Lacrosse team ready for season ahead
By John Taddei | February 23, 2007For the third straight year, Duke opens its season with the expectation of competing in the Final Four on Memorial Day Weekend.
For the third straight year, Duke opens its season with the expectation of competing in the Final Four on Memorial Day Weekend.
Unlike the experiences some have while playing for a parent, Matt Danowski's first six months under the tutelage of his father have been remarkably normal. The younger Danowski has changed little...
When the men's lacrosse team takes the field in Koskinen Stadium for an official game for the first time in almost a year Saturday, those in attendance will see three numbers on Duke's side of the...
Caroline Cryer tied the Duke record for goals in one game with seven in the No. 2 Blue Devils' 19-6 blowout of Denver Friday, and Kristen Waagbo became the all-time Duke assists leader in the Blue...
Duke hopes that the third time will ultimately prove to be the charm in its quest for a national championship when it begins its regular season with two away games this weekend.
Over the past 10 months, Duke's men's lacrosse players have faced a media blitz unlike anything their sport has ever seen.
In replacing Mike Pressler, who resigned under pressure last April 5, lacrosse head coach John Danowski has displayed a somewhat different coaching style than his predecessor. Whereas Pressler was...
The score may not have been kept on the scoreboard, but the men's lacrosse players earned a victory just by taking on outside competition this weekend.
As the Feb. 24 start date of the 2007 men's lacrosse season rapidly approaches, administrators are now preparing for an atmosphere at games that could be vastly different than it was in past years.
Nearly 300 days after its 2006 season was cut short, Duke could not wait one more to officially start its 2007 campaign when it took the field Friday. "We were actually going to start tomorrow,...
Even though it will have to wait until May, the Duke team is already focused on claiming the first NCAA title in the program's history.
After months of uncertainty, the team members were finally able to do what they had not done together for five months-play lacrosse.
Player-coach may seem an antiquated term in most sports, but for Kevin Cassese this summer, it was very much a reality. Actually, Cassese was more of a player-coach-camp director-recruiter-national...
New men's lacrosse head coach John Danowski finally arrived for good in Durham last week. He was greeted with an empty office and a full slate of expectations.
Online Update 7/21: John Danowski was introduced as head coach of the men's lacrosse team at a press conference Friday afternoon, ending more than three months of uncertainty surrounding the...
Bo Carrington wanted to say something, anything. Surrounded on the quad in the middle of Duke's West Campus, the lacrosse player wanted to convince protesters that neither he nor any of his...
Men's Lacrosse: Even while Cassese's assumption of the helm of the embattled program signals a turning point after months of uncertainty, some aspects of the team's future are still somewhat...
W. Lacrosse: Northwestern scored during the first extra period and held off the Blue Devils, 11-10, Friday at Boston University's Nickerson Field to advance to the NCAA title game.
W. Lacrosse: In a show of support for the embattled men's lacrosse team, many of the women's players wore bands on their arms or legs that read "No excuses, No regrets."
In a weather-delayed match against the Crusaders, top-seeded Duke took advantage of two first-half scoring runs to post the largest margin of victory for an NCAA Championship game in the program's...