SPORTS
Blue Devils nearly sweep ODU
By Mike Van Pelt | February 20, 2004This year's women's tennis team may have a number of new faces, but nothing about its home dominance has changed. The No.
This year's women's tennis team may have a number of new faces, but nothing about its home dominance has changed. The No.
The wait is finally over.
With the score tied at 20 early in the Duke women's basketball game against visiting Virginia on Thursday night, Blue Devil coach Gail Goestenkors noticed that her team was a bit slow.
Nothing was going smoothly for Duke. With four minutes and change left in the first half, the Blue Devils had committed 11 turnovers, and were ahead of a weak Virginia team by only five points.
When the women's swimming and diving teams departed for Charlottesville, Va. and the 2004 ACC Championships, they undoubtedly left with high hopes.
Last time Maryland and Duke met, the Terrapin post players were no match for the mighty Blue Devils, and Duke exploited the mismatch.
WINSTON-SALEM -- Heart --yes it is in your chest, but more importantly it is represented in your demeanor.
Fall Sports recruiting Classes Announced.
There was no letdown after the wrestling team's dramatic victory over conference power Virginia.
The pesky Cavaliers have gotten close to upsetting the Blue Devils in recent years, but never succeeded. Tonight they have another chance.
Sophomore Jake Poses was elected sports editor of the 100th volume for the 2004-05 year by The Chronicle sports staff Tuesday evening. His term begins in May.
Traveling from one Big Four opponent's den to another has been Duke's rigorous itinerary this week. Fresh off its first conference loss at the hands of Tobacco Road-foe N.C.
The fencing team has achieved remarkable success as a whole over the course of this winter season, but the Junior Olympics in Cleveland, Oh.
Over the next five days, the women's swimming and diving teams will be on a mission to prove themselves at this week's ACC Championships in Charlottesville, Va.
Dr. Henry Friedman is, admittedly, a very simple man-the renowned pediatric oncologist's life revolves around his family, his profession and his favorite sport, basketball. .
"I thought North Carolina State played outstanding basketball, and kind of knocked us back in the first half.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- In a lot of ways, Duke's game against North Carolina Saturday night was kind of weird.
Duke's baseball team did its best impersonation of the Comeback Kids this past weekend, winning two out of three games against the Cincinnati Bearcats in stunning come-from-behind fashion.
The Duke men's and women's lacrosse teams introduced their new lineups in scrimmages Saturday in preparation for their first regular season games later this week.
For the first time this season, the tenth-ranked women's tennis team (4-1) swept all six singles matches, as it defeated No. 36 Indiana (4-2) by a 6-1 margin on Sunday in Bloomington, Ind.