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season preview: men’s soccer

Cole Grossman Midfielder As a junior, Grossman finished second on the team in points, totaling 26 on the strength of eight goals and a team-high 10 assists.

This season, the now-senior and tri-captain was named Preseason All-America by Soccer America and will again be called upon to head the attack on a young Blue Devil squad.

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Sophomore Andrew Wenger looks to improve on a ACC Freshman of the Year season, in which he also scored three game-winning goals. and led Duke’s defense.

Duke faces tough opening slate

by Kevin Fishner THE CHRONICLE

Following a tumultuous 2009-10 season, head coach John Kerr has assembled a talented, but very young, Blue Devil team.

And despite its youth, Kerr is so confident in No. 11 Duke that he will throw them right into the fire by starting the season against three top-25 teams, including No. 2 Virginia—the defending national champion—and No. 4 North Carolina.

“The beginning of the season is quite hectic and exciting,” Kerr said. “That is what we are preparing for now.”

This is a different strategy than last year’s, when the team coasted into ACC play by facing easier opponents early in the season.

In 2009, the Blue Devils went into the Virginia game undefeated.

They upset the Cavaliers last year on their home turf, but fell to rival North Carolina 2-1 September 18. This year, there will be no warm-up for those traditionally tough games.

Duke will face No. 20 Louisville Friday night and plays Sacramento State two days later as part of the annual Duke/Nike Classic. Although the Hornets are not ranked, they reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament last season and pushed No. 6-seed UCLA to the brink before falling 2-1 in the game’s closing stages.

The daunting opening schedule will be exacerbated by the inexperience of the starting 11, which will be composed of four

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“We are still a work in progress trying to figure out the best combinations,” Kerr said. “Ideally, we will be playing with four freshmen starting on Friday night and three sophomores. It’s a young team, but we are led by a good group of seniors.”

Although last year’s team stumbled in both the ACC and NCAA tournaments, with first and third-round knockouts, respectively, senior preseason All-American Cole Grossman does not doubt the potential of the young team he is leading.

“We definitely have high expectations and lofty goals,” Grossman said. “We are going to focus on the day-to-day process and feel we can win every game.”

Going into Friday night’s home opener, Kerr has emphasized the role of defense as the building block of a winning season.

“We know that defense wins championships,” Kerr said. “The defense has to be there, and we know that we have the offensive power to create chances.”

Built around sophomore standout Andrew Wenger and senior captain Christian Ibeagha as the center backs, the defense has the experience to lead. Joining the center backs are redshirt senior Matthew Thomas and freshman Will Donovan. Ibeagha trusts his partner in the middle, and all of his teammates on the pitch.

Andrew Wenger Defender

Wenger started all 21 matches in his freshman campaign, anchoring the Duke defense at center back. Expectations are high for the 2009 ACC Rookie of the Year—the sophomore has already pulled in various preseason honors and was one of only three second-year players included on the Hermann Trophy watch list.

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No. 2 Stanford too much for Blue Devils

by Shiva Kothari THE CHRONICLE

With 17 freshmen and sophomores on the team and nine starting in the first game of the Nike Carolina Classic, no one knew what to expect from the young Blue Devils against Missouri Friday.

The weekend started off well with a 3-1 victory over the Tigers, but Sunday, No. 25 Duke was DUKE 3 unable to top No. 2 Stanford in a MIZZ 1 tough 2-1 loss.

Friday’s game DUKE 1 was highlighted by second half STAN 2 three goals which helped Duke to overcome a subpar first half.

“The first half was really sluggish,” head coach Robbie Church said. “But I was very proud of our team to change it in the second half and totally dominate the game and execute things offensively and score those three goals.”

The young core of the Blue Devils provided key contributions for each goal against the Tigers (0-3-1). In the 51st minute, freshman Laura Weinberg assisted on a goal by senior Molly Lester. Then, in the 56th minute, a close shot by freshman Natasha Anasi enabled senior Marybeth Kreger to score on the rebound. And, in the 88th minute, redshirt freshman Callie Simpkins scored her first career goal to

seal the victory.

The Stanford game Sunday provided a bittersweet ending to the weekend as the Blue Devils (2-1) fought hard but came up just short against the Cardinal (2-0-2).

The first half featured a strategic defensive battle with neither side generating substantial offensive chances. Church was pleased with the effort from his team in the opening period.

“I think it was a very tactical [half], both teams played well defensively, [offense] was hard,” Church said. “It was a good half, a smart half, a competitive half.”

