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Coastal habitat loss yields high carbon release
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Forest and oceans are not the only carbon sinks out there. Duke researchers found that coastal ecosystems store significant amounts of carbon dioxide, and that coastal habitat destruction releases 0.15 to 1.02 billion tons of carbon dioxide each year. The findings, published online in PLOS ONE, show that the emissions from loss of coastal habitat such as mangroves, sea grasses and salt marshes are equivalent to up to one-fifth of the carbon emissions caused by deforestation worldwide—amounting to $6 to 42 billion in annual economic damages. These findings are guiding policy changes by the United Nations to protect coastal environments. “Although there is still a high range of uncertainty, we were greatly surprised by the magnitude of carbon stored in coastal ecosystems,” said Brian Murray, director for economic analysis at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions. “On the high end of our estimates, emissions resulting from coastal habitat destruction are as large as carbon dioxide emissions produced by the world’s fifth largest emitter, Japan.” Carbon emission estimates were derived from “blue carbon,” a special type of carbon captured
The academic leader for Duke Kunshan University brings to the table experience in higher education and Chinese relations. Mary Bullock was named executive vice chancellor of DKU at Thursday’s Academic Council meeting. She will be in charge of academics and operations of the University, said Nora Bynum, vice provost for DKU and China initiatives. Bullock was one of four finalists—including both Duke and non-Duke candidates—chosen by a search committee in May. She was ultimately selected by President Richard Brodhead and Provost Peter Lange. Jeffrey Vincent, Clarence F. Korstian professor of forest economics, who led the vice chancellor search committee, said Bullock’s extensive knowledge of China makes her wellsuited for the position. “She’s really passionately committed to achieving greater connections between the U.S. and China in terms of higher education,” Vincent said. Bullock, who could not be reached for comment in time for publication, has worked extensively on Sino-American educational relations and led academic exchanges between the two countries during the 1970s, Vincent added. She currently chairs the China Medical Board
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Attendees at the football game Saturday—where Duke beat Memphis 38-14—do the “Gangnam Style” dance from the viral music video.
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The Duke Global Health Institute is introducing a new language lab program to complement its undergraduate offerings. The program will work to expose global health students to the cultures and languages of the countries they examine in their classes, said Deb Reisinger, assistant director of the French language program. Language courses will be taught as halfcredit independent studies and will be an option for all global health students. “We are excited to be working on a truly interdisciplinary project that allows students to examine global health issues from the perspective of
various cultures, in the languages of those cultures,” Reisinger said in an email Sunday. The program is being piloted this semester, and was implemented by Reisinger and global health professor Kathryn Whetten, who teaches GLHLTH 161: Introduction to Global Health. The five language labs offered this semester are Arabic, French, Hindi, Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. Each lab consists of 25 students and breaks down into smaller discussion groups, said freshman Ross Luo, who is currently taking global health courses. The students themselves select
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Javiera Caballero, a baker at Durham’s Bread Uprising, presents the bakery’s products at Green Flea market.
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All people are entitled to food, according to members of a Durham bakery, Bread Uprising. Operating under an unusual business model, Bread Uprising gives bread and other baked goods to the bakery’s clientele in exchange for whatever they can afford—a self-described cooperative bakery, said Tim Stallman, one of Bread Uprising’s bakers. The bakery currently serves 38 Durham households, a “radical majority” of whom are minorities, said Anna Lena Phillips, a member of the co-op since its inception in 2010. Each household pledges a weekly payment in exchange for a week’s worth of bread. A household may pay nothing, as the objective of SEE BAKERY ON PAGE 4
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DKU from page 1 and is on the board of directors for the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations. She is also on the board of trustees for the Harvard-Yenching Institute at Harvard University, which seeks to advance higher education in Asian studies. She has published numerous works on Asian-American educational exchange. Bullock will oversee the development of DKU’s undergraduate liberal arts programs, so her experience as president of Agnes Scott College—a small, women’s liberal arts college— should prove useful, Vincent said. Bullock led the Atlantaarea college from 1995 to 2006. Bynum also noted the importance of a leader for DKU who has deep knowledge of the American educational system. “The reason Duke was asked to come into China—into higher education—in the first place was in hopes that we’d be able to demonstrate the Duke model and U.S. model of higher education,” Bynum said. “We definitely thought that somebody for executive vice chancellor needed to have very in-depth knowledge of the U.S. system of higher education.” Lange said Bullock’s leadership experience in China makes her a good fit for the job. “She’s a scholar who knows China, so she brings a lot of knowledge and she also brings a lot of good administrative leadership experience,” he said. Vincent said he believes priorities for Bullock will in-
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clude familiarizing herself with Duke—getting to know students, faculty and administrators and developing undergraduate and graduate programs at DKU. DKU is expected to officially launch in Fall 2014, Bynum said. The construction process is progressing on schedule, Lange added. “It’s coming along, we have bids out for materials [needed] to complete construction,” he said. “As soon as bids get completed we expect a rapid rampup in the pace of construction.” He noted that the bids should be completed in a month to six weeks from now and that the completion of five buildings is still expected for summer 2013. The schedule for DKU has gone through several revisions. As of Fall 2011, the campus was supposed to open to students Spring 2013. But Lange confirmed in March that it would open Fall 2013, citing delays in construction and the Chinese Ministry of Education approval process. DKU, however, cannot offer degree programs until it receives final approval from the Ministry of Education, so it may not be possible to enroll students until 2014. In the interim, Duke’s global team is discussing the possibility of launching cooperative programs with the DKU’s Chinese partner, Wuhan University, that would serve as “bridge programs” until DKU launches. Bynum noted that New York University is developing a similar program until their Chinese campus— NYU Shanghai—opens.
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Families make origami and participate in other cultural activities such as writing haikus at the Asian Festival Day at the Asiatic Arboretum in the Sarah P. Duke Gardens.
