Duke Hosts Davidson Friday – Duke College

DURHAM, N.C. – Duke swimming and diving returns to the pool, internet hosting Davidson contained in the Taishoff Aquatic Center Friday, Oct. 10. Diving begins at 4 p.m., adopted by swimming at 5 p.m. 

NOTABLES

• In the Blue Devils’ season-opening meet, Duke posted wins over Marymount, Boston College and East Carolina, gathering a complete of 26 first-place finishes.
• On the ladies’s aspect, junior Ali Pfaff led the best way for the Blue Devils, profitable the 100 backstroke (53.18) and 100 freestyle (50.17), whereas additionally serving to the 200 medley relay (1:40.62) and 400 freestyle relay (3:22.94) to occasion wins.
• On the lads’s aspect, senior Justin Wong paced Duke with 4 victories, taking the 200 butterfly (1:52.16), 100 butterfly (49.41), 400 freestyle relay (3:02.50) and 200 medley relay (1:31.04).
• Divers Keira Lu and Charles Berman had been tabbed ACC Divers of the Week Sept. 30, following their performances in opposition to Marymount, Boston College and East Carolina. Lu captured first within the three-meter dive (314.65) and positioned second within the one-meter (286.70), whereas Berman swept the diving occasions, profitable the one-meter (310.20) and three-meter (340.00).
• In the most recent College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) ballot, Duke’s ladies’s workforce is ranked No. 19 with 101 factors.

SERIES HISTORY VERSUS DAVIDSON 

• The males’s squad holds a 20-3 benefit over Davidson, together with wins in 9 of the latest matchups.
• The two males’s groups final met throughout the 2009 season, when the Blue Devils earned a 151-118 victory at dwelling.
• The ladies’s squad holds a 15-1 benefit over the Wildcats and is at the moment on a nine-meet profitable streak.
• In the 2009 meet, the Blue Devil ladies totaled 160.5 factors whereas holding Davidson to 120.5.

UP NEXT

• Duke will face in-state rival North Carolina Oct. 17 inside Taishoff Aquatic Center. Diving is about to start at 4 p.m., adopted by swimming at 5 p.m. It will mark the primary ranked opponent the Blue Devils will face this season, because the Tar Heel males are ranked No. 19 and the UNC ladies No. 14 within the October CSCAA ballot.

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