tennessee match up very well, Duke should have the advantage in quickness.
Pat Summitt and Gail Goestenkors have both been here before.
