Indiana's John Mellencamp, no relation to the rock star, fired home a shot in the 85th minute to lift the seventh-ranked Hoosiers to a 2-1 victory over Duke in the season opener for both teams at the adidas/IU Credit Union Men's Soccer Classic in Bloomington, Ind.
Freshman Kyle Bethel scored the goal for the Blue Devils.
"We are two weeks in and our goal has been to get better each day," Duke coach John Kerr said. "It was a great crowd and great atmosphere. We have our heads held high. I thought the performance was excellent tonight."
GREENSBORO 1, KEAN 1: Twenty-fifth ranked Greensboro tied with Kean University in the season opener for both teams.
EMORY 8, GUILFORD 0: Patrick Carver scored three times in the first 31 minutes as host Emory cruised past Guilford.
WILLIAM & MARY 2, UNGC 1: Jokull Elisabetarson connected on a penalty kick early in the first half, but it was all the offense UNCG mustered.
WOMEN'S SOCCER
DREW 1, GREENSBORO 0: Alyssa Goodman scored a golden goal 6:57 into the first overtime period to lift Drew.
GUILFORD 3, SPELMAN 1: Guilford evened its record at 1-1 with a non-conference victory. Senior Amanda Sperr, freshman Lauren Matthews and junior Jordan Miller scored for the Quakers.
CROSS COUNTRY
QUAKERS NINTH: Guilford's men and women opened the season at the Blue Marlin Invitational in Virginia Beach, Va., with ninth-place finishes among 10 scoring squads.
volleyball
DEACS IN TITLE MATCH: Wake Forest beat Norfolk State 25-11, 25-8 and 25-17 at the Deacon Invitational. The win sets up a championship match with fellow unbeaten Winthrop.
DUKE WINS: Rachael Moss had 18 kills on a .484 hitting percentage to lead Duke to a 3-0 (25-15, 25-14, 25-15) win over Tennessee State. The Blue Devils earlier lost to 14th-ranked Kansas State 3-0 (25-22, 25-19, 25-18).
PRIDE SWEEPS: Greensboro did not lose a set as they swept Salem and Huntingdon 3-0 scores at the Averett Tournament.
ELON FALLS: Elon fell to Florida Gulf Coast 1-3 at the Hilton RTP/NCCU Tournament in Durham.
UNCG FALLS: UNCG fell to host Cal State Fullerton 3-0, but rebounded with a 3-0 sweep of Delaware at the Radisson Suites Buena Park Volleyball Classic at Titan Gym.
FIELD HOCKEY
NO. 17 LOUISVILLE 1, NO. 12 DUKE 0: Duke lost its season-opener to the host Louisville Cardinals in game one of the Champions Challenge tournament.
men's basketball
N.C. STATE 81, YORK 60: Brandon Costner led four N.C. State players in double figures with a game-high 31 points in the first of two exhibition games in Toronto.
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