Completed Event: Men's Lacrosse versus Georgetown on May 10, 2025 , Loss , 12, to, 16
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Men's Lacrosse
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Notes: Duke 12, Cornell 11
5/26/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
- Duke University is making its third appearance in the NCAA Division I semi-finals and the second appearance in the last three years. It is the Blue Devils' 11th overall appearance in the NCAA Tournament and they are 11-10 all-time in the NCAA Tournament.
- Cornell University is making its 10th NCAA Division I semi-final appearance and its first since the 1988 season. Overall, the Big Red have appeared in 20 NCAA Tournaments, including this year. Cornell has a 24-16 all-time record in NCAA Tournament play.
- The Blue Devils will advance to Monday's NCAA Championship game where they will face Johns Hopkins University, an 8-3 winner over Delaware in today's first semi-final. It will be the Blue Devils' second championship game appearance in the last three years and both of those games have come against Johns Hopkins. The Blue Jays won the meeting two years ago by a 9-8 margin at Lincoln Financial Field.
- The announced attendance of 52,004 set an NCAA Division I men's lacrosse record, surpassing the previous record of 49,562 set last year in Philadelphia by 2,442 fans. The attendance is just 643 fans shy of matching the fifth-highest semi-final mark in men's basketball history, which was set in the 2002 semi-finals.
- This is the eighth all-time meeting between the two teams and the second meeting this season. Cornell defeated Duke by a 7-6 margin in Durham on March 20. It was Duke's second win over the Big Red in the last seven meetings.
- Both teams entered the semi-final with significant win streaks. The Blue Devils extended their win streak to 12 straight games, which sets a school record. Meanwhile, Cornell suffered its first loss of the season after winning its first 15 games to begin the season.
- Cornell allowed a season-high seven goals in the first half. The Big Red previously allowed six goals in the opening 30 minutes against Syracuse on April 9 and against Albany last week in the quarter-finals. In addition, the four-goal deficit was Cornell's largest of the season, surpassing the three-goal deficit the Big Red had against Albany last week.
- After taking a 3-2 lead with 1:25 remaining in the first quarter, Cornell was held scoreless for the rest of the first half. The scoreless second quarter marked the first time the Big Red had been without a goal in a single period this season, snapping a streak of 74 consecutive quarters with a goal. Cornell's last scoreless quarter prior to today's semi-final was in the third quarter of the Big Red's 4-3 victory at Princeton on April 22, 2006.
- There were three ties in the first quarter as the score was tied at 1-1, 2-2 and 3-3. After scoring the first goal of the game, Cornell never officially lost the lead as the teams traded goals in the period. However, Duke scored seven unanswered goals in the second and third quarters, marking the Blue Devils' first lead of the game.
- Cornell ended a scoring drought of 29 minutes, 2 seconds with 2:23 left in the third quarter when senior attackman David Mitchell scored off an assist from Max Seibald, which ignited a four-goal run by the Big Red. Mitchell scored three of the four goals during the rally, which cut the Blue Devil lead to 10-7 with 13:08 remaining in the fourth quarter.
- Trailing by 11-7 with 11:21 left in the fourth quarter, Cornell scored four straight goals to tie the score at 11-11 with 17 seconds remaining. Three different players scored goals for Cornell, including senior Brian Clayton, who started the rally with an unassisted goal at the 11:13 mark and scored the tying goal with an unassisted marker.
- With four goals against Cornell, Duke junior attackman Zack Greer set the school record for goals in a single NCAA Tournament with 16 goals in three games, surpassing the previous record of 13, which was set by teammate Matt Danowski during the 2005 tournament. He also extended his school record for career goals in the NCAA Tournament and now has 26 goals in postseason play.
- In addition, Duke junior Zack Greer recorded his sixth multi-goal NCAA Tournament game, which set the school record. Teammate Matt Danowski was tied with Greer for the previous record of five multi-goal games in postseason play. It is also Greer's sixth career hat trick in NCAA Tournament play.
- With his four goals in the game, Duke junior Zack Greer moved into third place on the NCAA's all-time single-season goals list, passing Cornell's Mike French, who scored 65 goals during the 1976 season. His 67 goals are an Atlantic Coast Conference single-season record.
- With one goal and two assists, Duke senior attackman Matt Danowski is now tied for 16th place on the NCAA's all-time single-season points list with 94 and is now tied with Cornell's Mike French (1974) and Canisius' Randy Means (1990). Meanwhile, junior Zack Greer is now in 20th place on the NCAA's all-time single-season points list with 93 points, surpassing Danowski and Marist's Peter Cleary. Danowski had 92 points two years ago while Cleary recorded 92 points during the 1986 season.
- With a three-point performance, Duke senior attackman Matt Danowski extended his streak of consecutive games with a point to 41 straight games, which is the third-longest active streak in NCAA Division I. The last time Danowski failed to record a point came against Loyola on March 12, 2005.
- Duke senior attackman Matt Danowski is now second in NCAA Tournament history for points in a single season with 24 after scoring one goal with two assists. Eamon McEneaney and Tim Goldstein of Cornell University hold the record with 25 points in a single NCAA Tournament. McEneaney set the record in 1977 before Goldstein matched the mark ten years later.
- With four assists in the semi-final against Duke, Cornell attackman Eric Pittard has 11 assists in three NCAA Tournament games, which is five shy of the NCAA record of 16 assists set by Tim Goldstein in 1987. He had five against Albany last week after a two-assist effort against Towson in the first round.
- With four goals in the semi-final game against Duke, Cornell attackman David Mitchell upped his career goals total in NCAA Tournament play to 16 goals. Of those 16 goals, 13 of them have been scored this season.
- After recording four assists in the semi-final against Duke, Cornell attackman Eric Pittard extended his streak of consecutive games with a point to 30 straight games, dating back to the 2006 season opener against Binghamton. Meanwhile, David Mitchell has scored a point in 25 straight games after scoring four goals against the Blue Devils.
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