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EXTRA-ORDEN-ARY MEN’S LACROSSE: CLINCHES ACC TITLE • WOMEN’S TENNIS: NO. 1 DUKE WINS 13TH STRAIGHT

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A WEEKEND TO REMEMBER Huge comeback, walkoff

Van Orden’s gem steals show from Rodon

power Duke to series win

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It takes a lot to change the trajectory of a program. But a pair of series wins against two rivals that made it to the College World Series last year may push Duke in the right direction.

Led by a combined three home runs and seven RBIs from Jordan Betts and Aaron Cohn, the Blue Devils came back from a sixrun eighth inning NCST 0 deficit to beat N.C. DUKE 2 State at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park 11NCST 6 10 Sunday afternoon.

DUKE 2 The win claimed the series for Duke after NCST 10 winning Friday’s con2-0 and losing DUKE 11 test Saturday’s 6-2, and solidifies the Blue Devils as the Triangle champions following its sweep of North Carolina two weeks ago.

“This is a program-changing win, and we’re the champs of the Triangle, so to speak, and when’s the last time that happened?” Betts said. “This is a great moment for Duke and Duke baseball.”

Duke starter Michael Matuella struggled early and lasted only 3.1 innings, allowing four runs and five hits in his short time on the mound. He was replaced by Nick Hendrix, who pitched three innings and allowed one run before giving way to Robert Huber in the sixth with the Blue Devils (20-17, 9-9 in the ACC) trailing 4-2. But N.C. State would not keep the game close for long.

The Wolfpack (20-15, 6-12) jumped all over Huber, as he allowed an RBI double to Brett Austin, an RBI single to Andrew Knizer and a two-run home run to Logan Ratledge. Duke’s work in the fifth and sixth innings to cut a 4-1 deficit to one was erased as N.C. State pushed its lead to 8-3.

After the Wolfpack extended their lead to 10-4 with a two-run eighth inning, the game seemed all but over.

second home run of the day—and the season—sending it soaring over the Blue Monster and bringing the Blue Devils within three.

“I come up there and take a half checkswing at a slider. You can’t do that,” Betts said.

“He threw another off-speed pitch and I’m down 0-2. I don’t know what the call was or if he just missed that bad, but he left a fastball up-and-in and I just reacted to it.”

Right fielder Chris Marconcini followed Betts with a single, and Cohn cut the lead to one with his first-career home run.

In the top of the ninth, Andrew Istler navigated around a two-out single to send Duke into the bottom of the ninth inning still trailing by just one run and brimming with confidence.

“It’s the first time that we’ve gone into the bottom of the ninth down where I kind of walked up and down the dugout and it was very clear everybody in the dugout felt like

Duke and N.C. State hitters went to sleep Friday night with nightmares about the slider—a devastating pitch that looks like a fastball coming out of the pitcher’s hand, only to break hard and away from the batter at the last second.

Friday’s series-opener between the Wolfpack and the Blue Devils featured 25 combined strikeouts between the two sides, mostly due to wicked sliders tossed by the starting pitchers—Duke’s Drew Van Orden and N.C. State’s Carlos Rodon.

“That was the old slider. I think [Rodon] had been throwing more cutters lately. Tonight, his slider was unhittable,” Wolfpack head coach Elliott Avent said. “It’s not going to be hit.”

Rodon—who is regarded as a surefire first-round pick in June’s MLB draft and could be selected No. 1 overall—scattered six hits and just one earned run in 7.2 innings Friday night and also tallied 12 strikeouts.

But Van Orden stole the spotlight.

The senior right-hander tossed one of the best games of his career in front of a slew of MLB scouts who traveled to Durham to see Rodon. Duke’s 2-0 win was Van Orden’s third win of the season and snapped a six-game Blue Devil losing streak against the Wolfpack.

“It just made it more exciting, knowing that I’m going against a first-rounder on the other team,” Van Orden said.

“It just made me really want to get out there. I couldn’t wait to get on the mound today, and I wanted to stay on the mound as long as possible.”

Van Orden gave up just three hits in eight innings of work and allowed only one walk. It took the senior 110 pitches

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After taking the season series from both North Carolina and N.C. State in dramatic fashion, Duke has a lot to be happy about as it heads into its stretch run.

