Durham

Duke baseball head coach Chris Pollard could barely contain his enthusiasm as he slid into the plastic chair to take the mic at Friday’s news conference.

For the first time in program history, he previewed the upcoming super regional series sitting in Durham — only a few yards away from Jack Coombs Field, where Duke’s NCAA Tournament fate will unfold this weekend. A few minutes prior, the Blue Devils practiced on their own turf.

“This is really, really cool,” Pollard said. “[It’s] something that we’ve been working toward for 10 years now.”

In the program’s fourth appearance in the super regional, Duke will battle Murray State at Coombs in a best-of-three series beginning at 1 p.m. Saturday. The Blue Devils are two wins away from advancing to the College World Series for the firs

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