At No. 3/2 Duke (10-2)

No. t19/- Army (6-5) at No. 3/2 Duke (10-2)

Saturday, April 21, 2007 • 12 noon • Durham, N.C.

FACING-OFF 12-GAME STARTS ROSS NETS THREE AGAINST CAVALIERS • Duke owns an overall record of 10-2 and is ranked The Blue Devils’ 10-2 start in 2007 matches the third-best Junior midfielder Brad Ross helped pave the way for third nationally in the latest USILA Coaches poll and 12-game start in school history ... Both the 1999 and Duke in the Blue Devils’ 7-6 overtime win over then third- second in the Nike/Inside Lacrosse media poll 2005 Duke clubs opened with 11-1 ledgers ... In addition, ranked Virginia on April 14 ... Ross tossed in a career- • Duke is 33-7 over the last three seasons the Blue Devils have reached double digits in the win high three goals including the game-winner in overtime • Zack Greer has 109 goals in 40 games to rank sixth column for the 10th time in school history. as Duke clinched the league regular season champion- among active players nationally in career goals ship and the number one seed in the upcoming league • Goalkeeper Dan Loftus is 18-5 as a starter at Duke 12-Game Starts • Duke History tournament ... He was named the ACC Player of the and the Blue Devils are 29-8 in games in which 1. 1999 11-1 Week for his efforts ... Ross, who has scored at least one Loftus has appeared in 2005 11-1 goal in five consecutive contests, now ranks third on the • Matt Danowski is the only player in the country 3. 1986 10-2 squad in scoring with 17 points on 13 goals and four with 25+ goals and 25+ assists this season and ranks 2007 10-2 assists. 13th on the ACC’s all-time scoring chart with 213 5. 1987 9-3 points on 111 goals and 102 assists 1994 9-3 HOME TO CLOSE THE YEAR • Danowski has 16 assists over his last four games 1995 9-3 Duke will play the remainder of the 2007 regular season • Danowski and Greer form the top scoring tandem in 1997 9-3 at home ... After this week’s tilt with Army, Duke will the country by averaging 8.67 points per game 1998 9-3 host the annual ACC Tournament with semifinal games at 6 and 8:30 p.m. on Friday, April 27 while the champi- THE DUKE-ARMY SERIES Wins • Single-Season • Duke History onship game is slated for Sunday, April 29 at 3:30 p.m. Army leads the all-time series with Duke, 8-2 ... Duke 1. 2007 17 ... The Blue Devils conclude the regular season on won the last meeting between the two schools as Matt 2. 1999 13 Sunday, May 6 at home versus Air Force at 3 p.m. Danowski had six goals and four assists in a 19-9 win 3. 1997 12 for the Blue Devils on April 23, 2005 ... Army’s last 4. 1986 11 ROAD SUCCESS victory over Duke came in the form of a 13-7 decision 1987 11 The Blue Devils posted a perfect 4-0 record in road on May 8, 2004. 1998 11 games this season with victories over Maryland, North 2000 11 Carolina, Georgetown and Johns Hopkins ... Dating ALBERICI RETURNS TO DUKE 2001 11 back to the 2005 season, Duke has now won eight of its Army head coach Joe Alberici is no stranger to the 9. 1994 10 past nine road contests. Duke lacrosse program having served on the coaching 2007 10 staff from 1997-05 ... During his tenure with the Blue IMPROVED EMO Devils, Alberici helped Duke to a 96-47 overall ledger Winning % • Single-Season • Duke History Duke’s extra man offense didn’t get off to a fast start in with two ACC championships, seven NCAA Tourna- 1. 1939 .875 2007 as the Blue Devils converted just two-of-19 (.105) ment berths and an appearance in the 2005 national title 2. 1951 .857 opportunities through their first five games ... Over its last game. 3. 2005 .850 seven outings, however, Duke has managed to score 11 4. 1954 .833 goals in 26 (.423) man-up situations ... Zack Greer (5) A GLANCE AT THE BLACK KNIGHTS 2007 .833 and Matt Danowski (4) have combined for nine of Duke’s Army stands at 6-5 on the year and the Black Knights are 6. 1999 .813 13 extra man goals this season. coming off last week’s 12-9 loss to Army ... Justin 7. 1987 .786 Bokmeyer leads the team in scoring with 21 points on 13 8. 1995 .750 EYE ON DANOWSKI goals and eight assists while Brooks Korvin has chipped 1997 .750 With 213 career points, Matt Danowski is the nation’s in 14 goals and five assists ... In goal, Adam Fullerton 10. Two tied with .733 active scoring leader, sitting just ahead of Albany’s Merrick owns a 6.17 goals against average ... Next weekend, Thompson (212) ... Danowski has 111 goals and 102 Army will play in the Patriot League Tournament, meeting TEWAARATON LIST CUT TO 17 assists in 53 career games at Duke, and is the only top-seeded Navy in the semifinals. The selection list for the Tewaaraton Trophy was trimmed player in the country with 25+ goals and 25+ assists to 17 members on April 18 and Duke is represented by this season ... He also ranks 13th on the ACC’s all-time ACC TOURNAMENT seniors Casey Carroll and Matt Danowski along with scoring list. Thanks to its perfect 3-0 record in conference action, junior Zack Greer ... The remaining 14 players on the Duke will be the number one seed in next weekend’s chart include Alex Hewit (Princeton), Zach Jungers NCAA • Active Players • Points ACC Tournament held at Koskinen Stadium ... The Blue (Princeton), Jerry Lambe (Georgetown), Jordan Levins 1. Matt Danowski, Duke 213 Devils will meet fourth-seeded North Carolina at 8:30 (Albany), Bill Looney (Navy), Matt McMonagle (Cornell), 2. Merrick Thompson, Albany 212 p.m. on Friday, April 27 ... The second semifinal pits Ray Megill (Maryland), David Mitchell (Cornell), Brett 3. Frank Resetarits, Albany 210 second-seeded Virginia against third-seeded Maryland Queener (Albany), Paul Rabil (Johns Hopkins), Frank 4. Ian Dingman, Navy 177 at 6 p.m. ... The championship game is set for Sunday at Resetarits (Albany), Ben Rubeor (Virginia), Max Seibald Drew Westervelt, UMBC 177 3:30 p.m. (Cornell) and Merrick Thompson (Albany). NED CROTTY Blue Devil Lineup Thanks to 11 goals in his last eight games, Ned Crotty A #25 Zack Greer 6-2 190 Jr. 109 career goals in 40 games ranks fourth on Duke’s scoring chart with 15 points on 12 A #40 Matt Danowski 6-1 195 Sr. Nation’s active leader in career points (213) goals and three assists ... Crotty has two goals in three A #7 Gibbs Fogarty 5-10 175 So. 8 goals & 3 assists in 2007 of his last five contests. or A #16 Max Quinzani 5-8 170 Fr. 9 goals & 1 assist in 2007 M #5 Peter Lamade 5-10 190 Sr. Preseason Second Team All-America in 2007 DANOWSKI & GREER REACH CENTURY MARK M #10 Brad Ross 6-0 190 Jr. 3 goals including game-winner vs. UVa (4/14) With two goals versus Loyola on March 10, Matt M #22 Ned Crotty 6-1 180 So. ACC Player of the Week (3/17) Danowski reached the 100-goal plateau for his career ... or M #11 Fred Krom 5-11 185 Sr. 13 goals & 10 assists in 48 career games D #37 Casey Carroll 6-2 185 Sr. Preseason Second Team All-America in 2007 Zack Greer picked up his 100th career goal in Duke’s D #41 Ryan McFadyen 6-6 225 Jr. Started final 4 games of 2007 in place of Carroll win over Bellarmine on March 31 ... Danowski and D #44 Tony McDevitt 6-0 210 Sr. Returned vs. UNC; missed previous 4 games Greer became the 40th and 41st players in ACC history LSM #77 Nick O’Hara 5-10 195 Sr. Led Duke in ground balls in both 2006 & 2007 to score 100 goals and rank seventh and eighth, respec- G #4 Dan Loftus 5-9 165 Sr. Season-high 19 saves vs. Georgetown (3/24) tively, on Duke’s career goals chart.

