Completed Event: Men's Lacrosse versus Georgetown on May 10, 2025 , Loss , 12, to, 16
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Notes: Johns Hopkins 12, Duke 11
5/28/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
- Johns Hopkins University is playing in its 17th NCAA Championship Game, which is the most of any program in Division I history. The Blue Jays, who are playing in the title game for the third time in the last five years, have won nine NCAA championships and have an all-time record of 9-8 in NCAA Championship Games.
- Johns Hopkins played in its 88th all-time NCAA Tournament game against Duke on Monday afternoon. The Blue Jays have a 61-27 all-time record in NCAA Tournament games and have won 11 of their last 12 postseason games.
- Duke University is playing in their second NCAA Championship Game in the last three years. The Blue Devils lost in their only other title game appearance with a 9-8 defeat against the Blue Jays two years ago.
- The announced attendance of 48,443 set the NCAA record for attendance at a men's lacrosse championship game. In addition, today's attendance ranks seventh all-time in NCAA history for a championship game in any sport. The list is as follows:
- Top NCAA Division I Championship Game Attendance
1. 1987 Men's Basketball Championship 64,959
2. 1993 Men's Basketball Championship 64,151
3. 1982 Men's Basketball Championship 61,612
4. 2003 Men's Basketball Championship 54,524
5. 2002 Men's Basketball Championship 53,406
6. 1992 Men's Basketball Championship 50,379
7. 2007 Men's Lacrosse Championship 48,443 - The attendance for the three-day weekend was 146,003, which set a new NCAA men's lacrosse championship record. The previous record was 144,604, which was set during at last year's championship event in Philadelphia.
- Johns Hopkins senior goalkeeper Jesse Schwartzman was named as the Most Outstanding Player of the 2007 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championships. In four games during the tournament, he made 54 saves while allowing 29 goals for a save percentage of .651 while he had a goals against average of 7.32. It is the second time that Schwartzman has been honored with the award after earning the 2005 MOP honor.
- 2007 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship All-Tournament Team
David Mitchell, Cornell
Ned Crotty, Duke
Zack Greer, Duke
Matt Danowski, Duke
Nick O'Hara, Duke
Paul Rabil, Johns Hopkins
Stephen Peyser, Johns Hopkins
Eric Zerrlaut, Johns Hopkins
Jake Byrne, Johns Hopkins
Jesse Schwartzman, Johns Hopkins ? MOP - This is the 14th all-time meeting between the Blue Devils and the Blue Jays and the second time this year. The Blue Jays are now 11-3 all-time against the Blue Devils in the series history after earning a split of the two meetings this season. Duke defeated Johns Hopkins by 11-9 during the regular season.
- Today's game was the sixth time that Johns Hopkins has played a game at M&T Bank Stadium, including three outings this season. The Blue Jays are 3-2 all-time in M&T Bank Stadium, including a double-overtime victory over Princeton on March 3 in the Inside Lacrosse Face-Off Classic. Meanwhile, the Blue Devils made their only previous appearances at M&T Bank Stadium during the 2005 ACC Tournament when they defeated North Carolina in the semi-finals before losing to Maryland in the championship game.
- With the loss, the Blue Devils had their 12-game win streak snapped. It was the longest win streak in school history.
- The Blue Jays end the season with a nine-game winning streak, which is the fourth-longest streak during Coach Dave Pietramala's tenure at Johns Hopkins. In addition, the Blue Jays improve to 15-5 in NCAA Tournament games during Pietramala's Hopkins coaching career.
- Johns Hopkins ends the season with a perfect 9-0 record when leading at the half and is now 62-2 under Coach Dave Pietramala when leading after 30 minutes. The Blue Jays have won 46 straight games when holding a half-time lead.
- The 10 goals scored by the Blue Jays in the first half marked the second time this year that Johns Hopkins scored 10 or more goals in the first half. The Blue Jays scored 11 goals in the first half against Syracuse on March 17. It also marked the most goals allowed by Duke in the first half this season.
- The 12 goals scored by the Blue Jays marked a season high for goals allowed by the Blue Devils. Duke allowed 11 goals in its season-opening win against Dartmouth and 11 goals against North Carolina in the NCAA Quarter-Finals.
- Johns Hopkins sophomore attackman Tom Duerr extended his streak of consecutive games with a goal to three straight games when he scored an unassisted marker with 6:26 left in the first half. During the Blue Jays' first 14 games, Duerr had scored just two goals.
- Johns Hopkins senior attackman Jake Byrne tied a season high with his four goals in the first half. He also posted four goals in the Blue Jays' 13-10 loss at North Carolina on March 31. Byrne's career high is five goals, which he scored against Albany on April 5, 2005.
- Johns Hopkins attackman Paul Rabil set a career high with five assists against the Blue Devils in the championship game, surpassing his output against Marist on May 14, 2005. He also recorded the 50th assist of his career at the 7:05 mark of the first quarter when he assisted Kevin Huntley's goal to give the Blue Jays a 2-0 lead. Rabil moved into a tie with Roy Mayne, '62 for 21st place on the Hopkins' career list with the five-assist effort.
- Johns Hopkins senior goalkeeper Jesse Schwartzman recorded his 10th career NCAA Tournament victory, which broke the school record for career wins by a goalkeeper in the NCAA Tournament. He ends his career with a 10-1 record in NCAA Tournament games. Mike Federico, '80 held the previous record with nine victories during his career.
- Johns Hopkins senior goalkeeper Jesse Schwartzman finished his career with 519 career saves, which ranks sixth on the school's career saves list. He had 15 saves in the victory over Duke on Monday afternoon.
- Duke sophomore midfielder Ned Crotty tied his career high with three goals against the Blue Jays. He also scored three goals in the Blue Devils' 8-7 loss to Loyola (Md.) on March 10.
- With two points against the Blue Jays on Monday, Duke senior attackman Matt Danowski took over sole possession of first place on the Blue Devils' all-time points list, passing Dave Hagler, '82. Danowski ends his college career with 256 points. In addition, he upped his streak of consecutive games with a point to 42 straight games, which is the third-longest streak in NCAA Division I.
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