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Leah Boyd is a Pratt senior and a social chair of The Chronicle's 118th volume. She was previously editor-in-chief for Volume 117.
The Blue Devils' weekend could be defined by its chaos before Duke came away with its first ACC win.
The Blue Devils fell to Syracuse in four sets Friday afternoon, followed by another five-set loss Sunday to Boston College.
Duke has won nine of its eleven matches so far this season. Six of the nine games it has won went to four sets. One went to five. So what’s stopping the sweep?
No. 5 Duke took down Boston College 3-0 Thursday evening in Koskinen Stadium in a match that proved that the Blue Devils' greatest defense is their offense.
This weekend in Durham, it was Duke’s greatness that won against Michigan and Michigan State in Friday and Saturday’s matches, respectively.
So far this year, while the stat sheets tell a story of two efficient offenses who create and finish good looks at the net, a more broad look at the dynamics of the two teams shows how they’ll challenge each other to be at their best offensively when paired against each other.
At Friday’s home opener against East Tennessee State, the Blue Devils debuted “Hate Won’t Live Here” warmup shirts, which they continued to wear throughout the weekend.
Duke earned its first victory of the 2022 season Saturday evening against Rider at the doTERRA Classic in Provo, Utah.
The Bryan Center plaza was packed Saturday night.
The line at the Lobby Shop was out the door as students flocked to buy food in advance of Duke's announcement of a "stay-in-place" directive, although the final directive said students could leave their rooms or come to campus to buy food.
Clockwise from top left: Thomas Williams, senior lecturing fellow at the School of Law, moderated a Thursday panel on racism in health care with Daniela Lamas, a pulmonary and critical care physician; Khiara Bridges, a law professor at UC Berkeley; and Sylvia Perry, an assistant professor of social psychology at Northwestern.