2M #20 Steve Schoeffel 5-8 165 So. 2 goals & 1 assist in 2007 Duke • Goals • Career 2M #31 Bo Carrington 6-4 220 Jr. 2 assists vs. Dartmouth; 2 goals vs. Denver 1. Dave Hagler (1978082) 156 2M #32 Sam Payton 5-11 190 So. 2 goals vs. Cornell (3/20) 3M #29 Mike Catalino 6-0 200 So. 4 goals in 2007 Peter Rubin (1986-88) 156 3M #30 Terrence Molinari 5-10 185 Fr. 1 goal in 2007 3. John Fay (1995-98) 150 3M #27 Michael Young 6-0 185 Jr. 3 goals & 1 assist in career 4. Josh Dennis (1987-90) 129 D/LSM #35 Parker McKee 6-2 200 Fr. 1 goal & 1 assist in 2007 5. T.J. Durnan (1997-00) 125 DM #8 Ed Douglas 6-2 175 Sr. 39 career ground balls; 1 assist vs. Dartmouth 6. Joe Matassa (1989-92) 113 DM #9 Michael Ward 6-0 195 Sr. 81 career ground balls; 2 goals in 2007 7. Matt Danowski (2004-present) 111 FO #10 Brad Ross 6-0 190 Jr. Has won 23-of-48 face-offs in 2007 8. Zack Greer (2005-present 109 FO #32 Sam Payton 5-11 190 So. Has won 25-of-52 face-offs in 2007 9. Ken Lukes (1984-87) 108 FO #29 Mike Catalino 6-0 200 So. Has won 21-of-46 face-offs in 2007 FO #30 Terrence Molinari 5-10 185 Fr. Has won 9-of-14 face-offs in 2007 Rod Finlayson (1973-76) 108 FO #28 Dan Oppedisano 5-11 195 Jr. Has won 49-of-97 face-offs in 2007 G #15 Rob Schroeder 6-0 210 Jr. 5.76 GAA & .600 save percentage in 2006 SCORING OFFENSE With 138 goals through 12 games this season, the Blue Devils rank seventh nationally in scoring offense. START STREAKS McDEVITT TABBED TO LOWE’S LIST Seniors Matt Danowski and Peter Lamade have started Duke’s Tony McDevitt has been named one of 20 NCAA • Scoring Offense • 2007 every game — 53 — since their arrival in Durham prior candidates for the 2007 Lowe’s Senior Class Award in 1. Cornell 14.9 to the 2004 season ... Other players with active con- the newly-created men’s lacrosse division ... The award 2. Albany 13.6 secutive starts streaks include Zack Greer (40), Tony will be presented annually to an NCAA Division I men’s 3. Syracuse 12.1 McDevitt (37), Casey Carroll (28), Dan Loftus (20), senior lacrosse student-athlete who excels both on and 4. Virginia 12.0 Ryan McFadyen (16), Gibbs Fogarty (12), Ned Crotty off the playing field ... A native of Philadelphia, Pa., 5. Delaware 11.7 (12) and Brad Ross (12). McDevitt is a three-year starter on defense for the Blue 6. Ohio State 11.5 Devils who earned All-ACC and USILA Second Team 7. Duke 11.5 SCORING CHART All-America honors in 2005 ... He has played in 47 8. Hobart 11.4 Duke attackmen Matt Danowski and Zack Greer are career games, starting 37, while recording one goal, 9. Notre Dame 11.4 among the nation’s leaders in scoring, averaging 4.42 one assist and 113 ground balls ... A three-time ACC 10. Yale 11.2 and 4.25 points per game, respectively ... Danowski Academic Honor Roll selection, McDevitt has helped leads the Blue Devils with his 53 points on 26 goals and Duke to a 31-7 overall ledger over the past three sea- THIRD ATTACKMAN 27 assists while Greer is one point back with 51 on 35 sons ... McDevitt is joined on the list by Harry Alford In 2005 and 2006, Dan Flannery played alongside goals and 16 assists. (Maryland), Mitch Belisle (Cornell), Nick Bonacci Matt Danowski and Zack Greer on Duke’s starting (Dartmouth), Adam Crystal (Drexel), John Dunn attack unit and finished his career with 79 goals and 70 NCAA • Points Per Game • 2007 (Colgate), Eric Heidenberger (Villanova), Patrick Heim assists ... Filling the void in 2007 is sophomore Gibbs 1. Ben Rubeor, Virginia 4.58 (Penn State), Kiel Illg (Canisius), Zachary Jungers Fogarty along with freshman Max Quinzani ... Fogarty 2. Matt Danowski, Duke 4.42 (Princeton), Peter Littell (Providence), Matt McMonagle ranks fifth on the team in scoring with 11 points ... 3. Matt Girsh, Siena 4.33 (Cornell), Steve Panarelli (Syracuse), Greg Rommel Quinzani has come off the bench to produce nine goals. 4. Eric Pittard, Cornell 4.30 (Syracuse), Alex Smith (Delaware), Ricky Smith (Vir- 5. Frank Reseterits, Albany 4.27 ginia), Paul Stansik (Bucknell), Drew Thompson (Vir- LOFTUS IN GOAL 6. Zack Greer, Duke 4.25 ginia), Kip Turner (Virginia) and Steve Whittenberg Duke’s starting goalkeeper for the second year in a row, (Maryland) ... From the list of 20 candidates, a national senior Dan Loftus started all eight games in 2006, NATIONAL GOAL LEADERS media committee will select 10 finalists for the award in posting a 5.16 goals against average and .687 save The Blue Devils’ Zack Greer ranks third in the nation with April while winners will be announced during the week- percentage ... Through 11 games of this season, Loftus his 35 goals scored this season ... Two years ago, Greer end of the NCAA Championships. has posted a 7.25 goals against average while his .642 led the NCAA with 57 goals. save percentage ranks third nationally. COACHING CAREER IN JEOPARDY NCAA • Individual Goals • 2007 Senior captain Ed Douglas graduated from Duke last NCAA • Save Percentage • 2007 1. Matt Girsh, Siena 43 May and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in 1. Nick Sciubba, Bucknell .668 2. Ben Rubeor, Virginia 39 liberal studies with a focus on international relations and 2. Adam Fullerton, Army .642 3. Zack Greer, Duke 35 foreign policy ... Douglas’ future in politics could end the 3. Dan Loftus, Duke .642 4. David Mitchell, Cornell 31 coaching career of John Danowski, who recently stated 4. Jordan Burke, Brown .630 5. Three tied with 30 that he would “stop what I’m doing and help his cam- 5. Alex Hewit, Princeton .627 paign.” Dan Loftus • Single-Game Saves • Career NCAA • 100-100 • Career GOALS FOR GREER 20 vs. Maryland March 4, 2006 Player, School (Years) G A In 2005, Duke’s Zack Greer led the nation in goals 19 vs. Georgetown March 24, 2007 Bob Ambler, Drexel (1972-75) 121 110 scored with 57, a total that ranks 11th on the NCAA’s all- 17 vs. Cornell March 20, 2007 Mike Buzzell, Navy (1977-80) 111 111 time single-season chart ... Last year, he paced Duke 14 vs.UMBC February 28, 2004 Matt Callaghan, Fairfield (1995-98) 146 101 with 17 goals in eight games ... With 109 career goals, 14 vs. Dartmouth February 24, 2007 Randy Colley, Notre Dame (1992-95) 173 100 he is one of just 12 players in Duke history to reach the 14 vs. Maryland March 3, 2007 John Colt, Drexel (1988-91) 102 115 100-goal plateau ... Against St. Joseph’s on March 6, 14 vs. North Carolina March 17, 2007 Keith Cromwell, Rutgers (1998-01) 152 114 Greer scored seven goals to match the fourth-highest Tony Cullen, Duke (1978-80) 106 114 single-game total in Duke history LOFTUS AMONG NATIONAL LEADERS Matt Danowski, Duke (2004-present) 111 102 As Duke’s starting goalkeeper, Dan Loftus has posted Luke Daquino, Albany (2002-05) 103 131 Duke • Goals In A Game 18 victories in 23 games and his .783 winning percent- Michael French, Cornell (1974-76) 191 105 1. John Fay 9 age ranks third nationally among active goalies. Terry Gilmore, Ohio State (1976-79) 123 127 vs. Hobart on April 12, 1996 J.T. Groarke, Fairfield (1996-99) 106 119 2. Josh Dennis 8 NCAA Active Goalies • Career Winning % Richie Hirsch, Johns Hopkins (1974-77) 101 103 vs. Villanova on March 25, 1989 1. Kip Turner, Virginia .860 Rob Kavovit, Syracuse (1993-97) 125 121 Steve Sachs 8 2. Matt McMonagle, Cornell .816 Pat Kelly, Holy Cross (1984-87) 125 125 vs. East Carolina on April 16, 1966 3. Dan Loftus, Duke .783 Darren Lowe, Brown (1989-92) 111 205 4. Zack Greer 7 4. Jesse Schwartzman, Johns Hopkins .780 Steve Marohl, UMBC (1989-92) 105 137 vs. VMI on March 1, 2005 5. Alex Hewit, Princeton .759 Ed McIlhenny, Air Force (1971-74) 106 111 Zack Greer 7 Rich Mills, Delaware (1974-77) 106 124 vs. St. Joseph’s on March 6, 2007 DUKE CAPTAINS Chet Nowak, Air Force (1978-81) 130 126 Serving as captains for the Blue Devils in 2007 are Tim O’Hara, Syracuse (1977-80) 124 158 FRESHMAN IMPACT seniors Matt Danowski and Ed Douglas ... The play- George Paletta, Holy Cross (1981-84) 139 110 Duke has three scholarship freshmen on the roster in ers were elected by their teammates. Kevin Pehlke, Virginia (1990-93) 138 101 2007 — Parker McKee, Terrence Molinari and Max Casey Powell, Syracuse (1995-98) 158 129 Quinzani — and all three have made an immediate ACTIVE O’HARA NETS THREE Mike Powell, Syracuse (2001-04) 150 157 impact this year ... McKee is Duke’s top defensive In addition to leading the Blue Devils in ground balls for Ryan Powell, Syracuse (1997-00) 137 150 reserve and scored his first collegiate goal against St. the third straight season, Nick O’Hara has been active Marc Resnick, N.C. State (1976-79) 100 109 Joseph’s ... Molinari won four-of-five face-offs in the on the offensive end with three goals this year ... The Steve Sachs, Duke (1966-69) 101 108 season-opener versus Dartmouth ... Quinzani ranks long stick midfielder has eight goals and four assists in Jeff Spooner, Massachusetts (1974-77) 134 141 fifth on the team with his nine goals on the year. 53 career games at Duke. Jack Thomas, Johns Hopkins (1972-74) 103 121 Greg Tolker, Mount St. Mary’s (1985-88) 128 107 HEAD COACH JOHN DANOWSKI O’HARA LOOKS FOR THREE STRAIGHT Chris Turner, UMBC (1996-99) 113 106 John Danowski is in his first season as the head coach Senior Nick O’Hara, a second team preseason All- Joe Vasta, Air Force (1983-86) 173 170 at Duke, and was introduced as the school’s eighth head America selection in 2007, aims to lead the Blue Devils John Zulberti, Syracuse (1986-89) 109 158 lacrosse coach on July 21, 2006 ... Now in his 25th in ground balls for the third consecutive year ... As a season as a head coach, he owns a career record of sophomore in 2005, O’Hara secured a Duke-best 78 DANOWSKI STREAK 229-141, ranking seventh among active coaches in overall grounders as the Blue Devils went 17-3 and advanced Dating back to March 19, 2005, senior attackman Matt victories ... In 21 years at Hofstra, Danowski guided the to the NCAA championship game ... Last year the Or- Danowski has registered at least one point in 34 con- Pride to 192 wins, eight conference championships and chard Park, N.Y., native had a team-high 31 ground secutive games — the fourth-longest active streak in the eight NCAA Tournament berths ... He was named the balls ... Through 12 games of the 2007 campaign, he nation ... The last time Danowski failed to record a point 1993 USILA National Coach of the Year and received leads the squad again with 55 ground balls. came against Loyola on March 12, 2005. conference coach of the year honors eight times ... Danowski is a 1976 graduate of Rutgers and later earned YOUTH AT MIDFIELD NCAA • Active Scoring Streaks a master’s degree in Counseling/College Student Devel- Duke’s probable starting midfield line features Peter 1. Kevin Ross, Canisius 44 opment from LIU-C.W. Post in 1978. Lamade, a preseason Second Team All-America choice 2. Frank Resetarits, Albany 42 who has started every game (53) since arriving in 3. Mike Leveille, Syracuse 36 John Danowski • Career Coaching Durham ... Joining Lamade is junior Brad Ross and 4. Matt Danowski, Duke 34 LIU-C.W. Post 1983-85 27-16 sophomore Ned Crotty — two players that have com- 5. Brendan Cannon, Georgetown 31 Hofstra 1986-06 192-123 bined for 25 goals and seven assists this year — along 6. Ben Rubeor, Virginia 30 Duke 2007-present 10-2 with senior Fred Krom, who nursed a leg injury during 7. Merrick Thompson, Albany 26 Total 229-141 preseason drills, and has returned to action ... The sec- 8. Kevin Buchanan, Ohio State 25 ond midfield line includes junior Bo Carrington and Matt Girsh, Siena 25 Duke • Men’s Lacrosse Coaches sophomores Sam Payton and Steve Schoeffel. Jordan Hall, Delaware 25 Richard Lewis 1938-39 9-6 Jack Persons 1940-66 69-113-1 JOINING ELITE COMPANY DEVILISH DEFENSE Roy Skinner 1967-70 19-25 With three helpers against Virginia on April 14, Duke Duke will look to regain its defensive form from each of Bruce Corrie 1967-75 52-62 senior Matt Danowski became the fifth player in ACC the past two seasons ... On their way to 17 wins and an John Espey 1976-81 35-45 history and the 34th player in NCAA history to register appearance in the national title contest, the Blue Devils Tony Cullen 1982-90 68-54 100 goals and 100 assists in a career ... Through 53 allowed 6.91 goals per game while surrendering 10 or Mike Pressler 1991-06 153-82 games at Duke, the Farmingdale, N.Y., native has more goals just four times in 19 games ... Last season, John Danowski 2007-present 10-2 amassed 111 goals and 102 assists. Duke gave up an average of 5.24 goals per outing ... Three of Duke’s defensive seniors — Casey Carroll, NOTE: Roy Skinner & Bruce Corrie served as co- Tony McDevitt and Nick O’Hara — received pre- head coaches from 1967-70 season All-America honors in 2007. HELMET DECALS DOUGLAS & WARD OFFENSIVE PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA Duke will wear a decal on its helmets to honor the life of In 2005, Ed Douglas and Michael Ward burst on to the Six Blue Devils earned preseason All-America honors former Duke letterman Jimmy Regan ... The decal will national lacrosse scene by earning high praise from from Inside Lacrosse magazine ... Matt Danowski, Zack have the initials (JR) and jersey number (10) of Regan, then Duke head coach Mike Pressler for their contribu- Greer and Tony McDevitt were named to the first team who was killed in Iraq as a member of the U.S. Army tions to the Blue Devil defense ... In the 2007 season- while Casey Carroll, Peter Lamade and Nick O’Hara Rangers in February ... Regan, a 2002 Duke graduate, opening win over Dartmouth, both seniors got into the were tabbed to the second unit. played from 1999-02 and scored four goals with one offensive attack with Douglas producing one assist while assist in Duke’s 14-13 win over Virginia in the 2002 ACC Ward posted his first goal since 2004 ... Ward added his • FIRST TEAM Championship game ... The second decal that dons the second goal of the year against Denver and secured the ATTACK — Matt Danowski, Duke; Zack Greer, Duke; Duke helmet represents a U.S. Army unit in Iraq that the first assist of his career in Duke’s win over St. Joseph’s. Mike Leveille, Syracuse; Ben Rubeor, Virginia; men’s lacrosse program sponsored through America Sup- MIDFIELD — Paul Rabil, Johns Hopkins; Greg Rommel, porting Americans (www.asa-usa.org) ... The sponsored ACC HONORS Syracuse; Max Seibald, Cornell; Drew Thompson, Vir- unit is Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 3rd Bat- Sophomore midfielder Ned Crotty earned ACC Player ginia; FACE-OFF — Alex Smith, Delaware; LSM — talion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, of the Week recognition on March 12 after scoring two Steve Panarelli, Syracuse; DEFENSE — Tony 1st Cavalry Division in Anaconda, Iraq. goals and adding an assist in Duke’s come-from-behind McDevitt, Duke; Dan Cocoziello, Princeton; Ray Megill, win over North Carolina ... The New Vernon, N.J., Maryland; Steve Whittenberg, Maryland; GOALIE — DANOWSKI & GREER MOVE UP LADDER native assisted on Matt Danowski’s game-winning goal Alex Hewit, Princeton Both Matt Danowski and Zack Greer rank among Duke’s in the fourth quarter and later added an insurance tally to • SECOND TEAM top all-time point producers ... Danowski stands in fourth help seal the victory ... Danowski received ACC Player ATTACK — Brendan Cannon, Georgetown; Kevin place with 213 career points while Greer is 17th with of the Week honors on March 5 after leading Duke to a Huntley, Johns Hopkins; David Mitchell; Cornell; Peter 147 points. 