But while the first half was offensively stagnant, the second opened with a burst of chances and goals. Duke struck first, with a goal in the 50th minute by Weinberg off a shot from Kreger, who was set up by a beautiful feed from Lester.

The turning point of the match occurred just two minutes later. In the 52nd minute, Stanford’s Teresa Noyola answered back immediately with a great run and finish off a feed from teammate Lindsay Taylor to tie the score at 1-1. “[The goal] broke our back,” Church said. “When you score in the second half and you go up a goal, you’ve got to win the game, you’ve got to close the door.”

Cardinal All-American Christen Press produced the decisive blow in the 75th minute with a fantastic run down the middle of the field off a pass from Noyola.

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Duke’s game with Stanford Sunday was characterized by tough, physical play. Neither side scored in the first half.

Press’s goal put Stanford up 2-1, a lead the Cardinal would not relinquish.

In the 78th minute, Duke had a golden opportunity to tie the game, when freshman Avery Rape had a chance off a rebound. Stanford goalkeeper Kira Maker found herself out of position, and Rape captialized, shooting the ball toward the open net, only to have it blocked by a Stanford defender.

Reflecting on the opening three games of the season, Church spoke highly of his team, especially the freshmen, but stressed

the need for them to learn from the Stanford game.

“We are a young team and this is a tough stretch. I think the freshmen have done well,” Church said. “We will learn when we get in this situation again, we will do a better job of handling it.... We are a damn good team. And we have to understand that... every time we step on the field.”

In their next game, the Blue Devils host Francis Marion Thursday, Sept. 7 at 7:00 p.m. at Koskinen Stadium.

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Blue Devils split two matches in Colorado

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by Jacob Levitt THE CHRONICLE

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Senior Becci Burling led Duke to a 3-2 win over Colorado, but was unable to help defeat Colorado State.

After losing 3-1 to No. 17 Colorado State Friday night, Duke rebounded with a comeback 3-2 win at Colorado the next day in the Coors Rocky Mountain Challenge.

The Blue Devils (1-1) were stymied by the Rams’ stout defense, which held them to a .051 hitting percentage over the first two sets of the match.

1 DUKE “Colorado State C. ST 3 is a really good team and they’re DUKE 3 ranked for a reahead coach COLO 2 son,” Jolene Nagel said.

“They’re a very big and physical team, and they control the ball very well. They work very well as a team out there together.”

Duke came back from an 0-2 hole to take the third set, in part because the players became more acclimated to the situation. Since volleyball teams are prohibited from conducting intersquad scrimmages with other schools, this was the first live action the Blue Devils had seen all year. Combined with a crowd of more than 6,300 decked out in all white attire and a change in altitude, the transition to competitive games required some adjustment on Duke’s part.

But the adjustment came too late.

Colorado State (2-0) sealed the match with another stellar defensive effort in

the fourth set, winning 25-21. For the night, Duke’s hitting percentage was .093 in the sets it lost compared to .385 in the set it won.

The pattern of offensive performance dictating results continued Saturday night against Colorado. In the Blue Devils’ five-set victory, they posted a .084 hitting percentage in sets they lost while putting up a .318 clip in the sets they won.

“We did play a little inconsistently this weekend,” Nagel said. “But it’s nothing that I’m overly concerned about or anything. It’s just us maybe being a little tight and wanting to succeed. When you serve better and you control the ball a little bit better that helps the offense.”

Against Colorado (1-1), Duke was able to have more sustained offensive success because of an outstanding performance from its middle blocking crew.

Senior middle blocker Becci Burling, a Colorado native, led the group with 18 kills—tying a career-high—while junior Amanda Robertson posted nine kills without an error, and sophomore Christiana Gray added 10 kills of her own. Although the offense did hit some snags and had to rally from a 2-1 deficit, Nagel thought that the team managed to be more consistent in the final two sets of the victory.

Duke returned home for the start of classes Monday and will face Campbell University in its next game Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

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A fit Duke looks to improve

by Tim Visutipol THE CHRONICLE

The Blue Devils may have found the secret to improving upon their performance last season, when they finished last in the ACC: ROTC training.

It was just one part of a preseason dedicated to keeping the team healthy and fit, something it could not claim during last year’s injury-ridden campaign.

“Our fitness coming into the season was above and beyond anything we’ve seen,” head coach Beth Bozman said.

“We also did a fitness test, and this was the first year every player passed.”

Duke hopes this fitness, along with an increase in depth and team unity, will be some of its greatest strengths this season.

