ACC expansion provides Duke lacrosse with national championship flashback
By Daniel Carp | July 1, 2013Duke faced its two newest ACC foes, Syracuse and Notre Dame, en route to its second national championship in program history in 2013.
Duke faced its two newest ACC foes, Syracuse and Notre Dame, en route to its second national championship in program history in 2013.
For seven straight years, Duke has found itself two wins away from a national championship.
Duke will need to top a familiar foe to reach the NCAA Tournament’s championship weekend for the seventh consecutive season.
Duke senior Jake Tripucka won the ACC’s Offensive Player of the Week award after putting up a career-high seven points in the Blue Devils’ 19-16 win against Virginia Friday.
The goals kept coming and coming, but when the dust settled Duke emerged with a tight victory against Virginia.
Dan Wigrizer has likely played his final collegiate game for Duke.
High Point will make the short trip to Durham Friday to take on the No. 9 Blue Devils—the first ranked opponent on its schedule—for the first time in program history.
Duke hasn't lost a game since Kyle Turri took over the starting goaltender job.
The Hoyas put together a 5-0 fourth-quarter run but fell two goals short of upsetting the Blue Devils.
Brendan Fowler has stepped up in place of the graduated CJ Costabile, picking up 102 groundballs and winning 62.6 percent of his faceoffs this season.
The weather was cold, but Duke came out even colder, surrendering the game’s first six goals to No. 3 Notre Dame.
Duke faces two faces two foes this weekend—one with which it shares an extensive history and another it knows virtually nothing about.
Trailing the entire way, Duke did not have the offensive firepower to comeback against Maryland.
Duke fell to Maryland for the second consecutive year in the NCAA semifinals, losing 16-10.
Fueled by a 13-goal run, Duke beat Colgate 17-6 to advance to the NCAA semifinals.
Taking on a foe that has won 12 of its last 14 games, No. 3 seed Duke (14-4) will face the Raiders (14-3) Sunday at PPL Park in Philadelphia.
The Tobacco Road rivalry moved north to Charlottesville, Va. this weekend as Duke defeated North Carolina to claim the ACC crown.
Since head coach John Danowski took over at Duke in 2007, his teams have gone 25-7 against conference opponents.
As the clock struck zero, the Blue Devils stepped off the field having toppled the nation’s top team.
Knocking off the No. 1 team in the country often requires specific and complex scheming.