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Seven Blue Devils had multi-goal games as Duke began its season with a win at home.
How do the Blue Devils respond to and rebound from last season’s unceremonious end, and how do they account for key departures?
Coming in at No. 9: Duke women's lacrosse put together a strong season, highlighted by a record start and a thrilling win at home against Boston College.
With the 2022 PLL season in the books, the Blue Zone takes a look at the Blue Devils plying their trade on both sides of Sunday's championship game between the Waterdogs and Chaos.
McCabe Millon, the No. 1 overall recruit in the Class of 2023, announced that he has decommited from Duke via social media Monday. The five-star attackman will instead join Virginia.
Under international duty with the USA U-21 Men’s National Team, four Blue Devils helped take down a talented Canada squad 12-10 Saturday to claim the gold medal at the World Lacrosse Men's U21 Championship.
Duke’s NCAA tournament run came to an end Sunday in College Park, Md., at the hands of the second-seeded Terrapins.
It was the Battle of the Blue; Blue Devils versus Blue Jays. And when all was said and done, Duke proved that its blue was better.
Five members of Duke men’s lacrosse have been named to the All-ACC Team, tying Virginia for the program with the most selections this year.
Duke’s season may be over, but its fans will still be able to watch one of their favorite Blue Devils play, this time in the Premier Lacrosse League.
For the first time under head coach John Danowski, Duke will not be competing in the NCAA tournament.
The problem with this inconsistency was that it became difficult to figure out how good this Duke team actually was. When the postseason loomed and eight at-large bids were at stake, that problem turned into a bonafide catastrophe for the Blue Devils.
With considerable implications for NCAA tournament selection, No. 12 Duke took on the seventh-ranked Fighting Irish in South Bend, Ind., at Arlotta Stadium in a must-win game for both teams.
This time last year, Duke’s number 51 was plying his trade in midfield.
After a lightning delay of more than an hour, Duke crushed rival North Carolina 19-11 in front of a packed Koskinen Stadium crowd.
With the hosting team decked out in visiting jerseys and holding one last chance to punch its ticket to the NCAA tournament, Friday’s game was a classic underdog tale. But not for Duke, which had its conference tournament run cut short due to a locked-in Notre Dame squad.
The frontier of sports analytics only became widely available recently through hobbyist and crowdsourced data. Using the website Lacrosse Reference, which analyzes college teams using metrics beyond the stat sheet, let’s dive into how we can use these numbers by looking at the Duke women’s lacrosse team.
While the Blue Devils are not yet a postseason lock, their early-season struggles feel further in the rearview than they have at any other point this season.
In the final game of the regular season, No. 1 North Carolina showed that it still has Duke’s number, handling the fifth-ranked Blue Devils 18-4, securing the ACC regular-season title and the top seed in the upcoming conference tournament in the process.
The seventh-ranked Blue Devils hosted No. 2 Boston College Saturday afternoon at Koskinen Stadium, where the crew delivered a 16-15 upset against the defending national champions.