With the season winding down and seven teams separated by just two games of each other in the ACC standings, the Duke volleyball team could only tread water this weekend.
After dropping a close match to North Carolina Friday, the volleyball team rebounded to sweep N.C. State Saturday.
The volleyball team is in an unusual position as it rigorously prepares for its non-conference game this weekend—because the non-conference game is eight miles down the road in Chapel Hill.
Coming into Friday night’s game, the volleyball team was riding high after a pair of conference victories and a rise into a second-place tie in the ACC.
The volleyball team will host Virginia Tech in what appears to be its most crucial game to date Sunday at 1 p.m.
With a victory over Wake Forest, the Duke volleyball team ended a two-game conference skid Tuesday after falling to both Clemson and Georgia Tech in a pair of ACC matches over the weekend.
A pair of five-game matches on the same weekend can be physically and mentally exhausting.
A pair of Floridian ACC opponents pushed the volleyball team to the limit this weekend but Duke overpowered its opponents late to emerge victorious in each.
Sitting on a bench after practice, players Carrie DeMange and Ali Hausfeld laugh and exchange nervous smiles.
Duke’s pair of freshman standouts have played together since the third grade and could be a dangerous twosome for many years to come.
ACC volleyball teams never get an opportunity to take a game off.
Energized by a boisterous crowd, the Blue Devils came out and built a one game lead on North Carolina in their ACC opener.
Trailing by as many as seven points in its second game versus College of Charleston, Duke (9-2) launched an exciting comeback, allowing the Blue Devils to extend their winning streak to nine games.
Head coach Jolene Nagel won her 300th college match as Duke dominated Elon 3-0 Wednesday at home.
Coaches always stress the old adage “practice, practice, practice.
The volleyball team was perfect this weekend.
When teams host their early-season tournaments, they generally schedule a series of games that should result in easy victories.
Coming back from the West Coast and playing on three days' rest, Duke knew it had to make quick work of Campbell.
The women’s volleyball team (1-2) will look to improve on a competitive start to its season tonight when it travels to Campbell to take on the Camels (1-2) at 7 p.m.
