The Opening Hit
- Duke closes out its home schedule with a battle against Syracuse Saturday. The Blue Devils will honor their five seniors and four graduate students at the game as Duke looks for its first ACC win of the year.
- The Blue Devils are 5-8 overall and coming off a commanding 5-1 victory over No. 17 Old Dominion. All eight of Duke's losses have come against top 15 opponents.
- The Orange are 10-2 overall and 3-0 against league foes to sit in a tie for first in the ACC.