SPORTS
Blue Devils reach .500, gain first conference victory
By Josh Higgins | September 23, 1996It may not have been exactly what they wanted, but it may be what they needed.
It may not have been exactly what they wanted, but it may be what they needed.
Two games into the football season, it is becoming readily apparent that the toughest opponent the Blue Devils face this season may be themselves.
There were times when the men's soccer team didn't look like the best team in the country this weekend, but they did what all great teams do. They won anyway.
Taking your licks is all part of building a winning program.
Duke men's cross country opened its season in high style on Saturday at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke's 25th annual invitational meet.
Perhaps the women's soccer team should consider playing more games at the other end of Highway 15-501.
There's always that extra element that separates the winners from the losers.
The women's cross country team traveled to Virginia this weekend in hopes of catching its Atlantic Coast Conference rival.
Sometimes things just work out perfectly.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Not often can a team lose by 37 points and emerge with a smile on its face.
After having last week's game canceled because of rain, then enduring a hurricane, the sixth-ranked Blue Devils ran into another storm-and this one wasn't just a woman named Fran.
In the first legitimate test of the young season, the second-ranked Duke men's soccer team passed with flying colors against its opponents, but still lost a frustrating battle against Mother Nature.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - This year, Florida State head coach Bobby Bowden won't have to send Duke an apology letter for running up the score.
A trip to Michigan turned out to be a near-perfect weekend for the field hockey team, as it shut out Central Michigan and lost on a late goal to Northwestern.
The women's cross country team had a last minute change of plans in its race schedule this past weekend.
The third-ranked Texas Longhorns brought the Duke volleyball team back down to earth Saturday night, as they handily swept the Blue Devils in three games: 15-6, 15-12 and 15-3.
This has been a summer of fulfillment for field hockey head coach Liz Tchou. She has seen two of her greatest athletic dreams come true.
The best leader on the men's basketball team may very well be someone who did not play a single minute last season.
Whoever said that track and field has no following in the United States forgot to tell the 28,645 fans who turned out for the Gold Rush international track meet on July 13 at Wallace Wade Stadium.
When the International Olympic Committee chooses a city to host the Olympics, it is also selecting an entire host country.