DUKE MEN’S LACROSSE 18 GAME NOTES CONTACT INFORMATION DUKE BLUE DEVILS vs. LOYOLA GREYHOUNDS Meredith Rieder Saturday, March 10 | 3 p.m. | Facebook Live/Patriot League TV Associate Sports Information Director Ridley Athletic Complex | Baltimore, Md. [email protected] | (P) 919-684-3328 | (C) 919-812-6741 DUKE (5-1, 0-0 ACC) DUKE BLUE DEVILS LOYOLA 2018 record (ACC) 5-1 (0-0) 2018 record (Patriot League) 4-1 (2-0) FEBRUARY USILA/IL 3/3 USILA/IL 6/7 Last Game W, 14-4 vs. Richmond, 3/3/18 Last Game W, 13-5 vs. Holy Cross, 3/4/18 Record vs. Loyola 19-12 Record vs. Duke 12-19 Last Matchup W, 15-7, 3/11/2017 Last Matchup L, 7-15, 3/11/17 Feb. 3 | 1 PM Feb. 8 | 7 PM Feb. 10 | 1 PM Head Coach John Danowski Head Coach Charley Toomey W, 18-4 W, 18-6 W, 19-8 Career Record/Season 388-191/36th season Career Record/Season 121-60/13th season Duke Record/Season 169-52/12th season Loyola Record/Season same vs. Loyola 12-13 vs. Duke 4-11 vs. Loyoa at Duke 10-4 vs. Duke at Loyola same SETTING THE SCENE BY THE NUMBERS Duke opens a three-game road swing at Loyola Feb. 16 | 5 PM Feb. 24 | 1 PM 3 – Duke’s national rank following the setback at W, 15-12 L, 9-10 Saturday. It will be a second top-10 matchup for the Blue Devils. Penn MARCH The Blue Devils are 5-1 and ranked third, while 6 – Loyola’s USILA rank heading into Saturday’s Loyola is 4-1 and ranked sixth. game The game will be broadcast on Facebook Live. THE SERIES HISTORY 15.50 – Goals per game average for the Blue Devils, the second highest in the nation Duke and Loyola are meeting for the 32nd time overall and for the 18th straight season. The Blue March 3 | 1 PM March 10 | 3 PM March 17 | 12 PM 7.20 – Goals allowed per game by Loyola, the fifth Devils are 19-12 versus Loyola overall and have won W, 14-4 Baltimore, Md. | Towson, Md. | LSN best average among Division I programs the past three regular season games. The Blue Devils cruised past the Greyhounds 15-7 282 – Career points for Justin Guterding, good for last season, but are just 4-7 in Baltimore, going 2-2 fourth on the Duke scoring chart in the past four games at Ridley Athletic Complex. 61 – Straight games with a point for senior Justin TALE OF THE TAPE Guterding, the longest among Division I players March 18 | 1 PM March 24 | 1:30 PM Category Duke Loyola Cleveland, Ohio | LSN Durham, N.C.| ESPNU . Shots/Game 36.3 43.4 39 – Consecutive games with a point for Loyola APRIL Goals/Game 15.50 13.60 attackman Pat Spencer, one of seven Division I Assists/Game 8.17 7.00 upperclassmen to have a point in every game of his Points/Game 23.67 20.60 career Shot % .427 .313 GAA 7.33 7.20 4-7 – Duke’s record against Loyola in Baltimore GBs/Game 31.00 30.00 EMO 7-12 (.583) 6-17 (.353) 14-8 – The Blue Devils’ record in true road games March 30 | 5 PM April 7 | 4 PM APRIL 14 | 1 PM Man Down 11-15 (.733) 14-16 (.875) since 2015 Durham, N.C. | ESPNU Notre Dame, Ind. | ESPNU Charlottesville, Va. | ESPNU Clears 93-100 (.930) 95-104 (.913) Faceoff % 64-156 (.410) 54-122 (.443) JUSTIN Guterding BRAD Smith DANNY Fowler April 20 | 7 PM April 27 & 29 Milwaukee, Wis. Charlottesville, Va. CBS Sports Network ESPNU MAY 282 68 494 CAREER POINTS CAREER POINTS CAREER SAVES 32 SHY OF BECOMING 4TH IN DUKE HISTORY 4TH AMONG ACTIVE PLAYERS May 6 | 12 PM DUKE’S 45TH Durham, N.C. | ACCNE 100-POINT SCORER DUKE REBOUNDS LOYOLA SERIES HISTORY The third-ranked Blue Devils rebounded in a 2018 HONORS & AWARDS Overall: Duke leads 19-12 convincing way last Saturday with a 14-4 victory Previous 10: Duke leads 7-3 ACC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK over Richmond. Trailing 2-1 after the first quarter, Under John Danowski: Duke leads 10-4 Justin Guterding (Feb. 5, Feb. 19) In Baltimore: Loyola leads 7-4 Duke rattled off eight straight goals to secure a 9-2 halftime lead. Justin Guterding assisted on the tying ACC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Year Location Result goal and scored the next four straight to give Duke JT Giles-Harris (Feb. 5), Danny Fowler (Feb. 19) 1946 Durham, N.C. W, 22-4 a comfortable