The Blue Devils went into halftime scoreless and finished the game with their season-low in goals with just four against No. 4 Northwestern.
Trying to avoid a third consecutive loss, the Blue Devils will travel to Evanston, Ill. this weekend to take on perennial powerhouse Northwestern.
Makenzie Hommel had a good look at the goal in the closing seconds, but the Tar Heels defeated Duke 12-11 in a matchup of top-5 teams.
No. 6 Duke (5-1) scored the first eight goals of the game, but needed a late push to outlast Vanderbilt 15-12 Saturday at Koskinen Stadium.
The Blue Devils will host Vanderbilt at Koskinen Stadium at 2 p.m Saturday.
Two of the top teams in the nation will collide in College Park as No. 7 Duke will look to remain undefeated against an also undefeated No. 4 Maryland.
With 13 goals already this season, MacKenzie Hommel has led Duke to a 4-0 start.
Despite twice building two-goal leads, Duke lost to Northwestern 12-7 in the NCAA quarterfinals Monday in Evanston, Ill., ending their season.
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.
Duke scored seven unanswered goals to open the second half in order to clinch the victory in its final game before the ACC tournament.
Duke will host High Point Wednesday night at Koskinen Stadium in the Blue Devils’ last regular season game before the ACC tournament.
Winning the draw control battle propelled the Blue Devils to victory in their final ACC game of the regular season.
