Aidan Maguire's score in double overtime ended a slugfest between the two teams that featured five lead changes and seven ties, as Duke nabbed its second overtime victory of the year.
With the spring season underway, The Chronicle is polling readers every week via its Sportswrap newsletter to highlight one Blue Devil athlete’s outstanding performance. This week, the honor goes to graduate attacker Eric Malever of Duke men’s lacrosse.
As spring sports are underway, The Chronicle is back with our breakdown of every sport, including key rules, terminology, tournament formats and more. This is our men's lacrosse edition.
With winter sports wrapping up and the spring season underway, the Blue Zone highlights performances by first-year Blue Devils.
The Blue Devils got back to their winning ways, making a 80-49 win over Syracuse look pretty easy. The Orange were held to their second-lowest point total of the season, powered by a 21-6 second quarter run by Duke that put the game out of reach for the visitors.
Down two goals with four minutes left in the game, McAdorey scored back-to-back to send the game to overtime, then scored the game-winner to push No. 7 Duke past No. 21 Michigan 8-7. The result, which looked in serious jeopardy for most of Saturday afternoon at Koskinen Stadium, was the Blue Devils’ first ranked win of the season.
No. 13 Duke women’s basketball faces another ranked matchup Monday, this time on the road at No. 2 Notre Dame. The Blue Zone is here with an overview of the Fighting Irish and three keys for the Blue Devils.
As Duke men’s basketball prepares for a road tilt against Clemson, The Blue Zone previews the Tigers with an overview, key stat, X-Factor and three keys to the game.
No. 10 Duke women’s basketball will travel to Raleigh Monday for another ranked matchup, this time against No. 17 N.C. State. The Blue Zone is here with an overview of the Wolfpack and an X-Factor for both teams.
The key contributors to the most recent era of Duke lacrosse — Brennan O’Neill, Jake Naso, Dyson Williams and Kenny Brower, to name a few — are all gone, replaced by a mix of freshmen and transfers, just as new to Durham as each other. Some units, like the defense and midfield, are more established, but Danowski made clear there’s room for adjustment in those areas too.