14-7 win over Maryland ... Danowski had six goals Trombino, Princeton; MIDFIELD — Peter Lamade, and one assist against the Terrapins, matching his ca- Duke; Pat Heim, Penn State; Billy Looney, Navy; Duke • All-Time Scoring List reer-best total for goals in a game ... Junior attackman Stephen Peyser, Johns Hopkins; FACE-OFF — Dan Name G A Pts. Zack Greer picked up ACC Co-Player of the Week Kallaugher, Loyola; LSM — Nick O’Hara, Duke; 1. Dave Hagler 156 98 254 honors the previous week after helping the Blue Devils DEFENSE — Casey Carroll, Duke; Zach Jungers, 2. Tony Cullen 106 114 220 to season-opening victories over Dartmouth and Den- Princeton; Jerry Lambe, Georgetown; Ricky Smith, Vir- Peter Rubin 156 64 220 ver ... Greer shared the accolade with North Carolina’s ginia; GOALIE — Matt McMonagle, Cornell 4. Matt Danowski 111 102 213 Shane Walterhoefer ... In the 17-11 victory over 5. Steve Sachs 101 108 209 Dartmouth, Greer posted six goals and two assists, 2003 UNDER-19 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 6. Ken Lukes 108 95 203 matching his career single-game best output for total Three current Blue Devils played in the 2003 Under-19 7. John Fay 150 48 198 points ... The next afternoon in a 13-9 triumph over World Championships held in Baltimore ... Matt 8. Joe Matassa 113 77 190 Denver, Greer had two goals and three assists. Danowski and Peter Lamade helped the United States 9. Rod Finlayson 108 80 188 to the championship ... Danowski was named the 10. Josh Dennis 129 55 184 tournament’s MVP after totaling 27 points on 17 goals 11. Jared Frood 99 79 178 and 10 assists ... In addition, Zack Greer guided Canada 12. T.J. Durnan 125 43 168 to the finals and joined Danowski on the All-World Team. 13. Scott Harrison 90 73 163 14. Paul Maloney 75 83 158 15. Greg Patchak 98 54 152 17. Zack Greer 109 38 147

ACC • Individual Points • Career ACC • Individual Goals • Career ACC • Individual Assists • Career Name G A Pts. Name Goals Name Assists 1. Stan Cockerton, N.C. State 193 87 280 1. Stan Cockerton, N.C. State 193 1. Tim Whiteley, Virginia 159 2. Dave Hagler, Duke 156 98 254 3. Doug Knight, Virginia 165 2. Conor Gill, Virginia 146 3. Doug Knight, Virginia 165 84 249 2. Dave Hagler, Duke 156 Ray Altman, Maryland 146 4. Tim Whiteley, Virginia 85 159 244 Peter Rubin, Duke 156 4. Kris Snider, Virginia 144 5. Michael Watson, Virginia 142 98 240 7. Joe Walters, Maryland 153 5. Jay Connor, Virginia 129 6. Kevin Pehlke, Virginia 138 101 239 6. John Fay, Duke 150 6. Bob Boneillo, Maryland 126 7. Joe Walters, Maryland 153 74 227 5. Michael Watson, Virginia 142 7. Charles Wicker, Maryland 121 8. Conor Gill, Virginia 77 146 223 Matt Hahn, Maryland 142 8. Bruce Ledwith, North Carolina 119 9. Tony Cullen, Duke 106 114 220 Matt Ward, Virginia 139 9. Roger Goss, Maryland 114 Peter Rubin, Duke 156 64 220 6. Kevin Pehlke, Virginia 138 Tony Cullen, Duke 114 11. Bob Boneillo, Maryland 93 126 219 11. Rob Wurzburger, Maryland 137 11. Marc Resnick, N.C. State 109 12. Ray Altman, Maryland 68 146 214 12. Josh Dennis, Duke 129 12. Steve Sachs, Duke 108 13. Matt Danowski, Duke 111 102 212 13. Bert Fett, North Carolina 128 13. Michael Burnett, North Carolina 105 14. Kris Snider, Virginia 65 144 209 14. Frank Urso, Maryland 127 14. John Kaestner, Maryland 105 Marc Resnick, N.C. State 100 109 209 15. Pete Warstell, Maryland 126 15. Mike Caravana, Virginia 104 Steve Sachs, Duke 101 108 209 16. T.J. Durnan, Duke 125 16. Matt Danowski, Duke 102 17. Frank Urso, Maryland 127 81 208 17. Jim Wilkerson, Maryland 117 17. Kevin Pehlke, Virginia 101 Matt Ward, Virginia 139 69 208 18. Chase Monroe, Virginia 116 18. Dave Hagler, Duke 98 19. Bruce Ledwith, N. Carolina 85 119 204 19. Jay Jalbert, Virginia 112 Michael Watson, Virginia 98 20. Ken Lukes, Duke 108 95 203 20. Mac Ford, North Carolina 111 20. Jack Heim, Maryland 96 Jay Connor, Virginia 74 129 203 Matt Danowski, Duke 111 — Zack Greer, Duke 109 No. 6 Duke 17, Dartmouth 11 No. 6 Duke 13, No. 12 Denver 9 No. 2 Duke 14, No. 6 Maryland 7 February 24, 2007 (Durham, N.C.) February 25, 2007 (Durham, N.C.) March 2, 2007 (College Park, Md.) Junior attackman Zack Greer scored six goals Zack Greer posted two goals and three assists Matt Danowski matched his career-high with six and Duke overcame an early 3-1 deficit as the sixth- and Sam Payton won 11-of-12 face-offs and added two goals and Dan Loftus registered 14 saves as second- ranked Blue Devils defeated Dartmouth, 17-11, in men’s goals as sixth-ranked Duke defeated 12th-ranked Den- ranked Duke defeated sixth-ranked Maryland, 14-7, in lacrosse action on Saturday afternoon as 6,485 fans ver, 13-9, on a rainy afternoon at Koskinen Stadium. front of over 5,000 fans at Byrd Stadium in College looked on at sun-soaked Koskinen Stadium. The Blue Devils improve to 2-0 while the Pio- Park, Md. The six goals push Greer’s career total to 80 in neers fall to 1-2. The Blue Devils improve to 3-0 overall and 1-0 in just 29 games. He added two assists on the day to push “This was a really tough weekend from the stand- ACC play while the Terrapins fall to 2-2 overall and 0-1 his career point total to 104, becoming the 33rd player in point that we played two good teams,” Duke head coach in the league. Duke lacrosse history to reach the 100-point plateau. John Danowski said. “I’m really proud of the way we ”I thought we improved over our play last week- Senior attackman Matt Danowski contributed three responded today after such an emotional day yester- end,” said Duke head coach John Danowski. “We goals and four assists for the Blue Devils. It marked the day. We got goals from a lot of different people all week- played as a team and everybody contributed. We were second-largest crowd to watch a Duke lacrosse game end long, and we needed that to be successful.” fortunate to beat a good team tonight on the road. I at Koskinen Stadium, trailing only the 6,824 fans that Duke jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the opening honestly didn’t know what to expect coming in here, but witnessed the Blue Devils’ 17-2 victory over Virginia quarter thanks to goals from Bo Carrington and Max the guys responded well to being on the road for the first on April 16, 2005. Quinzani and seven saves by Dan Loftus. Denver’s time.” After Brad Ross put Duke ahead 1-0 with an Ilija Gajic tallied an extra man goal at the 13:37 mark to Danowski’s lone assist of the night gave Duke a unassisted goal less than two minutes into the game, the get the Pioneers on the board, and Payton countered by 1-0 lead when he fed Gibbs Fogarty for a goal just over Big Green produced three goals in a row over a six- winning the ensuing face-off and scoring an unassisted one minute into the contest. Maryland countered by minute span as Nick Bonacci sandwiched two scores goal to make the score 3-1. Three minutes later, Greer’s scoring just 16 seconds later when Will Dalton beat around an Ari Sussman tally. The Blue Devils coun- goal from Gibbs Fogarty pushed the lead to 4-1. The Loftus with a high shot in the corner. tered with five consecutive goals while holding Dartmouth two teams split four goals over the final nine minutes of A 3-0 run put the Blue Devils ahead for good. scoreless for just under 12 minutes. In the run, Greer the half, sending the squads into intermission with Duke Peter Lamade scored on an assist from Fred Krom at scored twice with Gibbs Fogarty, Michael Ward and ahead, 6-3. the 10:52 mark, and Danowski followed with back-to- Steve Schoeffel also finding the back of the net. Gajic fed Brett Koll for a goal early in the third back goals just 2:46 apart to push Duke ahead, 4-1. Each team then scored twice over the final 3:30 of quarter to pull Denver to within 6-4, but the Blue Devils Maryland’s Max Ritz tallied an unassisted goal of the the second quarter, with Danowski’s unassisted goal responded with goals by Greer and Quinzani less than quarter to trim the lead to 4-2. with 12 seconds left sending the teams into halftime with two minutes apart for an 8-4 advantage with 7:19 left in The second period featured goals by Sam Payton the Blue Devils ahead, 8-5. the period. The Pioneers stayed tough, again trading and Brad Ross in the first five minutes, extending the Brian Koch’s goal at the 9:27 mark of the third two goals through the end of the quarter and trailed 10-6 margin to four at 6-2. After Nick Ward found the back of period pushed the Duke lead down to two at 8-6, but the heading into the final period. the net for the Terps, Danowski posted two more tallies Blue