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28 DUKE WAKE 21 Defense wakes Blue Devils up

by Zac Elder The Chronicle

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.—The Blue Devils own the fourth quarter this year.

No. 25 Duke proved its late-game dominance again Saturday, blanking the Demon Deacons in the game’s final period to secure its ninth win of the season and at least a share of the ACC’s Coastal Division title.

“I think it’s a tribute to Jim Knowles and the defensive staff and their ability to adjust. It’s also a tribute to some older players that we finally have become systematic defensively,” Blue Devil head coach David Cutcliffe said. “We have answers. They do this, and we do this.

That’s one of the great beliefs that we have is that you have to be systematic.

I think it’s helped us play better as the game goes.”

Duke has outscored opponents 11734 in the final period of play, the best fourth-quarter scoring margin in the FBS. After going down 14-0 in the first quarter, the Blue Devils stormed back to tie the game 14-14 heading into the See football, page 8

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A fourth-quarter defensive stand, including sacks on back-to-back plays in the red zone, led Duke to a road victory against Wake Forest for the team’s ninth triumph of the season.

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Duke tops Vermont

by Ryan Hoerger The Chronicle

Another night, another nailbiter for the Blue Devils.

Rodney Hood’s free throw with 5.0 seconds to play gave No. 6 Duke a 91-90 win against Vermont Sunday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

“This was an unacceptable performance. We were lucky to win,” Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “We played like a team that thought we would just show up and win. That’s how you get beat.”

The Catamounts (1-5) scored 50 points in the paint and shot 64.8 percent from the field, eye-popping numbers for a team that came into Sunday’s contest averaging just 63 points per game. Consistent defensive breakdowns left Vermont forwards with plenty of room to maneuver down low.

Blue Devils through to Elite Eight on penalties

by Brian Pollack The Chronicle

“It’s energy, it’s effort, it’s fight. Guys weren’t talking out there,” Blue Devil point guard Quinn Cook said. “The first 30 minutes of the game we were all playing defense by ourselves. You give a great team like that confidence and the basket is like the ocean out there. They hit some tough shots.”

For the second straight game, the Blue Devils were unable to put distance between themselves and their opponent in the first half. Led by 12 first-half points from forward Clancy Rugg, the Catamounts shot 66.7 percent from the floor in the opening 20 minutes. Point guard Sandro Carissimo was effective despite three first-half fouls, getting into the lane time and again and dishing off to Rugg and others for 26 points in the paint.

For the second time in three NCAA tournament games, junior forward Kelly Cobb had a chance to win the game in penalty kicks. For the second time, she delivered.

“When she stepped in, no doubt at all [that she would make it],” head coach Robbie Church said. “You could feel that within our team, there was no doubt.”

Cobb’s clutch shot gave Duke a 5-3 victory in a penalty shootout against Arkansas after its third-round NCAA tournament match ended in a 2-2 draw after 110 minutes of action Sunday at Koskinen Stadium. The Blue Devils now advance to the Elite Eight and will take on No. 1 seed Virginia Tech Friday. The Hokies advanced by defeating Santa Clara in penalty kicks.

The Razorbacks had yet to participate in a penalty shootout in this year’s NCAA tournament, but Duke was able to draw on its experience from its first-round victory

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Goalkeeper Ali Kershner’s save of an Arkansas penalty kick was the difference-maker in Duke’s NCAA tournament victory.

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Blue Devils downs Marquette without Peters

by Brian Mazur The ChroniCle

MilWAUKee—The Blue Devils missed having one of their senior leaders, but that did not stop them from cruising to their second road win of the season.

Center elizabeth Williams filled the void left by the absence of senior forward haley Peters, who DUKE 78 was unavailable due MARQ 61 to a knee injury she sustained Thursday night against Vanderbilt. Williams’ 23 points lifted no. 2 Duke to a 78-61 win against Marquette Sunday afternoon at the Al McGuire Center. “[Marquette] is a very good team,” head coach Joanne P. McCallie said “But elizabeth is a very good player and she is hard to guard. She was fantastic in demanding the ball, especially in the second half.”

