Sports in Brief | Duke lacrosse players: DNA should have settled case

The three members of Duke University's lacrosse team charged with rape say they had expected DNA testing to clear them of a crime they insist they did not commit.

In an interview on CBS's 60 Minutes yesterday, the three said they were frustrated when authorities continued to pursue the case after those tests failed to find a match with the accuser.

"We were told it would help to clear everything up," said Collin Finnerty, 20, who was interviewed along with Reade Seligmann, 20, and David Evans, 23. "So we were happy to go."

The accuser, a student at nearby North Carolina Central University, told police she was raped in a bathroom by three men at a March 13 off-campus team party where she had been hired to perform as a stripper. A trial is not expected to begin until next spring.