Devils responded with a 6-1 run to claim a 14-7 The Pioneers would trim the margin to three goals to send the teams into halftime with Duke ahead, 8-3. advantage on Max Quinzani’s goal from Greer with on three occasions in the final 15 minutes, but Duke Danowski scored his final two goals of the night in 12:10 left in the final quarter. The spurt included three answered with tallies from Matt Danowski, Payton and the third period with teammates Nick O’Hara and Fogarty goals in a 30-second span by Fogarty, Dan Oppedisano Carrington each time to preserve the four-goal cushion. also scoring in the quarter as the Blue Devils built a 12- and Danowski. The Big Green then scored twice mid- Duke was stellar at the X, securing 18-of-26 face- 5 advantage. Three of O’Hara’s seven career goals way through the fourth quarter to trim the lead to five, but offs on the afternoon. Mike Catalino was a force by have come against the Terrapins. Zack Greer, who had Duke then received two goals from Greer and one from winning five-of-eight draws and added six ground balls a game-high three assists on the evening, scored his Danowski for a 17-9 cushion with four minutes left. and one goal. Nick O’Hara added nine ground balls ninth goal of the year while Ned Crotty tallied late in the Fogarty had three goals and one assist while both and his first goal of the year while Quinzani and fourth quarter to account for the final margin. Ross (1 goal & 1 assist) and Bo Carrington (2 assists) Carrington had two goals each. Loftus posted 14 saves Danowski’s six goals match his career single- posted multiple point totals. In goal, Dan Loftus was and allowed nine goals in 60 minutes of action. game best effort set in 2005 at Army. With his seven credited with eight saves while allowing nine goals. For Denver, Gajic finished with three goals and points on the night, the Farmingdale, N.Y., native now For Dartmouth, Bonacci finished the day with four one assist while Koll added two goals and three assists. has 175 career points on 95 goals and 80 assists to rank goals and two assists while Koch had three goals. Jeb Hollingsworth carded 12 saves while surrender- in 11th place on Duke’s all-time scoring chart. In seven Goalkeeper Michael Novosel picked up 12 saves ing 13 goals. career games versus Maryland, Danowski has 27 points against 17 goals allowed in his 60 minutes of action. on 17 goals and 10 assists. Ritz led Maryland with two goals and one assist. Dartmouth 3 2 2 4 = 11 Denver 0 3 3 3 = 9 Duke 3 5 4 5 = 17 Duke 2 4 4 3 = 13 Duke 4 4 4 2 = 14 Maryland 2 1 2 2 = 7 Shots: Duke 45; Dartmouth 35 Shots: Duke 47; Denver 33 Ground Balls: Duke 53; Dartmouth 41 Ground Balls: Duke 49; Denver 39 Shots: Duke 36; Maryland 32 Face-Offs: Duke 19-32; Dartmouth 13-32 Face-Offs: Duke 18-26; Denver 8-26 Ground Balls: Duke 34; Maryland 37 Clears: Duke 19-24; Dartmouth 20-25 Clears: Duke 25-32; Denver 32-37 Face-Offs: Duke 12-23; Maryland 11-23 EMO: Duke 0-3; Dartmouth 1-4 EMO: Duke 0-5; Denver 2-4 Clears: Duke 13-16; Maryland 10-15 Saves: Duke 10 (D. Loftus 8; Schroeder 2) Saves: Duke 14 (D. Loftus 14) EMO: Duke 0-3; Maryland 3-6 Dartmouth 12 (Novosel 12) Denver 12 (Hollingsworth12) Saves: Duke 14 (D. Loftus 14) Duke Scoring: Greer 6-2, Danowski 3-4, Fogarty 3-1, Duke Scoring: Greer 2-3, Quinzani 2-0, Payton 2-0, Maryland 13 (B. Phipps 13) Carrington 0-2, Ross 1-1, Ward 1-0, Quinzani 1-0, Carrington 2-0, Danowski 1-0, Ward 1-0, Schoeffel 1-0, Duke Scoring: Danowski 6-1, Greer 1-3, Fogarty 2-0, Schoeffel 1-0, Oppedisano 1-0, Lamade 0-1, C. Loftus Catalino 1-0, O’Hara 1-0, Fogarty 0-1, Krom 0-1 Ross 1-1, Lamade 1-0, Crotty 1-0, Payton 1-0, O’Hara 0-1, Douglas 0-1 Denver Scoring: Koll 2-3, Gajic 3-1, Zordani 2-0, 1-0, Krom 0-1, Schoeffel 0-1 Dartmouth Scoring: Bonacci 4-2, Koch 3-0, Root 2- Paulson 1-1, Goltra 0-2, Richardson 1-0 Maryland Scoring: Ritz 2-1, Ward 1-0, Groot 1-0, 1, Sussman 2-0, Livadas 0-1 Dalton 1-0, Alford 1-0, Sear 1-0, M. Phipps 0-1, Evans 0-1 No. 1 Duke 18, St. Joseph’s 4 No. 16 Loyola 8, No. 1 Duke 7 No. 4 Duke 9, No. 11 North Carolina 7 March 6, 2007 (Durham, N.C.) March 10, 2007 (San Diego, Calif.) March 17, 2007 (Chapel Hill, N.C.) Matt Danowski and Zack Greer combined for 10 Despite a fourth quarter rally and three goals from For the second straight year, Duke rallied from a goals and six assists to lead top-ranked Duke to an 18- Ned Crotty, top-ranked Duke dropped an 8-7 loss to large deficit to upend North Carolina, coming from five 4 victory over St. Joseph’s in men’s lacrosse action at Loyola in front of 5,132 fans in San Diego, Calif. The goals down en route to a 9-7 victory over the Tar Heels Koskinen Stadium. game was the nightcap of The First 4 event that included in front of 3,386 fans at Fetzer Field in Chapel Hill. The Blue Devils improve to 4-0 on the year while Yale’s win over Air Force. The fourth-ranked Blue Devils improve to 5-1 over- the Hawks fall to 0-4. The Blue Devils fall to 4-1 on the year while Loyola all and 2-0 in ACC action while the 11th-ranked Tar Danowski’s unassisted goal less than three min- improves to 2-2. Heels drop to 6-2 overall and 0-1 in the league. The win utes into the contest gave Duke the lead for good. Greer Trailing 5-2 heading into the final period, Duke marked Duke’s fourth straight over North Carolina. and Brad Ross added tallies in the opening period for a pulled within 5-3 when Gibbs Fogarty scored at the Last year in Durham, the Blue Devils turned a 7- 3-0 advantage. Mike O’Neill got the Hawks on the 12:58 mark. Loyola answered with a goal by Patrick 3 halftime deficit into an 11-8 victory over the Tar Heels. board with a goal from Alex Lopes at the 12:16 mark of Kennedy just 12 seconds later to push the margin back On Saturday afternoon, North Carolina jumped out to a the second quarter. After Bo Carrington and Danowski to three. 4-1 lead at the end of the first quarter thanks in part to scored back-to-back goals less than two minutes apart Later in the quarter, Crotty scored three goals as three goals from Bart Wagner. for a 5-1 Duke lead, Peter Slowik tallied the first of his the Blue Devils used a 4-0 run over a 4:07 span to take Within the first five minutes of the second period, three goals on the day to pull St. Joseph’s back within the lead, 7-6. Crotty tallied at the 8:21 and 6:55 marks the Tar Heels had extended their lead to 6-1 on Wagner’s three. Max Quinzani’s goal with just 1:35 left in the half before Matt Danowski’s goal from Michael Ward with fourth goal of the day and a Ben Staines tally at the sent the teams to intermission with the Blue Devils 5:24 on the clock tied the contest. Crotty’s third goal of 10:47 mark. ahead, 6-2. the night came with 4:14 remaining and pushed Duke Duke began its comeback with an unassisted goal Greer found the back of the net four times in the into the lead for the first time in the game. by Matt Danowski with 6:55 left in the quarter. Later, third quarter as Duke claimed a 12-4 lead. The Blue The Greyhounds responded with a goal by An- Danowski would have a shot in transition saved by Tar Devils then outscored the Hawks by a 6-0 margin over drew Spack at the 1:13 mark, and Greg Leonard Heel netminder Grant Zimmerman, but Max Quinzani the final 15 minutes to account for the final margin. provided the game-winner with just 38 seconds left. scooped the ball into an open net to pull the Blue Devils The seven goals for Greer match his career-best Danowski’s shot with just four seconds remaining was within 6-3 with 38 seconds remaining before intermis- effort set against VMI on March 1, 2005. His nine total saved by Loyola goalkeeper Alex Peaty, preserving sion. Danowski then sent Duke into halftime with the points against the Hawks are a career-high, bettering the win for the Greyhounds. game’s momentum by feeding Zack Greer for a goal his previous mark of eight versus VMI (3/1/05) and Loyola darted to a 4-1 lead after one period and led with one second on the clock. Dartmouth in the 2007 season-opener. Greer