LABS from page 1 foreign-language texts, videos and other media focused on global health and discuss this content in groups of about four people. They meet with an adviser every two weeks, which is the standard policy for independent studies. The decision to combine language study with the study of global health came about after a number of other universities introduced similar programs, said Joan Clifford, assistant director of the Spanish language program. However, the integration of language with other subjects has precedent at Duke. A political science course offered several years ago included Spanishlanguage discussion sections. “Any way that you can integrate language with your other studies is great,” Clifford said. “You can learn to use it in the context that is desirable to you.”
Despite the increased workload associated with taking the language lab, student reaction has been largely positive, Clifford added. In her first meeting with her full-class language lab group last week, she reported enthusiasm and interest among students. The class was already starting to examine a wide variety of foreign ad campaigns and share their reallife experiences with foreign language media, she noted. “We were able to look at a publicity campaign from Mexico, and also an ad from Argentina that were both anti-tobacco,” Clifford said. “It created some good discussion, and... there were students there who have studied abroad— one student who did DukeEngage in Honduras, a few students who have lived in Spain.” Luo, who chose to take the Mandarin Chinese lab, said he considers the labs more useful than a
typical language class. “The language groups allow students to really practice the foreign languages in a pragmatic manner,” Luo said. “Instead of learning about the literature of a country, you actually learn to use professional or technical terms, which are more relevant to our future careers.” Because there are thus far only five languages offered, freshman Karishma Popli chose not to participate in the language labs this semester. She added that the labs seem like a lot of extra work, though she would participate in the program if more languages are offered in the future. “They took a poll at the beginning of the year asking which languages people would prefer,” Popli noted. “I’m not fluent in any of the ones picked, and I didn’t want to take a language lab with people who are proficient in that language.”
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CARBON from page 1 by marine ecosystems from the atmosphere and stored in anaerobic soil below mangroves, sea grasses and tidal marshes, said Linwood Pendleton, acting chief economist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and director for ocean and coastal policy at the Nicholas Institute. When these wetlands undergo habitat destruction or degradation, sediment layers begin to erode. Once blue carbon is exposed to air or ocean water, large amounts of carbon dioxide are released into the atmosphere over time. “Research in carbon emis-
sions has primarily focused on quantifying carbon amounts in various ecosystems,� Pendleton said. “We wanted to examine what happens when these ecosystems are disturbed and stored carbon is released and whether protocols and methodologies could be implemented to offset carbon emissions.� Pendleton’s goal has not gone unheard—results from this research are currently being utilized to negotiate long-term coastal habitat conservation policies with the United Nations climate change panel, Murray said. In fact, the United States government has classified “blue carbon� as an important coastal resource that should be very carefully monitored, and con-
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A recent study found that destroying coastal habitats releases 1 billion tons of carbon into the atmosphere. One billion tons of carbon is equal to the weight of 8 million blue whales, 83 million buses and 143 million elephants.
servation protocols for coastal habitats are being put in place in parts of California, New England and Europe. Both Murray and Pendleton said that providing economic incentives to companies who leave coastal habitats intact and aim to reduce global carbon emissions may be most effective to conserving these fragile ecosystems. “Many people don’t know that blue carbon provides numerous benefits—they provide nursery to fish, serve as habitats for different kinds of birds and filter pollutants from coastal waters,� said Pendleton. “Working with international agencies to create complementary markets and policies for blue carbon habitats may help preserve these benefits and effect reductions in amounts of carbon emission.� Using these results as a baseline, Murray hopes to further characterize blue carbon emissions in various coastal habitats throughout the world and narrow uncertainty surrounding the magnitude of carbon emissions caused by coastal habitat destruction. For instance, Murray said, Indonesia, Mexico, Brazil and India have sizeable coastal lands rich in mangroves and tidal marshes. “I want to examine carbon emissions in these countries locally and help them develop environmental policies targeting coastal habitat conservation and carbon emission reduction,� Murray said.
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A group of students released lanterns into the sky from the Bryan Center Plaza to celebrate juniors Christian Kerr and Drew Rotolo’s birthday Sunday night.
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respect for other religious traditions, afďŹ rming the right to religious freedom, and condemning Antisemitism and all forms of religious discrimination and persecution. The Council’s directive that Catholics engage in dialogue and cooperation with followers of other religions in pursuit of shared values established a new basis for interreligious relationships. While numerous tensions and difďŹ culties remain, today there is a network of cordial The Second Vatican Council Catholic interreligious relationships around the transformed Catholic interreligious attitudes and world that simply did not exist in 1960. practices by expressing THE CATHOLIC CHURCH in 1960 inherited a history of conicted and often violent relationships with virtually every other religious tradition on this planet. Catholic attitudes toward other religions had traditionally been overwhelmingly hostile. The Catholic Church denied any right to religious liberty for nonCatholics, but it insisted on religious liberty for Catholics when they were in the minority.
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BAKERY from page 1 Bread Uprising is to provide food for those who need it, not only those who can afford it. “It’s not about buying bread,” she said. “We’re working to create a solidarity economy—people take what they need, contribute what they can and we work out the balance from there.” Stallman is one of three bakers, and he said all members of the co-op have other primary places of employment and work at the bakery part-time. The bakery has no owner. Instead, it is under collaborative ownership of all of its members, Phillips said. Although Bread Uprising’s impact may seem small right now, the co-op is riding the wave of a recent fundraiser that earned more than $10,000, with more than 80 percent of the donations being $50 or less. The fundraiser concluded Sept. 20, and the bakery will be using the revenue in coming months to experiment with new co-op models. Stallman said he would like Bread Uprising to be able to become a major employer for each of the bakers. “We want to become a co-op that not only provides bread to people, but can provide a primary income to our bakers,” he said. In addition to ramping up compensation for the bakers, Bread Uprising will be testing new methods of distribution,
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Phillips noted. This Saturday, members from the bakery set up shop for the first time at Durham’s Green Flea Market. Although Green Flea is less than 10 minutes away from campus, the demographics of the market were starkly different from those of Duke’s campus—almost every vendor and customer was black or Latino. The racial composition of the market seemed to be in line with Bread Uprising’s mission statement, which seeks to give food to those limited by certain socioeconomic factors, and the fact that a large majority of its clientele are racial minorities. “We understand that people’s access to food is limited by oppression in all forms, including the exploitative and dehumanizing relationships structured by the capitalist system, the global dominance of a destructive and profit-driven industrial food system, sexism, racism, heterosexism, transphobia and classism,” says the vision statement, which can be found on the bakery’s website. At the Green Flea Market, Bread Uprising was offering focaccia, cinnamon rolls and a variety of different bread loaves to market patrons while distributing brochures that explain the premise and goals of the coop bakery. Phillips added that they would like to continue attending markets, revenue permitting. “We’re going to see which
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Durham bakery Bread Uprising sells their store-made granola at the Green Flea market. models allow us to reach the most people and give the most bread,” she said. In terms of expansion of baked goods, Stallman said he and his fellow bakers would like to try their hands at cake design, which would append to the large list of goods they already produce. Tomato basil bread, cinnamon rolls, cupcakes, cookies, granola and muffins are among the foods outside of their most popular whole wheat loaf.
