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Lacrosse Teams To Participate In Third Annual US Lacrosse Champions Challenge
9/18/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse, Women's Lacrosse
DURHAM, N.C. - The Duke men's and women's lacrosse teams will play exhibition games against the U.S. men's and women's national teams in the third annual US Lacrosse Champions Challenge. The Challenge is set for January 26-27, 2008, at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex.
On the women's side, the U.S. Elite and De.velopmental teams will each play Duke and Johns Hopkins. The U.S. Elite team includes two-time World Cup veteran Quinn Carney (Maryland) and former Tewaaraton Trophy winners Katie Chrest (Duke, 2005), Rachael Becker DeCecco (Princeton, 2003) and Kristen Kjellman (Northwestern, 2006, 2007). The 24-member U.S. Developmental team includes 17 current collegiate players, including Duke's Jess Adam.
Duke is coming off a 16-4 season in which it advanced to the NCAA semifinals. The Blue Devils feature U.S. Elite team player Caroline Cryer, a finalist for the Tewaaraton Trophy last year after setting a Duke record with 71 goals.
The Champions Challenge will be the first competition for the U.S. men's team since it finished as the runner-up to Canada in the 2006 International Lacrosse Federation World Championship. Among the players who have committed to play in the event are past Tewaaraton Trophy winners Doug Shanahan (Hofstra, 2002) and Kyle Harrison (Johns Hopkins, 2005) and 2007 Major League Lacrosse championship game MVP Matt Striebel, who led the Philadelphia Barrage to its third MLL championship in the last four years.
The Blue Devils concluded the 2007 season with a 17-3 overall ledger, matching the NCAA record for wins in a season set previously by the 2005 Duke, 2006 Hofstra and 2006 Virginia squads. Duke captured the ACC regular season and tournament championships and advanced to the national title game for the second time in three seasons. Fifth-year senior Matt Danowski was an alternate for the 2006 U.S. team, which also featured Duke graduate and former assistant coach Kevin Cassese.
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