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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Blue Devils blow out Pittsburgh

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Amber Henson scored a career-high 13 points off the bench as the Blue Devils blew out Pittsburgh Sunday. half after nine first-half turnovers.

“We’re getting into what we’re doing,” Duke head coach Joanne P. McCallie said.

“We were a lot closer to playing a full 40 minutes today.... I think the thing that you celebrate is not the score but the contributions. The fact that everybody was so ready to get out there and do something positive.... Today we felt like the deepest team

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Pittsburgh made its first trip to Cameron Indoor Stadium as a member of the ACC, but the result was the same as the team’s last trip to Durham in 2011—a blowout.

No. 3 Duke cruised to a 111-67 victory against ACC newcomer Pittsburgh Sunday, with six Blue Devils scoring in double figures.

“Duke is very, very talented,” Pittsburgh head coach Kathy McConnell-Miller said.

“It’s pick your poison. If you try to take away their inside presence, they kill you from the outside. They’re just so well-balanced and have so many weapons. It was a tough matchup for us across the board. We were oversized and outmatched.”

The trio of Elizabeth Williams, Haley Peters and Tricia Liston combined for a total of 59 points on the afternoon. In the process, Liston became Duke’s all-time leader in 3-pointers made. Duke (20-1, 7-0 in the ACC) largely had its way on the offensive end in the paint. Four of the six double-figure scorers were post players and 50 of Duke’s points came in the paint.

After a pair of close contests, including an overtime victory against Florida State earlier in the week, the Blue Devils’ athleticism was simply too much for the Panthers (9-11, 1-5) on both ends of the floor. Ball control became a key factor in widening the gap between the teams with the Blue Devils giving up the ball merely three times in the second

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Duke managed 55 points in the opening frame on 65.5 percent shooting from the floor, and entered the break up 26 points.

The lead only grew from there, extending the rout into the second half. With a comfortable margin and no Chelsea Gray—who remains out for the season with a knee injury—players such as Amber Henson, who

hit three triples in the contest and scored a career-high 13 points, saw extended minutes on the floor.

“This is the best I’ve ever felt playing,” Henson said. “With Chelsea going out, there is a need for people to step up in those spots. I think me having a game like this is important for my confidence, but also for my coaches to see that I can do it.”

Liston has continued to be the go-to option for Duke during key moments throughout the season. Without Gray on the floor, Liston’s role as chief communicator becomes all the more vital.

“I just need to keep doing what I’m doing trying to be a vocal leader and leading by example,” Liston said. “I’m willing to do whatever to it takes to win and get us as far as we can go this season.”

The wide margin of victory belied the lack of intensity at times for the Blue Devils on the defensive end. Although Duke held Pittsburgh to 21.6 percent shooting in the first half, the Panthers grabbed eight steals and 12 offensive rebounds in the frame, managing to snag nearly as many boards as the Blue Devils had overall.

Turnovers kept the lead within 10 points for the first eight minutes, but Duke soon widened the lead thanks to transition baskets and full-court pressure defense.

“At times I think we had the ball in our hands, and they scrapped for the ball a little bit,” McCallie said. “We need to be scrappier.”

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WOMEN’S TENNIS

Duke wins ITA berth with back-to-back sweeps

by Lucas Hubbard THE CHRONICLE

Coming off a tough weekend out west in the Freeman Memorial Championships, Duke was hungry for a few dual-match wins in the friendly confines of Sheffield Tennis Center. Facing a full plate of capable opponents, the Blue Devils had more than enough appetite for the task.

Duke swept Columbia Friday and Kentucky Saturday to win the ITA KickOff Weekend event CLMB 0 and advance to DUKE 4 National Team Indoors, which will UK 0 be held in two DUKE 4 weeks in Charlottesville, Va. The No. 10 Blue Devils remain undefeated in dual-match competition this spring.

