Conquered In College Park: No. 1 Terps supply women's lax 1st loss
By Elizabeth Colucci | March 5, 2001A somewhat disappointing trip to Maryland this weekend was cut short, leaving No. 4 Duke with only a loss to open its conference season.
A somewhat disappointing trip to Maryland this weekend was cut short, leaving No. 4 Duke with only a loss to open its conference season.
For the second time this season, the No. 3 women's tennis team (8-1) lost two of three doubles matches and found itself down 1-0. Yesterday, it was at No. 6 Texas (8-1).
CHAPEL HILL - North Carolina coach Matt Doherty has garnered a considerable amount of praise and even mention as a candidate for conference coach of the year, but yesterday the first-year coach...
WINSTON-SALEM - For anyone who has considered contributions from the bench and post play as Duke's two major weaknesses this season, they might want to think twice.
The Blue Devils have set a goal for themselves, and as always, Georgia Schweitzer is doing more than her fair share to see that it is realized.
The Duke men's swimming team set several records at the ACC Championships that ran from Thursday through Saturday.
WINSTON-SALEM - It was supposed to be Robert O'Kelley's big day.
Duke received a little extra help from Virginia Commonwealth yesterday afternoon at the Sheffield Center.
There is something naturally appealing about rainy Sunday afternoons.
The Duke men's lacrosse team successfully opened its season this weekend, beating Drexel 10-5 Friday, and then following that victory with a 12-4 defeat of Butler yesterday afternoon.
It looks relatively unassuming from the front. Just another building among many around Duke's campus.
The dreads are accidental.
There would be no rematch of the nation's top two women tennis players. At least not this weekend.
No one would have been particularly surprised if the baseball team did not look its best coming off four road losses to one of the top teams in the country, Arizona State.
The No. 3 Duke men's tennis team (5-1) prevailed all week at the National Team Indoor Team Championships in Seattle, Wash., until they reached the semifinals.
RALEIGH - Duke's hopes of receiving a number one seed in the NCAA tournament suffered a severe blow yesterday, as the Blue Devils lost to N.C.
The women's swimming team completed its season in good form, setting five new school records and numerous personal best times at the ACC Championship in Charlottesville, Va., this weekend.
After two exhausting days at the ACC Championships, Duke track and field can boast four new school records and high hopes for what lies ahead.
NEW YORK - The anticipated matchup at sold-out Madison Square Garden between prized point guards never materialized, at least not between Duke's Jason Williams and freshman Omar Cook of St. John's.
NEW YORK - It was not as exciting in their house. Last season, St. John's beat Duke 83-82 in Cameron Indoor Stadium in a thriller that gave the name "Bootsy" a much less innocuous connotation.