Guterding Leads No. 4 Duke Past Boston, 13-7

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Guterding Leads No. 4 Duke Past Boston, 13-7

5/3/2015 5:07:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

By: Duke Sports Information

DURHAM, N.C. – Freshman attackman Justin Guterding scored four goals and added one assist to lead No. 4 Duke to a 13-7 win over visiting Boston University on Sunday afternoon at Koskinen Stadium in Durham, N.C.

With his four-tally performance, Guterding reached the 50-goal plateau for the season. The ACC Rookie of the Year sits seven markers shy of the Duke single-season record for freshmen, a standard of 57 set in 2005 by Zack Greer, while the 50 are tied for 10th in Duke single-season history.

“You have to tip your cap to BU,” said head coach John Danowski. “I thought they were terrific and very well coached. They were very deliberate offensively and you have to give them a lot of credit. The goalie made some saves and we missed a couple of plays.”

Duke improves to 12-5 on the year and will await tonight's NCAA Tournament announcement. The Terriers close the 2015 season at 6-8.

“The numbers the attack [unit] has put up have been astronomical and have been amazing,” Danowski said. “If you had said Justin [Guterding] would be a 50-goal scorer I would have said you're out of your mind. Case's [Matheis] numbers are now better than they were last year at this time. Those three guys have really started to play well together and it's been really fun to watch.”

The game was tied, 5-5, at halftime before the Blue Devils scored three goals – tallies by Guterding, Jack Bruckner and Justin George – in the first 7:08 of the third period. Boston University pulled within two midway through the quarter, but goals from Guterding and Cohan stretched the Duke lead back to four early in the final period.

George finished the day with a career-high two points from a goal and an assist. Seven Blue Devils overall registered multiple points with Bruckner (3 goals), Case Matheis (1 goal & 2 assists), Chad Cohan (2g), Deemer Class (1g & 1a) and Myles Jones (2a) joining Guterding and George. Danny Fowler made 11 saves in goal to pick up his fifth win of the year, while Luke Aaron came on for the final six minutes and made two stops.

Duke held the Terriers to just two goals in the second half after they registered five in the opening 30 minutes. Brian Dailey anchored the defensive effort with four caused turnovers and a pair of ground balls, while Will Haus picked up three ground balls. Boston University managed just 20 shots on cage and only nine in the second half.

Jack Wilson led the Terriers with one goal and four assists. Pat Myers chipped in two goals and one assist while Ryan Hilburn added two goals. In the Terrier net, Christian Carson-Banister logged 14 saves.

The NCAA Tournament selection show will air Sunday night at 9 p.m., on ESPNU. The Blue Devils will be making their 19th appearance in the NCAA postseason event.

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