“I liked that we competed for points and fought for points,” Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth said. “We have to throw out our No. 10 ranking and understand that whenever we play, people are going to play their best against us.”

On both days, the Blue Devils (3-0) used strong doubles play to gain the early advantage, and from there, the squad didn’t look back.

In Duke’s second victory of the weekend, sophomore Beatrice Capra and senior Hanna Mar, playing at No. 1 doubles for the second consecutive match,

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Although Duke notched back-to-back 4-0 sweeps at the ITA Kick-Off Weekend, the victories did not come easily. took the first three games and cruised to a 6-2 win against Kentucky’s Kelsey Dieters and CeCe Witten, ranked No. 56 in the country. After falling into an early 2-0 deficit, the Blue Devil tandem of senior Marianne Jodoin and freshman Alyssa Smith raced back to claim a 6-4 win against Kirsten Lewis and Stephanie Fox.

Singles was a tougher task for the Blue Devils, who were tested for the first time in team competition this year by the Wildcats (3-1), who knocked off Tulane 4-1 Friday. Duke took four of the six opening sets, and the Blue Devils rode the strength of their depth to a 4-0 sweep.

It took Jodoin four sets to lose a game

this weekend, but she had to battle back from a 4-1 deficit in the second set Saturday to knock off Taylor Lederman 6-0, 7-5 at the fifth singles position. Moments later, Smith notched her second win of the weekend, topping Caitlin McGraw 6-2, 6-3 at fourth singles to give Duke a 3-0 lead.

The Blue Devils had a number of candidates in the running to claim the fourth and final point, but ultimately it was junior Ester Goldfeld—the twotime reigning ACC Player of the Week and 45th-ranked singles player—who clinched it for Duke. She dropped the first set 6-3 to Kentucky’s Dieters before roaring back to take the second set 6-1.

The Brooklyn, N.Y., native cruised to a 10-5 win in the super-tiebreaker.

Even without freshman Chalena Scholl and junior Annie Mulholland in the singles lineup this weekend, the Blue Devils were able to thrive, a testament to the talent on the roster.

“We decided [Saturday] morning that Chalena wasn’t going to play today, and we decided after doubles that Annie wasn’t going to play,” Ashworth said. “To have that, which is something we haven’t had [in the past]—it gives us a lot of flexibility.”

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Duke overcomes poor shooting with dominant effort on the glass

by Michael Schreiner THE CHRONICLE

Mike Krzyzewski’s 900th win at Duke was not pretty.

The No. 18 Blue Devils had a slow start and their worst shooting performance of the season, but second-chance opportunities and trips to the foul line carried Duke to a 78-56 victory over Florida State.

“A lot of that has to be said to the defense of Florida State,” Krzyzewski said. “They protect the basket well, but with our driving we got them into foul trouble [and] got some second-chance points.”

Despite missing the tipoff due to illness, redshirt sophomore Rodney Hood led the Blue Devils (16-4, 5-2 in the ACC) with 18 points and nine rebounds.

Freshman Jabari Parker also shined Saturday, putting up 14 points and grabbing a team-best 14 rebounds, ten of which came on offense. The game was Parker’s sixth double-double of the season.

Redshirt senior Andre Dawkins, who replaced Hood in the starting lineup at the last minute, pitched in 11 points after going 3-for-6 from beyond the arc, and redshirt sophomore Marshall Plumlee contributed seven points and seven offensive boards.

“I’m proud of my guys, we beat a really good team,” Krzyzewski said. “Our bench really came through.”

As a unit, the Blue Devils went 18-of59 from the field to shoot 30.5 percent, the team’s worst shooting performance of the season. Duke’s loss against Clemson was the only other game in which the Blue Devils shot below 40 percent.

The majority of Parker and Hood’s points came from the free-throw line,

where the team as a whole went 34-of-43.

“The shooting wasn’t there, but we also got them in foul trouble,” Parker said. “We got a lot of our points on the free throw line, and that was good for us.”

