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women’s soccer

Duke’s scoring bonanza continues with 5-0 win

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scoring off a molly Lester pass, freshman center back natasha Anasi scored her first career goal sunday night.

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Just days removed from a nine-goal outing, No. 18 Duke (4-1-0) lit up the scoreboard again against overmatched

High Point (1-4-0) at Koskinen Stadium Sunday. The Blue Devils

pitched their third shutout of the season and five different Duke players

found the back of the net to blank the Panthers 5-0.

The Blue Devils wasted no time in establishing their dominance, and hoarded possession from the opening kick. Just four minutes in, freshman center back Natasha Anasi scored the first goal of her career and gave Duke a lead it would never relinquish. A Gilda Doria corner was pushed out of the box by High Point keeper Andrea Ritchie, but senior Molly Lester quickly fed the ball back to Anasi, who deflected it into an open net.

The Blue Devils struck again in the 20th minute, when a solid string of pass-ing was capped by Laura Weinberg’s third goal of the year. Striker Molly Path-man’s through ball found Weinberg in space, and the freshman coolly finished around an outstretched goalkeeper to double the Duke advantage.

An easy Gretchen Miller tap-in with under two minutes left in the first half cemented the win for the Blue Devils, though Duke likely should have made

more of its 30-4 shot differential. De-spite a shaky High Point defense, the Blue Devil offense looked stagnant at times, something that head coach Rob-bie Church acknowledged.

“We played in spurts in the first half,” Church said. “In the second half I thought we picked it up. There was a little bit more intensity.”

Buoyed by Church’s halftime direc-tion, Duke came out firing in the sec-ond period. Pathman and Lester came close within seconds of each other, and senior Carey Goodman blasted a ball over the crossbar after shaking her defender in the box. Freshmen Kaitlyn Kerr and Kim DeCesare each scored to close out the victory.

Duke’s performance was far from perfect however, and a lapse in defen-sive concentration nearly gave the Pan-thers a shocking goal in the second half. High Point forward Sammy Vercellino’s shot in the 60th minute caught the Blue Devils out of position and goalie Tara Campbell flat-footed, but the ball rolled just wide of the post.

While the error went unpunished, it should give Church plenty to focus on in the coming week of training. With perennial winners Florida International and Yale on the horizon, Duke won’t have time to rest on its laurels.

“We didn’t just want to win [based on our personnel], we wanted to play good soccer. We’re getting close to ACC play, and we’re looking for that compe-tition.”

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In what head coach John Kerr called “the best performance I’ve ever seen live,” James Belshaw saved 15 shots against no. 20 Louisville Friday.

Belshaw has 15 saves against Louisville; Finley scores 3 versus Sacramento St.

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“I’ve seen a lot of games in my lifetime and it’s the best per-

formance I’ve ever seen live. It rivals up there with [legendary

American goalkeeper] Kasey Keller.”

— John Kerr on James Belshaw

by Andy MargiusTHE CHRONICLE

Kicking off the regular season with the third annual Duke/Nike Classic, the No. 11 Blue Devils used sopho-more standouts to take two favorable results over the weekend at Koskinen Stadium.

Friday’s match against No. 20 Louisville was marked by the superb defense of goalie James Belshaw. Hold-ing the Cardinals (1-0-1) to a draw despite playing a man down for 43 minutes, the sophomore keeper

recorded a career-high 15 saves in net, including a penalty save in overtime.

“I’ve seen a lot of games in my lifetime and it’s the best performance I’ve ever seen live,” head coach John Kerr said on Belshaw’s Friday form. “It rivals up there with [legend-

ary American goalkeeper] Kasey Keller.”Not to be outdone, sophomore forward Ryan Finley

put on an offensive clinic Sunday against Sacramento State (0-2-0) in the finale of the Classic. Netting three goals to lead Duke to the 4-1 victory, Finley recorded the first hat trick of his career.