Williams and freshman oderah Chidom, who was a perfect 4-of-4 from the field with nine points and five rebounds, helped the Blue Devils (5-0) outscore the Golden eagles (4-1) 46-20 in the paint.

Playing without Peters—who is the team’s leading rebounder—Duke was outrebounded 45-35 by Marquette and allowed the Golden eagles to score 17 second-chance points. “haley is a tremendous loss for us,” McCallie said. “But i do think people stepped up. oderah gave us really good minutes.

She was aggressive, she was active. it was a

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Playing in a shorthanded Duke frontcourt, junior Elizabeth Williams led the way with 23 points as the Blue Devils knocked off Marquette. tough team to play. it was not like she was walking into those statistics.”

Duke guard Chelsea Gray fed the post all game, registering 13 assists and finishing one rebound shy of a triple-double with 12 points and nine boards.

“We have this tendency to play from the outside in,” McCallie said. “That is bad because we have some tremendous post-players. i thought we did a great job, particularly our guards, of going through elizabeth

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The Blue Devils quickly built a 16-9 lead in the first half, but the Golden eagles stormed back, riding a 10-3 run that tied the game 19-19. even though Gray got into foul trouble early on, stout defense by Duke held the Golden eagles offense to just 10-for35 shooting in the first 20 minutes and allowed the Blue Devils to walk into the locker room with a nine-point lead.

Guard Alexis Jones set the tone after the break, draining a 3-pointer 11 seconds into the second half and expanding her team’s advantage to double digits.

But Marquette would not go away. Senior guard Katie Young knocked down four 3-point shots on her way to a 21-point performance. Forward Katherine Pluoffe also added 17 points and eight rebounds.

Duke capitalized off of Marquette mistakes, scoring 26 points as a result of 20 Golden eagle turnovers. Jones played a crucial role defending the backcourt and was credited with four steals.

“We were excited to play against [Marquette] to see what we could work on in our different defenses,” McCallie said.

“Alexis was on it defensively. Some great plays in the second half to pick us up.”

The offense continued to get the ball to Williams, who scored 13 of her 23 points in the second half. At one point, with the Blue Devils leading 46-38, Williams scored on a jumper to open a 7-0 run that gave Duke a 53-38 lead and some breathing room.

“The guards did a really good job of getting the ball inside,” Williams said.

“We talked a lot about transition. i can get out and run and the guards threw long outlet passes.”

Marquette tried to bounce back, cutting the deficit to 13 points with 4:39 to play, but Duke controlled the paint down the stretch to come away with the victory.

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Chelsea Cook was a bright spot for the Blue Devils, but Duke struggled with offensive consistency in a loss to Florida State.

by Ryan Hoerger The ChroniCle

The race for the ACC championship will come down to the final week of the regular season. no. 13 Duke returned from its DUKE 3 weekend trip to Florida with a MIA 0 split, defeating Miami in straight DUKE 0 sets 25-21, 25FSU 3 19, 25-13 Friday

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Duke (5-1) shot 48.5 percent from the field in the first half, including 8-for-17 from beyond the arc. Andre Dawkins was a first-half spark for the Blue Devils, tallying 13 points that included three different varieties of the 3-point play—a driving layup and the foul, a 3-point shot and three free throws after being fouled on another shot from downtown.

With 15:29 remaining in the second half, freshman Jabari Parker—who led the Blue Devils with a game-high 26 points— stole a pass and went coast-to-coast for a dunk, bringing the Duke lead to 61-49.

Krzyzewski accused his team of complacency after the apparent momentum shift.

“Those are the kind of situations when we show our immaturity,” Krzyzewski said. “right after that was our worst. [We felt like,] ‘i got enough. now we got it, we’re good now.’ no, we’re not good, there are 15 minutes to go in the game and they’re shooting over 60 percent from the floor.”