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Senior Susan Ferger tallied both the game-tying and game-winning goals in Duke’s season-opening win over Louisville Saturday.

“We think we have a really talented group,” Bozman said. “In years past we’ve been scratching our heads to fill some positions.... We were hiding. We had holes.

This year, we are three people deep in different positions.”

In addition to this depth, Bozman believes the increased competition for starting jobs will lead to the players pushing each other hard to improve. Contrary to last season, when much responsibility was placed on seniors Amie Survilla and Lauren Miller, all players will have broader roles this year.

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Duke falls to the Spartans

by Tim Visutipol THE CHRONICLE

After coming back from a 2-1 second-half deficit against No. 13 Louisville to win 3-2 in double overtime Saturday, the Blue Devils could not continue their form Sunday and fell to No. 7 Michigan State 1-0.

No. 10 Duke (1-1) opened its season in East Lansing, Mich., with a promising effort against two ranked opponents. They even outDUKE 3 matched the Spartans (2-0) statistically, but were unable to LOUIS 2 turn their offensive dominance into a tally on the scoreboard.

DUKE 0 “I don’t think it was a good MI ST 1 weekend today. If you watched the game and you didn’t know the score you would think that we won the game,” head coach Beth Bozman said. “We can’t dominate the statistics more than we did…. We just couldn’t put the ball in the cage.”

Duke outshot Michigan State 16-5, with ten shots on target, and had six more penalty corners than the Spartans. The Blue Devils also had seven shots in the final 20 minutes of the game, while Michigan State had none.

Yet, the Spartans found the back of the goal about 15 minutes into the second period when Kristen Henn scored from the top of the circle off a penalty corner.

“One thing we didn’t do well was finish,” Bozman said. “It was unfortunate that we couldn’t capitalize.”

Bozman believes her relatively young team has room for improvement, although she acknowledged that aspects of the performance over the weekend were indeed positives for Duke. She highlighted the attitude of the team coming back against Louisville and the way the Blue Devils did not waver from the 1-0 deficit they faced against Michigan State, continuing to attack the Spartans until the end of the game.

“We did a lot of good things,” Bozman said. “But we definitely can do a lot of things better, considering the talent and fitness of this team.”

The Blue Devils will play two games on the road next week, where they will look to improve upon this first weekend and build on a strong preseason, before they take on their first ACC opponent at Wake Forest Sept. 11.

The ACC will be a big test for Duke as the team finished last in the conference last season.

“We just have to work hard and hope to improve next weekend,” Bozman said. “We’re still building and it’s still a work in progress, but I was pleased that our effort was consistent with Duke Field Hockey. We’re very excited about that.”

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Resurgent Duke boasts top recruiting class

by Nicholas Schwartz THE CHRONICLE

For a program that has reached the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament two out of the previous three years, 2009’s 8-9-4 record simply looks like it doesn’t belong. With an influx of elite young talent, however, and the progression of several key starters, No. 25 Duke (2-1-0) once again looks like it can challenge deep into November—especially after two quality wins to start the season.

Duke began the year with a 1-0 win at Georgia, then traveled to Chapel Hill and beat the reigning Big 12 champions Missouri 3-1. In Sunday’s matchup with 2009 national runner-up Stanford, Duke’s Laura Weinberg opened the scoring, but the Blue Devils eventually fell 2-1.

Despite the loss, Duke showed it belongs as one of the top teams in the nation.

“We have nine non-conference games before we go in and play the ACC, which is going to be so darn tough,” head coach Robbie Church said. “You have to get good victories early in the year to get your record rolling for NCAA selection time.”

In the preseason ACC coaches poll, the Blue Devils were voted No. 5 behind defending national champion and No. 1-ranked North Carolina, rising power Boston College, Florida State and Virginia. A record-tying eight teams from the ACC were invited to the NCAA tournament in 2009, a testament to the strength of the most competitive conference in the country, and that number isn’t likely to drop this year.

Though the Blue Devils came into the 2010 campaign with a bit of uncertainty on

offense after the loss of unquestioned team leaders Elisabeth Redmond and KayAnne Gummersall, an attack-minded recruiting class has Duke arguably deeper up front than it was last year. Bolstered by the arrival of the Gatorade National High School Player of the Year Mollie Pathman and fellow freshman Laura Weinberg, along with the return of senior midfielder Molly Lester from injury and the position switch of Gretchen Miller, the Blue Devils have no

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Mollie Pathman and other hyped freshmen, including Laura Weinberg, look to put Duke back up top.

shortage of firepower.