“It’s definitely good in the first two games to get off on the right foot,” Finley said.

In Friday night’s performance, Louisville came out of the gate strong. Looking slightly outmatched by the speedy Cardinals, the Blue Devils failed to con-trol possession and relied on touch-and-go passes. Yet going into the half, the score remained knotted at zero.

The second half started out better for Duke. Nearly scoring in the 61st minute off of a Finley rocket, the ball took an unfavorable bounce off the crossbar and rolled harmlessly back into play.

Things took a turn, however, when freshman Jona-than Aguirre was issued a red card in the 68th min-

ute. Forced to play a man down for the remainder of the match, the Blue Devil defense entered a world of trouble.

That’s when Belshaw rose to the occasion.Recording eight saves in the half, the keeper made

a series of incredible stops. Despite not having a single shot on goal offensively, Duke headed into the extra time even.

In overtime, the Blue Devils continued to give up scor-ing chances, only to see Belshaw record save after save. The highlight of the night came in the 106th minute of play. A Daniel Tweed-Kent foul in the box forced a Louis-ville penalty—and a do-or-die situation for Belshaw. Div-ing to his right and smothering the ball, Belshaw kept his shutout intact.

“As the day was going, I didn’t think he was going to make it,” Belshaw said.

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Duke running game shows signs of promise

Game Analysis

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From left to right: Despite an off-day, Jay Hollingsworth did score Duke’s last touchdown with 7:41 left in the game; Donovan Varner tallied 123 receiving yards; Desmond scott rushed for 77 yards on 15 carries; Brandon connette only played for one down and rushed for 48 yards.

by Tom GierynTHE CHRONICLE

Nineteen yards. That’s about the length of a standard construction dumpster like the one you might see in the Wannamaker firelane these days. And that’s all the rushing yards that the Blue Devils gained in their first game last year against Richmond.

Head coach David Cutcliffe and his team have set their sights on ensuring that such a futile ground game never plagues Duke football again. Saturday, the team made its first step toward achiev-ing its goal of a more potent run-ning attack, rushing for 192 yards

against an overmatched Elon defense.Cutcliffe placed a strong emphasis on the need

for Duke to develop a running game, and he did not waver from that game plan against the Phoenix.

“We were going to run the football, and we didn’t run it as well as we’d like, but we ran it better,” Cut-cliffe said.

Cutcliffe and offensive coordinator Kurt Roper looked to establish the ground game early, as they called six runs in the first seven plays from scrim-mage. It didn’t look promising at the start. A three-yard rush by running back Desmond Scott on the first play was followed by a loss of two. Quarterback Sean Renfree bailed the offense out with a third-down strike to Conner Vernon, but Cutcliffe went right back to Scott, who was once again stuffed at the line of scrimmage on first down.

It looked remarkably similar to the abysmal Duke rushing performances of the last several years. But then, Scott broke free to the outside on second down for a 16-yard gain. On the next

play, the offensive line opened up a huge hole inside, and Scott scooted through for a 34-yard touchdown run.

True to his pregame promise to get many play-ers involved in the rushing attack, Cutcliffe or-dered handoffs to five different running backs. Of those, only Jay Hollingsworth failed to get any rhythm, with just ten yards on ten carries, though he did get into the end zone for the Blue Devils’ last score.

Scott carried the ball 15 times for 77 yards, and true freshmen Josh Snead and Juwan Thompson each shouldered the load on one series late in the fourth quarter. Despite his small 5’9” frame, Snead—whose 4.44-second 40-yard dash was the fastest on the team during spring practice last year—was called on to pound the ball up the middle as Duke sought to eat clock in the fourth quarter.

On an 11-play scoring drive, Snead carried the ball six times for 24 yards and a touchdown. Thomp-son played the next series and ran six times for 20 yards, including an 11-yard breakaway.

“I really felt a spark when Snead and Juwan Thompson [came in]. They’re going to be real threats,” Cutcliffe said.

