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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.
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...
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...
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...
First-seeded Duke (15-2, 4-2 in the ACC) was down 5-4 at halftime to second-seeded Virginia (15-3, 6-1). After the break, the Cavaliers took advantage of a 6-0 scoring run to topple the Blue...
The first-seeded Blue Devils (14-1, 4-1) will begin the tournament in the semifinals Friday at M & T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. They will match up against the winner of Thursday's first-round...
Carolyn Davis has begun her college career at Duke with a bang. Davis has scored 30 goals-the third highest on the team-and has recorded playing time in all 15 games, starting in 12 of them.
Senior Day was all fun and games for the Blue Devils as they throttled St. Joseph's, 24-2, in their most lopsided contest of the season Sunday.
As No. 1 Duke (12-1) heads into this weekend's matchups at No. 15 William & Mary Friday and at home against unranked St. Joseph's Sunday, the Blue Devils will still be getting used to their...
Chrest and Huether have been teammates on various teams since they met in a recreational league all-star game in eighth grade.