After a tough first game of the series, the Blue Devils rebounded Sunday to take down the Cavaliers.
After dropping both games to Penn on Tuesday and Wednesday this week, Duke is looking to re-establish itself as an ACC power.
The two losses snapped a 14-game winning streak against Ivy League competition for the Blue Devils dating back to 2013.
Duke began the weekend with a dominant pitching display as Graeme Stinson, Matt Dockman and Jack Carey combined for the program’s first no-hitter since 1955.
The undefeated Nittany Lions are off to the program’s best start since 1980, having swept Monmouth and Fairfield to open the year.
Kennie Taylor doubled as the second batter of the afternoon, and was soon brought home when Michael Rothenberg sent one over the fence.
With a 7-1 record, this is the best start the Blue Devils have had since 2008, even with their record-breaking season last year.
Duke struck out 14 Davidson hitters and allowed only three hits to shut down a lineup that scored 32 runs in a weekend sweep.
Duke maintained a one-run lead from the fifth inning on, including an 81-minute rain delay, to complete a series sweep with a 4-3 win.
Despite a short outing, the junior southpaw showed why he is projected to go in the first round of this year’s draft.
Junior Graeme Stinson will look to build off an extraordinary postseason run.
Duke was seven runs and just nine outs from a winless NCAA tournament, but wound up winning four elimination games to claim a thrilling regional title.
On the eve of college baseball's final night, Duke made sure to lock up the man who came just one win short of carrying the Blue Devils to their sport's biggest stage.
No. 9 seed Texas Tech pulled out a 6-2 win Monday evening to advance to the College World Series for the third time in five seasons.
The bats of the Blue Devils remained sizzling in the fifth, as they broke the game open with six runs off of five consecutive hits.
After high scoring games in the Athens Regional, some of Duke’s big hitters such went hit-less on the game .
The Blue Devils will face Texas Tech in their first-ever appearance in the Super Regionals.
Crabtree went on to smack two more doubles and hit two home runs to spark Duke’s run to the first super regional in program history.
The Blue Devils, were losing 8-1 to Campbell, about to be eliminated from the tournament without a win.
The Blue Devils are now just two wins away from their first College World Series appearance since 1961.