Even backup quarterback Brandon Connette, who may see some snaps this season in a run-orient-ed role, broke away for a 48-yard run as the clock wound down.

In total, the Blue Devils rushed for more than ten times as many yards as they gained on the ground in their game against Richmond. A performance like that goes a long way toward keeping Duke’s rushing attack out of the dumpster this season.

For more analysis of Duke’s win over Elon, turn to page six of sPorTsWrAP.


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From left to right: Despite an off-day, Jay Hollingsworth did score Duke’s last touchdown with 7:41 left in the game; Donovan Varner tallied 123 receiving yards; Desmond scott rushed for 77 yards on 15 carries; Brandon connette only played for one down and rushed for 48 yards.

KEY NUMBERS

RENFREE SHINES

RUSHERS ROLL

KROMAH SEALS IT

In his starting debut, redshirt sopho-more Sean Renfree threw for 350 yards and two touchdowns. He also completed 13 of his first 14 passes.

Behind strong play from Desmond Scott and true freshmen Josh Snead and Juwan Thompson, Duke pow-ered its way to 192 rushing yards.

With 7:54 left in the game, Abraham Kromah picked off a pass from Scott Riddle, effectively sealing the game.

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Even more impressive than scoring on their first drive was the manner in which they scored.

For a team whose wide receivers and passing game have gotten so much atten-tion, Duke relied heavily on its running backs on the first drive, a show of confi-dence in a rushing game that has been rel-atively fruitless over the past two seasons. Of the six plays, five involved sophomore running back Desmond Scott, and he did not disappoint. He ran for 52 yards, includ-ing a 34-yard touchdown run which gave the Blue Devils the 7-3 lead after 5:04 of regulation time.

“We ran the ball almost every day in practice, getting us ready to play the entire game. Obviously, it showed,” Scott said. “Every running back played the game, and I think we did a good job.”

That’s not to say that the Blue Dev-ils didn’t utilize their talent at the wide receiver positions. In fact, after the first drive, Duke’s passing game seemed to take over.

On a drive that closed out the quarter, Renfree hit both sophomore Connor Ver-non and junior Donovan Varner for long, 20-yard-plus receptions. He finished the drive with an 8-yard touchdown pass to Var-ner to give Duke the 14-3 lead to close the opening period.

The second quarter saw Duke build its advantage to 27-13, managing to score on all three of its possessions. Vernon, who had a career-high 129 yards receiving in the game, caught a game-high 47-yard pass to set Duke up for its only touchdown of the quarter.

Coming back onto the field after half-time, Duke looked to take firm control over the game, while Elon looked to stage a second-half comeback. Neither team, how-ever, accomplished much during the third quarter. The Blue Devils were unable to capitalize on any opportunities, but their defense forced the Phoenix to suffer the same scoring drought.

“I thought our team was a little flat.... From the locker room to the field, we just weren’t there completely,” Cutcliffe said. “We just stopped ourselves.”

Duke’s flatness almost caused the team to lose control of the game at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Elon managed to score another touchdown early on, closing the gap to seven, the closest it had been since the first quar-ter. The Blue Devils and their fans’ emo-tions changed from excitement over a blowout win to anxiety over their team’s weakening performance.

They realized something needed to change, and it began with Renfree taking

the role of a leader in the huddle and incit-ing his team to do better.

“As soon as that happened, [Renfree] got us rallied up,” Vernon said. “He told us, ‘It’s our turn now, and we have to close the game’.”

Duke did exactly that. With its defense looking sluggish, offense starting to stum-ble and opponent making a late surge, it pulled itself together, mounting a touch-down drive to put the Blue Devils ahead 34-20 with 7:54 left in the game. Renfree uti-lized four different receivers on the drive, and freshman running back Josh Snead ran the ball the final 19 yards to put Duke up by two touchdowns.