Cooperative business structures are not new to Durham. Some prominent co-ops in the Bull City include the Durham Bike Co-op, where community members can earn a bicycle by putting in service hours servicing other bikes, and the Durham Central Market, a co-operative grocery store that focuses on selling local food. “We would like to collaborate with other organizations to achieve food sovereignty in Durham,” Phillips said.
Although Bread Uprising has not interacted much with the Duke community, members of the co-op will be bringing bread from the bakery— which is located on the corner of Yancey Street and Amette Avenue—to East Campus for the North Carolina gay pride parade and festival, said Noah Rubin-Blose, another baker. They will be giving out their typical goods as well as rainbow-painted cookies in the shape of North Carolina.
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ree speech is tricky. It can offend or uplift, film constituted a denial of the First Amendment terrify or exhilarate, incite or pacify. Along right to free speech, forget that free speech is only with the other First Amendment rights to absolute if you’re willing and able to suffer the confreedom of religion and freedom of association, sequences. Walking through security at the airport, we commonly understand our right to express our- it is highly advisable that you refrain from making selves freely to be absolute. But this is far from re- jokes about all the explosives you decided to add to ality. Even as we go about our quotidian activities, your carry-on at the last minute. Unless you’re willthe vast majority of us constantly apply a filter. We ing and able to submit to a cavity search (and risk refrain from saying exactly what we the possibility of prompting TSA offiplease because we think it might uncials to clear the security checkpoint necessarily offend the person we’re and making all the other passengers talking to or just because we’re confurious), you refrain from saying the cerned about subscribing to the staword “bomb” in the vicinity of a TSA tus quo and not looking like a fool. officer. Exercising such restraint is a cenThe death of Ambassador Stevens tral characteristic of a well-adjusted and the storming of the U.S. Embassy in adult, an individual who has fully injoline doedens Cairo are admittedly not closely analoternalized the prescribed conduct of gous to the reaction of a TSA officer to wait a minute society. This auto-policing of speech the “B” word, but they are predictable allows us to interact in a “civilized” repercussions of a video that insults manner with our peers and thereby work toward the idol many Muslims would identify as the bedrock achieving the quintessential capitalist goal of per- of Islamic civilization. Particularly in the post-Arab petual development and improvement. Spring world, where we are well aware of the powerIf you’ve watched the news at all over the course ful and viral revolutionary impetus of social media, of the past two weeks, you probably heard about a single bigoted film can wreak unimaginable and the assassination of Ambassador Christopher Ste- unnecessary havoc. It is true that absolute freedom vens in Benghazi by militants who were infuriated of speech would find no problem with a film that deby the anti-Islam film made by an American-Israeli picts Mohammed as a child molester who writes the filmmaker. The morning of the assassination, the Koran to justify his sexual desires. But the vast majorU.S. Embassy in Cairo, faced with increasingly vi- ity of us are peace-loving individuals who understand olent protesters incensed by the film’s ridicule of that living in a democratic, free and capitalist society the prophet Mohammed, issued a statement saying comes with certain responsibilities, including the obthat it “condemns the continuing efforts by mis- ligation to police our speech to the extent necessary guided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of to preserve and build on the status quo. Muslims—as we condemn efforts to offend believCertainly, I would by no means argue we should ers of all religions.” In response to the allegations abandon all hope of change in the interest of coby Twitter followers of not standing up for the core existing in civilized society. There are definitely American values of freedom of speech, the embassy moments and ways to loosen the restraints on free tweeted, “Freedom of speech is a universal human speech, to voice our opinions on how society can right, but that will not stop us from condemning mis- improve. But we have to be realistic. Free speech is guided, uninformed actions.” After the chairman of tricky, and we have to remember that we’re not the Maryland Young Republicans accused the embassy only ones with strong convictions. If we present our via Twitter of apologizing to the Egyptian invad- criticisms in a respectful way, there is a far greater ers, the U.S. Embassy in Cairo retorted by tweeting, possibility that those who disagree will respond in “Sorry, but neither breaches of our compound or kind. If, however, we decide to defame a central [sic] angry messages will dissuade us from defend- tenet of a society, then we shouldn’t be surprised ing freedom of speech AND criticizing bigotry.” The when we inflame our critics. Exercising our First embassy here apparently proposed that freedom of Amendment rights is a balancing act, and we must speech can coexist with a project of condemning condemn actions that unnecessarily compromise bigotry, but the root of the controversy between the one at the expense of the other. As the U.S. Emembassy and those who accused it of “apolog[izing] bassy in Cairo argued, we need to defend freedom for our values” was contradictory understandings of of speech and criticize bigotry. the absoluteness of the First Amendment right to free expression. Joline Doedens is a first-year law student. Her column Mitt Romney and his supporters, in arguing that runs every other Monday. You can follow Joline on Twitter the embassy’s condemnation of the anti-Muslim @jydoedens.
