DURHAM, N.C. – Duke returns to the national semifinals for the second time in the last three years, facing Tobacco Road rival North Carolina Friday in Ann Arbor, Mich. The sixth-ranked Blue Devils secured a spot in the semifinals by upending No. 3 seed Virginia, 2-1, last weekend in Charlottesville, Va.
Quick Hits
The Blue Devils have been selected to the NCAA Tournament four out of five years under the direction of head coach Pam Bustin, reaching the semifinals twice in that span (2013, 2015) … The program is 4-1 historically in NCAA semifinal contests, earning trips to the title match in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2013 … North Carolina took the regular season meeting between the squads by a 2-1 score Oct.