RALEIGH - With eight minutes left and Duke leading the Wolfpack 46-44, another matchup between the rivals seemed headed to a classic finish.
After easily defeating No. 30 Notre Dame 6-1 Saturday, the No. 5 Duke men's tennis team turned around and defeated No. 8 Illinois in hostile Champaign, Ill., by a score of 4-3.
The women's tennis team (3-0) showed why it is ranked third in the nation last weekend with convincing wins over No. 20 Ohio State (4-1) and No. 50 Indiana (6-1).
This weekend Duke fencing hosted its annual fencing invitational, competing against Stanford, Notre Dame, Air Force, Ohio State and North Carolina-some of the nation's best teams.
N.C. State walked into Cameron Indoor Stadium at the wrong time.
It is 63-62 with seven seconds remaining, and Seton Hall has an opportunity to knock off No. 9 Syracuse on its home court.
Although the indoor season is coming to a close, the Duke men's and women's track and field teams have only just begun to fulfill their potential.
When freshman heavyweight Levi Karnehm stepped onto the mat Saturday night against Maryland's James Taylor, the match was on the line.
The past, present and future of Duke basketball were in Cameron Indoor Stadium yesterday as the third-ranked Blue Devils (22-2, 10-1 in the ACC) defeated N.C. State (11-11, 3-7) 101-75.
Competing in Tempe, Ariz.
Brand, Avery and Maggette. The great exodus of 1999.
Eleven minutes into the second half, Florida State's 6-foot-10, 350-pound center Nigel Dixon wandered the key wearily, drenched in sweat, as he tried to keep an eye on Duke's Casey Sanders.
The Blue Devils opened the 2001 season to mixed results.
He has been called overweight and slow and he has been accused of being the reason Duke did not start the preseason ranked No. 1.
The swimmers concluded their regular season this weekend by sweeping Davidson College Saturday.
Deep in the heart of Texas, having seen all the members of his posse snipped off early, Duke senior Ramsey Smith tried to smoke the remaining competition.
Familiar face. Unfamiliar result.
Nobody would have guessed yesterday that Duke had lost to North Carolina only three days prior.
Following Wednesday night's win over Gardner-Webb, when the Blue Devils started off strong and never looked back, it was questionable if Duke would be able to keep that pace over the weekend.
The Duke men's and women's indoor track and field teams continued a steady streak of stellar performances this past weekend at the 14th annual Meyo Invitational in the Loftus Sports Complex at...