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do not mean the system we have now. In 2008, the United States housing bubble finally burst, causing the world economy to fall into recession. Banks responsible for mortgage-backed securities reported significant losses as mortgage-backed securities plummeted in value. These securities were designed as a way for investors to invest in the U.S. housing market. The fall of home prices made foreclosure financially sound, as the homes became worth less than the mortgage loans they michael cook were bought under. As finanatlas chugged cial institutions suffered, credit tightened which put pressure on foreign and domestic automakers. Domestic automakers suffered the most because this crisis came at a time when their business models were losing market viability. In a free market, the results would have been a simple matter of cause and effect. Banks and auto companies that adopted unsound business models would have inevitably failed in the long run. The companies would have had to undertake significant restructuring efforts, possibly under Chapter 11 bankruptcy code, or else face liquidation. As we all know, this is not what happened. Instead, the United States government instituted what we know as the bailouts. The auto bailout was met with a divided public response: Gallup polling in March of 2009 showed 59 percent of the population disapproved of the auto industry bailout. The public response to bailouts is understandable. If small businesses or individuals bring themselves to financial ruin, they don’t seriously expect (much less receive) anything resembling the auto bailout. In fact, 200,000 small businesses vanished from 2008-2010 according to the U.S. Census Bureau. People on the left side of the spectrum were quick to label the recession and ongoing market stagnation as runaway capitalism, implying that it was capitalism that led us to a system where the government flagrantly picks winners and losers based on the size of the company (i.e., too big to fail), a system where being a large (or symbolically American) enough company gives you a special set of market rules. Such a system, however, is not runaway capitalism. In fact, it’s not capitalism at all, but an illusion of capitalism we know as cronyism. Cronyism is rife with long-term economic and social consequences. The economic consequences of cronyism are perhaps the most intuitive. By creating a system where political favor allows companies to survive, aspects like product value and business model take a backseat to clout. This inevitably leads to products that are not profitable in a free market. In the auto example, Chevrolet (part of General Motors) produced the Chevy Volt, which costs a whopping $41,000, before a $7,500 federal tax credit. Even with government favors, the car is still too expensive to be viable in the market. In the first two months of 2012, 1,626 Volts were sold, putting GM far behind its 2012 sales goal of 45,000. Companies that survive on clout create an unfair playing field. If I am a young and ambitious financial mind and I decide to start my own bank/investing arm, how exactly am I supposed to compete against companies that are not only larger and better known than mine (which is fair because they earned it), but are also capable of bending the rules of the market through political clout? It’s the moral equivalent of running a marathon in which the guy you’re running against has a motorcycle because he and the referee went to the same high school. Though the economic realities of cronyism are visible, the social consequences are more subtle and pointed out less frequently. When public officials claim to love a system of free enterprise while playing political favorites, they breed cynicism not only for our political system, but also for our economic system. It becomes difficult if not impossible to tell the difference between those who became rich and successful through merit and good trade and those who made their money dishonorably. It leads the public to believe that free markets themselves are the problem, that corruption and greedy short-sightedness are the inevitable norm for a capitalist society. Worse yet, generations of young and talented people become disillusioned with a system that was supposed to be an environment in which they could thrive. When I say capitalism, I mean a system in which trade is truly free, where ideas, products and capital are exchanged on their merits and on their merits alone. I mean a system where the little guy has as much of a right to be successful and earn money as anyone. Michael Cook is a Pratt senior. His column runs every other Monday.
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Duke was full of life this weekend as alums came back to the campus for Homecoming Weekend. 1. Students play cornhole at Tailgate before the football game Saturday. 2. Students release lanterns from the Bryan Center Plaza for two friends’ birthdays Sunday night. 3. Latin dance group Sabrosura performs at the President’s Ball. 4. Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority performs at the National Pan-Hellenic Council Step Show. 5. Phi Beta Epsilon fraternity performs at the Step Show. 6. Students present their peers’ performances at the Step Show. 7. Bhangra dance group Dhamakha performs at the President’s Dance.
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Duke goalkeeper James Belshaw recorded his third straight clean sheet against Wake Forest and has kept opponents scoreless for 322:45. But as the Blue Devils failed to maintain possession, they were unable to give him the supDUKE 0 port he needed for the win. WAKE 0 The Blue Devils (3-3-1, 1-1-1 in the ACC) picked up a point on the road Sunday after battling to a 0-0 draw with the No. 16 Demon Deacons (4-1-3, 0-0-3). “They’ve got a lot of speed and some really talented midfielders,” Duke head coach John Kerr said. “We did a great job. Getting a result like that is like getting a win at home.” Belshaw posted eight saves on the day to keep Wake Forest off the scoreboard. His stellar play and leadership anchored a sturdy defensive unit. “James was immense,” Kerr said. “He’s such a smart goalkeeper. He communicates really well with the back four in front of him and makes sure everyone is doing their job. He’s very astute at understanding what to do out there, and it’s such a comforting feeling for the back four to have his voice and his presence behind them. We did a really nice job defensively.” The Demon Deacons edged the Blue Devils 17-7 in shots and 12-2 in corner kicks. Wake Forest had most of the possession, Kerr said. After 90 minutes of regulation play, Duke headed to overtime for the first time this season. Both teams took two shots in the first overtime period, but none of them were able to find the back of the net. The second extra session largely lacked action until the last 30 seconds. The Demon Deacons had a chance to secure the victory
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Although Duke goalkeeper James Belshaw recorded his third consecutive shutout, the Blue Devils were not able to find the back of the net to give him the win. in the game’s waning moments when senior Anthony Arena headed the ball, but his shot ricocheted off the right post. In the first 30 minutes of the game, the majority of play took place in the midfield. In the final 15 minutes of the first half, however, Wake Forest began to control the tempo, generating a quality scoring opportunity in the 32nd minute when junior Luca Gimenez fired a shot just off Belshaw’s hand into the crossbar. The Demon Deacons continued to dominate possession in the second half, but the Blue Devils countered with organized defense to hold them scoreless. Nine minutes
into the frame, Duke sophomore Sean Davis nearly gave the Blue Devils the lead with a left-footed strike that Wake Forest goalkeeper Michael Lisch deflected right off the goal. Eleven minutes later, Demon Deacon freshman Collin Martin maneuvered through the Duke defense and rocketed a low shot, but Belshaw was quick to get on the ground and knock it away from the goal. In the 79th minute, Belshaw recorded his sixth save of the night after Gimenez set up junior Ross Tomaselli inside the penalty box for a point-blank shot. Just over a minute later, junior Jared Watts took a diving header, but Belshaw blocked it for his seventh and
final regulation save. Ultimately even though Belshaw was able to keep the Demon Deacons off the scoreboard, the Blue Devils’ failure to maintain possession and create scoring chances kept Duke from going home with the win. “Our transition ball was pretty good, but our final ball wasn’t good enough,” Kerr said. “We’d win the ball in our own half, get it to the front guys and then when we tried to enter the final third our last pass wasn’t as effective as it needed to be. We struggled in that area, giving the possession back to them. That was the story for most of the game.”