The defense followed in turn. On the second play of Elon’s responding drive, senior linebacker Abraham Kromah intercepted the ball, preventing any chance for the Phoenix to reciprocate. On top of that, Duke scored another touchdown on its next drive, putting the game out of reach.

The Blue Devils had succeeded in clos-ing out a game, setting themselves up for their ACC opener against Wake Forest Sat-urday.

To use Cutcliffe’s own choice of words, it was a “solid” showing for a team trying to make it to its first bowl game since 1994.

AROUND THE ACC

No. 21 LSU 30 - No. 18 UNC 24ATLANTA — Tangled up in investigations of

agent dealing and academic misconduct, the Tar Heels somehow found themselves with a shot at the win against No. 21 LSU with just a few seconds remaining. However, two incomplete pass attempts to tight end Zack Pianalto later, North Carolina narrowly dropped the game to the Tigers.

Wake Forest 53 - Presbyterian 13WINSTON SALEM, N.C. — The Demon Dea-

cons routed Presbyterian behind a fine perfor-mance from Ted Stachitas, who posted 160 total yards in his first career start. Wake Forest led by three touchdowns before allowing the Blue Hose on the scoreboard. The win was the De-mon Deacons’ highest-scoring opening game since 1941.

Florida St. 59 - Samford 6TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Seminoles scored

35 points in 11 minutes on their way to a 42-0 lead over Samford with 2:23 remaining in the first half. Florida State ultimately finished 59-6 to give Jimbo Fisher his first win as the Seminoles’ head coach. The outmanned Bulldogs only man-aged two field goals from kicker Cameron Yaw.

Virginia 34 - Richmond 13CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Virginia ended a

four-game losing streak in season openers Sat-urday against Richmond. Senior tailback Keith Payne ran for 114 yards and four touchdowns, smashing through the line of Richmond defend-ers time after time. The Spiders pulled within four at the half but couldn’t keep up with Cavaliers in the last two quarters.

—by Felicia Tan

STANDINGS

ATLANTIC ACC OVERALL

Boston College 0-0 1-0

Clemson 0-0 1-0

Florida State 0-0 1-0

N.C. State 0-0 1-0

Wake Forest 0-0 1-0

Maryland 0-0 0-0

COASTAL ACC OVERALL

Duke 0-0 1-0

Ga. Tech 0-0 1-0

Miami 0-0 1-0

Virginia 0-0 1-0

Virginia Tech 0-0 0-0

North Carolina 0-0 0-1


m. soccer from page 3

by Tom GierynTHE CHRONICLE

“We were never at a level that we had reached in practice and training camp. This was not reflective of our football team,” head coach David Cutcliffe said a year ago after his team fell to Richmond in its first game of the 2009 season.

This year, he might phrase it different-ly. After his team’s victory over Elon, Cut-cliffe would likely replace the word never with sometimes, having seen his team play against the Phoenix at a level it had reached in practice.

But although Duke’s offense played well for the most part, its

defense showed only flashes of its full potential—and an incon-sistency that kept Elon in the game.

“There were certain things that people really can’t see that we know were mistakes,” quarterback Sean Renfree said. “[In] many circumstances we beat ourselves.”

The defense’s switch to a new defensive scheme, coupled with the loss of several key players, meant that there was plenty of unfamiliarity on the field. That allowed Elon to gain 406 yards, including 281 in the air from star quarterback Scott Riddle as the Duke secondary struggled to stay on its feet in coverage against the Phoenix receivers. The defense also allowed a disappointing six-yard-per-carry average to Elon’s running backs.

But the unit did pick off two passes, sack Riddle twice, make two tackles for losses and force a fumble, though they didn’t re-cover it.

Despite the defense’s takeaways, the secondary struggled to keep up with Elon. Recently-converted cornerback Johnny Wil-liams started the game by getting beat by Elon receiver Sean Jef-fcoat, falling down once in coverage to give up a big play, and committing a blatant pass interference penalty on a long pass attempt. Williams recovered later in the game, however, with a key pass breakup in the end zone.

