The top-seeded Blue Devils took home the title at the 54-hole NCAA Madison regional, clinching a berth in the NCAA championship.
Duke is heading north to continue its campaign in hopes of punching a ticket to the NCAA championship yet again.
Duke jumped out to a four-stroke lead Saturday and never relinquished it, eventually leaving second-place Florida State 27 strokes behind.
Duke will try to earn its first victory of 2018 after going winless in the spring regular season for the first time in five years.
A slow start against a field stacked with the nation’s top squads created a deficit too difficult to overcome.
Duke will look to continue that upward trend by closing out the regular season with a win.
For the first time in 2018, Duke had a tournament leader within arm’s reach headed into the final round of competition.
Facing a novel course and yet another challenging field, Duke will have an opportunity to put its hard work during practice on display.
The Boilermakers climbed their way up the national rankings thanks to a 19-game midseason winning streak in which it beat three other top-25 teams.
After winning the program’s second Atlantic 10 conference championship in school history last season, Rhode Island kept its momentum.