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Blue Devils fall to UNC but conquer Spartans of the game. But of course the result isn’t what we wanted.” Duke faced its toughest match yet in a loss Duke’s second half surge was not enough, to top rival North Carolina Friday, falling 7-3 as North Carolina refound its first-half domin an offensive rout. They rebounded against inance. In the 55th minute, Tar Heel senior Michigan State Sunday, beating their first Kelsey Kolojejchick scored on a penalty higher-ranked oppo- stroke, followed by Craddock’s third goal on 7 UNC nent of the season in a breakaway and sophomore Loren Shealy’s goal off Blue Devil goalie Ashley Camano’s DUKE 3 a 4-2 victory. The No. 1 Tar rebound. Camano finished the game with Heels (9-1, 1-0 in seven saves, but it was not enough to stave 2 MSU the ACC) got out off the Tar Heels’ attack. DUKE 4 to a 4-0 lead with Missing six players competing in the a goal apiece from Pan-American games, Duke tired late with sophomore Samantha Travers, junior Jaclyn a depleted roster and only one substitute Gaudioso Radvany, and two goals from de- available. fending ACC Player of the Week Charlotte “The UNC game was a battle,” Duke seCraddock. They held that lead for the first nior Mary Nielsen said. “It was pretty hard. half, when they also outnumbered Duke in We tried as hard as we could but we didn’t shots 13-3 and penalty corners 5-2. get the result that we wanted.” But the Blue Devils bounced back in Even though they did not beat their bigthe second half. In the 48th minute, se- gest rival, the Blue Devils still had much to nior Abby Hassinger scored her first goal of take from the game. the season on a “It showed us strike from the how much we have top of the circle, “The UNC game was a battle.” to give because we and two minutes — Duke senior Mary Nielsen scored two goals in later, junior Emabout three minmie Le Marchutes, and it really and scored her fifth on a sharp shot from put them on their toes,” Nielsen said. “We Brenna Rescigno. Le Marchand tacked on obviously didn’t win, but we showed them her sixth goal in the 62nd minute. what we were capable of.” “We made the adjustments we needed Nielsen powered Duke (4-6) against to make. We got our mind where it need- Michigan State (5-5) Sunday. The Spared to be to really come out again and fo- tans got on the board early when sophocus on how we can take the second half so more Heather Howie scored on an assist we could maybe get back into the game from sophomore Abby Barker in the third and get it going,” head coach Pam Bustin minute. Nielsen responded on a pass from said. “I’m really pleased with how we reSEE FIELD HOCKEY ON PAGE 8 sponded and what we became at the end by Danielle Lazarus THE CHRONICLE
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Duke overcomes slow start and turnovers to topple the Tigers by Andrew Beaton THE CHRONICLE
Duke made enough critical mistakes to deserve a loss—two lost fumbles in the red zone, a pick-six and a 95-yard kick return, to name a few. But Memphis was able to turn just two of those errors into points as the Blue Devils battled back from an early 14-7 deficit and beat the Tigers 38-14 at Wallace Wade Stadium Saturday night. Duke surrendered four turnovers in the contest without forcing one of its own but did not allow the Tigers to score after the second period. Duke is now 3-1 for the first time since 2008. “Nobody was ready to lay down, nobody’s head was hanging in the locker room. We knew how good we were and that we weren’t playing Duke football and we had to come out and execute,” Duke wide receiver Conner Vernon said. “The guys were excited but it’s not the end. A quarter of the season is over but we still have a lot of work to do.” Despite entering the game as a heavy favorite, the Blue Devils were forced to play from behind in the early going. Neither team scored in the first quarter after Duke running back Josh Snead fumbled in the red zone, and Memphis failed to convert a fourth-down opportunity on Duke’s 23-yard-line. The Blue Devils began the second quarter backed up against their own end zone, and quarterback Sean Renfree made the costliest of the team’s early mistakes as he threw the ball straight to Tiger linebacker Wynton McManis, who returned it for the game’s first score. After Duke tied the game at seven apiece on a four-yard run by Brandon Connette, Memphis kick returner Bobby McCain took the ball 95 yards to the five-yard line, setting up an easy score and giving the Tigers a 14-7 advantage. “We had basically hand-delivered 14 points in the ball game,” Duke head coach David Cutcliffe said. “I think a lot of us took that a little personally.“ From there, though, even as Duke remained imperfect offensively, it pulled away steadily. Renfree found Vernon on a 37yard play-action pass, giving Duke a 17-14 lead going into halftime. Vernon finished the game with eight catches for 120 yards
and two touchdowns. Renfree tied his career high with four passing touchdowns on the evening and completed 26-of-37 throws for 314 yards. “I thought Sean Renfree played with an edge,” Cutcliffe said. “He wasn’t perfect, but I haven’t seen a quarterback yet who has played perfectly. It’s a tough position to play.” In the third quarter, Duke added another score when Renfree found Desmond Scott for a 17-yard touchdown strike in which the former running back demonstrated impressive body control while absorbing contact from two defenders. Duke was on the precipice of scoring earlier in the quarter as it pulled within the Memphis five-yard line, only to fumble the ball twice on consecutive plays. Renfree first gave the ball away on the second down snap, but was fortunate to have running back Juwan Thompson there to recover. Thompson was not as lucky on the next play, however, when he fumbled on third down, and the Tigers recovered. Despite the mistakes, Duke’s defense continued to lock down against Memphis quarterback Jacob Karam. After completing 8-of-9 passes in the first quarter, he did not complete one in the entire second quarter and only broke his cold streak late in the third. The Blue Devils found the end zone twice more in the final quarter of play, including Renfree’s second touchdown pass to Vernon. Renfree’s final touchdown pass of the game went to his former backup, Connette, who reeled in the first touchdown reception of his career. He has now thrown, caught and ran for touchdowns this season. “I have a lot of little brothers and they’ve been nagging at me that I haven’t had a touchdown catch,” Connette said. “Now I have a little more bragging rights on them.” Duke begins ACC play next weekend on the road against Wake Forest, a team it has not beaten since 1999. “We’ve got a lot of people who have started and played against Wake Forest and that’s the only [game] that matters right now,” Cutcliffe said. “We have great respect for them, their staff and their program.”