lead. He finished with eight points 1947 Durham, N.C. W, 7-2 overall. Defensively, Duke kept the Spiders off the USILA TEAM OF THE WEEK 4/22/1967 Chicago, Ill. L, 3-11 scoreboard in the second and fourth quarters and Justin Guterding (Feb. 5, Feb. 12) Joe Robertson (Feb. 19) 4/19/1969 Chicago, Ill. L, 12-13 forced 25 turnovers. Richmond managed only 25 Cade Van Raaphorst (Mar. 6) 3/28/1987 Baltimore, Md. L, 12-16 shots for the game with 10 of the 14 on goal being 4/16/1988 Durham, N.C. W, 9-8 (OT) stopped by goaltender Danny Fowler. WARRIOR/US LACROSSE PLAYER OF THE WEEK 4/15/1989 Baltimore, Md. L, 9-14 Justin Guterding (Feb. 12) 4/14/1990 Durham, N.C. L, 5-13 LAST TIME WE MET 4/13/1991 Baltimore, Md. W, 11-10 Danny Fowler made 14 saves to lead No. 16 Duke TEAM CAPTAINS 4/11/1992 Durham, N.C. W, 10-5 to a 15-7 victory over No. 12 Loyola last season and Sean Cerrone, Justin Guterding, 3/11/2000 Baltimore, Md. L, 10-11 Jack Harrington 3/10/2001 Durham, N.C. L, 8-10 give John Danowski his 375th career victory. 3/9/2002 Baltimore, Md. L, 9-11 The Blue Devils outscored the Greyhounds by PRESEASON ALL-ACC 3/8/2003 Durham, N.C. W, 10-4 a 5-0 margin in the second quarter to take an 8-3 Danny Fowler, Justin Guterding 3/13/2004 Baltimore, Md. W, 11-3 advantage into halftime as Brad Smith spearheaded Cade Van Raaphorst 3/12/2005 Durham, N.C. W, 6-5 the spurt with a pair of goals. Jack Bruckner and 3/11/2006 San Diego, Calif. W, 9-7 Justin Guterding finished with five points each INSIDE LACROSSE PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN 3/10/2007 San Diego, Calif. L, 7-8 while fellow attackman Joey Manown posted three Cade Van Raaphorst (1st) 3/8/2008 Durham, N.C. W, 18-4 markers and one helper. Smith carded two goals and Justin Guterding (2nd), Brad Smith (2nd) 5/10/2008 Durham, N.C. W, 12-7% one assist and Mitch Russell came off the bench to JT Giles-Harris (3rd), Danny Fowler (HM) 3/7/2009 Durham, N.C. W, 11-9 contribute one goal and two assists. 3/13/2010 Baltimore, Md. W, 8-5 Duke held Loyola leading scorer Pat Spencer to just 3/11/2011 Durham, N.C. W, 14-9 three points, half his 6.0 points per game average. 3/10/2012 Baltimore, Md. L, 8-13 3/8/2013 Durham, N.C. W, 9-8 SCOUTING LOYOLA 5/12/2013 Durham, N.C. W, 12-11 (2OT)% Loyola heads into Saturday’s contest ranked sixth with a 4-1 overall record. The Greyhounds are coming 3/9/2014 Baltimore, Md. L, 7-14 off of 13-5 victory over conference foe Holy Cross. They are 1-1 against ranked opponents, losing to Virginia 3/7/2015 Durham, N.C. W, 14-8 13-12 and beating Johns Hopkins 12-5. 3/12/2016 Baltimore, Md. W, 15-6 5/14/2016 Baltimore, Md. L, 11-16% Pat Spencer headlines the offense with 12 goals and 15 assists for 27 points to rank ninth nationally. Kevin 3/11/2017 Durham, N.C. W, 15-7 Lindley complements him with 13 goals and 15 points overall, while Jay Drapeau has 11 points. % NCAA Tournament Foster Huggins is the top takeaway man to anchor the close defense. He has 17 caused turnovers and 13 ground balls. At the X, Mike Orefice has taken the majority of draws, winning 44-of-97 (.454). Loyola has been outstanding on man-down, allowing just two man-up goals on 16 opportunities. Jacob Stover mans the cage, sporting a 7.13 goals against average and a .521 save percentage. BLUE DEVIL PROBABLE LINEUP Pos. No. Name Cl. G-A-P Other Notes A 8 Joe Robertson Fr. 16-6-22 6 GBs Had four 4th-quarter goals in win over No. 4 Denver A 14 Justin Guterding Sr. 23-21-45 .575 shot% 282 career points A 31 Joey Manown So. 5-5-10 6 GB Returns after solid rookie campaign M 9 Sean Lowrie Jr. 6-1-7 2 UP Was a member of the 2nd midfield line in 2017 M 27 Brad Smith Jr. 8-7-15 6 GBs Duke’s third leading scorer M 66 Peter Conley 5Sr. 9-2-11 1 UP Scored first Duke goal vs. High Point D 2 JT Giles-Harris So. - 7 GBs, 7 CTs ACC Defensive Player of the Week (2/5) D 7 Cade Van Raaphorst Jr. - 15 GB, 10 CT Preseason All-ACC by league’s coaches D 49 Kevin McDonough 5Sr. - 10 GB, 4 CT Transferred to Duke for 5th year after graduating from Penn G 3 Danny Fowler R-Jr.