Duke also made up for its poor shooting by grabbing 27 offensive rebounds and forcing 17 Seminole turnovers. The Blue Devils benefitted on the boards from the reduced playing time of Florida State’s Bojanovsky, as the 7-foot-3 center picked up his fourth foul early in the second half.

Florida State (13-6, 4-3) relied on sophomore Devon Bookert and senior Okaro White to keep the team in the game, and the pair finished with 12 and 14 points, respectively.

The Blue Devils started the game slowly, and found themselves clinging to a 23-16 lead through 13 minutes of play.

Aside from the two 3-pointers Dawkins hit to start the game, nothing seemed to be falling for Duke, and long rebounds had allowed the Seminoles to score in transition with ease. “[In the] first half I didn’t really come out aggressive in terms of finishing,” Hood said. “Our offense hurt our defense. They got in transition and there were a lot of loose balls we could have got.”

But Duke pulled away in the last seven minutes of the half, using an energizing run to grab momentum as well as build its lead. Plumlee’s put-back dunk on a missed shot got both the coaches and crowd on their feet, and his offensive rebound and assist to Cook for a deep three on the next possession made the stadium erupt in earnest for the first time of the afternoon.

A steal just seconds later gave Duke

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back the ball, and Parker’s slam dunk finish in heavy traffic on the ensuing possession gave the Blue Devils firm control of the game’s momentum.

After leading by seven with seven minutes left in the half, Blue Devils took an 18-point lead into halftime and never allowed Florida State to get within 11 points again for the rest of the game.

When the Seminoles did shrink the lead, Duke responded with a 13-2 run to close out the game.

“We didn’t let them get to us,” Parker said. “We knew games were all about runs so it was our time to make a run and finish the game.”

In matching white sneakers for Coaches vs. Cancer Suits and Sneakers Awareness Weekend, Duke’s coaching staff was visibly frustrated with the Blue Marshall Plumlee scored seven points and pulled down Devils play at points in the first half.

Krzyzewski threw his hands up in disgust after a transition foul by Dawkins did nothing but give the Seminoles a shot at the foul line, and the heated head coach removed his sports coat midway through the first half. Minutes later, a good portion of Cameron Indoor Stadium heard what Krzyzewski yelled to his players after the Seminoles regained possession of a loose ball.

“He’s always like that,” Cook said.

“He’s fired up. He wants the best for his team and he was coaching his butt off. I think the guys respond to it.”

Krzyzewski got the result he wanted in the end, claiming his 900th win as Duke’s head coach and guiding his team to its 28th straight home victory.

“It’s a lot of wins—I thank Duke for keeping me,” Krzyzewski said. “We have a good thing going here, and I’ve been blessed to be here for over three decades.”

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The Blue Devils pulled down 27 offensive rebounds, the team’s highest total since Nov. 17, 2002.

30.5% Shooting 30.5 percent from the field, Duke’s win came in the team’s worst shooting performance of the season.

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Freshman Jabari Parker scored 14 points and grabbed 14 boards as the Blue Devils topped Florida State.

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Krzyzewski ditches jacket, earns 900th win of his Duke career

by Ryan Hoerger THE CHRONICLE

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Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski lit a fire under his team when he removed his jacket during Saturday’s game against Florida State.

Removing a suit jacket may not be uncommon for head coaches, but is a rarity for Krzyzewski. After slogging through the opening 10 minutes of the game, the Blue Devils responded to Krzyzewski’s fashion statement—reeling off a 12-2 run to create some breathing room between themselves and the Seminoles.

“He’s always like that,” point guard Quinn Cook, a junior, said of Krzyzewski’s sideline intensity. “He wants the best for his team, and he was coaching his butt off.

I think the guys will respond to it.”

