I look forward to the day when we can add baseball the post-season menu.Here’s a summary of results in spring sports. It was an excellent season and should move Duke way up in the Sears Cup rankings, when updates are announced on May 30. There were three ACC championships – Men’s LAX, and Women’s Golf and Tennis – out of seven sports competed. Both LAX and Tennis made the NCAA Final Four.
- Men’s LAX won the ACC championships and, seeded third, made the Final Four for the sixth straight season, losing to UMd.
- Women’s LAX, seeded sixth, made the NCAAs, losing to eventual champion Northwestern in the quarters.
- Women’s Golf won the ACCs and qualified for the NCAA championships, finishing 15th. Star Lindy Duncan swept the NCAA postseason awards.
- Men’s Golf was 6th in the ACCs, as well as 6th in the NCAA Eastern Regionals.
- Women’s Tennis, lost only two matches, reaching the NCAA Semis (another Final Four) and winning the ACCs over UNC.
- Men’s Tennis reached the NCAA quarters, losing to Southern California. It also reached the ACC finals, losing to UVa.
- Track and Field has seven qualifiers in eight events for the NCAA championships. Curtis Beach, skipping the decathlon in favor of the Olympic trials, qualified in the long jump and the 800 meters. The Women won the ECAC/IC4A championship at Princeton with the Men finishing fifth. In the ACCs, the Women were fourth and the Men sixth. There is much more to be said about individual accomplishments.
Congratulations to all who participated.
sagegrouse