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TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE
By Sabreena Merchant | May 29, 2008Putts were falling. Chips were dropping. Seven-under par. Duke was the best team on the golf course.
Putts were falling. Chips were dropping. Seven-under par. Duke was the best team on the golf course.
It wasn't exactly the finish she had hoped for, but even though her team came up a little short, Amanda Blumenherst did exactly what she had to do.
Two days into the final leg of its quest for an unprecedented fourth national championship, top-seeded Duke finished in 12th place Wednesday
And when you're named National Player of the Year in your first two campaigns and you're the leader of a Blue Devil dynasty-that is, when you're Amanda Blumenherst-you couldn't be further from the...
Although Duke advanced to the NCAA Championships for the 11th straight year with a top-eight finish at the East regionals, the Blue Devils moved ahead in an un-Duke-like fashion.
To be successful in match play, you've got to stay positive, adapt on the fly and bounce back quickly from disappointment.
With the team title and an individual crown hanging in the balance on the final hole, Amanda Blumenherst could sense the importance of her final putt.
A week after a disappointing fifth-place finish, Duke entered the final day of the Bryan National Collegiate with the lead, but once again failed to come away with a victory.
No. 1 Duke trudged to a fifth-place finish at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic in Athens, Ga., the Blue Devils' worst finish since October 2006.
Ten was the number of the day for Duke juniors Amanda Blumenherst and Jennie Lee Wednesday.
No. 1 Duke opened its spring season with a performance befitting its ranking, shooting a collective 4-over-par to finish one stroke out of first place after the first day of play at the Wildcat...
The three-time defending national champion Blue Devils begin their quest for an unprecedented fourth straight title Monday at the Wildcat Invitational in Tucson, Ariz.