A little less than a year has passed since Jacob Kasper decided to redshirt his junior season in an attempt to qualify for the 2016 Olympics in Rio. In that time, the Lexington, Ohio, native has faced some of the world's best competition everywhere from Colorado to Russia.
Duke will travel to Roanoke, Va., to compete in the two-day Hokie Open tournament hosted by Virginia Tech.
Redshirt senior Conner Hartmann led the way for No. 22 Duke at Madison Square Garden in New York at the NCAA Division I championships, garnering his third straight All-America honors at 197 pounds and becoming the first Blue Devil to reach the podium in three consecutive seasons with his seventh-place finish.
No. 22 Duke will send four grapplers to New York to square off against the nation’s best in search of a title at Madison Square Garden in the NCAA championships Thursday through Saturday.
The Blue Devils scored 33 team points en route to a fifth-place finish, headlined by a second straight ACC title at 197 pounds for No. 5 Conner Hartmann and a second consecutive runner-up finish for No. 9 Mitch Finesilver—this year at 149 pounds after placing second last season at 133 pounds.
After an entire season of hard work, some coaches may find it difficult to motivate their squads to get to practice and finish the season strong.
No. 21 Duke travels to John Paul Jones Arena for the ACC championships Sunday, beginning the day at 11 a.m. and hoping to still be around when the championship finals kick off at 7 p.m. in search of an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament in two weeks.
After dropping a 20-19 nail-biter due to criteria against Northwestern Friday at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Ill., Duke rallied Sunday in West Lafayette, Ind., to upend No. 24 Purdue on Senior Day 28-18 at Holloway Gym.
In many ways, the Wildcats thus resembles the Blue Devils, making Friday night's dual match between Duke and Northwestern all the more important from a recruiting standpoint.
The Hokies' eight ranked grapplers netted them six bonus-point wins—a forfeit, pin and four major decisions—that propelled them to their eighth consecutive win of the season.
No. 14 North Carolina seemed to overlook a short-handed Duke squad Wednesday night at Carmichael Arena as the Blue Devils outhustled and outgrappled their rivals for a 21-17 victory—their first win in the Tobacco Road rivalry since 2004.
When a rival’s name pops up on the schedule, a certain feeling of hatred begins to surge. Make it the Tobacco Road rivalry between North Carolina and Duke, and hatred often does not capture the intensity on the line.
Despite wrestling with a full lineup for three straight duals, Duke was shorthanded once again Friday as it failed to capture its first win in ACC play with a 22-12 defeat at the hands of No. 19 Virginia at Memorial Gym in Charlottesville, Va.
With the ACC tournament just more than a month away, the Blue Devils will pack their bags and head to the tournament site seeking their first conference win of the season.
A defeat in the final match forced the Blue Devils to stomach a 19-18 heartbreaker against Gardner-Webb at Card Gymnasium Wednesday after a series of questionable calls left the home faithful begging for answers.
Conner Hartmann has been molded into a three-time NCAA qualifier and the reigning ACC champion at 197 pounds, success that can be in part traced back to Wissel, who has worked with the redshirt senior on and off the mat to mold Hartmann into a contender for the NCAA title.
With election season in full swing, the Blue Devils hit the campaign trail to the nation’s capital and scored two key midseason victories inside the Beltway.
The Blue Devils will make the trip to Washington to face off against Columbia and American at Bender Arena on the Eagles’ campus Sunday in a pair of early morning sessions of competition, with the Lions up first at 9 a.m., followed by American at 11 a.m.
Despite a tough outing Saturday, the Blue Devils picked up their second win of the season Sunday to cap a weekend of wrestling on the West Coast.
With a chill entering the air as winter sweeps its way across the East Coast, the Blue Devils will fly cross-country for two dual matches in the Golden State.
