College Notebook
Duke men’s soccer releases schedule
DURHAM Duke men’s soccer head coach John Kerr announced the 2016 Blue Devils’ schedule featuring 11 home games and seven NCAA tournament teams. The Blue Devils will host four ACC contests at Koskinen Stadium, including perennial top-10 foes North Carolina and Notre Dame, and will travel to play Pac-12 leader UCLA.
Coming off of a 10-7-2 record, Duke will play a trio of exhibition games before hosting the John Rennie Nike Classic the final weekend of August.
Duke faces its biggest non-conference test, traveling across the country to take on UCLA Sept. 2.
Rival North Carolina steps into Koskinen Stadium Oct. 14, and a meeting with Notre Dame ends Duke’s home schedule Oct. 21.
Duke ends the regular season with road games at Elon and Virginia. The Blue Devils will be looking for their first road win over the Phoenix since 2008, while Duke is in search of its first victory over the Cavaliers since 2009.
Women’s Golf
ECU: Recent graduate Frida Gustafsson Spang has been nominated for the 2016 NCAA Woman of the Year Award.
N.C. State: Rising Senior Sarah Bae was named to the 2016 All-ACC Academic Team.
Wake Forest: Sophomore Erica Herr and freshman Antonia Eberhard were named to the 2015-16 All-ACC Academic women’s golf team.
Duke: Virginia Elena Carta, 2016 NCAA Individual Champion, joins the 2016 All-ACC Academic Team.
Men’s Golf
N.C. State: David Cooke and Stephen Franken have been named to the 2016 All-ACC Academic men’s golf team. Cooke, a senior, and Franken, a freshman, combined for 12 top-20 finishes in tournaments during the 2015-16 season.
Wake Forest: Senior Davis Womble was named to the 2015-16 All-ACC Academic men’s golf team for the fourth consecutive year.
Women’s Soccer
ECU: Kendall Frey has been nominated for the 2016 NCAA Woman of the Year Award. Frey concluded her four-year career with the Pirates with an all-time score of 53 points and 22 goals scored.
Women’s Track & Field
Duke: Recent graduate Megan Clark has been nominated for the 2016 NCAA Woman of the Year Award. Clark established the school and conference records in the outdoor women’s pole vault with a height of 15-2.50 (4.63m), earned at the Duke Invitational in April.
Women’s Field Hockey
Duke: Recent graduate Lauren Blazing has been nominated for the 2016 NCAA Woman of the Year Award. Blazing concluded her career on a high note in 2015, garnering first team All-America distinction from the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA).
From news releases
This story was originally published June 21, 2016 at 11:30 PM with the headline "College Notebook."