now has 5-1 at intermission. Duke’s Nick O’Hara scored the Brad Ross continued the charge for the Blue Devils 90 goals in 32 career games at Duke, standing just 10 only goal of the third quarter. to open the third quarter by winning the face-off and tallies short of becoming the 11th player in school his- Dan Kallaugher dominated the X for the first three scoring just six seconds into the period to make the tory to reach the 100-goal plateau. Danowski pushes quarters as Loyola secured eight-of-10 draws. Led by score 6-5. North Carolina responded less than three his season totals to 13 goals and nine assists while Dan Oppedisano, the Blue Devils won seven-of-nine minutes later when Nick Tintle scored off a pass from moving into 10th place on Duke’s all-time scoring chart draws in the final 15 minutes to creep back into the Sean Burke. with 182 points on 98 goals and 84 assists. He also game. Oppedisano finished the night with seven wins in A second goal by Ross at the 5:00 mark would ranks sixth on the school’s career list for assists and 12 attempts. close the margin back to one at 7-6, and Danowski’s 11th in goals. Danowski finished with two goals, pushing his unassisted goal with 1:33 left in the third quarter knotted Goalkeeper Dan Loftus had seven saves in three career total to an even 100. the contest. Following a North Carolina penalty, quarters to lead the Duke defense. For Duke, goalkeeper Dan Loftus was credited Danowski gave the Blue Devils their first lead of the with eight saves while Peaty posted 12 saves. O’Hara afternoon with a goal from Ned Crotty. Crotty would St. Joseph’s 0 2 2 0 = 4 scooped up a team-high 10 ground balls for the Blue add an insurance tally with just under three minutes Duke 3 3 6 6 = 18 Devils. remaining in the game to seal the win. Duke goalkeeper Dan Loftus posted 14 saves Shots: Duke 50; St. Joseph’s 19 Loyola 4 1 0 3 = 8 while defenseman Casey Carroll was credited with a Ground Balls: Duke 40; St. Joseph’s 22 Duke 1 0 1 5 = 7 game-high seven ground balls. Saturday’s game also Face-Offs: Duke 15-25; St. Joseph’s 10-25 witnessed the return of All-America defenseman Tony Clears: Duke 13-14; St. Joseph’s 12-23 Shots: Duke 33; Loyola 30 McDevitt, who had missed Duke’s last four games due EMO: Duke 2-5; St. Joseph’s 0-4 Ground Balls: Duke 37; Loyola 48 to injury. The Duke defense allowed just one Tar Heel Saves: Duke 9 (D. Loftus 7, Schroeder 2) Face-Offs: Duke 9-19; Loyola 10-19 goal over the final 40:47 of the contest. St. Joseph’s 12 (Hotaling 12) Clears: Duke 13-16; Loyola 15-19 Duke Scoring: Greer 7-2, Danowski 3-4, Fogarty 1-0, EMO: Duke 0-3; Loyola 0-7 Duke 1 3 3 2 = 9 Ross 1-0, Quinzani 1-0, Goldberg 1-0, Catalino 1-0, Saves: Duke 8 (D. Loftus 8) North Carolina 4 2 1 0 = 7 Carrington 1-0, Payton 1-0, McKee 1-0, C. Loftus 0-1, Loyola (Peaty 12) Ward 0-1 Duke Scoring: Ned Crotty 3-0, Matt Danowski 2-0, Shots: Duke 34; North Carolina 31 St. Joseph’s Scoring: Slowik 3-0, O’Neill 1-1, Lopes Gibbs Fogarty 1-0, Nick O’Hara 1-0, Michael Ward 0- Ground Balls: Duke 36; North Carolina 33 0-1, O’Brien 0-1 1, Fred Krom 0-1 Face-Offs: Duke 8-18; North Carolina 10-18 Loyola Scoring: Patrick Kennedy 2-0, Ryan Rabidou Clears: Duke 21-28; North Carolina 22-26 1-1, Paul Richards 1-1, Shane Koppens 1-0, Dan Bauers EMO: Duke 1-2; North Carolina 1-5 1-0, Andrew Spack 1-0, Greg Leonard 1-0, Dan Saves: Duke 14 (D. Loftus 14) Kallaugher 0-1 North Carolina 12 (Zimmerman 12) Duke Scoring: Danowski 3-1, Crotty 2-1, Ross 2-0, Greer 1-0, Quinzani 1-0, Lamade 0-1 North Carolina Scoring: Wagner 4-0, Tintle 1-1, Staines 1-0, Connors 1-0, Petracca 0-1, Burns 0-1, Jarvis 0-1, Hunt 00-1, Burke 0-1 No. 1 Cornell 7, No. 5 Duke 6 No. 5 Duke 6, No. 7 Georgetown 4 No. 5 Duke 12, No. 12 Delaware 6 March 20, 2007 (Durham, N.C.) March 24, 2007 (Washington, D.C.) March 30, 2007 (Durham, N.C.) Eric Pittard’s extra man goal with 8:54 remain- Goalkeeper Dan Loftus registered a season-high Matt Danowski and Zack Greer combined for ing in the fourth quarter proved to be the game-winning 19 saves and the Duke defense limited Georgetown to five goals and six assists and Duke limited Delaware to tally as top-ranked Cornell defeated fifth-ranked Duke, just one goal in the second half as the fifth-ranked Blue just two goals through three quarters of action as the fifth- 7-6, in front of 2,332 fans at Koskinen Stadium in Durham. Devils earned a 6-4 victory over the seventh-ranked ranked Blue Devils defeated the 12th-ranked Blue Hens, The Big Red improves to 5-0 on the year while the Hoyas in front of 3,246 fans in Washington, D.C. 12-6, at Koskinen Stadium. Blue Devils fall to 5-2. Duke improves to 6-2 on the year while The Blue Devils improve to 7-2 on the year while Duke jumped on top 1-0 less than five minutes into Georgetown falls to 4-2. the Blue Hens fall to 6-3. the game when Sam Payton found the back of the net The save total of Loftus fell one shy of his career- Duke’s Brad Ross got the Blue Devils off on the off a feed from Bo Carrington. After David Mitchell best performance of 20 set last year against Maryland. right foot with two goals in the first six minutes of play, scored the first of his three goals to equal the score, Matt Defensemen Casey Carroll and Nick O’Hara each scoring an unassisted goal at the 13:26 mark and then a Danowski put the Blue Devils ahead by two with a pair were credited with four ground balls to pace the Blue second tally from Danowski at the 9:48 mark. Just 34 of tallies at the 1:24 mark of the first period and 9:11 mark Devils. seconds after Ross’ second goal, Max Quinzani scored of the second quarter. The Hoyas took a 1-0 lead less than two minutes to push Duke’s lead to 3-0. Danowski and Peter Lamade Mitchell’s second goal of the evening came on a into the game when Andrew Baird tallied an unas- both found the back of the net in the final 1:37 of the pass from Danny Nathan with 90 seconds left before sisted goal at the 13:03 mark. The advantage was in- opening quarter to give the Blue Devils a 5-0 advan- halftime, but Zack Greer pumped in the 92nd goal of his creased to 2-0 when Cullen Molinari scored with 9:09 tage. career with just 13 seconds remaining to give Duke a 4- left in the opening period. In the second quarter, Greer scored from Ross 2 lead at intermission. The Blue Devils got on the scoreboard at the 12:42 with 1:44 remaining and then assisted on a goal by Cornell used a 3-0 spurt in the third period to claim mark of the second quarter when Ned Crotty got by his Mike Catalino at the 1:17 mark to make the score 7-0. a 5-4 advantage with Henry Bartlett, Max Seibald and defender down the left side and scored over Georgetown The Blue Hens got on the board with 34 seconds left in Brian Clayton producing goals. After Duke’s Peter goalkeeper Miles Kass’ left shoulder. With 6:41 remain- the period with a goal by Dan Deckelbaum, but Duke Lamade tied the game with an unassisted goal from the ing the second period, Trevor Casey netted a goal to took an 8-1 lead into halftime when Danowski fed Ned right side, Greer found Payton for a 6-5 Blue Devil lead give the Hoyas a 3-1 cushion. Crotty for a behind-the-back goal with just one second with just six seconds left in the quarter. Zack Greer’s goal just 28 seconds into the third on the clock. Striking paydirt immediately off the face-off to be- period pulled the Blue Devils to within 3-2. Greer was Greer scored twice and Danowski once as the gin the final period, the Big Red knotted the game at 7-7 able to beat Kass from just above the crease following a Blue Devils scored the first three goals of the third period when Mitchell scored just seven seconds into the fourth nifty feed from Gibbs Fogarty. Georgetown answered to claim an 11-1 lead with less than three minutes re- quarter. Pittard’s game-winning goal, which came fol- with a fastbreak goal by Jake Samperton to claim a 4- maining. Delaware then used a 4-0 spurt to climb within lowing a scramble for the ball near the midfield line, then 2 lead with 10:36 left in the third quarter. 