Respond they did. Duke closed the half on a 20-9 run in the final 7:30 to head into the locker room with a comfortable 43-25 advantage. The energy and aggressiveness that fueled Duke’s first-half spurt never wavered in the second half, as the Blue Devils used a dominant rebounding performance and consistent free-throw shooting to dispatch Florida State 78-56, earning Krzyzewski his 900th career win at Duke.

It was fitting that the milestone victory for college basketball’s all-time winningest coach came the way so many others had before. The Blue Devils won not on the backs of a freshman phenom or a terrific transfer, but due to the play of its role players. Although Krzyzewski abandoned the hockey-style line changes that he had featured during the past three games, the head coach still substituted liberally. Eight Blue Devils played at least 11 minutes.

“I’m proud of my guys. We beat a really good team,” Krzyzewski said. “Our

bench really came through.... I thought Marshall [Plumlee] played an outstanding game. Tyler [Thornton], we didn’t know if he was going to play today. He’s had the flu but he said he would give it a try and he played well. Rasheed [Sulaimon], obviously, can really penetrate and got us to the line. He handles the ball so well in those situations.”

It was a convincing win for the No. 18 Blue Devils, who have now won four straight ACC games, but it wasn’t always pretty. After Andre Dawkins knocked down two straight 3-pointers in a spotstart for Rodney Hood to open the game, Duke struggled mightily from the floor, posting its worst shooting performance of the season by going just 18-for-59.

A product of all the misses, though, was the ample opportunity for offensive rebounds. The Blue Devils had a field day, racking up 27 offensive boards en route to a 47-24 dismantling of the larger Seminoles on the glass, coming up with 29 second-chance points in the process.

“They’re one of the biggest, if not the biggest team in the ACC, so as a team we knew we had to come ready and play with a lot of discipline,” Plumlee said.

Jabari Parker posted his second straight double-double for the Blue Devils, hauling in 14 rebounds—10 of them offensive—to go with his 14 points. Duke also got a major shot in the arm from Plumlee, who set career highs with seven points and seven offensive rebounds of his own in just 12 minutes.

Rounding back into prime basketball shape after offseason surgery, the redshirt sophomore got his afternoon started with a thunderous putback dunk late in the first half, which ignited the Blue Devils’ most dominant stretch of the game. On Duke’s next possession, Plum-

34/43 Duke made 34 of its 43 free throws on the afternoon, compared to just 18 field goals in the contest.

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Duke made the most of its 27 offensive rebounds against the Seminoles, turning those opportunities into 29 second-chance points.

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Rasheed Sulaimon shot just 1-for-8 from the floor but was a perfect 8-of-8 from the line en route to 11 points. lee grabbed an offensive rebound, leading to a 3-pointer by Cook. A Seminole turnover led to a dunk by Parker, and then Sulaimon fed Plumlee for a fastbreak layup, turning a 34-21 lead into a 41-21 advantage in less than 90 seconds.

“It’s so exciting to be out there when your teammates are excited and when Cameron is excited,” Plumlee said. “It’s easy to come off the bench when you’re seeing Jabari, Rodney, Amile [Jefferson] and Josh [Hairston] set a good example of how to play hard and how to play together. I’m just following their lead.”

Plumlee also did something he’d never done before in a Duke uniform— make a free throw. He entered the game 0-for-15 during his two-year career, but looked comfortable at the line Saturday, sinking three of his four attempts.

The game got a bit chippy in the second half as Florida State was called for three flagrant fouls. Afterwards, Plumlee was asked whether he should be taking those free throws from now on.

“I’m a long ways to go from that, but just one step at a time,” Plumlee said. “Freethrow shooting is frustrating because I know I’m a capable free throw shooter, but it was nice to see them go in.”

Plumlee wasn’t the only Blue Devil to have success at the charity stripe Saturday. As a team, Duke made 34 of its 43 attempts, both season-highs. Parker went 8-of-9 from the line, Hood went 9-of-11, and Sulaimon was a perfect 8-of8. Krzyzewski credited his team’s aggressiveness for getting Florida State in foul trouble.

