After a rocky season that ended prematurely in the second round of the NCAA tournament against Maryland, Duke lacrosse retooled in the transfer portal. The Chronicle is here to recap some of the key additions, as well as Charles Balsamo, who left the program.
While the Blue Devils came up short in the NCAA tournament, Duke men's lacrosse had another impressive season. The Chronicle is here to recap it and analyze the highs and lows.
The story of Duke’s 10-9 season unfolded early: a team with plenty of talent and heart, but too inconsistent across 60 minutes of play to pull out crucial victories.
Ten years on, Dyson — a recent graduate of Duke’s men’s lacrosse team from Ontario, Canada — has tried his best to emulate Tucker’s ability to say “what’s next” and find peace in his passion for the sport. Tucker’s teachings have made him a better athlete and a better person, Dyson says.
They say the devil is in the details. But in Durham, the Blue Devils are in the details — and numbers.
A six-goal day from Williams and an O’Neill hat trick usually indicate a win, but as the second-seeded Blue Devils got heavy legs down the lane, No. 7-seed Maryland sped ahead, shocking Duke 14-11 on Long Island.
As the collegiate sports spring season wraps up, the Blue Zone is once again here to analyze an outstanding spring athlete. Up next is Katie DeSimone.
A seven-goal first quarter paved the way for a 19-7 Duke victory over Utah in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Five attack goals from senior Dyson Williams and four from graduate Josh Zawada, along with 11 saves by freshman Patrick Jameison powered the Blue Devils.
In its return to the national tournament, Duke fell in a heartbreaking 16-11 defeat to the eighth-ranked Greyhounds after a back-and-forth contest for much of the game.
From the start, the Fighting Irish controlled every aspect of the match, holding Duke to just two goals in the first half and cruising to a 16-6 victory. Sunday marked the Blue Devils’ fifth-straight loss to Notre Dame, who now sit as the presumptive team to beat for the national title.
Friday night, with much more on the line, the Blue Devils got their revenge behind five goals by junior Andrew McAdorey, and advanced to the ACC tournament championship with a 18-13 battering of Syracuse.
As Duke gears up for the semifinals of the ACC men's lacrosse tournament, the Blue Zone is here to analyze a key player from both sides.
No. 2 Duke found its wings melting Saturday, as a confident 8-1 run by North Carolina was enough to carry the Tar Heels to a conference-shifting 15-12 victory over the Blue Devils at Dorrace Field in Chapel Hill.
The Eagles took command early and kept their feet on the gas, spoiling Duke’s revenge tour and sending the Blue Devils packing out of Charlotte with a 19-5 loss.
The faceoff is a niche, but vital, part of the game — and a controversial one. More than anything, Jake Naso's position at faceoff is symbolic of his role as one of his team’s senior captains.
Morgan’s Message is a nonprofit geared toward equalizing treatment of mental and physical health by reducing the surrounding stigma, named for former Duke women's lacrosse player Morgan Rodgers.
On the one hand, the defeat could be attributed to the absence of star senior attacker Katie DeSimone. The Blue Devils’ woes, however, were bigger than just one player. The issue wasn’t an absence of opportunity, but a lack of discipline.
Despite a career-high four goals from Carly Bernstein, the Blue Devils dropped their regular-season finale to the 15th-ranked Tar Heels 16-11 Thursday afternoon at Dorrance Field.
No. 4 Duke stamped its resume with an excellent victory for postseason seeding Sunday, bouncing back from its loss against Notre Dame a week earlier to take down No. 2 Virginia 18-12 on Senior Day in Koskinen Stadium in front of a sellout crowd.
No. 25 Duke narrowly escaped the upset bid, closing out the 14-11 win against Louisville with a fourth-quarter hat trick from senior midfielder Maddie McCorkle.
