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The Blue Devils started off the afternoon by snagging the doubles point, but many of the singles matches came very close toward the end, with three courts playing all the way to seven games and Duke managing to win four of the six singles matches.
Duke's Abby Landry scored the final goal of the game with 8:15 left, but that wasn’t remotely close to the end of the action.
Goldwire’s final year playing for the Duke Blue Devils was one true Duke fans will remember for a long time.
The Blue Devils entered Friday having lost their last five matches to their Tobacco Road rivals. That streak has now been extended to six.
The silence this season in Cameron Indoor Stadium was deafening for the Blue Devils. From the start, it was clear that this season was going to be a very, very weird one for a team who plays up a player almost every home game because of the energy of the Cameron Crazies.
Despite a disappointing start to the season, it looks like the Blue Devils are back on track.
Duke looks to make its third straight Final Four appearance in three full seasons.
While Duke boasts the No. 14 recruiting class in the nation this season, the real difference-makers Friday evening were the team’s more experienced players.
Men’s lacrosse isn’t the only team on campus returning a wealth of experience and adding a top graduate transfer—women’s lacrosse is doing the same.
Men's basketball dropped yet another heartbreaker, while men's tennis swept its two nonconference opponents.