“They protect the basket well, but with our driving we got them into foul trouble, got some second-chance points,” Krzyzewski said. “Once we got them into that double bonus, we really wanted to drive the ball. The offensive rebounds led to our opportunities to shoot free throws, and that was really the story of the game.”

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Pitt poses Duke’s toughest road test yet DUKE vs. PITTSBURGH

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The Blue Devils have not had much time to think about their toughest road test of the season.

With just one day of rest following Saturday’s victory against Florida State, No. 18 Duke will return to action to take on No. 20 Pittsburgh Monday at 7 p.m. at the Petersen Events Center in the teams’ first matchup as ACC foes.

Despite having only one day to travel to Pittsburgh and prepare, Duke knows another gritty performance on both ends of the court will be necessary to hand the Panthers their first home loss. With a showdown at No. 2 Syracuse looming later in the week, the Blue Devils’ upcoming road trip will be one of the toughest portions of the season.

“We’ve got a quick turnaround now and go to Pitt,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said after Saturday’s win against Florida State. “These six days— [we have] two on the road and one at home against really big, physical teams.

Hopefully we’ll have the energy to do a good job.”

To continue its recent momentum, Duke (16-4, 5-2 in the ACC) will likely continue using heavy substitutions to keep the Blue Devil defense alert and active. The changes have paid off, and Duke has not lost since extending its rotation against Virginia.

The Blue Devils might finally face a team that can match its depth Monday.

Pittsburgh (18-2, 6-1) has nine players averaging more than 10 minutes per contest.

“Whatever it takes, we’re going to keep our energy level at its highest,” redshirt sophomore center Marshall Plumlee said. “Whether that means subbing five guys or one guy, we just really want to attack.”

Duke’s defense will be put to the test by a balanced Pittsburgh offense highlighted by redshirt senior guard Lamar Patterson, who leads the Panthers at 17.9 points per game.

Shooting 43 percent from beyond the arc this season, Patterson is a threat to score from many spots on the floor. He is also Pittsburgh’s leading assist man at 4.7 helpers per game.

In what is shaping up to be a physical matchup, the Blue Devils and Panthers will battle for control of the game’s tempo. Duke’s ability to score in transition will be tested by a stingy Panther defense that is allowing just 60.2 points per game this season. On offense, Pittsburgh prefers to slow the ball down and minimize the number of possessions in a game.

The Blue Devils will likely find halfcourt opportunities in the paint limited

by Pittsburgh’s athletic frontline that

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BENCH

by Amrith Ramkumar

AMILE JEFFERSON 6.5 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 63.4 FG% JABARI PARKER 18.7 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 1.2 bpg RODNEY HOOD 17.7 ppg, 44.9 3FG% MATT JONES 2.6 ppg, 0.9 rpg, 0.5 spg QUINN COOK 12.6 ppg, 5.5 apg, 1.5 spg

No. 20 Panthers (18-2, 6-1) F F G G G

TALIB ZANNA 13.6 ppg, 7.8 rpg MICHAEL YOUNG 5.7 ppg, 4.8 rpg LAMAR PATTERSON 17.9 ppg, 4.7 apg CAMERON WRIGHT 10.9 ppg, 1.9 spg JAMES ROBINSON 8.3 ppg, 4.2 apg, 1.2 spg

(Projected lineups, statistics from 2013-14 season) Talib Zanna has wreaked havDUKE PITT oc on ACC frontcourts this 76.3 PPG: 81.6 season, but Duke is coming 60.2 PPG DEF: 66.5 FG%: off its best rebounding per47.2 48.8 3PT%: formance of the year. Marshall 40.8 35.0 FT%: Plumlee emerged as a pres74.6 72.1 RPG: 37.4 35.3 ence against Florida State.