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Sean renfree threw an early pick-six but recovered to throw four touchdowns.
Memphis linebacker Wynton McMannis began the scoring, intercepting Sean Renfree to give the Tigers a 7-0 lead.
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After Duke tied it at 7-7, Tiger kick returner Bobby McCain rattled of a 95-yard return, setting the Tigers up to take a 14-7 lead.
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Although Duke’s 38-14 victory against Memphis could easily be described as underwhelming, the Blue Devil defensive unit had every reason to walk off the field with its head held high Saturday. The Duke defense, which has been a point of concern heading into the 2012 Daniel season, was rock solid against the Tigers. Although Memphis’ final scoreline read 14, this game could be considered a shutout for the Blue Devil defense. The Tigers’ lone scores came on an interception return for a touchdown and a drive that started at Duke’s 5-yard line after a 95-yard kickoff return allowed by the special teams unit. “It’s pretty close to a shutout. Memphis played really well, but I wouldn’t say it’s a shutout because they did actually score on our defense,” safety Jordon Byas said. “I think we should have had a stop there, but it happened.” One of the biggest critiques of the Blue Devil defense has been their susceptibility to allow big plays, particularly in the passing game. This simply wasn’t the case Saturday, when the longest play Duke allowed was just 19 yards. The Blue Devils, who gave up just two plays of more than 11 yards on the evening, benefitted from superior tackling from their secondary, who wrapped up ball carriers close to the line of scrimmage to minimize their gains. Three members of the Duke secondary—Brandon Braxton, Walt Canty and Ross Cockrell—each recorded tackles for a loss. Allowing just 152 yards of total offense on the evening, Duke was paced by its defensive intensity while the Blue Devil offense struggled to break through in the game’s early going. Although Duke never forced a Memphis turnover in the contest despite giving up four of its own, the Tigers had nowhere to go offensively. The defense forced two turnovers on downs and clamped down when it mattered most, holding Memphis to just 1-of-11 on third down conversions. The energy began with the Blue Devils’ defensive front, which allowed quarterback Jacob Karam no time to make plays for the Tigers. Karam, who finished the game 13-of-22 for 81 yards, was sacked four times and was forced into hurried throws numerous other times. The defen-
Virginia Tech 37, Bowling Green 0 After a heartbreaking, 35-17 loss against Pittsburgh last week, Virginia Tech came back with a vengeance to steam roll Bowling Green State, with immaculate performances by Logan Thomas, who engineered an offense that totaled 246 rushing yards, and the defense, which managed to keep the Falcons out of the end zone. After a 21 point surge in the second quarter, the Hokies ran away with a 37-0 win.
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of three Duke defensive backs to record a tackle for a loss Saturday.
sive line was also strong against the run, holding Memphis to just 71 yards on 28 attempts. “We decided it was going to be on us. It starts with us. It starts up front,” Duke defensive end Kenny Anunike said. “We definitely had some success and now we know that we can do this. We know that we can generate sacks, get in the backfield and wreak havoc.” After battling injuries throughout the offseason on the defensive side of the football, Duke showed that it is finally starting to get healthy. Byas made his first start at safety after recovering from offseason knee surgery and recorded six tackles for the Blue Devils, and Kyler Brown made his return to the Duke lineup as well. Anunike continues to looks stronger every week for the Blue Devils after recovering from season-ending knee surgery in 2011, recording a sack and forcing a fumble against the Tigers. As more members of Duke’s defense prepare to return from injury, Cutcliffe said that staying healthy is just as important as coming together as a unit. “I think that our confidence level is good enough that if we prepare and work hard, do the little things well, that you’ve got a chance to play really well,” Cutcliffe said. “Every matchup is different every week. Gelling to me means you’re willing to go out and prepare. We’ve got enough people now to get out and prepare to go play.” Taking on Wake Forest next weekend in its ACC opener, the Blue Devils need to replicate this defensive success with tougher opponents looming on the horizon. This begins with Duke’s test against the Demon Deacons, who boast a high-powered offense behind quarterback Tanner Price and gained more than 500 yards in a 49-37 win against Army Saturday. The Blue Devils, who have not beaten Wake Forest since 1999 and have had many high scoring affairs with the Demon Deacons throughout the years, believe that to create a different result this time around, strong defensive play may be the key. “This is what we needed. It was a great confidence boost,” Anunike said. “I think it’s going to help us move forward and give us confidence going into Wake Forest, because we have a past with Wake and we really owe them something. We’re going to go out there and give it our all.”