11-5 on Jordan Hall’s unassisted goal at the 11:42 came six minutes later on an assist from Seibald. The At the 8:39 mark of the third period, Crotty dodged mark of the fourth quarter. Crotty and Delaware’s Nick Blue Devils’ last chance came with less than one minute from behind the goal and scored his second goal of the LoManto would each score to account for the final remaining, but Danowski’s shot from outside hit the far day to make the score 4-3 in favor of the Hoyas. Fol- margin. post. lowing a takeaway by Carroll and Georgetown penalty, Greer posted three goals and two assists, and Mitchell paced the Big Red offense with three goals Matt Danowski used a bounce pass to find Greer in now has 97 goals in just 37 career games. Greer’s five while Seibald contributed one goal and two assists. In front of the net and the Canadian deposited his 20th goal points versus Delaware push the Whitby, Ontario, goal, Matt McMonagle registered 11 saves while col- of the year to tie the game at 4-4 with 3:09 remaining in Canada product into 22nd place on Duke’s all-time scor- lecting a team-best five ground balls. the third quarter. The assist extended Danowski’s streak ing chart with 132 career points on 97 goals and 35 Danowski and Payton each scored two goals to of consecutive games with at least one point to 30 – the assists. Crotty and Ross each had two goals for the lead the Blue Devils. Danowski moved into a tie for fifth-longest active streak in the nation . Blue Devils while goalkeeper Dan Loftus was credited seventh place on Duke’s all-time scoring list with 190 The Blue Devils took their first lead of the contest for 10 saves. career points on 105 goals and 85 assists. Dan Loftus at the 11:28 mark when a Brad Ross pass led to a For the Blue Hens, Alex Smith was dominant at was credited for 17 saves including nine in the final 15 transition goal by Danowski. The goal marked the 106th the X, winning 18-of-21 face-offs while securing five minutes while Nick O’Hara and Max Quinzani had career tally for Danowski, matching Duke great Tony ground balls. LoManto and Kevin Kaminski led the seven and six ground balls, respectively. Cullen for ninth place on the school’s all-time chart. offense with two goals apiece and goalie Tommy Ross then pushed the advantage to 6-4 with an unas- Scherr posted 16 saves. Cornell 1 1 3 2 = 7 sisted goal with 8:04 left. Duke 2 2 2 0 = 6 Delaware 0 1 1 4 = 6 Duke 0 1 3 2 = 6 Duke 5 3 3 1 = 12 Shots: Duke 32; Cornell 35 Georgetown 2 1 1 0 = 4 Ground Balls: Duke 39; Cornell 31 Shots: Duke 43; Delaware 26 Shots: Duke 29; Georgetown 38 Face-Offs: Duke 11-15; Cornell 4-15 Ground Balls: Duke 39; Delaware 37 Ground Balls: Duke 25; Georgetown 40 Clears: Duke 17-21; Cornell 18-21 Face-Offs: Duke 3-21; Delaware 18-21 Face-Offs: Duke 3-14; Georgetown 11-14 EMO: Duke 0-2; Cornell 1-3 Clears: Duke 22-22; Delaware 17-25 Clears: Duke 23-28; Georgetown 20-22 Saves: Duke 17 (D. Loftus 17) EMO: Duke 2-6; Delaware 0-2 EMO: Duke 1-2; Georgetown 0-2 Cornell 11 (McMonagle 11) Saves: Duke 10 (D. Loftus 10) Saves: Duke 19 (D. Loftus 19) Duke Scoring: Danowski 2-0, Payton 2-0, Greer 1-1, Delaware 16 (Scherr 16) Georgetown 12 (Kass 12) Lamade 1-0, Carrington 0-1 Duke Scoring: Danowski 2-4, Greer 3-2, Ross 2-1, Duke Scoring: Crotty 2-0, Greer 2-0, Danowski 1-1, Cornell Scoring: Mitchell 3-0, Seibald 1-2, Pittard 1- Crotty 2-0, Lamade 1-1, Quinzani 1-0, Catalino 1-0 Ross 1-1, Fogarty 0-1 1, Bartlett 1-0, Clayton 1-0, Nathan 0-1 Delaware Scoring: LoManto 2-0, Kaminski 2-0, Hall Georgetown Scoring: Samperton 1-0, Baird 1-0, 1-1, Deckelbaum 1-0 Molinari 1-0, Casey 1-0, Cannon 0-1 No. 5 Duke 18, Bellarmine 9 No. 4 Duke 11, No. 9 Johns Hopkins 9 No. 4 Duke 7, No. 3 Virginia 6 (OT) March 31, 2007 (Durham, N.C.) April 7, 2007 (Baltimore, Md.) April 21, 2007 (Durham, N.C.) Zack Greer scored five goals and Matt Danowski Zack Greer scored six goals and Matt Danowski Duke’s Brad Ross scored a career-high three eclipsed the 200-point barrier with a one-goal, five-as- handed out four assists to lead fourth-ranked Duke to an goals including the game-winner in overtime to lift the sist performance as fifth-ranked Duke defeated Bellarmine, 11-9 victory over ninth-ranked Johns Hopkins in front of fourth-ranked Blue Devils to a 7-6 victory over third- 18-9, as 1,148 fans looked on at Koskinen Stadium. 4,802 fans at Homewood Field in Baltimore, Md. ranked Virginia as 6,588 fans looked on at Koskinen Greer finished the day with five goals and two The Blue Devils, winners of four straight, improve Stadium in Durham. assists, and now has 102 goals in 38 career games at to 9-2 on the year while the Blue Jays, who have now In overtime, the Cavaliers secured the face-off but Duke. With one goal and a career-high five assists on lost three in a row for the first time since 1990, fall to 4- failed to get a shot off before turning the ball over. Duke the afternoon, Danowski became the 21st player in ACC 4. The win marked Duke’s first over Johns Hopkins successfully cleared the ball into its offensive end before history to reach 200 points, and currently ranks fifth on since the 1997 NCAA Tournament when the Blue Dev- misfiring on its first shot in the extra period. Keeping Duke’s all-time scoring chart with 204 points on 109 ils prevailed in a 12-11 overtime decision in College possession, Matt Danowski controlled the ball on the goals and 95 assists. In addition, the Farmingdale, N.Y., Park, Md. left side and fed a cutting Ross who beat Virginia goal- native is five assists shy of becoming just the fifth player Stephen Peyser put Johns Hopkins on top less keeper Kip Turner with a behind-the-back shot into the in ACC history to register 100 goals and 100 assists in than one minute into the contest with an unassisted goal. net. a career. Duke had an opportunity to tie the game at the 11 minute Virginia scratched the scoreboard first almost six After the teams traded goals in the opening three mark, but Fred Krom’s shot from the right side bounced minutes into the opening period when Jack Riley scored minutes of the game, Duke used a 5-1 run to claim a 6- off the left post. With 8:42 remaining in the opening quar- off an assist from Garrett Billings. Just over three 2 lead on Greer’s goal from Max Quinzani at the 3:22 ter, Greer received a pass from Danowski and scored minutes later, Duke knotted the game at 1-1 on Peter mark of the opening quarter. Bellarmine’s Bruce Tan to make the score 1-1. Lamade’s goal from Danowski. With the assist, scored with less than one minute left in the period to pull After Duke won the ensuing face-off with a Danowski became the 34th player in NCAA history to the Knights within 6-3, but the Blue Devils responded groundball by Bo Carrington, and the Danowski-to- register 100 or more goals and 100 or more assists in a with three goals from Peter Lamade, Fred Krom and Greer combination hooked up again for a goal to give the career. The Farmingdale, N.Y., native finished the game Terrence Molinari to open the second quarter and Blue Devils a 2-1 advantage at the 7:32 mark. Peyser’s with one goal and three assists to push his career totals push ahead, 9-3. second goal of the afternoon knotted the game at 2-2. to 111 goals and 102 assists. Bryan Brown fed Adam Gardner for a goal at The Blue Devils regained possession following Goals by Foster Gilbert at the 5:23 mark of the the 8:54 mark of the second period to make the score 9- a Blue Jay turnover, and an unassisted goal by Brad first quarter and Max Pomper just over two minutes into 4, and Duke then used a four-goal spurt to take a 13-4 Ross with 54 seconds left and Duke would lead 3-2 the second period gave the Cavaliers a 3-1 lead. Ross advantage on Josh Coveleski’s extra man goal from after one period. Johns Hopkins struck quickly in the sent the teams into intermission with Virginia ahead 3-2 Ned Crotty with 6:09 left. Each team scored once second quarter as Matt Bocklet tallied a goal