The uneasiness would only grow as the second half progressed. A 10-0 Vermont run brought the Catamounts to within two with with 11:10 remaining. Carissimo never let his foot off the gas, continuing to drive the lane. he finished the game with 16 points and nine assists. hector harold, a junior forward, poured in 16 of his 24 points off the bench in the second half to keep the Catamount fans loud and involved.

A 3-pointer by harold with 6:59 gave

night before falling at no. 19 Florida State 25-22, 25-22, 25-17 Sunday afternoon. The loss to the Seminoles snapped Duke’s 11-match win streak, and kept Florida State alive in the hunt for the ACC championship with two matches remaining.

The Blue Devils (25-4, 16-2 in the ACC) still lead the conference, but have little margin for error heading into their final two matchups of the season. Duke closes the season at home by facing n.C. State, who dealt the Blue Devils their only other conference loss of the season, and north Carolina, which has conference title aspirations of its own.

Florida State, undefeated on its home floor since Sept. 24, entered Sunday’s match looking to avenge a five-set loss in Durham oct. 25. led by 15 kills from nicole Walch and 10 from her sister elise, the Seminoles (22-7, 15-3) finished the first two sets strong before running away in the final stanza.

“We were in both of those first two sets, but at some critical points they were able to get some kills,” Duke head coach Jolene nagel said. “We had too many service errors. When you’re playing that good a team, you can’t afford those kind of errors.”

The first set was tightly contested, with neither team leading by more than two points until Florida State took a 17-14 lead on an ace by nicole

Walch. Duke stormed back, however, scoring the next four points, led by a kill and an ace from senior middle blocker Chelsea Cook. The overland Park, Kan., native was Duke’s most efficient threat on the afternoon, posting eight kills on 14 attempts.

The teams battled to a 22-22 tie, but from there it was all Seminoles.

They scored the final three points of the set on a block, an attack error by Duke’s emily Sklar and a kill by elise Walch to close out the first set.

The second set was more of the same. The teams traded points until Duke was able to build a sizeable lead at 19-13. The key was a stretch of five consecutive Blue Devil kills—two by junior Jeme obeime, two by freshman Jordan Tucker, and one by sophomore elizabeth Campbell. Florida State twice called timeout to stop the bleeding, but the momentum seemed squarely in Duke’s corner.

From there, Florida State began crawling its way back into the set.

Back-to-back attack errors by Campbell and Sklar brought the Seminoles to within two points at 21-19, and the set was back at a 22-22 tie soon afterwards. At that point, nicole Walch took over. The sophomore outside hitter delivered three straight kills to finish the set and give the Seminoles a commanding 2-0 lead. The Walch sisters were thorns in Duke’s side all afternoon.

“They’re hard to stop, it’s really hard to block them both,” nagel said. “They’re really good with just one blocker on them.”

Things came undone early for the Blue Devils in the third set, as Florida State sprinted out to a 13-4 advantage, then held on to win comfortably, 25-17. For the afternoon, Duke was held to just a .185 hitting percentage, committing 20 attack errors.

Against the hurricanes (16-11, 9-8), the Blue Devils posted an efficient .333 hitting percentage—Duke had just eight attack errors and none in the final set—and held Miami to a .176 clip en route to a straight-set victory. Sklar and obeime led the Duke attack, each tallying 13 kills. obeime committed zero attack errors to lead the Blue Devils by hitting .520, while Sklar also recorded 13 digs to pick up her third consecutive double-double.

The focus now shifts to two critical matches this week at Cameron indoor Stadium, when the Blue Devils will look to put Sunday’s defeat behind them.

“We don’t really have a choice. We have to,” nagel said. “We’re going to learn from it, obviously, having those losses early in the season really helped us a lot. We’ve put ourselves in a good position here.”

the Catamounts the lead, 74-73, erasing their 14-point deficit. it was the second time in as many games that the Blue Devils have allowed their opponent to come back after holding a double-digit lead in the first half. Carissimo followed with a jumper the next time down the floor, giving Vermont its largest lead of the night.

