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Quinzani adds new dimension for Duke offense
By Matthew Iles | April 3, 2008Quinzani has scored in all 10 games this season, averaging more than a hat trick per outing.
Quinzani has scored in all 10 games this season, averaging more than a hat trick per outing.
It's been six years since sixth-ranked Duke last dropped three straight games. But the Blue Devils face the possibility of adding on to their two-game losing streak today at 4 p.m. against No. 12...
One week before its national championship rematch against No. 8 Johns Hopkins, Duke (10-1) overcame a gritty Dartmouth squad at Long Island Saturday, 16-9.
It only would have been fitting for Duke to have made a comeback against Virginia. But the Blue Devils never even got close to avenging their devastating loss in last May's NCAA tournament...
When No. 3 Duke travels to Uniondale, N.Y. to play Dartmouth Saturday, it obviously won't be a home game.
It was the largest comeback victory in the history of the NCAA tournament-a stunning 14-13 win for Virginia, which overcame a ten-goal deficit in the final 20 minutes of play to beat Duke in the...
For No. 3 Duke, it was a welcome return to the win column after suffering its first loss to Georgetown last Saturday.
Before their 11-7 loss to Georgetown Saturday, the Blue Devils were the top-ranked team in the nation and were riding high, averaging over 17 goals per game.
Duke went into halftime of Saturday's game against Georgetown with momentum on its side, after Matt Danowski scored Duke's fifth conseuctive goal with two seconds left in the second quarter.
Despite a 90-second, three-goal run that began with just over six minutes left to play, Duke (7-2, 1-1 in the ACC) fell to No. 8 North Carolina, 16-14, Saturday in Chapel Hill.
In last year's matchup, Duke and Georgetown combined for 10 goals in the Blue Devils' 6-4 victory, the lowest amount of total offense in any of Duke's games.
Coming off a hard fought 12-11 win over then-No. 9 Georgetown March 15, the Blue Devils' remaining schedule showed they had a week to prepare but no time to waste.
Despite allowing the first goal of the game, Duke (8-0) cruised past Colgate (4-3) with a 15-7 win at Koskinen Stadium.
Since becoming the country's top-ranked team in the most recent national poll, the Blue Devils have responded with characteristic poise in wins over North Carolina and Presbyterian.
With 8:04 remaining in the third quarter, attackman Max Quinzani appeared to lose a scoring opportunity when he was flattened by a defender with possession of the ball.
No. 4 Duke defeated ninth-ranked Georgetown, 12-11, Saturday to extend its home winning streak to 19 games.
Duke (5-0) looks to continue its undefeated season against No. 7 Princeton Saturday at 3:30 p.m. in Princeton, N.J.
When the second-ranked Blue Devils travel to Baltimore, they won't just be facing one of three teams to beat them last year, Loyola.
Playing in the mid-afternoon after stormy weather postponed its Tuesday night contest with Lehigh, No. 2 Duke came out cold, trailing 3-0 at the end of the first quarter.
When second-ranked Duke (3-0) hosts Lehigh Wednesday at 1 p.m., the Blue Devils won't be focusing on their former interim coach Kevin Cassese manning the opposing sidelines at Koskinen Stadium.