No. 8 West Virginia 31, Maryland 21 With fewer than 50 rushing yards and three turnovers, it does not come as much of a surprise that Maryland had a difficult time holding off West Virginia on Saturday in Morgantown. Both teams relied heavily on their passing game, however, the Mountaineers’ aerial assault derailed the Terrapins’ efforts, handing them a 21-31 loss. No. 17 TCU 27, Virginia 7 Coming off of a painful loss last week, this was, yet again, not a good showing by the Cavaliers. The Horned Frogs’ balanced attack overwhelmed the Virginia defense, handing the team a 27-7 loss. The Cavaliers scored their first touchdown with just over four minutes left in game, a testament to how Virginia was truly out matched on all fronts. Wake Forest 49, Army 37 The Demon Deacons emerged as the overwhelming winner in a hard-fought game against Army on Saturday. Wake’s 296 rushing yards helped open up the field for Tanner Price to pass for 221 yards. After being down 21-23 at the half, the Demon Deacons went on a 21 point surge in the third quarter. The final touchdown in the fourth quarter led them to their best offensive game in three years. Miami 42, Georgia Tech 36 These two ACC teams, both coming off of victories last week, stayed neck-and-neck for the entire game, both exercising the strongest parts of their game: Miami with 436 passing yards and Georgia Tech with 287 rushing. A defensive miracle prevented the Yellow Jackets from scoring on fourth and inches in overtime, and was followed immediately by Miami running back Mike James’ 25 yard touchdown run, giving Miami a 42-36 win. UNC 27, East Carolina University 6 The Tar Heels had an easy time with the Pirates, crushing them 27-6. An astounding performance by Bryn Renner gave the Tar Heels 321 passing yards, while the defense kept the Pirates out of the end zone all game. North Carolina State 52, Citadel 14 After losing to Tennessee in the season opener, the Wolfpack have rolled off three straight victories, including this convincing 52-14 win over Citadel. NC State had a commanding 35 point halftime lead, setting them up for an easy victory. Missing the three top running backs on the depth chart gave Wolfpack freshman running back Shadrach Thornton the chance to run for 145 yards in his first career game.
battled back from his early interto throw four touchdowns, the first went 37 yards to Conner Vernon.
Brandon Connette recorded his first career touchdown reception in the fourth quarter, giving Duke a 31-14 lead.
Vernon caught his second touchdown pass of the game in the fourth quarter, finishing Duke’s scoring and sealing the 38-14 win.
No. 4 Florida State 49, No. 10 Clemson 37 It looked as if Clemson was well on its way to a victory with a 14-point lead early in the third quarter. The Tigers were able to put up 426 yards against the Seminoles’ top ranked defense. However, led by E.J. Manuel, Florida State rattled off 35 second half points to claim a victory over a fellow top10 opponent. The Seminoles are emerging as national contenders for the first time since the Bobby Bowden era.
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Snead and Butler’s statuses remain uncertain by Daniel Carp THE CHRONICLE
Duke ke was relieved to welcome two players rs back to the lineup Saturday 8-14 win against Memphis, in a 38-14 ow the Blue Devils hold but now their breath as they wait for word on potential tential further injuries. er a slow start against the TiAfter gers, the Blue Devils dominated econd half en route to the second hing the team’s win matching total in 2011 just four gamess into the season, but ears Saturday’s action it appears may not have come without a price. ce. Running back Josh Snead,, who was Duke’s leadusher entering Saturday’s ing rusher st, and cornerback Lee contest, r, who also serves as the Butler, Blue Devils’ punt returner, both left eft the game with injuries. Snead ead was relatively ineffective in n Duke’s win, carrying the ball seven even times for just 14 yards. peared to injure himself on He appeared a carryy at the goal line, in which he wass stuffed at the line of scrimmage and subsequently left the field. Butler’s tler’s injury was less apparent, though h he certainly got his work in turday, recording a tackle on on Saturday, se and returning six punts for defense rds and kickoffs for 40 yards. 68 yards Since being inserted as Duke’s primant returner last week, Butler has ry punt been an impact player on special teams,, returning a punt for a
touchdown against N.C. Central and giving the Tigers’ special teams u unit fits. Duke football head coach coa David Cutcliffe did not disclose disclo much about the extent of Snea Snead and Butler’s injuries, but it app appeared the Blue Devils will be cau cautious with both players in pra practice this week. For now, tthe indication is that Duk Duke will wait and see, thoug though it seems as if the pa pair will be limited in pr practice this week in preparation prepa for its ACC open opener against Wake Forest. “They loo looked okay today. They’re not going to be out th there doing anything the day afterward, it may not be as bad as we thoug thought but you just don’t know know. It’s too early in the we week,” Cutcliffe said. “Bot “Both of them were encoura encouraged that maybe they wo won’t feel as bad as they tho thought they might have, b but that remains to be se seen whether they’ll be aable to play or not.” Although SSnead and Butler left the game with injuries, Saturday marked the return of safety Jordon Byas and linebacker Ky Kyler Brown. Byas recorde recorded six tackles in the gam game.
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Jordon Byas, No. 38, and Kyler Brown, No. 56, returned to Duke’s defense after battling injuries to begin the season.
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Brian Atkinson clocked in at 25:11.9 for the Blue Devils, behind teammates Shaun Thompson and Dominick Robinson stepped up with really good races…. Lucas Talavan-Becker, frankly, saved us.” Thompson finished first for the Blue Devils with a time of 24:39.4 and was 18th overall. He was followed by Robinson, who crossed the line less than four seconds later and junior Brian Atkinson, who finished in 25:11.9. Mike Moverman finished his first meet in over a year with a time of 25:25.8 and Talavan-Becker rounded out the top five for the team in 25:38.9. Talavan-Becker had been expected to finish in eleventh place for the team, but the unusual circumstances combined with his ability to step up under pressure made him a strong contributor in this past weekend’s meet. Despite the rough weekend, the Blue Devils are unwilling to let one meet’s results bring them down. “It was a little bit of a disappointing meet,” Thompson said, “But it’s by no means a reflection of how the season is going to turn out.”