While goals last year came from two expected sources—Redmond and Gummersall—Church expects a more even scoring distribution this season.

“I think you’ll see a lot of people scoring goals for us,” Church said. “We may not have a Gummersall who will score 10 to 12 goals, but we have a lot of players who can score six to seven goals.”

On the defensive end, Duke is finally reaping benefits from starting four freshmen in the back for the majority of last year. Returning to the first 11 are fullbacks Erin Koballa and Maddy Haller, centerback Libby Jandl and goalkeeper Tara Campbell, who was named to the second team All-ACC as a freshman. Also back into the fray is redshirt sophomore centerback Ashley Rape, who missed the entirety of the 2009 campaign due to a torn left ACL. While it may take time for the Blue Devils to mesh, Church now has over 20 players at his disposal, and will be able to make platoon substitutions in order to keep fresh legs on the field, a luxury he didn’t have in 2009.

“It takes time for players to get to know each other [on the field], and we have a lot of different types of players at different positions,” Church said. “That’s where we’re going to spend most of our time on [in training].”

During a seven-game homestand that kicks off Thursday, Duke hopes to set the tone for a resurgent season and rejoin the ranks of the nation’s elite. And with a host of beatable teams in sight, the Blue Devils will need all the wins they can get before the demanding ACC season begins Sept. 23.

Gretchen Miller Forward/Defender Miller provides much-needed senior leadership on a team leaning heavily on its underclassmen—the Blue Devils started six sophomores and three freshmen against Stanford Sunday.

The stalwart defender has started all but one match in her Duke career and is expected to see time at both forward and defense this year.

Mollie Pathman Forward Having traveled to Germany with the U-20 National Team this year, the 2010 Gatorade National Player of the Year brings a wealth of international experience into her rookie season.

Pathman recorded 130 goals over her high school career, and as part of the top recruiting classes in the country, she adds a deadly weapon to the Blue Devils’ attack.

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season preview: men’s golf

With Long gone, Roach and Paolini lead Duke

by Jeff Scholl THE CHRONICLE

Sophomore Brinson Paolini did not rest on his laurels after posting a record-setting campaign during his first season as a Blue Devil.

The reigning ACC Freshman of the Year entered tournaments across the country over the last three months, playing events in Virginia, Illinois and Washington, just to name a few.

Paolini hopes the experience he gained during his busy summer will pay dividends when he returns to collegiate competition, as Duke will play a number of challenging tournaments this fall.

“Every time I go out there, I keep learning,” Paolini said. “I want to keep improving. Each day I want to be a little bit better than I was the day before.”

The Blue Devils return four of their top five players from last season and feature a mix of talented young golfers, veteran upperclassmen and promising newcomers.

Paolini anchors a stellar sophomore class that also includes Tim Gornik, Adam Sumrall and returning top-five scorer Julian Suri. Head coach Jamie Green said the group of second-year players gives his squad a level of depth Duke did not possess last year.

Paolini tied for the team lead in stroke average last season—his 72.3 mark was the lowest by a freshman in program history. Suri also showed he could be a consistent contributor—he placed in the top 20 in all four tournaments last fall and tied for second at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate in April.

As the most experienced Blue Devils left, senior Wes Roach and junior Spencer Anderson have a great deal of familiarity with some of the courses Duke will play this year. The pair will also need to fill the leadership void created by the graduation of Adam Long, who boasts the second-best career scoring average in school history. Green said Long led both vocally and by example, guiding Paolini and his then-freshmen teammates through their first year of collegiate golf.

“Losing Adam Long is definitely a hit,” Paolini said. “Adam was an amazing person and a great player, and he kind of

took all of us [current sophomores] under his wing.”

Although replacing the two-time All-ACC performer as a leader will be difficult, Green believes Roach is up for the challenge. “[Long] has been contributing at a high level for a long time,” Green said. “But at the same time, Wes has stepped up his level over the last three years, and I know he’s very eager to step into that role.”

The team’s incoming freshmen may not need much help, however, if their performances on the junior circuit are any indication. Yaroslav Merkulov and Austin Cody are ranked ninth and tenth in the class of 2010, respectively, according to the Polo Golf Rankings.

Merkulov finished second at the Junior Players Championship last September. Cody also came in second at the 2009 Bobby Chapman Invitational, which features some of the nation’s top high school players.

The Blue Devils begin the season September 17 at the University of Illinois’ Fighting Illini Invitational. Olympia Fields Country Club, the site of the 2003 U.S. Open, will provide a stern test for Duke—the winning team’s score at last year’s event was 30-over par.