Similarly, on Elon’s second drive, safety Matt Daniels read a screen play perfectly and got into the backfield to make a stop, but missed the open-field tackle and allowed a six-yard gain. He then proceeded to make a superb pass breakup over the middle on the following play.

The defense’s biggest weakness as a whole, though, was allow-ing the big play.

“We didn’t tackle very well at times,” Cutcliffe said.As a result, despite gaining 150 less yards than Duke, Elon still

managed to make more big plays, with 11 gains of more than 15 yards as compared to Duke’s 10, and seven plays of over 20 yards to Duke’s six.

“There wasn’t a ton of jubilation in our locker room after-wards,” Cutcliffe said, noting that his players understand that they need to execute better once the conference season begins.

If Duke wants to avoid disappointment like it experienced against Richmond last year, it has some work to do on the defensive end.

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Inconsistent play plagues defense Lewis makes St. Louis roster

Game Analysis

Thaddeus Lewis may have been dis-appointed when his name wasn’t called during the marathon, three-day long draft weekend.

But he’s not complaining now.The former standout Duke quarter-

back, it was announced Saturday, made the St. Louis Rams as the team’s No. 3 quarterback behind No. 1 overall pick Sam Bradford and veteran A.J. Feeley.

Playing mostly with the second and third string offenses during the pre-season, Lewis totaled 255 yards passing and completed 22 of his 28 attempts, leading all Rams quaterbacks in yards per completion.

Lewis’ accomplishment was an-nounced during Duke’s victory over Elon, receiving a loud ovation from the crowd. He and his new team play for the first time Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals.

—by Scott Rich

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while capable of delivering some bone-crushing hits, Duke’s defense was underwhelming saturday, allowing Fcs’s elon to score 27 points.

With the draw, the Duke gave itself the opportunity to win the tournament Sunday with a victory over the Hornets.

Playing against a weaker Sacramento State team, the Blue Devils took control from the beginning. Senior Cole Gross-man scored in just the 16th minute, and from there Duke was rolling. Finley scored his first of three goals just a few minutes later in the 19th, and his second in the 26th. Duke then coasted onto the easy victory.

With a tilt against defending national champion Virginia looming, the Blue Dev-ils will look to take momentum into what is sure to one of the most anticipated games of the season. Duke plays the Cavaliers Sat-urday, September 11 at Koskinen Stadium.

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Singler undergoes minor arthroscopic knee surgery

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Kyle Singler underwent minor arthroscopic knee surgery Friday at the Duke Medical Center, Duke Sports Information said in a statement. Singler is expected to make a full recovery in time for the start of practice October 15.

“Kyle had some discomfort in his knee following a very busy summer, so we elected to go in and clean it up prior to the start of the season,” associate head coach Steve Wojciechowski said. “By all accounts, today’s surgery was a success and Kyle will be back at full strength before the start of practice.”

Singler’s busy schdule this summer may have helped to bring on the surgery. The senior forward participated in the Lebron James Skills Academy and the Chris Paul Elite Guard Camp, and also practiced with the U.S. National Team before the FIBA World Championships began late last month.

— from staff reports

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Kyle singler underwent successful arthroscopic knee surgery Friday and is expected to make a full recovery.

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Duke tops James Madison, Longwood

by Tim VisutipolTHE CHRONICLE

Coming off a narrow loss to Michi-gan State last Sunday, when No. 10 Duke dominated the game but failed to score and ultimately failed to win, the Blue Devils did just enough to be victorious

this time around. Against No. 12 James Madison, the Blue Devils scraped through to win 1-0 against the Dukes in overtime, in the second game

Duke played over the weekend.The Blue Devils started strong, beating

non-conference opponent Longwood 2-0 on Saturday, with both goals coming from sophomore Mary Nielsen. Sunday against the Dukes (2-2), Nielsen would also have the opportunity to be the hero, but her shot ricocheted off the crossbar late in overtime.