APG: 15.0 17.0 James Robinson has been 3.1 BPG: 3.1 Pitt’s X-factor on offense, but SPG: 7.1 7.1 leading scorer Lamar Patter9.7 10.4 TO/G: son is going to have a tough The breakdown matchup on a longer defender Duke continues to improve defensively and on in Rodney Hood. the glass, but Pittsburgh is an incredibly disciplined and physical team. Starting fast will be Both teams go deep into their the key for the Blue Devils, who will quickly benches, but the Blue Devils learn that the Petersen Events Center is now have more scoring pop off the among the toughest road venues in the ACC. bench with Rasheed Sulaimon This game is shaping up to be a tight one. and Andre Dawkins. Durand Johnson is Pittsburgh’s primary bench contributor.

OUR CALL: Duke wins, 67-64

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TRACK AND FIELD

Blue Devils earn 2 weekend victories against UNC

by Ali Wells THE CHRONICLE

Any victory against arch rival North Carolina is a cause for celebration—this weekend Duke notched two victories against the Tar Heels on the same day.

The Blue Devils claimed victories against North Carolina on both the men’s and women’s sides Friday at the Carolina Cup. Duke tallied a total of 157 points on the women’s side for a first place team finish, and the men earned 141 points to finish second behind East Carolina.

This weekend’s performances show that the track and field team is strong on both sides and capable of making a mark at the indoor conference meet.

“I’ve been here, just started my 24th year on the Duke track and field coaching staff, and we certainly have never beaten North Carolina on both the men’s and women’s side in the same day,” director of track and field Norm Ogilvie said. “This is a special group.

They are winners. We are going to be one of the upper echelon teams in the conference, and we’re going to be right there with the top teams fighting for the title.”

Although only two meets are typically scored during the Blue Devils’ indoor season, Duke’s men and women have never both topped the Tar Heels on the same day at the conference championships.

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Duke topped North Carolina on both the men’s and women’s sides at the Carolina Cup, something director of track and field Norm Ogilvie said has never happened before.

On the women’s side, junior Elizabeth Kerpon earned 20 points for the team with her individual wins in the 200and 400-meter events with times of 24.99 seconds and 55.83 seconds, respectively.

Kerpon also anchored the Blue Devils’ 4x400-meter relay, earning a win for

Duke with a final time of 3:51.14. Ogilvie called Kerpon the single biggest factor in the team’s overall win.

Graduate students Audrey Huth and Juliet Bottorff took first and second in the 3,000 meters, staying together throughout the course of the race to fin-

ish in 9:35.73 and 9:35.77, respectively.

Bottorff exceeded expectations with her performance after being sick earlier in the week and unsure if she would even be able to run.

The Blue Devils’ best individual performance was turned in by sophomore Karli Johonnot in the pentathlon. Johonnot won the women’s pentathlon by amassing 4,016 points and also placed second in the women’s high jump by clearing 5-8 3/4.

Redshirt sophomore Teddi Maslowski earned second place in the women’s pentathlon with a total of 3,754 points.

The multi-event athletes on the men’s side also recorded a one-two performance. Senior Curtis Beach and junior Ian Rock led the heptathlon after the first day of competition on Thursday.

Beach closed Friday with 5,403 points, and Rock recorded a total of 5,129 points.

By taking first and second in both the men’s and women’s multi-events, Duke won the Tobacco Road Cup, a side competition taking place within the Carolina Cup to determine the school with the best overall multi-event performance.

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(1-1) team that boasted two top-25 doubles squads. Jodoin and Smith cruised 6-1 against Tiana Takenaga and Ioana Alecsiu, but Mulholland and Goldfeld dropped the final two games in a tight 7-5 affair to the 20th-ranked duo in the nation, Crystal Leung and Tina Jiang.

Mar and Capra battled Columbia’s Bianca Sanon and Kanika Vaidya, ranked No. 24 nationally, to decide the doubles point.

