Duke conquers Trojans, heads to Final Four
By Craig Saperstein | March 26, 2001PHILADELPHIA - It had all the makings of Philadelphia's most cherished sports story.
PHILADELPHIA - It had all the makings of Philadelphia's most cherished sports story.
Duke fencers Ben Cohen and Andrew Mahen finished 12th and 14th respectively out of 24 saber finalists at the NCAA fencing championships.
It is just a matter of time.
All of Koskinen Stadium held its breath Saturday.
Gone are the days of a superstar for the Blue Devils.
Behind the outstanding play of starting attackmen Greg Patchak, Alex Lieske and Mack Hardaker, the No.
The Duke rowing team took part in the Tom White Invitational Spring Training Regatta in Oak Ridge, Tennessee Saturday, competing against Wisconsin and Louisville.
Coach Gail Goestenkors said it and incurred the kind of feeling that comes when something is uttered that everyone knows, but no one quite knows how to say.
Playing for the first time as a No. 1 seed, Duke did what top-seeded squads should do to 16 seeds.
GREENSBORO - As if it wasn't emotional enough.
ATLANTA - One week, four games, no more skeptics.
The awards keep piling up for senior forward Shane Battier.
After a rocky road trip, the Duke baseball team will be looking forward to returning home.
The student lottery for tickets to the East Regionals will take place today only.
The keyword for the men's tennis team last week was upset. The No. 3 Blue Devils (8-3) dropped two games in four days against top-10 teams in their tour of Texas schools last week.
GREENSBORO - Their situations could not have been more different.
Has anyone else noticed a theme developing here?.
A somewhat disappointing trip to Maryland this weekend was cut short, leaving No. 4 Duke with only a loss to open its conference season.
GREENSBORO - At halftime yesterday afternoon, it looked like it might go down to the wire.
For the second time this season, the No. 3 women's tennis team (8-1) lost two of three doubles matches and found itself down 1-0. Yesterday, it was at No. 6 Texas (8-1).