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Although the Blue Devil men stepped up to the starting line at the Panorama Farms Invitational eager for a pointearning performance, they left with dashed hopes after injuries forced several runners off the course. The men who competed were able to secure a fifthplace finish for their team but could not accomplish Duke’s overarching goals of finishing ahead of both Virginia and No.22 Arkansas. After winning their first two meets and returning top runners Mike Moverman and James Kostelnik to their lineup, the men seemed slated for success at their first truly competitive meet of the season. Despite the strength of the field and the presence of ranked schools such as No. 4 Oklahoma, the Blue Devils were optimistic about their chances of finishing ahead of one of the stronger teams and earning points towards qualifying for the NCAA Championship meet in November. Even before they arrived at the course on race day, though, things began to go wrong. In the week leading up to the meet, top runner Domenick DeMatteo was diagnosed with bronchitis, and it was soon evident that he would be unable to run. Head coach Norm Ogilvie decided to take Lucas Talavan-Becker, the next runner in line, to the meet and it seemed as though aside from the loss of DeMatteo, the race would continue as planned for the rest of the men. Once the race started however, sophomore Alec Klassen, began to suffer from knee pain and dropped out of the competition. The rest of the men, including Kostelnik, continued the race. Around the 5K mark, that changed when an Achilles issue forced Kostelnik to stop as well. The rest of the runners, led by sophomore Shaun Thompson, made it across the finish line, though freshman William Rooney did so by crawling on his hands and knees due to severe dehydration. Rooney was taken to the hospital to recover as soon as he completed the race. “We had a couple things go against us,” Ogilvie said. “We lost a couple guys and that always hurts. The good news is that Shaun Thompson and Dominick Robinson
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Mike Moverman returned to the lineup in Duke’s first two successful meets, but injuries derailed the Blue Devils at the Panorama Farms Inv.
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Duke falls in matches against Triangle rivals by Staff Reports THE CHRONICLE
Duke started off its ACC regular season play on the wrong foot, losing to in-state rivals North Carolina and N.C. State. The Blue Devils fell 3-1 (23-25, 25-20, 1825, 14-25) to the Wolfpack Friday and then lost in five sets (25DUKE 1 22, 22-25, 21-25, 227-15) to the Tar NCST 3 25, Heels Sunday. Duke (9-5) DUKE 2 dropped the first 3 and second sets UNC against the Wolfpack (13-1), posting eight and seven errors, respectively. The Blue Devils came out in the third and cleaned up their offensive play to take the set, but N.C. State posted a .448 hitting percentage in the fourth to easily finish off the match. “[N.C. State] had a great atmosphere tonight, but I’m disappointed in how we competed,” Duke head coach Jolene Nagel told GoDuke.com. “We needed to execute better, both on our serve and on defense. We just made too many errors and that limited our ability to get any momentum going.” Sophomore outside hitter Jeme Obeime paced the Blue Devils with 17 kills and .324 hitting percentage. Freshmen outside hitter Elizabeth Campbell added 10 kills, while senior middle blocker Christiana Gray posted seven kills and six blocks. Sophomore setter Maggie Deichmeister facilitated the offense well, tallying 34 assists. After posting a .310 hitting percentage to take the first set from North Carolina (11-2)
FIELD HOCKEY from page 3 sophomore Martine Chichizola in the 18th minute, only to have Barker score in the 23rd minute off a Camano rebound. But, just like the North Carolina game, the Blue Devils dominated during the second half. Junior McKay Ross scored her first goal of the season in the 41st on redshirt junior Devon Gagliardi’s pass, and Nielsen put Duke ahead for good off a rebound from Michigan State goalie Molly Cassidy in the 44th minute. In the end, the Blue Devils outnumbered the Spartans 25-6 in shots and 12-2 in penalty corners. “I was proud of the way we attacked for the second half [against North Carolina], so I wanted to continue that today,” Bustin said. “We did that the first half but not with the mentality of actually finishing. I think we got caught up in the two quick goals by Michigan State, and we weren’t thinking that we had to do that on the other end, so at half time
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Jeme Obeime led the Blue Devils in kills against both N.C. State and North Carolina, but the Blue Devils could not pull off the win in either of the matches. Sunday, Duke dropped the next two due to sloppy ball handling and poor offensive execution. The Blue Devils rebounded in the fourth and took advantage of 10 Tar Heel errors to win the set, but North Carolina won the first three points of the fifth and final set and closed out the match with ease. “I think our team did a good job of handling the many different hitters [North Carolina] had in there today and of adjusting to them throughout the match,” Nagel said. “We broke down a little bit at points, but I was proud of the way our team kept that’s all I said—focus on the scoring.” The Blue Devils will get a boost next weekend when their six players will return from the Pan-American games. Freshman Kendra Perrin and sophomore Jessica Buttinger return to Durham with the silver medal for Canada, while freshmen Aileen Johnson and Hannah Barreca, and sophomores Abby Beltrani and Lauren Blazing won the bronze medal for the United States. Blazing got the victory in the United States’ semifinal victory that ensured both teams clinched spots at the Junior World Cup. “This was the fifth game we’ve had 12 or 11 players, and let’s face it, fatigue’s going to creep in,” Bustin said. “I’m proud of our team for taking care of their bodies and showing up every day to run and play the way they did. It was a dominating performance the second half of both games, and I couldn’t be more proud of them. But now we have our family back together, and we’ll integrate them on Tuesday and get ready for the second half of the season.”
their focus, came back around and started to execute. We have a lot we will continue to work on to get better, but, for where we are right now, I thought our team did some really good things today.” Obeime once again led the way for the Blue Devils offensively, posting 17 kills. Gray added 13 kills on a .393 hitting percentage and freshman setter Christina Vucich registered nine kills and racked up 45 assists. Duke’s 14 team blocks, including eight by junior middle blocker Chelsea Cook, mark the team’s highest total of the season. Freshmen outside hitter Emily Sklar sat out the weekend’s games with a leg injury. Sklar is second on the team in both kills and digs, with 144 and 102 respectively.
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Christiana Gray notched nine kills and 45 assists against North Carolina despite the loss for Duke.
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