just 17 with a goal at the 8:46 mark, and his second tally of the before the quarter ended and the Blue Devils led 14-5 at seconds into the period to tie the contest at three goals game leveled the score at 3-3 with 11:03 left in the third intermission. each. period. Virginia responded with consecutive goals of its Coveleski, Quinzani and John Walsh tallied for Duke took advantage of an extra man situation own as Ben Rubeor — the nation’s leader in both goals the Blue Devils in the third frame while Ray Finnegan when Danowski scoreed to push the Blue Devils ahead, scored and total points — found the back of the net at the and Gardner countered for the Knights. The final period 4-3, with 7:13 left in the second quarter. The Blue Jays 10:34 mark of the third quarter and Steve Giannone featured goals by Finnegan and Dylan MacDougal for answered at the 5:43 mark with a goal by Steven scored with 6:13 on the clock for a 5-3 Cavalier advan- Bellarmine and Crotty for Duke. Boyle, but Greer scored two more goals in the half and tage. Four Duke goalkeepers — Dan Loftus, Rob Hopkins tallied one as Duke led at intermission, 6-5. With just under one minute remaining in the third Schroeder, Devon Sherwood and Max Wygod — The Blue Devils scored the firs three goals of the quarter, Mike Catalino scored inside after receiving a combined for 13 saves. Quinzani and Parker McKee third quarter to claim a 9-5 lead on Greer’s fifth tally of the pass from Danowski to pull the Blue Devils to within 5- each scooped up a team-high five ground balls. game. The Blue Jays would get no closer than two 4. Following a Virginia penalty, Lamade found Zack goals the rest of the way. Casey Carroll, who scored Greer open on the crease for an extra man tally to tie the score. Turner then sparked the Cavaliers by picking up Bellarmine 3 2 2 2 = 9 his first goal of the season in the contest, was credited the second assist of his career with a long pass to Duke 6 8 3 1 = 18 with a game-high seven ground balls while Dan Loftus finished with 13 saves for Duke. Rubeor, who scored to push Virginia ahead, 6-5, with 8:48 left in the game. Shots: Duke 56; Bellarmine 34 The win snapped Duke’s four-game losing streak Danowski would pump in the final goal of regula- Ground Balls: Duke 57; Bellarmine 33 against Johns Hopkins while giving the Blue Devils tion, dodging from behind the cage and squeezing the Face-Offs: Duke 13-30; Bellarmine 17-30 four road wins this season over Maryland, North Caro- ball between the near pipe and Turner’s left leg to tie the Clears: Duke 20-23; Bellarmine 12-21 lina, Georgetown and Johns Hopkins. contest at 6-6 at the 6:01 mark. EMO: Duke 5-8; Bellarmine 1-6 Duke 0 1 3 2 = 6 Saves: Duke 14 (Loftus 6, Schroeder 5, Sherwood 3) Johns Hopkins 2 1 1 0 = 4 Virginia 2 1 2 1 0 = 6 Bellarmine 20 (Hutchens 19, Haas 1) Duke 1 1 2 2 1 = 7 Duke Scoring: Greer 5-2, Danowski 1-5, Crotty 2-1, Shots: Duke 35; Johns Hopkins 39 Krom 2-1, Quinzani 2-1, Coveleski 2-1, Lamade 1-1, Ground Balls: Duke 39; Johns Hopkins 28 Shots: Duke 44; Virginia 29 Ross 1-0, Molinari 1-0, Walsh 1-0, Payton 0-1, Tkac 0- Face-Offs: Duke 10-23; Johns Hopkins 13-23 Ground Balls: Duke 58; Virginia 38 1 Clears: Duke 13-18; Johns Hopkins 14-17 Face-Offs: Duke 7-16; Virginia 9-16 Bellarmine Scoring: Finnegan 3-1, Gardner 3-0, Tan EMO: Duke 1-3; Johns Hopkins 0-3 Clears: Duke 26-30; Virginia 26-33 1-2, MacDougal 2-0, Brown 0-1, Holland 0-1, Nash 0- Saves: Duke 13 (D. Loftus 13) EMO: Duke 1-3; Virginia 0-2 1, Davis 0-1 Johns Hopkins 12 (Schwartzman 12) Saves: Duke 15 (D. Loftus 15) Duke Scoring: Greer 6-1, Danowski 1-4, Ross 1-0, Virginia 20 (Turner 20) Quinzani 1-0, Carroll 1-0, Fogarty 1-0, Crotty 0-1, Duke Scoring: Danowski 1-3, Ross 3-0, Lamade 1-1, McKee 0-1 Greer 1-0, Catalino 1-0 Johns Hopkins Scoring: Peyser 2-2, Rabil 1-2, Boyle Virginia Scoring: Rubeor 2-0, Pomper 1-0, Gilbert 1- 2-0, Koesterer 1-1, Huntley 1-0, Kimmel 1-0, Bocklet 1- 0, Riley 1-0, Giannone 1-0, Billings 0-1, Thompson 0-1, 0 Turner 0-1 Individual Game-By-Game SCORING (g-a) DART DEN MD ST.J LOY UNC COR GT DEL BELL JH UVa ARMY AFA Carrington 0-2 2-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Carroll 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 Catalino 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 Coveleski 0-0 0-0 dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp 0-0 2-1 0-0 0-0 Crotty 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 3-0 2-1 0-0 2-0 2-0 2-1 0-1 0-0 Danowski 3-4 1-0 6-1 3-4 2-0 3-1 2-0 1-1 2-4 1-5 1-4 1-3 Douglas 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 dnp dnp 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Fogarty 3-1 0-1 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 Goldberg 0-0 dnp dnp 1-0 dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp 0-0 dnp dnp Greer 6-2 2-3 1-3 7-2 0-0 1-0 1-1 2-0 3-2 5-2 6-1 1-0 Krom 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-1 0-0 0-0 Lamade 0-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-0 0-0 1-1 1-1 0-0 1-1 C. Loftus 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 dnp dnp dnp 0-0 0-0 dnp dnp McKee 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 Molinari 0-0 0-0 dnp 0-0 dnp dnp dnp dnp 0-0 1-0 dnp dnp O’Hara 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Oppedisano 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Payton 0-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 Quinzani 1-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 2-1 1-0 0-0 Ross 1-1 0-0 1-1 1-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 1-1 2-1 1-0 1-0 3-0 Schoeffel 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Walsh 0-0 0-0 dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp 1-0 dnp dnp Ward 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

FACE-OFFS DART DEN MD ST.J LOY UNC COR GT DEL BELL JH UVa ARMY AFA Catalino 1-2 5-8 2-3 4-7 1-2 0-0 1-2 1-2 0-4 3-7 3-6 0-3 Molinari 4-5 0-0 0-0 3-3 dnp dnp dnp dnp 1-2 1-4 dnp dnp O’Hara 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 Oppedisano 8-13 1-2 2-3 3-4 7-12 4-9 3-4 2-7 1-8 9-15 4-11 5-9 Payton 3-6 11-12 4-10 2-5 0-2 1-3 2-2 0-2 1-5 0-3 0-1 1-1 Ross 3-6 1-4 4-7 3-6 1-3 3-4 4-6 0-3 0-3 0-1 3-4 1-3

GOAL (sv-ga) DART DEN MD ST.J LOY UNC COR GT DEL BELL JH UVa ARMY AFA D. Loftus 8-9 14-9 14-7 7-4 8-8 14-7 17-7 19-4 10-6 6-5 13-9 15-6 Schroeder 2-2 dnp dnp 2-0 dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp 5-1 dnp dnp Sherwood dnp dnp dnp 0-0 dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp 3-3 dnp dnp Wygod dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp 0-0 dnp dnp

Duke Starting Lineups Dartmouth: A - Danowski, Fogarty, Greer; M - Lamade, Crotty, Ross; D - Carroll, McDevitt, McFadyen; G - D. Loftus Denver: A - Danowski, Fogarty, Greer; M - Lamade, Crotty, Ross; D - Carroll, McKee, McFadyen; G - D. Loftus Maryland: A - Danowski, Fogarty, Greer; M - Lamade, Crotty, Ross; D - Carroll, Theodoridis, McFadyen; G - D. Loftus St. Joseph’s: A - Danowski, Fogarty, Greer; M - Lamade, Crotty, Ross; D - Carroll, Theodoridis, McFadyen; G - D. Loftus Loyola: A - Danowski, Fogarty, Greer; M - Lamade, Crotty, Ross; D - Carroll, Theodoridis, McFadyen; G - D. Loftus North Carolina: A - Danowski, Fogarty, Greer; M - Lamade, Crotty, Ross; D - Carroll, McDevitt, McFadyen; G - D. Loftus Cornell: A - Danowski, Fogarty, Greer; M - Lamade, Crotty, Ross; D - Carroll, McDevitt, McFadyen; G - D. Loftus Georgetown: A - Danowski, Fogarty, Greer; M - Lamade, Crotty, Ross; D - Carroll, McDevitt, McFadyen; G - D. Loftus Delaware: A - Danowski, Fogarty, Greer; M - Lamade, Crotty, Ross; D - Carroll, McDevitt, McFadyen; G - D. Loftus Bellarmine: A - Danowski, Fogarty, Greer; M - Lamade, Crotty, Ross; D - Carroll, McDevitt, McFadyen; G - D. Loftus Johns Hopkins: A - Danowski, Fogarty, Greer; M - Lamade, Crotty, Ross; D - Carroll, McDevitt, McFadyen; G - D. Loftus Virginia: A - Danowski, Fogarty, Greer; M - Lamade, Crotty, Ross; D - Carroll, McDevitt, McFadyen; G - D. Loftus