“It woke us up a little bit,” Betts said.

“We’re down six there in the eighth and they just put a [four]-spot and a two-spot up and we’re in a lull. And a lot of games get out of hand right there.”

But this was not the Duke team of old, which had lost all 17 games this season in which it had trailed after the seventh inning.

After head coach Chris Pollard chastised his team for being lazy and letting the game slip away in the middle of the eighth inning, the Blue Devils started a rally that could become the turning point of their the season.

“I probably can’t repeat what all I said there, but that was the hardest I’ve gotten on our team this year,” Pollard said. “Whether it lit a fire or not, I was really impressed with how we came out and responded to it. I knew when I did it we were going to go one of two directions.”

Center fielder Mike Lumpa and catcher Mike Rosenfeld drew walks to lead off the inning, and Betts brought them home with his

MEN’S LACROSSE

Blue Devils clinch share of ACC title against Virginia

by Amrith Ramkumar THE CHRONICLE

In their final regular-season conference game, the Blue Devils overcame a gritty effort from a desperate team to clinch at least a share of the ACC regular season crown.

No. 2 Duke knocked off No. 10 Virginia 17-15 at Klöckner Stadium in Charlottesville, Va., Friday evening to earn its seventh straight win. The DUKE 17 Blue Devil starting 15 m i d f i e l d — s o p h o UVA mores Myles Jones and Deemer Class and senior Christian Walsh—led the way, combining for nine goals and eight assists.

The game changed in the second quarter, when Duke—which blew out its previous three opponents—went on a 6-0 run to seize control of the game after falling behind 6-4 early in the period. The Cavaliers, who needed to win to have a chance to qualify for the ACC tournament by finishing in the top four of the standings, lost six straight faceoffs

after building their early lead and never recovered.

“It’s funny, we said to the team, ‘We haven’t been down in a few weeks,’” head coach John Danowski said. “We had to learn to embrace the struggle. Virginia has great players and a great coaching staff so we knew they were going to give us everything they had, so it was a great game for us to embrace that.”

The Blue Devils (11-2, 4-1 in the ACC) found themselves in a dogfight early in the contest. The teams split the eight first-quarter faceoffs and went back and forth, with the Cavaliers (8-5, 1-4) holding a 4-3 advantage at the end of the period.

Sophomore goalie Luke Aaron and senior faceoff specialist Brendan Fowler made the difference during Duke’s decisive second quarter spurt that spanned 11:10. Aaron— who finished with 14 saves—came up with four denials in the period, and Fowler won seven of the 10 second-quarter faceoffs to swing the momentum in Duke’s favor.

Aaron and Fowler helped the Blue Devils overcome their 16 turnovers against the

nation’s leader in ground balls collected.

Fowler registered 14 ground balls to spark Duke’s 37-34 edge in the category.

“I was able to get in my rhythm early, and the defense played really well in front of me,” Aaron said. “It was a total team [effort]. Once Brendan started winning some faceoffs, we got some stops and got some goals. It’s a total team sport.”

Virginia had no answer for the Blue Devil offense in its man and zone defenses.

Duke—which has now scored 70 goals in its last four games—shot an efficient 17-of-34 for the game.

Virginia goalkeepers Matt Barrett and Dan Marino combined for just four saves, and four Blue Devils—Jones, Walsh and senior attackmen Jordan Wolf and Josh Dionne—recorded hat tricks.

“The guys have really bought in to how we’re playing together,” Danowski said.

“We don’t force a lot of shots, and the shots that we take are high-percentage shots.

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Sophomore Myles Jones tallied four goals and two assists in a win against Virginia.

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WOMEN’S TENNIS

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MEN’S TENNIS

Blue Devils roll to 13th Saba picks up 100th win consecutive victory as Duke notches shutout Blue Devils also maintained a perfect 10-0 record in the all-time series against Boston College (12-8, 4-6).

