Seniors Schweitzer, Parent provide leadership for top-seeded Duke
By Kevin Lees | March 5, 2001GREENSBORO - Senior Night was a week ago, but it was seniors Georgia Schweitzer and Rochelle Parent who have carried the tournament for Duke.
GREENSBORO - Senior Night was a week ago, but it was seniors Georgia Schweitzer and Rochelle Parent who have carried the tournament for Duke.
CHAPEL HILL - A sizable number of sodden Duke rowers and fans focused on their own rivalry with the Tar Heels Saturday morning at North Carolina's University Lake.
CHAPEL HILL - In almost every sport, there are places that are considered hallowed. In baseball there is Cooperstown, in horseracing there is Kentucky and in wrestling there is Iowa City, Iowa.
Yesterday the Duke men's lacrosse team (2-1, 0-1 in the ACC) lost to the Maryland Terrapins (3-0, 1-0) by a margin of 13-5 at Byrd Stadium in College Park, Md.
GREENSBORO - Georgia Schweitzer likes the vibe in Greensboro Coliseum.
WINSTON-SALEM - It was supposed to be Robert O'Kelley's big day.
The Duke men's swimming team set several records at the ACC Championships that ran from Thursday through Saturday.
Duke received a little extra help from Virginia Commonwealth yesterday afternoon at the Sheffield Center.
The Blue Devils have set a goal for themselves, and as always, Georgia Schweitzer is doing more than her fair share to see that it is realized.
There is something naturally appealing about rainy Sunday afternoons.
WINSTON-SALEM - For anyone who has considered contributions from the bench and post play as Duke's two major weaknesses this season, they might want to think twice.
The Duke men's lacrosse team successfully opened its season this weekend, beating Drexel 10-5 Friday, and then following that victory with a 12-4 defeat of Butler yesterday afternoon.
It looks relatively unassuming from the front. Just another building among many around Duke's campus.
The dreads are accidental.
The No. 3 Duke men's tennis team (5-1) prevailed all week at the National Team Indoor Team Championships in Seattle, Wash., until they reached the semifinals.
No one would have been particularly surprised if the baseball team did not look its best coming off four road losses to one of the top teams in the country, Arizona State.
RALEIGH - With eight minutes left and Duke leading the Wolfpack 46-44, another matchup between the rivals seemed headed to a classic finish.
NEW YORK - The anticipated matchup at sold-out Madison Square Garden between prized point guards never materialized, at least not between Duke's Jason Williams and freshman Omar Cook of St. John's.
NEW YORK - It was not as exciting in their house. Last season, St. John's beat Duke 83-82 in Cameron Indoor Stadium in a thriller that gave the name "Bootsy" a much less innocuous connotation.
RALEIGH - Duke's hopes of receiving a number one seed in the NCAA tournament suffered a severe blow yesterday, as the Blue Devils lost to N.C.