That play, however, led to a Blue Devil corner, and allowed junior Tara Jennings to score her first goal of the season and the only goal of the game, giving Duke (3-1) the win it craved.

“I think we’re glad to come out 2-0 [this weekend],” head coach Beth Boz-man said. “We’re really thrilled to get out of here with a win.”

Duke outshot James Madison 14-10 and had five more corners than its op-

ponent, a situation similar to that of last week when the Blue Devils also had trou-ble putting the ball into the cage.

“The bottom line is this week we found a way to win and last week we couldn’t,” Bozman said. “We are a work in progress. We know what we need to do.”

Bozman considered the James Madi-son game to be a solid test for the team’s ACC opener at Wake Forest next weekend. She believes the team now has confidence after being challenged over the past two weeks. Three out of the four opponents the Blue Devils have faced so far this season are ranked in the top 15.

In addition, Bozman credited the team’s attitude of not giving up, continu-ing to fight and attacking its opponents.

“We scratched and clawed at this game,” Bozman said. “The frustration created a sense of urgency, and we felt we could not let the game go. The frustra-tion gave us the intensity we needed.”

The head coach also praised the players for seizing their opportunities on the field. She especially singled out the freshmen, two of which were play-ing as Duke started the crucial over-time period.

“We are a relatively young team,” Boz-man said. “Today they stepped up, every-one stepped up…. So far the freshmen have assimilated perfectly, and we are a stronger team because of it.”

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Blue Devils easily take Blue Raider Bash

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en route to Duke’s 3-0 victory over Auburn and 3-2 win over Georgia southern, Ali mccurdy had 42 digs.

by Patricia LeeTHE CHRONICLE

It seemed like this weekend’s Blue Raid-er Bash should have been called the Blue Devil Bash.

Duke (5-1) came away from the Murphy Center in Murfreesboro, Tenn., with three straight victories against its opponents Mid-

dle Tennessee, Au-burn and Georgia Southern last Fri-day and Saturday.

“We played a very strong op-ponent [Middle Tennessee] Fri-day night on their home court, and our team played really well,” head coach Jolene Nagel

said. “We executed like we practice to do all the time, and everything just seemed to come together and we competed hard.”

After the Blue Devils faced the Blue Raiders, they had two back-to-back matches Saturday—the first against SEC competitor Auburn (5-2) and the sec-ond only two-and-a-half hours later ver-sus Georgia Southern (2-4) in a match that went into five sets.

“It was great that we were able to beat [Auburn] in three. It was a very competitive match and the games were very close,” Na-gel said. “Since we had two matches, we had to turn it around a couple of hours later, and that took us to five games, but the play-

ers really came out and did the job that they needed to in game five. The team gained great experience in difficult situations, and I think it was a real developing weekend for us and a learning weekend for us.”

On Saturday alone, senior Becci Burling and junior Sophia Dunworth combined for 45 kills, and freshman libero Ali McCurdy posted 42 digs to aid the Blue Devils in their two straight victories against Auburn, 3-0, and Georgia Southern, 3-2.

“It was nice having the opportunity to play the games we did, and obviously win-ning everything is a good outcome, but I think we learned a lot from it as a team, like what we really need to focus on and how we need to play,” McCurdy said. “I know that with traveling, you can get phys-ically and mentally worn out, and I think that having two matches in one day was a good test for the team, to just prepare us for the season and to focus on each match at a time rather than stress about having two matches in a day.”

With five wins under its belt, Duke next faces Charlotte in Cameron Indoor Stadi-um at 7 p.m. Tuesday, when the team hopes to battle fatigue from this weekend and continue its five-game winning streak.

“I hope our team can get enough rest because it was a really grueling weekend, but this is a great opportunity to play to-gether in a competitive setting against an opponent other than ourselves,” Nagel said. “This gives us a chance to see where we are and gives us a chance to see where we need to develop more.”

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