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Five Blue Devils Collect All-America Accolades
By Lopa Rahman | May 25, 2012
Despite twice building two-goal leads, Duke lost to Northwestern 12-7 in the NCAA quarterfinals Monday in Evanston, Ill., ending their season.
Fueled by a 13-goal run, Duke beat Colgate 17-6 to advance to the NCAA semifinals.
Taking on a foe that has won 12 of its last 14 games, No. 3 seed Duke (14-4) will face the Raiders (14-3) Sunday at PPL Park in Philadelphia.
The Tobacco Road rivalry moved north to Charlottesville, Va. this weekend as Duke defeated North Carolina to claim the ACC crown.
After trailing for most of the first half, Maryland exploded on offense to bury the Blue Devils and knock them out of the ACC tournament.
Duke will have the benefit of home-field advantage as it tries for its first ACC title since 2005.
Since head coach John Danowski took over at Duke in 2007, his teams have gone 25-7 against conference opponents.
As the clock struck zero, the Blue Devils stepped off the field having toppled the nation’s top team.