Duke did not have to travel far this Halloween to find a particularly scary matchup.
Instead, the Blue Devils stayed home Friday to welcome No. 4 Pittsburgh to Durham. The Blue Devils ultimately fell to their ACC foe in a 3-0 sweep inside Cameron Indoor Stadium in a matchup that felt bitterly out of reach for the home team.
Duke began its match against the Panthers hot, pushing the powerhouse against the ropes and evening the score of the first set at 10 points apiece after a series of back-and-forth exchanges. The Blue Devils’ chance to clinch the first set was shut down quickly, though, as Pittsburgh unleashed a 15-9 point run led by redshirt senior Brooke Mosher, who tallied two service aces while setting up a blistering Panthers attack. Duke was not passive in the face of the mounting pressure, however…