On the weekend of October 24, the Blue Devils will have a chance to see how they stack up against the nation’s top teams at the U.S. Collegiate Championship hosted by Georgia Tech in Alpharetta, Ga. In addition to a handful of ACC rivals, the tournament field includes Washington, Texas A&M and UCLA. All three schools finished the spring season ranked in the top 10.

Even though Duke failed to win a single tournament last fall, the Blue Devils still went on to finish a respectable third at the ACC Championship and qualify for the NCAA Championship as well. Yet, this year’s seasoned squad wants to go beyond those accomplishments—starting with a win before the spring.

“We know we can achieve great things,” Roach said.

“But it’s going to be crucial for us to get a win in the fall to build our confidence.”

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Season Preview: Men’s and Women’s Cross Country

Photographers know: Blue Devils are busy

by Tom Gieryn THE CHRONICLE

It’s a busy time to be a Duke women’s cross country runner.

If you don’t believe that, just ask the team photographer. Following a Wednesday press conference, a Duke Athletics staffer asked women’s cross country coach Kevin Jermyn to schedule a team photo. A full twenty minutes of discussion ensued.

Wednesday at six wouldn’t work, since several of the players have class at that time.

With a 3.55 team GPA and USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honors in 2009, there’s

no missing class. The weekend wouldn’t work, either—the team placed eighth at the NCAA championship last year, and 13 of the top 14 runners return for the 2010 campaign so there’s no interfering with practice time.

With Duke’s busy schedule, it’s no wonder Jermyn feels his women’s team can reach new heights this year.

“We’re definitely in a position where we feel like we’re well-armored to go out and do things at a bigger and higher level,” Jermyn said.

Jermyn and junior Carly Seymour also

said chemistry was one of the team’s most important attributes.

“We push each other, we know each other’s limits, we know how to motivate each other,” Seymour said.

While the women’s team looks to be impressive, the men’s team refuses to be overshadowed. In addition to receiving the same USTFCCCA All-Academic recognition as its female counterpart, it isn’t shy about its own lofty expectations for the 2010 season.

“In many ways, on paper, this is probably the best Duke cross country team that’s ever gone into a season,” head coach Norm Ogilvie said. “And now it’s our job to make sure we live up to that potential. Our goals are nothing less than to try and win the ACC Championship and be one of the more elite programs in the country.”

The men’s squad returns six of its top seven runners from its NCAA Championship appearance last season, and Ogilvie says there are also athletes returning who could have made NCAAs. He and his staff rescored the 2009 ACC Championship meet after removing the graduating seniors from all the teams in the conference. The results had Duke only six points off the top spot, a margin Ogilvie feels his team can easily make up.

“In cross-country,” Ogilvie said, “that’s basically a dead heat.”

Nearly two weeks into their preseason training program, the team shows excellent progress. On a recent workout of six one-

COACH TALK: NORM OGILVIE “In many ways, on paper, this is probably the best Duke cross country team that’s ever gone into a season.”

Bo Waggoner Distance Runner An Waggoner enters his senior season as the anchor of the men’s squad. The co-captain received AllACC honors for the third straight year in 2009 after finishing sixth at the ACC Championships. If Duke breaks into the ranks of the nation’s elite teams this season, expect Waggoner to play a large part in that transition.

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Despite loss of Moss, Duke ranked high

by Patricia Lee THE CHRONICLE

Duke looks forward to a strong season after returning six of its seven starters.

But the loss of Rachael Moss leaves a hole at outside hitter that will be difficult for Duke to cover this year. Moss graduated in the spring with All-ACC honors, and was indisputably one of Duke’s top players last season.

Still, with junior setter Kellie Catanach and senior middle blocker Becci Burling—who is the Blue Devils’ active leader in kills, blocks and attacks—returning, Duke expects to be able to earn its preseason ACC No. 1 ranking.

“This year, I feel this team is more mature from last season and very hungry,” head coach Jolene Nagel said. “It’s exciting to see them so driven and challenging each other daily, but be so supportive of each other. This is one of the most cohesive

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Setter Kellie Catanch returns to a veteran Duke team.

groups I’ve had in a long time.”

In the ACC Preseason Coaches Poll released Aug. 17, the Blue Devils were predicted to vie with Florida State for the 2010 ACC Championship. Duke was the 2009 ACC runner-up with a 17-3 conference record, just behind the Seminoles’ 19-1 record.

