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Duke softball’s Ana Gold hits 36th career home run, breaks program record

Ana Gold made Duke softball history on Tuesday night with her 36th career home run, the most by any Blue Devil.

Duke softball star Ana Gold made some program history on Tuesday night.

During a road game against East Carolina, with two runners on in the top of the fourth, the junior launched a ball over the left field wall to give Duke a 7-0 lead.

The three-run shot was Gold’s 36th career home run, the most by any player to wear a Blue Devils uniform. She hit 19 home runs as a sophomore last season, the most in a single year by any Duke player.

Tuesday’s home run, Gold’s seventh of the season, also broke a mini-slump for the Duke star. After six home runs in the first 13 games of the season, she hadn’t sent one over the wall since February 25 against Villanova.

The Blue Devils are a consensus top-three team in the country through 36 games this year. Duke came in No. 3 in this week’s USA TODAY Sports/NFCA Coaches Poll and reached a top spot for the first time in program history when Softball America moved the team to No. 1 on Monday.

Jeremy Roach (likely) finishes Duke career 32nd on the all-time points list

All signs seem to be pointing to Jeremy Roach ending his Duke career with 1,469 points, the third-most of any Blue Devil who debuted after 2010.

Jeremy Roach has likely played his final game in a Blue Devils uniform, meaning his storied four-year career will conclude with 1,469 career points.

That’s enough for the senior captain to finish 32nd on the all-time scoring list in program history, one spot behind legendary forward Carlos Boozer.

Roach averaged 11.3 points per game across his career, including a career-high 14.0 as a senior. The last player left who started for legendary coach Mike Krzyzewski, he made the Elite Eight twice, including the 2022 run to the Final Four.

His 1,469 points are the third-most of any Duke player who started his career after 2010. Quinn Cook (2012-15) finished with 1,571 points, and Grayson Allen (2015-18) finished with 1,996.

The fourth-year guard passed names like Seth Curry, Mason Plumlee, Mike Dunleavy, Amile Jefferson, and Jay Bilas on the career scoring list this season.

Roach could theoretically take an additional year next season since he hasn’t yet used his COVID extension year from 2020, but considering he was honored at senior night, all signs point to this having been his final run as a Blue Devil.

Jared McCain ties Zion Williamson’s Duke freshman record for points in an NCAA Tournament game

Jared McCain scored 32 points against the Wolfpack on Sunday, tying Zion Williamson’s freshman record for points in an NCAA Tournament game.

Duke may not have gotten the result Blue Devils fans wanted against NC State in the Elite Eight, but freshman Jared McCain had a game to remember.

The first-year guard scored 32 points, exactly half of Duke’s points against the Wolfpack. He finished 8/20 from the floor, including five 3-pointers, and made all 11 of his free throws.

The performance tied a program record, equaling Zion Williamson’s mark for the most points by a Duke freshman in an NCAA Tournament game. Williamson set the mark against UCF in the second round of the 2019 tournament.

The 32-point performances are also tied for the fourth-most by any Blue Devil in a tournament game. Danny Ferry and Jason Williams both scored 34 points in a tournament game, and Jeff Mullins set a program record with 43 points against Villanova in 1964.

McCain also became the first Duke freshman to put up two 30-point games in a single tournament after he scored 30 points and made eight 3-pointers against James Madison in the second round.

Jared McCain sets Duke freshman NCAA Tournament record…in one half

The star freshman set a Duke freshman NCAA Tournament record against James Madison on Sunday, and he did so in the first 20 minutes.

Jared McCain set a single-game program record in a single half against James Madison on Sunday.

Before the second round of this year’s edition of March Madness, no Blue Devils freshman had ever made more than five 3-pointers in a single NCAA Tournament game. McCain made his first six attempts against the Dukes, including five in the first 13 minutes.

McCain turned heads from the opening tip on Sunday afternoon, burying a three on the opening possession that was so smooth, the net barely moved.

He set the record in impressive fashion, too, pulling up from nearly 30 feet for a heat-check jumper that, of course, found the net.

He ended the opening frame with 22 points on 7/11 shooting, and he went 6/8 from three as Duke shot out to a 47-25 lead in the first 20 minutes.

This is McCain’s second 20-point half of the season after he scorched Florida State for 25 first-half points in February.

Where is Jeremy Roach on Duke’s all-time scoring list after the regular season?

With his final regular season now in the books, Jeremy Roach became the third Duke player since 2011 to reach 1,400 career points. Where does the milestone leave him on the program’s all-time scoring list?

Senior guard Jeremy Roach has started more than 100 games in his Duke career, and with his time as a Blue Devil coming to a close, he’s working himself into some gaudy company in program history.

With his final regular season officially over and his senior night in the rearview mirror, Roach currently sits 35th in Duke history with 1,408 career points.

Only two other players since 2011 have also reached 1,400 career points in a Duke uniform. Quinn Cook finished with 1,571 points (29th all-time), and Grayson Allen finished with 1,996 (12th).

Roach, who is averaging more than 14 points per game this season, has a full postseason to work his way farther up the list. He’s only nine points behind Mike Lewis (1,417 career points) for 34th on the all-time list, and he’s 47 points behind Vince Taylor and Chris Carrawell for 32nd.