With the pressure squarely on Duke, Parker led his team back. The freshman shot 7-for-8 in the second half, many of which came on tip-ins and putbacks on offensive rebounds down the stretch. But he was not satisfied by the overall team effort or his individual performance. “it’s nothing to be happy about,” Parker said. “We can’t just win by one point and be on the verge of losing. We got to do better. We didn’t do a good job today.”

The teams traded baskets, and Duke regained a four-point edge following free throws by rasheed Sulaimon and Quinn Cook.

Down 90-86 with under 20 seconds to play, Candon rusin lifted a 3-pointer that found the bottom of the net. Sulaimon, who had slipped on the play, was underneath rusin as he landed, and was called for a foul. rusin made the ensuing free throw to tie the game with 10.4 seconds to go. on Duke’s final possession, hood took the ball to the basket and was fouled by rugg. After missing the first attempt, he made the second.

The Blue Devils didn’t get many stops in crunch time, but they were able to sur-

vive Vermont’s last-gasp effort. Carissimo sprinted downcourt and found an open rusin, but the guard couldn’t get a shot off before time expired, extending the Blue Devils’ streak to 106 nonconference wins at home.

The Blue Devils now head to new York for the semifinals of the niT Season Tipoff, and they’ll take an important lesson with them.

“our guys do not understand that what they see on tape is not what they’re going to see that night or that afternoon,” Krzyzewski said. [our opponent is] playing against [my team], they’re playing against [our] history, they’re playing against me.

We’ve got a good hand here, and you’ve got to play your hand every day, because the team that plays against you is going to play their hand ultimately.”

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Vermont put a scare into Duke, but the Catamounts failed to get a shot off before the final buzzer sounded to preserve the Blue Devils’ home nonconference win streak.

against Colorado College, which ended 4-3 in penalty kicks. “i think we were more confident, especially after winning the last one,” Cobb said. “once i saw Mollie [Pathman] go up there for the first one, i knew she was going to put it away.”

The Blue Devils were perfect on the offensive end of the penalty kick shootout, converting on all five attempts. This took the pressure off goalkeeper Ali Kershner—who was inserted by Church off the bench for the purpose of penalty kicks for the second straight week.

“Those girls are so good at taking penalty kicks,” Kershner said. “it’s so huge when you can make them, and then my job becomes that much easier. i’m thankful that we have some good kickers on our team.”

Kershner came through in a big way, smothering Jesse Givens’ shot in the third round to give Duke a 3-2 advantage. The lone save proved to be all that was necessary, with Cobb’s clincher giving the Blue Devils a 5-3 victory in the shootout.

The offensive efficiency that Duke displayed in penalty kicks was a sharp contrast from their play in regulation and overtime. The Blue Devils kept the ball in the razorbacks’ defensive third for most of the game and racked up 26 shots, but still came away with only two goals in 110 minutes of play. “i think everyone was feeling a little frustrated,” Cobb said. “We had over 20 shots and unfortunately none of them went in—saves were made, they hit off the crossbar or went wide.”

For most of the game, Arkansas was content with packing its defenders inside its own 18-yard box and allowing Duke to run down the wings. The Blue Devils were able to send many crosses into the middle, but most of them were intercepted by awaiting razorback defenders.

“We looked like we looked earlier in the year—like we did in September,” Church noted. “We got a lot of shots and a lot of services. We looked dangerous, but we weren’t really dangerous. it was a little frustrating.”

After threatening for most of the first half, Duke finally came through and

broke the scoreless draw with 8:25 left in the first half. Freshman Christina Gibbons was able to get around her defender and dribbled from the right wing into the sixyard box. She slid a pass across to forward Kim DeCesare, who tapped it in to give the Blue Devils a 1-0 lead.

“All i had to do was really tap it in,” DeCesare said. “Gibbons beat two or three players—she did all the work and put it right in front of me. it would have been bad if i didn’t put it in.”