Duke served to stay in the match twice, and the Blue Devils ultimately forced a tiebreaker. Once there, they squeezed out the final three points to notch a 7-4 win and give Duke the 1-0 lead. “[Mar and Capra] didn’t play much together in the fall, so they’re not in the rankings, but they’re definitely one of the top teams in the country,” Ashworth said.

“We know that we can win doubles… but we just have to be smart with our decision-making,” In singles, Duke jumped out to one-set advantages in all six matches and claimed points at fourth, fifth and sixth singles.

Duke got a major shot in the arm with the return of senior Rachel Kahan. Playing in the sixth position, Kahan took the court for her first singles match since returning from Tommy John surgery. Kahan knocked off Alecsiu 6-2, 6-1 with relative ease.

“For her to come out and play back-toback days when she hasn’t played in literally 17 months, it’s a really positive thing for our team,” Ashworth said. “It’s big for her and it’s big for our whole program.”

Smith knocked off Leung 6-1, 6-1 at fourth singles, and Jodoin managed a 6-0,

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With two victories this weekend, the Blue Devils earned a spot at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships.

6-0 victory against Takenaga in the fifth slot to clinch the match for Duke.

With the wins, the Blue Devils have built some momentum, but perhaps more importantly, they’ve learned a valuable lesson about the battles they’ll face throughout the year.

“No matter who we play—it doesn’t matter if it’s Stanford or Kentucky or Furman next week… we have to know that people want to beat us,” Ashworth said.

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Moverman secured their second wins of the season. McClafferty turned in a final time of 4:09.73 to win the mile, a nearly identical time to his win at the Virginia Tech Invitational. Moverman won the 3,000-meter race in 8:20.16 and improved his season-best time by a little more than a second.

Sophomore Michal Filipczak earned a first-place finish in his first 800-meter run. With a time of 1:52.09, Filipczak qualified for the conference championships.

Ogilvie attributed the team’s energy to the team-scoring format of the meet and the opportunity to face conference rival North Carolina.

“In this situation, every event has that extra meaning of contributing to the team score,” he said. “That’s certainly always done at the conference and national levels, but when you bring a small group together, it’s super competitive.

And the added element in this meet was facing Carolina. That certainly ratchets the intensity up a notch.”

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features multiple shot blockers. Redshirt senior forward Talib Zanna leads the way for the Panthers inside. Averaging 13.6 points and 7.8 rebounds per contest, the Nigerian bruiser sets the tone for Pittsburgh in the paint on both ends of the floor.

Freshman Jabari Parker, sophomore Amile Jefferson and Plumlee—who had seven points and seven offensive rebounds against the Seminoles—are no stranger to competing against a large front line. Against a Florida State team that featured three 7-footers on its roster, the Blue Devils dominated the glass, pulling down 27 offensive rebounds.

“Rebounding is something we’ve tried to make a focal point these last few weeks,” Plumlee said. “It’s something that’s started to show in recent games, so no matter who we play we’re hoping to

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With a victory against North Carolina already in the books, the Blue Devils look toward a rematch at the ACC championships. come up with the [win] on the boards.”

Although Patterson and Zanna are the leaders of this Pittsburgh squad, the play of sophomore point guard James Robinson is the reason the Panthers find themselves among the contenders in the ACC. Robinson has a 4.6:1 assist-to-turnover ratio and has provided balance as the consummate game manager for head coach Jamie Dixon.

The battle between two of the most efficient point guards in the country— Robinson and junior Quinn Cook—will be yet another scintillating matchup to watch.

Despite all of the nuances of the game, the Blue Devils know that their ability to play hard and stay poised will once again be the key to coming out on top.

“We’ve got a tough Pitt team at their place, which is going to be tough,” redshirt sophomore Rodney Hood said.

“But if we keep playing like we’re playing, we’ll be in good position.”

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Nigerian forward Talib Zanna has been a nightmare for ACC opponents this season and will likely attract most of Duke’s attention down low in Monday night’s matchup.