Should Duke make it to the Sweet 16 of the upcoming NCAA Tournament, Roach should have enough games to move past those three names.

However, the gap between 32nd and 31st is 51 points, meaning the fourth-year guard would likely need a national championship run to move any higher than that.

Jon Scheyer becomes fastest Duke coach to 50 wins

With Saturday’s blowout win over Virginia on home court, Jon Scheyer became the fastest Duke coach to reach 50 career wins.

Saturday’s blowout win over Virginia provided many positives for the Blue Devils. It kept them within reach of the ACC regular-season title. It gave them their first win over a tournament-caliber team without Caleb Foster.

The biggest milestone, however, was reached by head coach Jon Scheyer, who became the fastest Duke head coach to reach 50 career wins.

Scheyer only needed 65 games to reach the milestone, with a 50-15 record during his two years with the Blue Devils thus far. He led Duke to a 27-9 record a year ago, and his team is 23-6 so far this year.

For comparison, legendary head coach Mike Krzyzewski had a record of 27-30 through his first two seasons. It took Coach K 98 games to record his 50th win as Duke’s head coach.

The win over the Cavaliers also improved Duke’s home record to 31-2 under Scheyer’s two-year run.

Duke softball obliterates North Dakota State behind record-setting offensive performance

The Blue Devils hit three separate grand slams on Wednesday night, including two in the first inning, of what became an 18-0 rout.

Duke softball won its fourth consecutive game on Wednesday night, and this one was unequivocally the most impressive of the young season.

The No. 10 Blue Devils scored 11 runs in the first inning against North Dakota State en route to an 18-0 blowout in just five innings. The offensive masterclass was powered by three different grand slams, including two by junior Ana Gold.

Gold, who set a program record with 19 home runs last season and tied Duke’s single-season record with 56 RBIs, came into Wednesday’s game against the Bison with four runs batted in through four games. She tripled that total with just two swings.

After Blue Devils pitcher Dani Drogemuller allowed just one hit in the opening inning, sophomore D’Auna Jennings and Gold led off the bottom of the first with a pair of singles. The Duke lineup proceeded to make its entire way through the order without a single out, including RBI singles from Jada Baker and Gisele Tapia and a grand slam from Kelly Torres.

When Gold’s second at-bat of the opening inning came around, there still wasn’t an out on the board and Duke had seven runs on the board and loaded bases. Not to be outdone by Torres, Gold launched a rocket over the centerfield wall.

The four-run shot gave Duke an 11-0 lead and gave Gold her 100th RBI in a Blue Devils uniform in the early stages of her third season.

After a three-run home run in the bottom of the second from Aminah Vega made the lead 14, Gold came up with the bases loaded again in the bottom of the third. Surely she couldn’t do it again, could she?

Gold’s second grand slam gave Duke its last runs of the game, and the lead was 18-0 by the end of the third inning.

The third-year slugger finished with three hits and eight RBIs for the game, the latter of which marked a single-game program record. She also reached another personal milestone with the second home run, which was her 100th run scored as a Blue Devil.

Even aside from Gold’s record-setting day, Vega and Torres both finished with four RBIs and the Blue Devils recorded 16 hits and five strikeouts as a team in just 29 at-bats.

Duke’s pitchers may not be able to match three grand slams on the wow factor, but they were arguably as impressive. Drogemuller, Lillie Walker, and Cassidy Curd combined for two hits and six strikeouts in five innings, and the Bison never got more than one runner aboard in any inning.

The Blue Devils, who began the week as a consensus top-10 team in the country, get just one day of rest before a Friday clash with Rutgers to begin the FIU Invitational.

Auburn gymnastics sets program-record, Suni Lee records second 10

This team is special. The records just keep on coming.

Auburn gymnastics is ascending to new heights.

The program scored the highest score in program history Friday against Kentucky, hitting a 197.925 to beat the Wildcats in Auburn Arena.

The team was led by superstar Suni Lee who recorded a perfect 10 and two 9.975’s

The 10 was the second of her career and first at home, and the fans made sure she knew it. The crowd erupted as her teammates celebrated with her. With her 10 she became the first Auburn gymnast since Becky Erwin in 1993 to score more than one 10 in a season. Those two are the only Auburn gymnast to have more than one 10 in their careers.

That wasn’t the only history she made either. She became the first collegiate gymnast to perform the Nabieva skill on bars. The skill was a staple of her Olympic routine and one of the hardest skills in the sport. She nailed the routine, earning a 9.975 that set the stage for her perfect 10 on beam.

Lee may have won her fifth straight all-around and scored a 39.775 but it took more than her to set the record.

After a 49.275 on vault to start the night Auburn bounced back on bars in a major way.

Aria Brush made a triumphant return to the lineup, scoring a near perfect 9.95 and Cassie Stevens set her first career record of the night with a 9.925.

This set the stage for Suni to close with her 9.975 and push Auburn to a 49.575, their highest score this season.

From there Auburn moved to beam where Auburn has shined all season and last night was no different. Auburn scored a 49.400 to tie it up with Kentucky ahead of their final rotation on floor, where Auburn dazzled to end the night.

Stevens and Sara Hubbard both scored a 9.9, setting new career highs for them. Fittingly it was Derrian Gobourne who pushed Auburn to the 197.925. She closed floor with a 9.975 to break the record.