No. 8 Duke dropped the first game of the NCAA best-of-three Super Regionals to the ninth-seeded Cardinal 3-1 Friday, holding a 1-0 lead through four innings before the Cardinal scored three runs across the fifth and sixth.
After being held scoreless for the first five frames, No. 8-seed Duke took a thrilling 4-2 victory against Charlotte, pushing itself to the next round of the tournament, which will bring No. 9-seed Stanford to Bull City.