It’s been nearly six months since a Duke team took the field for official competition. But college sports are finally back, and with that return comes another fall campaign for Blue Devil men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey, volleyball and men’s and women’s soccer.

Follow along our fall sports preview over the coming week as we update with overviews for each of Duke’s teams competing this fall, and click on the name of each sport for a more in-depth preview.

Cross Country

Duke cross country will head into its first season since the turn of the millennium without head coach Norm Ogilvie leading the men’s side, but that’s mostly where the losses from last season end. The men return their top six finishers from last year’s ACC Championships, while their female counterparts return four of their top five. Not only that, but improved health and “stud” freshmen could catapult each group to the top-three in the conference after the men and women disappointed last season with seventh and ninth-place finishes, respectively.