Doubles was a relatively straightforward affair, with the Blue Devils racing out to leads on all three courts and maintaining control throughout. The 20th-ranked duo of freshman Alyssa Smith and junior Ester Goldfeld knocked off Katya Vasilyev and Wan-Yi Sweeting at second doubles 8-2, and Jodoin and junior Annie Mulholland took care of business at third doubles, with Jodoin serving out the match to knock off Emily Safron and Heini Salonen, 8-3.

“Just before the doubles, we talked about finishing what we’ve started,” Ashworth said.

“We’ve made this a tough place to play all year, and this is our last home match. I think we did a good job with our discipline and our decision-making. And we just never let up.”

by Lucas Hubbard THE CHRONICLE

Senior Day was more than just a ceremony Friday.

Duke’s two seniors—Hanna Mar and Marianne Jodoin— 1 won singles matches BC DUKE 6 to clinch a victory against Boston College, as the Blue Devils rolled to a 6-1 win at Ambler Tennis Stadium Friday.

“Both played well, and they had to play well and play with a lot of energy,” Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth said. “I think they both did a good job of handling their emotions, and not coming out and thinking about Senior Day things but thinking about what [they] needed to do.”

The win was the 13th in a row for the top-ranked Blue Devils (21-1, 11-1 in the ACC), and ensured a undefeated 11-0 home record for Duke this season. The

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Marianne Jodoin’s victory clinched the match for Duke in the last home contest of her career.

by Alex Serebransky THE CHRONICLE

The Blue Devils may have won their sixth consecutive match Sunday, but the real story of the day revolved around senior Fred Saba.

Saba earned his 100th career singles victory, becoming the CLEM 0 12th player in Duke DUKE 7 history to reach the 100-win plateau, as 0 the No. 13 Blue DevGT DUKE 7 ils defeated Georgia Tech 7-0 at the Ambler Tennis Stadium. The Blue Devils also defeated No. 20 Clemson by an identical score Friday afternoon.

“It means a lot. When I first got here, just looking at the wall and the list of all the players with 100 wins, that was one of my performance goals,” Saba said. “I’m just fortunate enough to have been healthy for the majority of my four years here and I’ve been surrounded by great staff and great teammates to help me get better each step of the way.”

While some players might be nervous playing in such a momentous match, No. 50 Saba was masterful throughout his 6-2, 6-0 triumph against Eduardo Segura.

Saba admitted to being aware that he was playing for his 100th win, and used that pressure to his advantage. “[There was] extra motivation to just stay focused on every point which is what I’ve learned growing up in tennis,” Saba said. “You just have to throw all the result-oriented goals out of the picture and and just make sure you’re playing each point as well as you can.”

The rest of the match was unusual to say the least. Ravaged by injuries, the Yellow Jackets (7-13, 1-9 in the ACC) only had five players available, meaning that only two doubles matches and five singles matches were

played, and Duke started the match with a 1-0 lead.

“It’s just one of those really unlucky years [for them] with injuries and a bunch of things going on,” Duke head coach Ramsey Smith said. “It definitely had a different feel to it, but I think it was really important to keep the guys focused and keep the energy up.”

The Blue Devils (16-5, 8-1) were not thrown off by the strange format and got off to a fast start, notching two upset wins to take the doubles point. Duke’s See M. TENNIS, page 8

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Senior Fred Saba etched his name in the Duke record books with career win No. 100.

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No. 23 Goldfeld, playing in the first singles spot, increased Duke’s lead with a 6-1, 6-1 victory against Jessica Wacnik. Mar, ranked 32nd, then gave the Blue Devils an opportunity to clinch with her 6-1, 6-2 win, topping Vasilyev at second singles.

The senior was able to seize control of the match early, thriving in the windy conditions Friday.

“Hanna did a good job of being aggressive and coming forward, and being emotionally engaged in the match,” Ashworth said. “And when she does that, she’s really tough to beat.”

Jodoin provided the finishing touch at fifth singles, rolling in the first set before having to slog it out in the second.

Despite dropping a marathon game to Safron at 3-3, Jodoin battled back to win four of the next five games and claim

M. TENNIS

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61st-ranked team of Saba and Raphael Hemmeler took down the Yellow Jackets’ 43rd-ranked duo of Segura and Carlos Benito 8-3. Jason Tahir and Josh Levine followed with an 8-6 win against No. 79 Nathan Rakitt and Cole Fiegel.

