Duke men's lacrosse to start road back to national championship game against Furman
By Riley Pfaff | January 31, 2019The Blue Devils will begin their quest to return to the final weekend of the season.
The Blue Devils will begin their quest to return to the final weekend of the season.
The Chronicle's top sports stories of 2018 countdown continues with Duke men's lacrosse's run to the national championship game, where it fell to Yale.
After a stellar defensive effort against the nation’s top team in Maryland Saturday, Duke was unable to stop the high-octane Bulldog offense, never leading in the contest.
Although Yale ran through the Great Danes, Duke has reasons to be confident after a strong showing against the Terrapins.
Thanks to a pair of hat tricks from Nakeie Montgomery and Joe Robertson, Duke knocked off Maryland to play for its fourth national title.
If the senior wants to break another record, he'll likely need to carry his team to victory Saturday when Duke battles Maryland.
Nakeie Montgomery came into the NCAA tournament with just eight career points.
The Blue Jays came within a goal of tying a contest in which the Blue Devils never trailed.
Luckily for the Blue Devils, Duke’s offense is clicking into place right at the right time.
The Blue Devils took on Villanova within the friendly confines of Koskinen Stadium and emerged with a 17-11 victory.
The last time the Blue Devils played an NCAA game on their home turf they left the field stunned after suffering a shocking defeat.
Justin Guterding finished the afternoon with five goals on 14 shots complemented by four assists.
Playing in his final ACC tournament, senior attackman Justin Guterding had two goals for Duke, but it was not enough against a stifling Fighting Irish defense playing for its NCAA tournament life after a lackluster regular season.
Battling treacherous conditions with two rain delays—each spanning more than an hour—the sixth-ranked Blue Devils could not finish their comeback effort Thursday night.
When the No. 2 seed Blue Devils and No. 18 Fighting Irish meet at Klöckner Stadium in Charlottesville, Va., Friday night for the first round of the ACC tournament, it will be the eighth time in the last nine years and sixth year in a row the two programs will have squared off in the postseason.
In what has been an up-and-down season so far ripe with uncertainty, there has been one constant.
The Blue Devils couldn’t stop North Carolina’s rolling momentum in their final game of the regular season.
Justin Guterding scored six times, and freshman Joe Robertson added four goals.
Marquette runs into a red-hot Duke offensive machine Friday night.
For the second season in a row, Duke’s path to the NCAA tournament may have to go through its most hated rival.