As the spring sports season begins for many of the Blue Devil sports teams, each week the Blue Zone will highlight a big performer in one of Duke’s spring teams. This week, it is Brennan O’Neill from Duke men's lacrosse.
Despite a neck-and-neck first half Saturday afternoon at Koskinen Stadium, No. 13 Johns Hopkins pulled away in the third quarter, this time for good. No. 25 Duke fell in its home opener 17-13.
On Saturday afternoon in Koskinen Stadium, the second-ranked Blue Devils extended their undefeated streak with a determined 19-10 win against the Hawks.
No. 24 Duke needed a way to jumpstart its season. It found one in Katie DeSimone, whose monstrous performance propelled the Blue Devils to a 22-14 win.
No. 2 Duke built on its strong opener the weekend prior Saturday afternoon with a commanding 21-9 point win against High Point, the Blue Devils’ first in hostile territory this season.
The 24th-ranked Blue Devils opened their season in disappointing fashion Friday afternoon, falling 10-9 to Navy in a game that, despite the final score, was anything but close.
It will be a brand-new team playing in Koskinen Stadium. Tabbed with a No. 24 preseason ranking and with a “nice home schedule for ACC games,” as Kimel put it, Duke will look to bounce back from its shaky 2023 and rise back into contention in the best conference in women’s lacrosse.
The large crowd in attendance was treated to an opportunity to watch the nation’s second-ranked team dominate Bellarmine 20-12 in its 2024 season opener.
After falling in last season's title game, Duke men's lacrosse is looking to continue its regular-season success and finally summit that postseason mountain.
As the bow gets tied on 2023, The Chronicle’s sports department is reviewing the biggest storylines in Duke athletics throughout the year. Coming in at No. 3: Duke men's lacrosse shook its disappointing 2022 season en route to one of its best in recent memory, featuring an appearance in the NCAA tournament championship game and a Tewaaraton Award for attackman Brennan O'Neill.
Two legends of Blue Devil lacrosse history had their names etched further into the sport's folklore Thursday.
One month to the day he won the Tewaaraton Award, Brennan O'Neill got his first taste of international glory Saturday after winning the World Lacrosse Championships with Team USA in San Diego.
Despite Duke's lofty expectations heading into 2023, the program fell well short of them. As a result, it's time for the Blue Devils to turn a new leaf.
On Thursday evening, attackman Brennan O'Neill was rewarded for an exceptional junior season with the prestigious Tewaaraton Award, given annually to the best men's and women's player in college lacrosse.
Conventional sports wisdom states that certain teams always choke in the postseason, certain teams always beat certain other teams, and whatever else has been levied against a team with a vague gesture to history as evidence. Monday afternoon proved exactly why conventional wisdom fails so often in sports.
Despite a late-game rally, the top-seeded Blue Devils were ultimately overwhelmed 13-9 by No. 3-seed Notre Dame, gifting the Fighting Irish their first national championship in program history and extending a nine-year title drought for head coach John Danowski and his Duke team.
Every week, the Blue Zone breaks down an outstanding spring athlete, looking at their weekly performance and their season as a whole. Up next is Jake Naso.
The Blue Devils may have escaped Penn State at the death, but Monday's title game against Notre Dame will require increased discipline and less room for error.
At the end of a frantic game, the top-seeded Blue Devils came out on top 16-15 against the fifth-seeded Nittany Lions, booking their place in Monday's title game.
With the NCAA Final Four set, the Blue Zone looks at four star players that are key to leading their respective teams to victory.