The win by Tahir and Levine improved their record to 5-0 since they began playing doubles together in late March. Their solid play at the second doubles position has been a huge pickup for the Blue Devils.

“Jason and Josh have been great for us,” Smith said. “They play an unconventional doubles style catering to their strengths,

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the match, 6-2, 7-5.

“I just told myself that I’d stick to my match plan and just see how it goes,” Jodoin said. “She played some good points, but I just hung in there, and then when I got the chance, I grabbed it.”

Jodoin’s win Friday was her ninth in a row, and she improved to 6-0 in the fifth singles spot this season. Her continued success, though, is something she attributes to her environment.

“I have the chance to practice against the best players in the country,” Jodoin said. “So obviously that helps a lot. Just having that exposure to the kind of players we have on the team has helped me be able to do what I’ve been able to do on the court.”

In other singles play, junior Rachel Kahan topped Salonen 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (105) at fourth singles. No. 114 Smith manufactured a 6-4, 7-6 (10-8) win against

Lexi Borr at third singles and Mulholland rallied against Sweeting before ultimately falling 4-6, 6-4, 3-10) at sixth singles.

Despite the lopsided final scoreline, the Eagles gave Duke plenty to handle Friday.

“They’re right on the edge of being really, really good. They’ve got a lot of good singles players,” Ashworth said.

“They’re definitely one of the tougher teams we’ve played.”

Still, things will only get more difficult for Duke, as it concludes the regular season next week with a road trip against two top ACC squads in Georgia Tech and Clemson. Maintaining the win streak will require good play from more than just the senior Blue Devils.

“That’s a tough trip—playing at Clemson is one of the toughest places in the country to play,” Ashworth said. “We need to be firing on all cylinders for that match.”

but they both are competing really well and fighting through some tough games.”

Duke kept its momentum going from the doubles point, putting in some strong performances during singles play.

Hemmeler followed Saba’s outstanding performance with a dominant display of his own, defeating Benito 6-2, 6-2 to clinch the match. The win was Hemmeler’s sixth consecutive in singles, as he continues to shine since moving up the ladder from the No. 4 spot to the third position.

“I think I’ve been playing really well,” Hemmeler said. “I think this match was key for me. It gave me a lot of confidence and showed that I am on the same level as those guys as well. I’m confident I can beat any-

one at any spot.”

No. 42 Tahir was the next Blue Devil off the court, defeating the aptly-named Rackitt 6-3, 7-6. The team completed the sweep as No. 88 Bruno Semenzato and Levine came back after losing their opening sets to win their respective matches.

“Doubles really set the tone for today,” Smith said. “Then I thought Rapha and Fred especially really got it going quickly in singles.”

Duke is now riding a six-match winning streak heading into its final weekend of the season. The Blue Devils will travel to No. 23 Wake Forest Friday before returning home Sunday for a crucial match against No. 8 North Carolina.

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There aren’t many that I think we regret taking tonight. Our scorers are getting to the middle of the field and getting good opportunities. It’s tough for any goalie to make those saves.”

Although the Cavaliers committed just two turnovers, they were unable to capitalize when given chances. Virginia shot just 15-of-53 and leading scorer Mark Cockerton was held to 1-of-10 shooting and faced swarms of Blue Devil defenders, led by senior Henry Lobb.

The Cavaliers never got closer than two the rest of the way but managed to make things interesting. Duke held a 1712 lead with 6:24 left in the contest after Jones’ fourth goal of the game, but Virginia answered with three goals in 3:55 to give itself a chance late.

In the final minutes, Aaron and the Duke defense squashed the rally to hand the Cavaliers their first home loss of the season.

Duke will play its final regular-season contest before the conference tournament April 19 against Rutgers, Danowski’s alma mater. If Maryland loses to Notre Dame next weekend, the Blue Devils will be outright conference champions. “[Winning an ACC regular season title] is really important on campus,” Danowski said. “From the first day you walk on campus, you’re watching men’s and women’s soccer, volleyball or football and everything is the ACC. In the lacrosse world, it’s not much of a big deal, but it is on campus and we’re very proud of it.”

