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CHAPEL HILL--A frustrating regular season for the men's basketball team, filled with "might-have-beens," ended Saturday night against North Carolina in a recognizable fashion.
ROCK HILL, S.C.--During the last two games of the regular season, Duke point guard Kira Orr was a combined 5-for-31 from the floor.
The Maryland Terrapins crawled past the wrestling team Saturday night in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Heather Reger became the first Duke women's swimmer since Olympian Nancy Hogshead to garner All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors this weekend.
Basketball teams up 19 points at halftime don't usually have problems maintaining such a lead. All they need to do is to keep their opponents in check.
The women's basketball team made history on Saturday afternoon in Cameron Indoor Stadium with a 77-68 win over Georgia Tech.
The men's tennis team out-battled the Fighting Irish to gain a 7-0 win Saturday afternoon in South Bend, Ind.
RALEIGH--When asked if the men's basketball team still had a chance to make a postseason tournament, senior co-captain Kenny Blakeney just laughed.
CHAPEL HILL--Members of the women's tennis team often encourage and congratulate each other after a hard-fought point by saying "So tough." And tough they were last Friday.
RALEIGH--Play it again, Sam. And again. And again. And again.
After four straight days of rain, it was doubtful that the Duke baseball team would even be able to take the field for this weekend's games against the Navy Midshipmen.
The Duke baseball team was able to pull off what has eluded the basketball team all season: a late comeback to steal a win from the opposition.
Duke offensive coordinator Mike Heimerdinger is not going pro.
The men's and women's fencing teams both registered solid performances this weekend at Card Gym in their last regular-season meet of the year.
With 30 seconds to go in the Duke men's basketball team's matchup with Wake Forest Saturday, the Demon Deacons got possession of the ball with one last shot at victory.
The women's tennis team crushed No. 15 Notre Dame while narrowly losing to No. 1 Georgia, and leading the way was senior Monica Mraz. The sixth-ranked Mraz won a three-setter over No.
The scoreboard at the end of Saturday afternoon's game read "WAKE FOREST: 62, DUKE: 61." What it should have said was "Randolph Childress: 5, Duke: 0.".
There weren't too many surprises for the nationally-ranked Blue Devils this weekend.
For the seniors on the men's swim team, this season has been worth the wait.
The Virginia Cavaliers rode into Cameron Indoor Stadium Sunday and drove a long-range knife into the women's basketball team's hopes of capturing its first Atlantic Coast Conference title.