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Lacrosse insiders agree: John Danowski’s squad will start the season as the team to beat in college lacrosse.
A month after Inside Lacrosse ranked Duke No. 1 in its preseason rankings, Lacrosse Magazine followed suit, putting the Blue Devils at the top of the poll. In addition to choosing Duke, which lost in last year’s Final Four [...]
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The men’s lacrosse team has been named the team to beat for the upcoming 2009-2010 season in the Inside Lacrosse Face-Off Yearbook Top 25. The team returns its top four scorers from last season’s squad that amassed a 15-4 record and made it to the semi-finals of the NCAA tournament before falling to two-time defending champion Syracuse.
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A North Carolina appeals court has cleared Duke’s former lacrosse coach, Mike Pressler, to pursue a slander lawsuit against the University, according to The (Raleigh) News & Observer.
Pressler had been set to go to arbitration over his lawsuit, which alleges slander in comments made by John Burness, formerly the school’s senior vice president for public [...]
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Ned Crotty, the ACC Player of the Year and Duke’s leading scorer in 2009, will use his fifth and final year of eligibility and return to the Blue Devils next season.
Crotty scored 23 goals and assisted on 53 others, recording an NCAA-leading 76 points. He won the Turnbull Award last week as the nation’s top attackman, and [...]
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FOXBOROUGH, MA.—As it turned out, the third time was not the charm for No. 3 Duke.
In fact, it was arguably the worst time in its postseason history—ever.
Outshot, outsaved and outscored, the Blue Devils (15-4) never had an answer for No. 2 Syracuse (15-2) in their 17-7 defeat Saturday afternoon at Gillette Stadium.
The 17 goals allowed [...]
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Syracuse 14-7, 10:38: Quinzani added a nice goal from the left side of the net to complete his hat trick, but that might be the only thing worth highlighting on the day for Duke.
Syracuse 14-6, End of 3rd: This stat just announced should sum up Duke’s day–the 14 goals allowed are the most since April [...]
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Five members of the Blue Devil squad received All-American honors today, highlighted by senior Ned Crotty’s inclusion on the All-American first team.
Crotty, the ACC Player of the Year, made the second team last year as a midfielder. He switched positions after Zack Greer and Matt Danowski graduated, though, and leads the country this season with [...]
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For more of Courtney Douglas’s photos from the Duke’s 12-11 win over North Carolina in the NCAA quaterfinals, check out a photo slideshow by following this link.
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. — With 9:55 left in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s NCAA tournament quarterfinal, the No. 3 Blue Devils led No. 6 North Carolina, 12-8, and had an opportunity to all but seal the win. Mike Catalino rushed the ball upfield and found Max Quinzani, whose shot struck the crossbar and bounced high into [...]
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Neither a 25-minute rain delay nor Navy’s typically stingy defense could slow down Duke Saturday night.
Under the lights in a muddy Koskinen Stadium, the No. 3 Blue Devils jumped all over the Midshipmen in the first half and never looked back. The result was a 10-0 lead at halftime, and an eventual 14-5 win for [...]
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