Sportswrap is your one-stop shop for everything that happened this weekend in Duke athletics. Today's cover features Duke redshirt sophomore Rebecca Greenwell, who scored a career-high 27 points in the Blue Devils' 36-point win at North Carolina Sunday to close out the regular season.
Balanced offensive attack sends Duke basketball past Florida State: Nothing seemed to fall for the Blue Devils in the game's first five minutes, but once the ball went through the net for the first time, there was no looking back.
Blue Devils hand out 16 assists to down Seminoles with contributions all over the court: Ever since Amile Jefferson went down with a fractured right foot, Duke has counted on at least one player to break out for a big scoring night. There was no one dominant player Thursday, but that still spelled trouble for Florida State.
Grayson Allen receives reprimand from the ACC for trip: The ACC has issued a public reprimand to Duke sophomore Grayson Allen after the Blue Devil guard tripped Xavier Rathan-Mayes in the final seconds of Thursday's 80-65 win against Florida State.
Pittsburgh dominates the paint in lopsided win against Duke men's basketball: Pittsburgh controlled the game from the get-go, dominating the interior and blowing out No. 15 Duke 76-62 Sunday afternoon at the Petersen Events Center.
Blue Devils outhustled, outmuscled by desperate Panthers: Motivated by their fight to push themselves onto the right side of the NCAA bubble, the Panthers brought all they had against the Blue Devils, commanding sizable advantages in most statistical categories.
Duke women's basketball routs North Carolina in statement win heading into ACC tournament: Redshirt sophomore Rebecca Greenwell scored a career-high 27 points as Duke closed out the regular season with a wire-to-wire 93-57 win against the Tar Heels at Carmichael Arena.
Blue Devils put the pieces together to rout Tar Heels, handing out 25 assists: Turnovers and miscommunications have plagued an inexperienced Duke team for much of the year, but the Blue Devils finally got on the same page in the last game of the regular season.
Late goal keys Elon's 7-6 upset of Duke women's lacrosse: Shelby Scanlin received the quick pass from behind the net, steadied herself, then turned and fired perhaps the biggest shot in Elon history past Duke goalkeeper Kelsey Duryea.
Hat tricks from Acton and Smesko propel Duke women's lacrosse past Quakers: After suffering a humbling loss to Elon Thursday evening, the Blue Devils regrouped with a big win Sunday to get back on track with their first win of the year against a ranked opponent and first victory since Feb. 12.
Dougherty launches 3 home runs as Duke baseball blasts Buckeyes: Center fielder Evan Dougherty entered Friday's game against Ohio State with zero home runs in his Duke career. He left with three.
Flames extinguish Duke baseball's winning streak with 1-0 shutout: The Blue Devils' four-game win streak ended with a 1-0 loss to Liberty at TicketReturn.com Field in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Duke went 0-for-10 with runners in scoring position and the Flames manufactured a run in the seventh inning.
Coastal Carolina offense too much for Duke baseball in tournament finale: The Blue Devils jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead in the second inning against No. 19 Coastal Carolina, but the Chanticleers responded with nine runs in four innings to claim a 10-6 victory Sunday at Springs Brooks Stadium in Conway, S.C.
Johonnot, Rohner, Clark claim gold for Duke track and field at ACC indoor championships: Four years after capturing gold in the pentathlon of the ACC championships in Boston as a freshman, redshirt senior Karli Johonnot climbed up to the top of the podium at the Reggie Lewis Center again—but this time, not on crutches.
Duke men's swimming finishes eighth at ACC championships: Entering the meet seeded third and just 0.32 off of the A standard time, the quartet of Kaz Takabayashi, Peter Kropp, David Armstrong and James Peek earned their second automatic qualification to the NCAA championships in as many years with a new program-best swim of 1:25.00.
Duke women's tennis survives Hurricanes to open ACC play 2-0: Two days after downing Florida State 6-1 in its ACC opener, No. 9 Duke outlasted No. 13 Miami 4-3 Sunday at Ambler Tennis Stadium in its first outdoor competition of the dual season.
Duke men's tennis sweeps second straight Saturday double-header: Duke cruised past Coastal Carolina and Furman Saturday at home at Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center, taking both matches of a weekend double-header for the second time in as many weeks.
Matheis, Guterding help Duke men's lacrosse sink Jacksonville: Although Duke struggled with a slow, sloppy start, senior Case Matheis and sophomore Justin Guterding took charge in the second quarter to fuel an offensive outburst.
Quote of the Week:
“Rebounding is [about] effort. It doesn’t matter how much size you have, it was effort. We didn’t give that effort today and they did"
—Duke junior guard Matt Jones, on the Blue Devils' struggles on the glass Sunday at Pittsburgh
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