Hard work has become a mantra for the women's rowing team. Like distance runners, rowers often focus less on skill work and more on sheer grunt work, spending hour after hour on urging machines.
Before this season of ACC basketball got underway, nobody knew what to expect.
After a week in which ice and rain forced Duke to cancel or postpone four straight games, the skies cleared Sunday, allowing the Blue Devils to take the field for the first time in eight days.
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In a season in which it plans on being in the thick of things come tournament time, the No. 7 men's lacrosse team (2-0) began its campaign in the thin air of the Rocky Mountains last weekend.
Opening their season, the No. 2 women's lacrosse team dominated a pair of opponents over the weekend, generating a tremendous number of offensive opportunities and keeping control of the game.
When Duke beat N.C. State Saturday, it was an important victory for the Blue Devils, but it was also part of the most telling trend in this year's ACC.
This weekend, the Blue Devils found out for themselves why California colleges have long been known for their powerhouse tennis teams. Following Thursday's 4-3 defeat of Texas, Duke faced No.
The regular season for the women's basketball season is winding down--and the Blue Devils are picking up momentum as they fly downhill.
Freshman Katie Ness broke three individual records and an all-freshman relay team toppled a 25-year-old school record as the women's swimming team finished eighth at the ACC championships held over...
In a game that saw several second-half runs from North Carolina State, Duke was finally able to put away its intrastate rival behind a solid performance from sophomore guard Daniel Ewing, whose 18...
The last time the women's tennis team traveled to the Midwest, they were riding high, taking the National Indoor Championships in Madison, Wis., and subsequently their first ever No.
For most of us, getting out of the cellar requires nothing more than a set of stairs. For the men's and women's indoor track teams, it took several record-setting performances.
After Duke's bitterly fought 78-67 overtime victory over North Carolina in January, many people expected an equally competitive contest Thursday night when the Tar Heels came to Cameron Indoor...
For the seventh consecutive time, the men's tennis team won its opening round match at the prestigious National Team Indoor Championships by downing No. 9 Texas 4-3 on the strength of superior depth.
"Lucky Devils," some of the more historically minded Duke fans in Cameron chanted as the Blue Devils dominated North Carolina late in the second half of a 97-63 romp.
N.C. State (14-8, 7-4 in the ACC) comes to Durham Saturday at 4 p.m. in yet another pivotal ACC matchup, as the No.
After a major scare in the first matchup at North Carolina and a loss to Connecticut, No.
During a timeout in the second half, with Duke locked in a ferocious battle with a Maryland team tied for first place in the ACC, an ordinarily timorous freshman asked head coach Mike Krzyzewski...
With the retirement of former UNC head coach Dean Smith and the emergence of Maryland as a national powerhouse, Terrapin head coach Gary Williams and Duke's Mike Krzyzewski have created the premier...