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The Blue Devil first baseman lined the first pitch he saw past the outstretched glove of shortstop Trea Turner to bring Lumpa home to complete the miraculous comeback for the Blue Devils.

“When they struck Mike out, I kind of had a feeling it was going to come down to me,” Cohn said. “After the two walks, I had a feeling they were going to throw a fastball so I went up there saw fastball first pitch and got it.”

Despite last weekend’s historical sweep of the Tar Heels, the Blue Devils saw Sunday’s victory as the sweeter win because of how they won.

“Obviously sweeping Carolina—unbelievable,” Betts said. “And some people would call that a program-changing series, but just the way this one ended, the momentum we’re going to have going forward, I really expect this to catapult us to great things the rest of the way.”

[winning] was a forgone conclusion,” Pollard said. “They assumed we were going to win the ballgame. And that’s a big step for our program because we haven’t had that.”

Cameron Neal started things off for Duke in the ninth, reaching after being hit by a pitch in just his second at-bat of the season. That Wolfpack mistake was compounded by another N.C. State error, as Austin threw Lumpa’s sacrifice bunt attempt down the first base line, allowing Anthony D’Alessandro—who came on to run for Neal—to score from first and Lumpa to advance all the way to third base.

With the score knotted at 10 and the winning run 90 feet away, the Wolfpack struck out Rosenfeld before intentionally walking Betts and Marconcini to load the bases.

Up came Cohn.

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“Every time he stepped up it was strike one,” Avent said. “He threw a lot of fastballs away that we took for strikes.

And when it got to two strikes, that slider is pretty good.”

Van Orden felt strong enough to go back out in the ninth and tried to convince Pollard to leave him on the mound.

“I came down and Coach Pollard told me that was it, and I kind of gave him a weird look and tried to stay in,” Van Orden said.

But the Blue Devil coaching staff looked at his high pitch count and opted to go with closer Robert Huber to finish off Van Orden’s gem.

In college baseball, Friday nights are when teams trot out their aces. Rodon is not only one of the best pitchers Duke will face all season but also one of the best in the country. For Van Orden, who thought about trying his luck in the MLB Draft after his junior season, the idea of going toe-to-toe against the ACC’s best pitchers on Friday nights brought him back for his senior year.

“I remind him on Thursdays, when he gets in these big games, that this is why he passed on professional baseball—to get a chance to come back and go headto-head with arguably the best pitcher in college baseball,” Pollard said. “He wanted that opportunity, and that’s why he decided to come back.”

to record 24 outs—11 of them strikeouts.

The senior commanded the strike zone and rarely fell behind in the count.

But it was his laser-beam of a slider that left Wolfpack hitters looking silly at the plate all night.

“It was clear by some of the swings [N.C. State] took that they didn’t recognize it out of the hand,” Duke head coach Chris Pollard said. “It’s one thing to be able to see that pitch and not hit it. It’s another thing to see it out of the hand as a fastball and then have it explode on you late.”

It didn’t look like Van Orden was on his way to a big game after N.C. State’s leadoff hitter drilled a hard ground ball down the left field line and cruised into second with a double to start the first inning. But Van Orden got a quick pop-up and then fanned two batters to escape the scoring threat in the top of the first.

After N.C. State went down in order in the second inning, the Wolfpack again looked poised to score in the third after a single and an error put runners on the corners with no one out. But Van Orden, thanks in large part to a great throw from left fielder Ryan Deitrich, pitched his way out of the jam without letting a runner cross the plate.

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No. 0310

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PUZZLE BY KELLY CLARK

31 Weights of some contraband

48 Doesn’t leave a tip

34 Informal response to “Who’s there?”

50 Lacking a key, musically

35 Monk’s superior 37 Skin opening

51 Ross the flagmaker

38 Wife of Zeus

52 Large Japanese dog

41 The golden years

53 Dirties

44 “There, finished!” 55 Foot woes

58 Condo, e.g.

60 Donated 61 Didn’t tell the truth 62 Right-angle bends 65 Auto accessory often mounted on the windshield, for short

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