SPORTS
UNC beats Duke, 83-68, for ACC title
By Michael King | March 9, 1998GREENSBORO - Round 3 goes to the Tar Heels.
GREENSBORO - Round 3 goes to the Tar Heels.
The ballroom: Cameron Indoor Stadium. The partner: fifteenth seeded Middle Tennessee State University, champions of the Ohio Valley Conference. Leading the dance: the No.
If nobody is perfect, then this weekend the women's tennis team must have been nobody.
Although Saturday's Atlantic Coast Conference Wrestling Championships brought disappointment to many Duke wrestlers, Matt Mapes, 167 pounds, and Chris Heckel, 126-lbs.
The men's lacrosse team may have graduated 13 seniors, including five all-Americans, but Saturday it played as if it didn't miss them at all.
CHARLOTTE - Round three goes to the Tar Heels.
The women's tennis team moved from indoor play to outdoor competition this weekend, but the results were still the same.
CHARLOTTE - Saddled with a team that lost two of its best players to graduation, women's basketball coach Gail Goestenkors has done many things right in guiding the Blue Devils to their first...
In his two seasons at North Carolina, Makhtar Ndiaye has hardly stood out as a quote machine. But one line he uttered in frustration Saturday spoke volumes about Duke's 77-75 victory over UNC.
Many times, the polls must find a little something to separate two otherwise evenly matched teams. In the case of the seventh-ranked men's lacrosse team and No.
The baseball team lost one streak but quickly started another this weekend. No. 13 Duke (17-1) snapped a 15-game winning streak, falling to Liberty Friday at historic Jack Coombs Field, 12-2.
Mark Rotblat and David Tonini each scored points in two events for the men's swim team this weekend at the Atlantic Coast Conference Championships in Charlottesville.
As expected, the Board of Trustees passed two major developments in the athletic department at their meeting on Friday afternoon.
Sometimes, it's the little things that make a difference in a basketball game. Things like it being Senior Day. Or the fact that the two teams have possibly the greatest rivalry in college hoops.
Almost two years ago, shortstop Vaughn Schill arrived in Durham from Audubon, N.J., hoping to provide an additional boost to Duke's steady ascent in collegiate baseball. If the Blue Devils current No.
The Duke wrestlers made a common mistake on Friday. In their eagerness to wrestle Atlantic Coast Conference opponent North Carolina State on Tuesday, they looked past the match in front of them.
The Cameron Crazies wanted to help their team in any way possible during Sunday's game against UCLA.
The men's basketball team dealt UCLA its worst loss in history thanks to equal parts skill and strategy, with just a dash of luck thrown in.
For a women's fencing team that will be graduating most of its members, it was an emotional day Saturday as it traveled to and defeated North Carolina.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - As junior Amy Armond swam the final lap of the 400 individual medley Friday night, it wasn't just her Duke teammates cheering her on to an NCAA B qualifying time.