The razorbacks first got on the scoreboard in the 68th minute. Defender Allie Tripp took a corner from the left side and floated it into the box, where sophomore forward Ashleigh ellenwood—the team’s leading scorer—headed the ball into the net for her 14th goal of the season.

The game wouldn’t stay tied for long.

Duke answered with another goal in the 74th minute to regain the lead. Senior Mollie Pathman lobbed a cross to DeCesare, who elevated and headed the ball in for her second goal of the afternoon.

The razorbacks refused to roll over. exactly two minutes later, freshman defender Alexandra Fischer tied the game once again. A pass from ellenwood got past the Duke defense, giving Fischer the angle from the left side that she needed to slide the ball past Thomas and tie the game at 2-2. each team had one excellent scoring chance in the overtime periods. in the opening minute of the first overtime, Arkansas had the winning goal negated by an offside call from the officials. Duke’s opportunity came at the end of the first 10-minute period, when Cobb fired a shot from outside the 18-yard box that glanced off the crossbar and out of play.

As Duke looks ahead to a road matchup with top-seed Virginia Tech, Church said his team will look to its seniors to guide the Blue Devils as they play for another trip to the nCAA Final Four.

“They have a special drive, and they’re definitely the ones that are leading us here,” Church said. “For the other players, they don’t want to lose for the seniors. They want to win for themselves, but they also want to win for the seniors because of how much they have meant to this program.”

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locker room at half time. Wake Forest scored on its opening drive of the second half but would not put points on the board for the rest of the game.

Duke registered two touchdowns in the third quarter to take a 28-21 lead, and then sat back and let its defense do the work in the fourth quarter to finish off the Demon Deacons. “our model is to finish,” senior cornerback ross Cockrell said. “We’ve been talking about it all year long, and we’re going to continue to talk about it. We know that when the game gets tough, it’s in the fourth quarter. That’s when you have to be at your best.”

After going up by a touchdown with a little more than three minutes left in the third quarter, the Blue Devils had perhaps their most important defensive stand of the whole game.

Wake Forest was able to move the ball from its own 25-yard line to Duke’s 23yard line in 12 plays. Tanner Price fired incomplete on first down, and then the Demon Deacons committed a false start penalty to bring up second-and-15. Price dropped back again to pass but was swallowed up by defensive end Kenny Anunike for a seven-yard loss. The sixth-year senior sacked Price again on third down, this time for a loss of 13 yards. “i just had a fire in my eyes. i just wanted to go out there and get it,” Anunike said. “Coupled with our defensive coordinator’s perfect call, i just went out there and executed.”

The penalty and two sacks from

Anunike pushed Wake Forest out of field goal range and forced them to punt, keeping the Demon Deacons off the board to start the fourth quarter.

“Kenny is a playmaker for us,” Cockrell said. “That’s why we call him the night Train. We go as he goes. We jump on his back and he carries us. For him to make those play for us was huge.”

After a quick punt on Duke’s ensuing possession, Wake Forest again took over looking to tie the game. But a forced fumble recovered by redshirt-junior linebacker Kelby Brown again kept the Demon Deacons off the board.

Kicker ross Martin missed a 48-yard field goal attempt on the Blue Devils’ next drive, setting Wake Forest up at their own 30-yard line with 4:11 left to play in the game. Down one touchdown, the Demon Deacons picked up just one first down before Cockrell intercepted Price’s pass over the middle and sealed the win for Duke.

“They had been running a drive route, a deep in-route. They hit us on it a couple times trying to attack the middle of the field,” Cockrell said. “i was fortunate enough to see it, and i made a good jump.”

The Blue Devils have allowed just three offensive touchdowns in the fourth quarter all season. With the offense stalling late against Wake Forest, the defense came up big, as it has all year.

“That’s our goal is to outplay a team for 60 minutes, three-and-a-half hours,” Brown said. “The fourth quarter is big for us—it really has been this year.”

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