After both were able to erase a second half deficit in the first round of the 2013 NCAA tournament, the #2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the #7 Duke Blue Devils will face off in the quarterfinal round of the tournament on Sunday, May 19th at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. Both teams found themselves in hot water during their opening round games. Notre Dame trailed Detroit in the…
Loyola’s quest to double-up on national titles ended Sunday night in double-overtime loss to Duke. Duke freshman attacker Case Matheis’ hat trick help vault the seventh-seeded Blue Devils past eighth-seed Loyola (Md.) 12-11,
NCAA action from Division One to Three is pretty exciting right now. First off we had that thriller in Baltimore between Stevenson and Salisbury, and later this week Maryland faces Navy, Denver against Marquette and Duke against High Point. Keep updated with our Cross Checks.
Duke had no problem finding the goal early in the game, and never seemed to stop. Ten different Blue Devils scored goals as Duke (7-4) handily beat Georgetown (3-5) at home in Durham 19-7. The win is the fifth consecutive for Duke, who seems to have gotten out of the slump that plagued them at the beginning of the year. Duke controlled all the statistic columns, outshooting Georgetown 46 to…
For the majority of the game, it looked like the outcome could go either way; but then Duke found their stride. The Duke Blue Devils led the Marist Red Foxes 9-6 at halftime and came out firing after that. Duke’s starting attack corps led the way for the Blue Devils combining for 11 goals and 17 overall points in a 19-11 Duke victory. After a very sloppy start to the…
It’s hard to imagine this is the start John Danowski expected for his Blue Devils before the season; five games in, and Duke has lost three and won two. The most recent came Friday against the Pennsylvania Quakers. Penn opened their season with a very impressive 14-9 win over the Blue Devils. Tim Schwalje led all scorers with eight points in the game for the Penn. Duke was outshot 35…
After losing a close game to Denver a week ago, Duke was looking to rebound against a very talented Notre Dame team to gain their first win of the season. However, the game ended up being a very lopsided loss for the Blue Devils, sending them to 0-2 on the year. Notre Dame dominated on all sides of the ball, out-shooting Duke 37-29, completely stalling Duke’s offense for the better…
Games galore on the Saturday schedule today around Divisions one, two and three, we have some of the best ones below. Division One UMBC Retrievers vs Robert Morris Colonials The Colonials are coming off of a loss last week against Bellarmine and now face UMBC in their opener. Last season the Retriever defense struggled, they are going to need to step it up to keep the Colonials under ten goals….
The first weekend of NCAA Men’s lacrosse is in the books, providing both thrillers and blow outs. We saw a lot of firsts with High Point getting their first win in program history and Bryant taking Colgate into overtime. It was an exciting weekend of lacrosse at every division. In division 1 contests, High Point University, the new kid on the block, went 1-2 overall. First losing to Delaware 12-10…
D1: Duke (0-1) vs. Jacksonville Noon – In their second game of the weekend, the Duke Blue Devils face the Jacksonville Dolphins for the fourth time since the Dolphins joined Division 1. Duke owns a commanding 3-0 record over Jacksonville, winning by an average of 7.33 goals. Jacksonville has scored an average of 6.66 goals in the three games. JU has gone 3-3 in the MAAC over the past three…