To prepare themselves for traditional powerhouse Florida State this year, the Blue Devils will play in three challenging non-conference tournaments. They participated in the Colorado State Tournament Aug. 27-28 and will compete at the Middle Tennessee Tournament Sept. 3-4 and the Duke Invitational Tournament Sept. 1011. Nagel specifically pointed out a match against Auburn in the Middle Tennessee Tournament as a good test for her squad.

“This team has been working hard since the end of January and had a good spring and spent the summer training as a team,” Nagel said. “The preseason has been great and very competitive.... These matches will get us prepared for our goals and the rest of the season.”

Duke travels to Tallahassee Oct. 24 for its much-anticipated matchup against Florida State. After falling 2-3 to the Seminoles twice last season, the Blue Devils will be looking for revenge in a game that might decide which squad captures the ACC title.

And if the team can sustain its high level of preseason play all the way through the conference slate, Duke will no doubt give the Seminoles all they can handle.

COACH TALK: JOLENE NAGEL “This year, I feel the team is more mature...

[It] is one of the most cohesive groups I’ve had in a long time.”

Becci Burling Middle Blocker An All-ACC selection in 2009, Burling anchors a team that returns six of its seven starters from last year’s squad. The middle blocker has exceeded 300 kills in each of the last two seasons, and enters this year as the Blue Devils’ active leader in kills, blocks and attacks, with 778, 234 and 1,897 respectively.

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Sarah Schoffstall Midfielder Captaining the Blue Devils for the second straight year, Schoffstall leads a team which lost two starters from last season but gained eight freshmen to fill the void. The senior, along with fellow captains Samantha Nelson and Stefanie Fee, will face the challenge of integrating the newcomers into this year’s talented and deep squad.

field hockey from page 5 Sarah Schoffstall said. “Bringing in these freshmen with such a wide range of abilities has really helped our team become stronger as a whole.”

Furthermore, it seems as though the eight new freshmen have assimilated smoothly into the team, which bodes well for a squad that only lost two seniors to graduation.

“The freshmen… are very down to earth, and they’re hard workers,” senior tri-captain Samantha Nelson said.

The Blue Devils have high aims for the season, and expect to finish much higher than the No. 10 national ranking they received during the preseason. They also

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believe the combination of fitness and maturity they boast will ensure that 2009’s lastplace finish in the ACC becomes a distant memory.

“We’re not allowed to gamble in the NCAA, but I would put very high stakes on us doing pretty well this year,” Bozman said.

While Bozman claimed this is one of the longest and toughest preseasons she has ever run, the players have made sure that their training remains as fun as possible.

“We’ve laughed together this preseason, and had a lot of fun,” Nelson said. “It’s that I want to go to field hockey practice.”

COACH TALK: BETH BOZMAN “In years past, we’ve been scratching our heads to fill some positions.... This year, we are three people deep in different positions.”

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“It’s great because [Wenger] is the kind of player that I know if I make a mistake he’s got my back along with the other players on the field,” Ibeagha said. “We all have each other’s back.”

The defense will provide the foundation for the team, but the offense, led by Grossman and sophomore Ryan Finley, may statistically be more important.

In the 2009-10 season, the Blue Devils posted an outstanding 13-1 record when scoring at least two goals. The team only won one game scoring a single goal, which was the double overtime thriller over Virginia. Conversely, when giving up two goals, Duke was 1-5. Clearly it is difficult to overcome a two-goal deficit, as shown by both Duke and its opponents’ outcomes in those situations.

Despite the statistics, soccer is still a game of teamwork and dedication, two traits that the Blue Devils feel they possess.

“We pride ourselves on the fact that we can take it one practice, one meeting and one film session at a time,” Grossman said. “We try to get better in everything that we do everyday.”

cross country from page 8 mile sprints, the team not only far outpaced its times at the same point last year but also ran faster than the 2000 squad which was the last Duke team to bring home an ACC title.

The road to another title will not be easy, though.

The Blue Devils’ strength is in their depth, but they will still need a leader to step out at the front of the pack.

Senior Bo Waggoner, recently named one of the team’s two captains, finished sixth at last year’s ACC championships, but Virginia’s Emil Heineking and Ryan Collins took first and second at the meet, and they return for the Cavaliers in 2010, making Virginia the biggest obstacle to Duke’s ACC title hopes.

For both the men’s and women’s squads, it’ll be worth the extra effort to schedule those team photos, because with expectations like this, they’re sure to want their pictures.

EDITOR’S NOTE Our season preview of women’s golf will run in print later in the week.

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