Continuing a streak that began in 2005, No. 14 Duke once again defeated No. 6 Virginia in the teams’ regular-season meeting.
Sometimes your best isn’t quite enough, and that was the case against the Fighting Irish as the Blue Devils fell 16-15 at home in Koskinen Stadium.
Saturday night, with Duke and North Carolina’s prestigious men’s basketball programs facing off in the Final Four, all eyes were fixed on New Orleans. Just a few hours earlier, though, that same rivalry raged on back in Chapel Hill.
For a team criticized for lacking cohesion, locking down its pre-existing players and supplementing them with experience and freshman seemed a sensible strategy.
Brennan O'Neill dragged a Blue Devil team that has underperformed in recent weeks to a commanding 14-7 win against Towson Saturday in the Capitol Classic Tournament at Audi Field.
In a rematch of last season’s dramatic Elite Eight matchup, then-No. 8 Duke fell 12-10 on the road to Loyola as the clock ran out on a furious Blue Devil comeback bid in the latter half of the fourth quarter.
Heading back to Durham on the back of two consecutive road games, then-No. 10 Duke came out firing against Richmond at Koskinen Stadium, strolling to a 14-8 victory.
While the Blue Devils’ modus operandi Saturday was unleashing as many shots as possible on as many possessions as possible, the Quakers had a different, sneakier approach.
Headlining this talent and pulling the strings of their team’s win were two names you’ll hear a whole lot this season: Brennan O’Neill and Dyson Williams.
As soon as Duke came back on the field in the second half, it looked like a completely different team from the one that played in the first.
The lights of Koskinen Stadium burned bright for the first time since November as No. 3 Duke opened its season against Robert Morris with a resounding 21-12 victory.
Bring on a new year, and the Blue Devils once again scored the nation’s number one recruit, held onto the much of last year’s spine and locked down some of its seniors and graduate students to an extra year of NCAA eligibility.
Coming in at No. 9: Duke men's lacrosse compiles a team of All-Americans to go to the NCAA Tournament, making it all the way to the Final Four before being knocked out.
At this point, it's almost funny.
Some familiar faces are set to return to Koskinen Stadium next spring.
Another year, and another top recruit for John Danowski's program.
John Danowski said it in the press conference heading into Championship Weekend. “If you ask me any one intangible that you want to have above everything, just give me great team chemistry. And that takes a while to develop.”
The so-called "potential superteam" never seemed unbeatable throughout the year and was more than susceptible to losing in a Final Four that included all four of the tournament's top seeds. But when the Blue Devils boast the defensive player of the year, a Tewaaraton finalist, eight total All-Americans and the winningest coach in Division I history, it was always championship or bust for Duke, who looked anything but super in the semifinals.
Two conference champions, two Tewaaraton Award finalists, a laundry list of All-Americans at both ends and a trip to the NCAA Championship Game on the line. It should’ve been a close game.
Nicknamed "Captain Clutch" for a reason, the senior attackman feeds off the sudden-death energy late in games. Duke has gone into overtime four times this season... and Robertson has won the game with the necessary goal in three of those games.
