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Costabile wills Duke to a 6-5 OT win over Notre Dame to claim National Championship
BALTIMORE, Md. – Sophomore CJ Costabile scored the game-winning goal five seconds into overtime to give Duke University its first NCAA Men’s Lacrosse National Title in program history. Winning the opening faceoff, the longstick midfielder raced down the middle of the field, dodged several Notre Dame defensemen and unleashed a high shot into the net [...]
Monday Musings – Dukies in NBA, ESPN ACC TV deal, Alabama-Duke football
The NBA conference finals feature three former Blue Devils in former teammates JJ Redick and Shelden Williams and the ageless Grant Hill. Redick had a nice game off the bench by scoring nine points but his team couldn’t rally and go down 1-0 to the Boston Celtics. Shelden Williams didn’t get off the bench for [...]
Duke drubs #13 Clemson 10-4 to go 1-1 in the ACC Tournament
DURHAM, N.C. – Nate Freiman went 3-for-4 and became Duke’s all-time home run leader with his 43rd career home run to back a 7.1-inning start from classmate Andrew Wolcott that led Duke to a 10-4 win over No. 13 Clemson Friday evening at the ACC Tournament.
Freiman crushed the record-breaking homer in his third at bat [...]
Duke Athletics mid week report
Here are some quotes from the players and coaches after Duke defeated Cal earning the national title in women’s tennis.
Head Coach Jamie Ashworth
On the match -
“We came out in doubles and played really well. We came out very relaxed. I don’t know what caused us to be relaxed, but it really worked for us. Everyone [...]
Duke Women crush California to earn the National Championship
COLLEGE STATION, Texas—
Duke University seniors Melissa Mang and Jessi Robinson earned singles victories within minutes of each other to lead the Blue Devils to a 4-0 sweep of No. 8 California in the NCAA Women’s Tennis National Championship match. Duke captures its first national title in women’s tennis and 10th overall national trophy in school [...]
Duke final four bound after defeating UNC for the third time
ANNAPOLIS, Md.— Senior attackman Ned Crotty scored two goals and handed out six assists to lead third-seeded Duke to a 12-11 win over sixth-seeded North Carolina and guide the Blue Devils to their third consecutive national semifinal appearance. A crowd of 12,142 at Navy-Marine Corps Stadium witnessed Duke’s 11th straight win over the Tar Heels [...]
Duke defeats #7 Georgia Tech enroute to a berth in the ACC Tournament
DURHAM, N.C. – Jake Lemmerman hit a go-ahead two-run home run in the seventh inning to lead Duke to a 5-3, series-clinching win over No. 7 Georgia Tech Saturday afternoon at Jack Coombs Field.
Lemmerman’s two-out, two-run bomb staked reliever Dennis O’Grady to a two-run lead that he and junior Michael Ness preserved by getting the [...]
Thursday Morning Links – Plumlee, Redick and more
Future Dukie Mason Plumlee earned All America honors from the Louisville Courier. Here is the LINK.
Here is the NBA’s early entry list with foreign players listed. The face of college hoops will change as players either come out or stay in the draft, so the watch begins.
The Boston Celtics tripped the Orlando Magic last evening [...]