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Zack Greer

Duke seniors Ned Crotty and Carolyn Davis were named as finalists for the Tewaaraton Trophy, granted to the best men’s and women’s lacrosse players each season.
This is the first nomination for Crotty–who leads the country with 65 points and 45 assists–and it continues a recent stretch of success for the Blue Devils. Duke had two [...]

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Over at Inside Lacrosse, Jon Brand has a Q&A with Duke head coach John Danowski about Zack Greer’s decision to play his fifth year at Bryant, in which Danowski says Greer decided not to use his extra year at Duke last fall and looked at graduate school opportunities throughout the year. Greer considered playing hockey [...]

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Zack Greer, the NCAA’s all-time leading goal scorer, has decided to use his NCAA-granted fifth year of eligibility with former Duke head coach Mike Pressler at Bryant, sources told Inside Lacrosse’s Quint Kessenich Monday.
Pressler was forced to resign from his Duke position in 2006 in light of rape allegations that later proved false. He became [...]

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Inside Lacrosse talked with Duke head coach John Danowski last week, and he told the lacrosse website that midfielder Brad Ross and defenseman Kevin Mayer will use their NCAA-granted fifth years of eligibility at Duke, while attackman Josh Covalevski will use his at Delaware and midfielder Bo Carrington will forego his extra year. Attackman Zack [...]

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Doesn’t it seem like the men’s lacrosse just ended last week? Inside Lacrosse, the mecca for college lacrosse online coverage, just released its first poll…for next season. What’s even more surprising, though, is that Duke is ranked No. 6. ACC foes Virginia and Maryland occupy the top two spots.
The Blue Devils held the No. 1 [...]

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Duke seniors Matt Danowski and Zack Greer were two of the five finalists for the Tewaraaton Trophy, college lacrosse’s equivalent of the Heisman Trophy. Danowski, the 2007 winner, is the NCAA’s all-time leading scorer, and Greer is the NCAA’s all-time leading goal scorer. Neither of them won.
Instead, Syracuse’s Mike Leveille took home the award.
Leveille led [...]

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Men's Lacrosse

Seniors Opt Not To Enter MLL Draft

by Ben Cohen on May 27, 2008

None of the 11 Duke seniors with a potential fifth year of eligibility declared for the Major League Lacrosse Draft, an MLL official confirmed to The Chronicle Tuesday morning. The deadline to declare was Tuesday at 9 a.m.
The most intriguing of these players is Zack Greer, already the NCAA’s all-time leading goal scorer with the [...]

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Blogdome, Men's Lacrosse, NCAA Tournament

What Went Wrong?

by Ben Cohen on May 25, 2008

It’s the morning after Duke’s shocking 10-9 loss to Johns Hopkins in the national semifinal, a defeat that the ESPN analysts were fond of calling one of the biggest upsets in lacrosse history. And, on paper, it certainly was–this was a Blue Devil squad that absolutely dismantled Hopkins 17-6 back on April 5. So what [...]

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The low-scoring play of the first quarter continued into the second period, with Duke controlling time of possession early but unable to get one past Hopkins goalie Michael Gvozden. But with just over five minutes in, Blue Jay Brian Christopher found the back of the net, streaking down the right side and firing one past [...]

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This is what Zack Greer’s schedule could look like by the end of the weekend:

If No. 1 Duke beats No. 5 Johns Hopkins in the NCAA tournament semifinal Saturday, the Blue Devils will play the winner of No. 2 Virginia and No. 3 Syracuse Monday in Foxborough, Mass.
The deadline to declare for the Major League [...]

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