By Meredith Rieder, GoDuke The Magazine
This story originally appeared in the 14.10 Issue of GoDuke The Magazine – May 2023
Father knows best. Well, that is the case when it comes to softball for Blue Devil sophomore Ana Gold.
Buoyed by her parents’ confidence in her from an early age, especially that of her father Eric who played baseball at Tusculum College, Gold is having a season to remember individually, while Duke as a team is heading into NCAA postseason action as the No. 8 overall seed on the strength of a program-best 45-10 record.