After a heavy loss to South Carolina Thursday, the Blue Devils went home angry and ready to get another win under their belt. Freshman Toby Fournier paced the team, scoring a team-high 27 points and coming up just one rebound short of a double-double.
The 13th-ranked Blue Devils were hot off of their five-game win streak and came into the game against Columbia ready to continue it, taking the matchup 77-61.
Ahead of the start of the Blue Devils' season Monday, our beats are here with season predictions, players to watch and the biggest questions for this team.
At home in Koskinen Stadium Tuesday, the fifth-ranked Blue Devils took on the Lancers for their penultimate game of the regular season. Duke’s early spark led the team to a 4-1 victory over Longwood.
It was a pretty day in Stanford’s Cagan Stadium but an ugly match. Duke held onto a lead until the last 15 minutes of the game, which ended in a 2-2 tie.
In the wake of several significant departures — senior captains Nick Pariano, Antino Lopez, Lewis McGarvey and Amir Daley included — finding those veterans seemed a tall task. Kerr, however, has taken full advantage of his ability to recruit graduate transfers, such that his roster may have more veteran leaders now than it ever has. Graduate students comprise 10 of Kerr’s 32 players, and only two of them — Cameron Kerr and Luke Thomas — are returners to Duke.
The Blue Devils were more than just regular-season warriors: They won the league championship for the second time and advanced to new heights in the postseason, garnering its first Women’s College World Series berth.
They say the devil is in the details. But in Durham, the Blue Devils are in the details — and numbers.
No. 7-seed Duke, fresh off a second-round upset of No. 2-seed Ohio State, make the trip to Portland, Ore., Saturday evening for a date with No. 3-seed UConn. The Chronicle's beat writers are here with their predictions about whether the Blue Devils can continue their remarkable run and advance to the Elite Eight.
It was a fight, to be sure, and a chaotic one at that.
