At Duke Softball Field in Durham, the 13th-ranked Blue Devils took their first two games against Syracuse 3-1 and 6-0 before allowing a 3-2 loss in the third.
As spring sports are underway, The Chronicle is back with our breakdown of every sport, including key rules, terminology, tournament formats and more. Here is our softball edition.
Cassidy Curd led Duke’s efforts against No. 15 Nebraska, holding the Cornhuskers scoreless; she closed things out against Minnesota, tying a neat bow on Dani Drogemueller’s earlier efforts. And at the tournament’s crescendo, Curd shut out No. 4 UCLA while former Bruin Thessa Malau’ulu earned Duke its only run.
Now that the Blue Devils have proved just how good they can be, the bar goes up. Last season’s success proved that Duke can play with the big dogs; this year will be all about proving that 2024’s success was not a one-off.
The young team looked like cool veterans even against a significantly more experienced Maine squad. The Blue Devils reentered the court with a renewed focus, helped by veteran leadership from the Australian native Proctor and other upperclassmen like his backcourt mate Caleb Foster, and bigs Maliq Brown and Mason Gillis.
No. 7 Duke men’s basketball opened its highly-anticipated 2024-25 campaign with a home contest against Maine. After 20 minutes of play, the home team is out to a 44-33 lead.
Duke football defeated North Carolina but lost to Georgia Tech in its first two ACC contents. Here is analysis on some of the biggest plays from both of those games for the Blue Devils.
With the fall sports season underway, The Chronicle is here with a breakdown of every sport, including key rules, terminology, qualifying procedures and more. Up next is a guide to football.
Duke football defeated Northwestern 26-20 in double overtime to move onto 2-0 in the season. In the first edition of The Chronicle’s film session, we will take an in-depth look at two of the biggest plays on both sides of the ball.
With the 2024 season coming up fast, The Chronicle is breaking down each major position group on the Duke roster: specialists, defensive backs, linebackers, running backs, defensive line, offensive line, receivers and quarterbacks. Last up are the quarterbacks.
